Parenthood (2010–2015): Season 2, Episode 21 - Slipping Away - full transcript

I'm taking about buy a new house.

In hopes that Jasmine will want
to come live in it with me.

This place isn't a dump.
I think we can fix it.

I spoke to the Dean
of admissions today.

You didn't get in.

I did the best I could
to do what you want me to do,

but it's not working for me.

I'm gonna start
making my own decisions

whether you like them or not.

Haddie, I would be honored
to be your prom date.

Are you and Alex
talking about sex?



When the time's right,
we're gonna know.

♪ I know places we can go, babe ♪

♪ coming home ♪

♪ come unfold, babe ♪

♪ and wait ♪

♪ now won't you lay ♪

♪ and wait ♪

♪ wait on me ♪

Oh, yes...

Janet, my angel.

It's not a exactly a snack,
but it's something.

Amber darling, it's tee time.

Ooh, lovely.
I'll have an Earl Grey.

No, no, not that tea time, silly.



- Like, golf tee time.
- But look.

Oh, thank God.
She found something.

- I know.
- I'm starving.

- It's gonna be delicious.
- So good.

- Mmm.
- Mmm.

These are so good.

Not quite sure how this is done,

but we're gonna
take a stab at it anyway.

Come on.

Okay, I'll try, but no promises.

Don't be mad at me
if I'm not good.

No try. Do. Come on.
Okay, Yoda.

All right, take it.
You give me that.

Yeah.

And then just, you know,

get into a nice...

you know, bent over position.

Okay.

And get your... your stick...
is that what it is?

Whatever.

Okay, now just, you know,

just use your body
and just will the ball in.

Okay.
Okay, ready?

- Yeah, I'm ready.
- Okay, here it goes.

Oh...

Oh!
So close.

All right, give me another shot.

Retrieve it for me, darling.

I got the eggs.
I got Max's snacks.

- But did you get the waffles?
- What?

I thought you were gonna get
the waffles.

I told you to get them.

Little cinnamon waffles
for Haddie?

Honey, how could you forget
the waffles?

Those are Haddie's favorite.

I know they're her fav...
You're such a jokester.

- I put 'em in the basket.
- Thank you.

Phone.

Right there... answer the phone.

I know how to answer the phone.

Hello?

Hello?

What... what is that?

Hello?

Whose number is that?
Check that out.

I don't know.
Hold on.

That's Haddie.
It's Haddie.

Honey, I think
she's playing a joke on us.

No, no, no, honey.

Haddie? Honey...

- Oh, God.
- It sounds like she's hurt.

That's not
what that sounds like, honey.

Well, what does it
sound like to you?

- That sounds like it's...
- No, it doesn't.

I can't keep listening
to this, honey. I can't.

- She's not doing anything.
- Yes, she is.

She's clearly doing something,
honey. Yes, she is.

Honey, I'm hanging up.
I'm hanging up.

I'm hanging up, honey.
Put it on your handset.

Stop!

Oh, my God.

♪ May God bless
and keep you always ♪

♪ and may your wishes
all come true ♪

♪ may you always do for others ♪

♪ and let others do for you ♪

♪ may you build a ladder
to the stars ♪

♪ and climb on every rung ♪

♪ and may you stay ♪

♪ forever young ♪

♪ may you grow up
to be righteous ♪

♪ may you grow up to be true ♪

♪ may you always know the truth ♪

♪ and see the lights
surrounding you ♪

♪ may you always be courageous ♪

♪ stand upright and be strong ♪

♪ and may you stay ♪

♪ forever young ♪

♪ may you stay ♪

♪ forever young ♪

Look, honey, there
is a chance that

what we think we heard
wasn't anything.

It was something.

It was definitely something.

Yes, well,
there's a very good chance

it wasn't the thing.

That it wasn't it.

Yeah, I mean,
maybe it was something

close to the thing.

It sounded advanced.

Maybe she was...

Exercising?

- Honey, I heard...
- Stretching.

I heard it.
No, that wasn't what it was.

Maybe it wasn't even her.

You know, there is a chance

that she could have had
to loan her phone to somebody

for some crazy reason...
one of her friends.

Yeah.

You know, maybe that Kaitlin.

I mean, have you seen
the way that she dresses?

- No.
- What?

What, are you looking
at how she's dressed?

- No, honey, I...
- That's weird.

- What?
- Why are you looking at...

- I'm not. Come on.
- Ay, mami, papi.

- Hey.
- Hey.

Hi.

I'm just kidding.
No laughs? Not funny? Hi.

We just came home
from getting groceries.

Where have you been...
bookstore?

Um, yeah.
Wow, good detective work.

- Yeah.
- Oh, I got mom...

Um, I got you this mustang book

by Sharon Meterman
that you wanted.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
That's great.

What else did you do?

Um, I went and I got coffee.

Uh-huh.
Where'd you go get coffee?

At the bookstore.

Oh, right.
Right, right, right, right.

- You know it?
- Yeah, sure.

Of course you know it.
Yeah.

Mm-hmm.

- Okay.
- Okay.

You guys were obviously
in the middle of something,

so I'm gonna go do homework.

- No, we're good.
- Uh, I love you.

We were just chatting.
Love you too.

Hey, Joel, can we tackle this
terrible light fixture next?

'Cause it looks like
a crack house,

and she's gonna hate this.

Can we just look at the door
and marvel at it for a second

and just admire the thing
we spent four hours...

- It's gorgeous.
- It is. Isn't it?

Appreciate it. Yeah.
Thank you.

But I'm feeling like
we should hit this,

and then I would love to get rid
of this crappy fake wood.

Uh, the wainscoting.

- Wains... wainscoting?
- Yep.

Yeah, well, can we rip it out?

Because she's not gonna like it.

We can.
It's physically possible, yes.

But, I mean,
are you sure you want to?

- Well, it...
- Hey.

- It's a dump.
- Good morning, troops.

- Hey, Jules.
- I brought reinforcements.

Have you eaten anything?

- Not yet.
- This is important.

Yes, we can do it.
It's just gonna...

What... what's our
time frame here?

What are we looking at?

- Before what?
- Before you show it to her.

I mean, that is
the ultimate goal here, right?

Yeah, I'm gonna show it to her,

but, you know,
I can't bring her in here

and say,
"welcome to your new dump.

"Sorry it looks like a Howard Johnson's
from the '70s", Okay?

I want her to be excited
and moved and...

you know, so I think
that involves

ripping out the wainscoting.

It's just, um, we've run
into a bit of a money problem.

Okay.

Um, I'll sell my motorcycle.

Then we won't have
a money problem.

Thank you for bringing that by.

I'm gonna unload the sod, okay?

You got it.

Are you preparing the Titanic
for its maiden voyage?

Yeah.
I'm on the crew.

You know how that story ends.

I'm gonna go pick up sod
and do something with it.

Doesn't the door
look good, though?

- The door looks fantastic.
- You didn't have to say that.

I mean, did you do that?

- Come on, Joel!
- Yeah, I'm coming.

That's... no, no, no, no.

That's not what I'm saying.

You're going too fast.

So what you're saying
is that everyone you meet

from the time you get up
to the time you get there

are your old boyfriends,

and they're all saying
the same thing?

You think that it's
the boyfriends of the past,

but, in fact, it's just the same
guy who just keeps echoing...

Great. Great. Great.
Brilliant.

Great. All right.

I'll take that.

And this is where your breasts
can be of some use to us.

What did you... what?

Tomorrow night we're going
to that, uh, fund raising party.

- We are?
- Yes, we are.

And Jack Kraft,
the artistic director

of the Berkeley theater,
is going to be there.

Heard of him.

He's read your play.
He likes it.

Wait a minute.
You didn't tell me that.

- He read it?
- He trained under me.

I gave him his first job.

He owes his whole career to me.

Good.
That's amazing.

And there is only one slot left

in the new voices series,
and we want that slot, don't we?

- Yes, we want that slot.
- Yes, we do.

Now, theater is half art
and half relationships.

Oh, God.
That's where the...

So tomorrow night is when you
start using your relationships.

Okay, yeah,
I'll put them to work.

That's exactly right.

All right, well,
I think we're almost there.

I like the changes
you guys have made.

I like 'em a lot.
I like those background images.

And, uh, I think it really pops.

- Thank you.
- Yeah, you bet.

Yeah, I think it looks great...
really simplified.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

I think the only thing I'd say
is maybe the lettering, copy...

make it a little bolder somehow,

so it kind of leaps
off the page, you know?

Uh...

- Hey.
- Hey.

- Did you want to take a...
- No.

- You sure?
- Yep.

It'll be ready
to see in 24 hours.

It's okay.

They're just gonna
make a couple more tweaks.

Basically with the copy.

You know, maybe if
they did some sort of 3d...

Absolutely, yeah. Just to
make it a little more hip.

- Boom.
- Yeah.

It's just...

It looks like a picture.

Well, it's a photograph.

Yes. Yes.

But it looks like an ad.

Well, it is, Cory.
It's an ad.

Yes.
Hold that thought.

Wait. Wait.

Wait.

Okay, it's an ad.

Yeah.

What if it was an ad
that looked like art?

Hmm.

Okay, I've got...
I've got this friend.

He does these drawings.
Remember Spyder, right?

I do remember Spyder.

Spyder...
We get Spyder in here

to do these amazing drawings
of the shoe,

just the shoe.

- Nothing else?
- Nothing else.

- No copy?
- No copy.

- You know...
- All copy, just words.

- So, no shoe?
- No, shoe with words.

The shoe... is words.

Oh, I see.
So the image of the shoe

is made of the copy, the words.

Yes.

Okay. I think that's
an interesting idea.

I'm texting Spyder right now.

You don't have to do that.

These guys are totally capable
of running with that idea.

Oh, absolutely.
What do you think?

I think it could be amazing.
Right?

I mean, that's street.

- What's your name?
- Uh, I'm Karen.

Karen.
This is Kim.

Kim. Karen. Cory. Cool.

Braverman.

That's my name.

Yeah.

Okay, well, uh...

We have the statement
from the Munson Corporation,

but we're still waiting on
the discovery from Eric Gainer,

so I expect that
by this afternoon.

Do you mind
if I catch up with you?

Hey.

Oh, my God, you reek!

You're so cute.
Ooh.

Amber, I know you're very upset

about not getting into college,

but this is not how
you deal with things.

- Aromatherapy.
- You are humiliating.

I can explain, and
I understand what you're saying,

and you're so nice,
and I appreciate everything,

but, like,
I'm not gonna be a lawyer.

- Clearly.
- And now I don't need money,

because I'm not gonna go
to college.

Do you know what I mean?

I don't want to be in here
if I don't have to,

and I don't have to, so I quit.

- I'm sorry, but I quit.
- Amber. Amber.

I just can't take myself
so seriously, you know?

This is ridiculous.
Look at this.

What, I want this?
I don't want this.

And, look, there's not even
sunlight in here.

I mean, this is, like,
a nightmare, right, guys?

I don't want this.
Do you guys want this?

This is...
This isn't even, uh, real.

This is terrible.

I'm sorry.
Please don't be mad.

- Amber.
- I'll see you soon, okay?

Hey, honey.

- Hey.
- Doing homework?

Kind of.
Listening to music.

That's cool.

Yeah.

I just... I wanted to talk
to you about something.

- Okay.
- Okay.

Um, it's... actually...

This might make you
a little bit uncomfortable,

um, but I just need
to ask you a question.

Okay.

Are you and Alex having sex?

No.

- Haddie.
- No. No.

- Okay.
- Okay.

Because... no sort
of intercourse or sex.

I said "no" three times.

Okay, 'cause if you were,

I'd want you to know that
you could talk to me about it.

Okay, I hear you.

'Cause I'm here for you.

So the answer is, no, you're not?

Right.

I mean, what...
you were my age or something

when you first had sex?

Is that what's going on?

I was not.
I was 22.

I was 22, at college.

Wow.

It's a big step.

I just decided
that I wanted to wait.

- Okay.
- So...

Okay.
All right.

Continue.
I'll just, um...

However, Haddie, if you
are wanting to talk about it,

I want to talk to you, okay?

Okay.

Okay.

You're gonna go up
and just hide in your room.

I'm just exhausted...

Well, why don't you not make
me chase you up the stairs...

I just need a little bit
of alone time.

You need alone time?

You're not gonna follow me
in here, are you?

Yeah, I'm gonna
follow you in here.

It's kind of a private matter,
but I guess I'll wait.

That's the kind
of super mom I am.

I'm just wondering
who you want to be.

Do you want to be the person

who gets high
and yells at your aunt?

I don't know
who I want to be yet.

I need to figure it out, okay?

I'm just trying to figure it out.

And I feel really bad about what
happened at the office, okay?

Good.

And I was not trying
to be mean to her.

I just was trying to, you know,

say what I felt in the moment.

You can't say
what you feel in the moment.

That's what a child does.

And you've been telling me

you want to be treated
like an adult,

so you have to act like one.

You have to figure out
what you're gonna do.

I know it was a setback
not to get into school,

but we just have to think
about, you know,

what's the next year gonna be.

I think we should...

And don't say "no" to me.

We need to have pasta.

Pasta.

We need to go
to the "farfallala,"

whatever it's called.

At this point, it's worth a try.

I mean, what options
do we have, really?

Not many.

We'll eat the pasta.
We'll figure it out.

Look what the home improvement
Stork delivered us.

Uh-oh.
What do you got?

How about some kitchen tiles?

Look at these bad larrys.

Oh, wow.

Um, they're the wrong color.

- Light blue.
- These are aqua blue.

They're light blue, man.

Well, they're light aqua...

This is what you would see
in the little mermaid's kitchen.

Okay, well...

- We got to order new ones.
- We're not ordering new ones.

That's gonna take one week,
maybe two weeks.

All right, so it takes a week.

We're using these tiles.

Listen, Joel,
it's got to be perfect, man.

You can't put those in there.

It's a house, Crosby.

It's gonna do
whatever it's gonna do.

And... and kitchen tiles aren't
gonna be the deal breaker here.

You...

You have got
to show her this place.

Do you understand?

I know it's gonna be hard,
but you just...

You got to find out.

Hey.

Hey. How are you?

- Um, I...
- You okay?

Yeah, I'm just gonna say it.

Uh...
Say what?

Alex and I have had sex.

Uh...

Okay.

I just don't, uh, have any idea
what to say right now.

I guess I shouldn't
have told you.

No, no, no, no, you should have.

I mean, actually, uh,
we had a feeling

that, you know, maybe...

Who's "we"?

Dad and I. We had a feeling
that, you know...

Honey, he's your dad.

It is what it is, you know?

It is what it is, so it's okay.

Is, um... is he pressuring you
to do this, honey?

- No.
- 'Cause if he is...

No.

Are you being careful?

Are you using a condom, um,
some sort of protection?

Yes. Yes.

Okay.

How did you guys know?

Um, we just had a feeling...

Parents' intuition.

Okay.
Well, that's it.

Okay.
That's Jack Kraft.

That is?
He's cute.

Yeah.
That's what he thinks.

Oh, he waved.

I don't think he saw you.

Yes, he did.

- I'll be right back.
- Dad. Dad.

Dad.

Hang on.

Excuse me.
Hi.

How do you do?

Just wanted to...
Mr. Kraft.

Yeah.

- Zeek Braverman.
- Hi.

It's really an honor to meet you.

Thank you very much.

I think you recognize
that gentleman over there,

Gilliam T. Blount?

Could you come over and say hi?

Well, you know what?
I'm actually kind of...

You know what?
That wasn't really a request.

I mean, didn't he give you your
first break in show business?

Now, come on.

- What the heck, huh?
- Sure.

Got you your first gig,
got you started and all that.

He's gonna need
a little softening up,

because our last exchange
was not so great.

Oh.

Sure. Hi.
Thank you.

- Gilliam, how you doing?
- Good.

You've been doing good.

Thanks. Thanks a lot.
Hi.

Hi.

Listen, um, I have a new project,

and it's great.

This is the author,
Sarah Braverman.

Hi.
Very nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you too.

She's written
quite a unique play...

A combination of
Miller and Wasserstein.

Wow.
It's funny, and...

I could never live up to that.

That's a ringing endorsement
from Gilliam Blount,

who's a legend.

I mean, if we all had
one tenth of the career you had,

Gilliam, then I think
we'd all be very lucky.

So, good luck.
Thanks for coming tonight.

Have a good time.
Why don't you read it?

You know what? It's all
about glad handing tonight.

I really can't make
those promises.

Great to meet you.
Very nice to meet you.

Jack... Jack, don't.

Don't blow her off because of me.

Gilliam, you're forgetting

that you told Sam Shepard
that I was incompetent.

You did?

I told him that you weren't
right for that particular play.

You said "incompetent."
That's what you did.

Yes.
Yes, I did.

And that's what you were,
and now you're not.

There's hope for us all,
then, I guess.

Wow, I mean...

Really good meeting you.
Good luck.

Have some drinks.
See you all later.

Jack.
Oh, there he is.

Thank you very, very much.
Bye-bye.

Uh, Mr. Kraft.

Mr., uh, Kraft.
Hi. Hi.

Hey. Wow.
Sorry.

I wanted to just say that I...
having worked with Gil...

Know what an incredible
pill he can be, and I'm...

Gil the pill.

And I'm sorry for whatever
the history is with you guys.

It's all right.

I hope that you'll be able
to read my play unbiased.

Uh-huh.
You okay?

Yeah, I'm okay.
I'm nervous.

Well, I've got
an army of readers,

and they look
at all the submissions,

and the best ones
end up on my desk,

and I read those unbiased.

Okay, I don't want to be
read by the army.

I want to be read by you.

Ay.

Okay.
Uh, Sarah...What?

Braverman.
Sarah Braverman.

Okay, Sarah Braverman,

so, uh, where might
I have seen you work before?

That's funny because...?

Nowhere.

You've never had a play produced?

Better... I've never
written a play before.

So you've been
on the Earth a long time

without having ever
written a play.

No offense.

Listen, uh, yes, no,
you're... you're right.

But, you know, Margaret Edson
wrote Wit when she was 35,

and she was
a kindergarten teacher,

and it won the Pulitzer prize
in 1999,

so I think you should, uh...
I'm very aware Wit.

Read my play, please,
because I believe in it,

and it is really important to me.

Well, uh, Sarah Braverman,
I'll tell you what...

I will read your play.

- Wow.
- Okay?

- Really?
- Yes, I promise.

Thank you very much.

- Get out of my way, please.
- Are you sure?

- Uh, I'm sure, yeah.
- Okay.

You're frightening me
only a little bit.

- Thank you so much.
- You're welcome.

- Thank you.
- Bye. Have a good night.

- That's awesome.
- Thanks for coming.

Hey.

Hey.

So I talked to Haddie.

Yeah?

Mm-hmm.

And what we thought
we heard her doing...

She's doing.

So she's having sex.

Mm-hmm.

Hmm.

All right, well, did you
tell her to use protection?

I did.

And you told her to do it

because she wants to be doing it,

and be doing it with somebody
that she cares about...

She wants to do it,

and I talked to her
about everything.

All right.

- Yeah, I guess that's it, then.
- I mean, I...

That was Karen's idea.

Yeah, that was Karen's, right?

Karen, you're a genius.

- Yo, Braverman.
- Yeah?

Don't hate, man.
Come on in.

Celebrate.
I'm not hating, all right?

Okay.
All right, man.

Little floor skateboard
you got here.

Okay. Whoa.
Okay. Are you okay?

- Yeah, I'm fine.
- Okay.

All right, man,
you remember Spyder?

- I do.
- Yes, Braverman.

- Spyder.
- What's up?

Good to see you.

Yeah, finish it off.

- Boom.
- There you go.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

Check out what
Spyder was able to do

in, like, under two hours, man.

- Look at this.
- Wow.

- Yes.
- Yes.

Yeah, it's just, like,
the ideas keep coming too.

It's, like, flowing down
from the mountaintop,

and I can't stop.

All right.
That's excellent.

Karen, my sweet,
show him the mockup.

Uh...

You know what?
That looks really good.

See how you had to lean in
on that?

You... you good, Karen?

Yeah.
Yeah, it's fabulous.

I'm just...
I think it's wonderful.

Uh-huh.
Excellent.

She's great.
Karen's great.

And great news, man...
I hired Spyder, man.

You did?

I mean,
I didn't hire spider-man.

I hired Spyder, man.
Isn't that inspiring, man?

It is.
I'm... I'm very happy.

A million ideas...
I got it.

Listen, did you tell Eddie?

Eddie's the head
of the design department.

Is Eddie blond?

No, he's got dark hair.
He's got a beard.

No, um, do you want to do that?

- Yeah.
- Okay, great.

Yeah, I'll take care of that.

Nice, man.
Okay.

All right. Cool.

That's a happy looking cloud
in those shoes.

That's great.

Well, people are gonna
wear the shoes...

All right, Braverman.
Don't be shy, man.

Come back later.
We'll be partying.

Bye, Braverman.

All right, cool.
More clouds, man.

Thought you said I was the head.

Hey, Sydney.
Hi, Jabbar.

Let's go up and play.
Come on.

What was that?

I'm so sorry
they don't get along.

Oh, no.

Well, thanks for having him.

Of course.

What time do you think
I should pick him up?

After dinner?
Is that all right?

Yeah.
Okay, cool.

Cool. Thank you.

- Yes.
- Bye.

- Hey, um, Jas.
- Yeah?

Have you spoken
to Crosby at all lately?

Um, I, uh...
I saw him

when he dropped Jabbar off
a few days ago.

Okay, I'm... I'm sorry to...

I don't want to overstep
my bounds here...

- But, um...
- It's okay.

He's just really different.

I've never seen him like this.

He's really...

he's grown up all of a sudden,

so I thought
that was worth mentioning.

I'm glad for him,

but it's too bad he didn't
grow up a few weeks earlier.

Yeah.

Well...

He really loves you.

I love him too.

But I'm so angry at him,

I don't think I'll ever
not be angry at him.

It's not gonna happen, Julia.

I'm sorry.

I'll see you after dinner, okay?

Yeah. Bye.

Good chicken, huh?

Um, I scored three goals
at soccer today.

That's great.
Isn't that great?

That's cool, but did you win?

Yeah, we won.

That's good. Sounds like
soccer's going really well.

- Yeah. Pretty good.
- Good.

Hey, did you know that on average

3,400,065 chickens
are slaughtered daily

just to meet the demands
of the world every day?

Max, don't talk about that
when you're eating chicken.

It's not gonna bring
the chicken back to life.

Where'd you read that?

Uh, the annual farming report.

Hmm. Interesting.

And also it says
that chickens with red earlobes

lay brown eggs,

and chickens with white earlobes
lay white eggs.

A lot of good facts.

So Haddie scored
three times today.

I can't bel... I mean,
I've never even scored once,

and Haddie scored
three times in one day.

That's amazing.

♪ she tastes like midnight ♪

♪ she tastes like wine ♪

♪ she tastes like midnight ♪

♪ she tastes like wine ♪

It's a little weird
doing this in here.

It's like my family's
watching or something.

That's kind of hot, actually.

♪ Just like the bad dreams ♪

♪ stay on my mind ♪

♪ gonna spread you like butter ♪

♪ give me all my bread ♪

Oh, I got to leave.

Shoot.
What time is it?

- What? I don't know. What?
- I have to go.

- Why do you have to go? Why?
- I'm late.

I have a stupid dinner thingy

that I promised my mom
I would go, and...

All right, that's fine.

Okay, sorry, sorry.

Um, wait.
I will call you.

And... and I'll come over later.
Okay.

But, um, I think that, uh...

You drove me.
I need you to drive me.

I should dri...
Yeah, I drove.

♪ At any moment, we'll be there ♪

♪ feels like heaven
when I... ♪

- What, uh...
- I know. I'm sorry.

It's a crazy story.

It's kind of a funny story,
actually.

You don't write, you don't
call, you don't send flowers.

My friend Gary
took me to the wrong place.

Who's Gary?
Who's Gary?

Just my friend.
So we were like...

Do you have a new special friend?

No, just a friend.
Listen.

And he thought
he knew where it was,

and he thought it was
this place across the street,

and we went in there,
and there was, like,

a quinceańera or something?

- A what?
- But it was, like,

people in Fluffy dresses.

It's, like, a birthday party,

and there was, like,
singing in Spanish, and...

And there was a cake,

and it had a picture
of this girl...

It was so weird,

but, anyway, I thought
you were gonna be in there,

and you weren't in there.

It was so weird.
You would have loved it.

I wish you could have seen it.

Oh, my God. It was...
Whoo.

What kind of high are you?

Here we go.

I don't think
it's just pot, is it?

It's really not
that big of a deal, okay?

You're in trouble.

Okay, I'm in big trouble.

Here we go into buzz-kill town.

We're leaving.

I'm not going.
I'm eating.

Hey, you're coming with me
right now.

You've got two minutes
to come to the car.

That's not even
enough time for oysters.

Come on.

- Hey dad.
- Hey.

The shower-head
is leaking again.

Thanks for telling me.
I'll take care of it.

Okay. Good morning.

Yep, good morning.

Haddie?
Yeah?

Can I come in, honey?

Sure.

Hi.

Listen, I'm sorry
about everything with dad.

I know things
are tense and awkward...

I just wish
that I hadn't told you.

Honey, I'm so glad
that you told me.

- Are you kidding me?
- Well, I wish I didn't.

I wish I didn't,
and I don't understand...

- What? No.
- Why, like, every interaction

that I have with dad
is, like, him just judging me.

He's not judging you
at all, honey.

Yeah, well, it feels like that,

and it just makes me feel sad.

Honey, nobody's judging you.

I mean,
you're our baby, you know?

And we wish
that you would have waited.

That's all.

But I promise you
he'll come around.

I promise.

Come here.
Give me a hug.

I love you.

I love you too.

I lied.

About what?

I wasn't 22.

I was... I was 15.

It was awful.

It was with this boy named Roy.

Anyway, I thought
I was in love with him,

and he went to school
the next day

and told everybody
that we did it,

and it was just awful.

Oh.
I know.

I'm just happy that it
was different for you.

Well, what did
you guys talk about?

You didn't tell her
about the house, did you?

No, I didn't tell her
about the house.

We weren't talking
about that at all.

I wouldn't do that to you.

Well, then why
are you looking at me

like my dog was run over
or something?

Well, you know...

She's not exactly
on the same page as you.

I think you should start
to consider...

Yeah, well, listen, you know,

a relationship's
between two people,

so I don't know if
you should be getting involved.

Crosby, I have a relationship.

I know. I mean, I'm not
a complete idiot

on this subject.

Yeah, I know
you have a relationship,

but, you know, it might just be

that I know more
about Jasmine than you, okay?

Crosby, she doesn't want
to be with you.

She said it's not gonna happen.

Yeah, no kidding, Julia.

What do you think I'm doing here?

I sold my houseboat
and my motorcycle

and bought
this piece of crap house.

There's no options left.

This is the hail Mary pass.
There's no time left.

But you know what?
Sometimes hail Mary passes work.

And they're amazing when they do.

Everyone cheers, and people win.

Look, it's a long shot.

I recognize that,
but it might just work.

And I have to believe
it might work,

so, please, just let me
believe that.

- Hi.
- Hey.

What?

You need to talk to her.

She thinks that you're
completely angry with her, okay?

- She's humiliated, and...
- Humiliated? Why?

You're not talking to her, Adam.

I am talking to her.

You haven't said two words
to the girl the whole week.

It's just like
I'm having to defend you.

Well, I don't know what
to say to her, Kristina, okay?

You knew
that this day would come.

Well, I didn't think
it was gonna come this fast,

and I don't know
what to say to her, okay?

What am I supposed to do...
Give her a high five

and congratulate her
for having sex?

That's not what I'm saying.

You're shutting her out
completely.

I don't know what
to say to her, Kristina.

I'm sorry.

Thanks, Adam.

- What else has she told you?
- I don't know.

I...

- Do you really not know?
- No...

When you say drugs,
do you mean just pot?

- I don't know...
- What has she told you?

All I know is some guy...

Who's Gary?
Who's that?

No way.
Oh, my God. That's him.

- Is that him?
- Hello?

Yeah. Uh, no,
this is her brother.

Um, no, I don't think
she needs a ride, actually.

So, yeah.
No, she doesn't.

All right, man, later.

Hey, what the hell are you doing?

I'm not gonna let you go out
with some guy and do drugs.

That's my phone.
I told you that in privacy.

Don't you guys fight.
It's your fault.

You're the one
who's causing all of this!

What is this?
Are you going through my stuff?

- What's wrong with you?
- This is my stuff.

- I trusted you!
- What's in here?

Now I have
to question everything.

- It's mints, you idiot.
- Don't call me an idiot.

You're not going anywhere.
Where do you think you're going?

Come back here!
Come back here!

You're going to school!

I'm going out.

Great.
So that's your plan?

You're not gonna finish
High School.

You're not gonna go to college.

Oh, this must be Gary.

I'm not letting you leave
with this loser.

Stop!

Aah!

What the hell is wrong with you?

What are you guys doing?
Leave me alone.

Don't attack me!

Amber, what are you...
Mom, are you okay?

You just attacked me.
Go. Go.

Are you all right?

I just don't know what else to do.

I've called 15 times now,

and I just want to hear
that you're okay.

That's all. I just want to hear
that you're okay.

I love you. Hi.
This is really not a good time.

Um, you know how people

put off what's
right in front of them

because they're so terrified
they think they're gonna die?

I do. Yes.

The new title of the play...

A story for another day.

I like it.
That's great.

Let me call you later.

Okay. All right.
Okay.

Uh, one more little thing.

They want us.
We're in.

Who?

Mr. Kraft,
the artistic director.

Hello?
He liked it.

We're in the reading series.

He liked it?

Yeah, he liked it.

Okay. Okay.

Um, at some future date,

you're going to want
to give me a present.

- Don't think about flowers.
- Okay.

Think about single malt whiskey.

- Right.
- Thank you.

Thank you.

It was terrible.
It was brutal.

And then she just
took off with the guy?

Yeah.

Well, I've seen that before.
You called her?

Adam, this is not the same thing.

This is something else.
I mean...

Honestly, there's a part
of me that wonders...

If she'll come back.

Look, Sarah, they're teenagers.

This is what they do.

They push against us.
They rebel, you know?

When I think about the crap that
Haddie's pulled this year...

No offense, Adam, but that
stuff is so much more normal.

I mean, you know,
she's dating a guy.

Oh, you know, so...

Well, actually, Haddie and Alex

are doing a lot more
than dating now.

- Oh, really?
- Yeah.

Oh, well...

She's 16 years old.

She's having sex, and there's
nothing I can do about it.

You know, I want to be able to
say something to her about it,

and I don't know what to say.

- Is she happy?
- Come on, Sarah.

Please don't ask me that.

Yeah, she's happy.
She's real satisfied.

That's not what I mean.

I just mean at least
they love each other,

and she's being honest with you.

It's a lot better
than the way Amber started.

Nice.
Thanks for the plate.

You know, it was so nice
when she was a little kid,

and I could just sit with her

and have a peanut butter
and jelly sandwich

and make faces at her
and make her laugh.

Nice and simple.

I know it doesn't help now,

but I realize I made a mistake.

I don't think so.

I let her tell me
when she was ready to grow up,

and...

I should have fought her more.

Look, I've been dealing
with this stuff with Haddie.

Every time I get into a conflict
with her, engage,

leads nowhere.

Seems like
the best thing I can do

is just to give her space.

No.
You don't give them space.

Just when they tell you
they don't need you anymore

is exactly when
they need you the most.

You have to fight it.
You have to show up.

It's when they're
pushing you away.

It's when they're telling you
they know better.

That's when you have to show up.

Now I'm...
afraid it's too late.

♪ If I was older now ♪

♪ I could give you advice ♪

Oh, my dad's here.
I guess he's gonna pick me up.

I'll see you guys.

- What are you doing?
- Hey.

Uh, I just took off work early.
I wanted to pick you up.

What happened
to your elbow there?

You're bleeding, kiddo.
Oh, yeah.

Yeah, let me get
the first aid kit.

- Dad.
- Yeah.

You don't have to.
It's, like, a tiny thing.

We'll just clean it off at home.

It's just, like, dried,
goopy blood.

Yeah, well, we don't want that
to get infected, all right?

It doesn't seem
like it would, but, yeah.

This is unnecessary.

Honestly, it's, like,
a teeny guy right there.

You don't want
that flesh-eating bacteria

- to get in there.
- Okay.

All right?

Just, uh...

I just don't ever want
you to get hurt, Haddie.

That's all.

- Okay.
- All right?

Yeah.

You want to get
an ice cream or something?

- Yeah!
- Yeah?

Let's do it.
Let's go to the movies. Can we?

All right, yeah.
I got time for that.

And, you know, she makes me
feel like my whole life is over

because, you know,
I'm not going to college.

There's other options.

You know, I don't just have
to go to college.

Well, not everyone goes to
college. It's not for everybody.

No, I mean, like,
I could play music

or, you know...
or traveling.

Yeah, traveling.

I wish I'd traveled. I haven't
even left the country before.

Me either.
I want to go.

Well, you know what?
We should just go.

- We should just go to Europe.
- I mean, it's not a bad idea.

Go to Spain, you know?

- Spain?
- Yeah.

You could be, like,
a, you know...

A flamenco dancer with a flower
in your ear, you know?

I could be a matador.
You know what I mean?

Why not?