Parenthood (2010–2015): Season 3, Episode 7 - Forced Family Fun - full transcript

Looks like
we're going to have to get
another pediatrician, huh?

Didn't we agree that
we were seeing people?

You can keep dating him,
but we have to
get another doctor.

Hi, Son.
Dad.

I'm going to go to rehab,
and we can get through this,
as a family.

Hi.
I just want you to know

I'm going to
send in my college essay.

Just don't want you
to freak out.
No, no.

Thank you so much
for doing everything
you do here.

HADDlE: Okay, l'm leaving.
Good luck.

If you still
want to have my baby,
you can have it.



Okay, who wants
chocolate chip pancakes?

Yummy-yum hot
and chocolate-y.

I want some.
You want some?

Can I eat them in
front of the TV?

No, you may not eat them
in front of the TV.

We're having
a very special breakfast
for a very special day.

Eating in front of the TV
would make it
even more special.

We're eating together
as a family, all right?

Whoa! Are you
having people over
after we leave?

No. This is for us,
just the family.
Have a seat.

Here you go.
For us?

ADAM: This is exactly
the kind of crap that I knew
I would have to deal with.

What's happened, honey?
What's wrong?

Oh, this very large,
very expensive
piece of equipment



was supposed to be
at the studio today
between 11:00 and 2:00,

and these jackass moving guys
say it was
supposed to be there

between 8:00 and 11:00
and they're there now.
Okay, Adam,

she can understand
the word jackass.
Oh, oh, honey,

I'm so sorry.
HADDlE: No, she can't.

Those moving guys are
aggravating your daddy.

It's just a habit.
I'm very sorry.
It's okay.

Wait a minute,
you're not supposed to
talk to babies like that.

It can lead to
speech delay.

HADDlE: That's what
he did with you.

Haddie, that's not funny.

Honey, why is
the table all set?

Because we're having
a very special breakfast
for a very special day.

I...
Does anyone know why
it's a very special day?

Haddie, help me out.
I wouldn't know.
It's your question.

I don't know what it is.
What is it?

Nora is turning
five-and-a-half weeks old
today.

Right!
That's not a significant
passage of time.

It is because
Dr. Prestidge said that
at five-and-a-half weeks

Nora can mix with
the unwashed public,

so we're having
pancake breakfast.

But, honey,
l've got to get to work.
I'm sorry.

Really? You're
not going to eat?

I've got to go meet
these moving guys.
I love you guys.

Later, I got to go
deal with this.
I love you, honey!

I love you, too.

Okay, special day,
guess what?

We're all going
to eat together.
Me, you, Haddie and Nora.

(HORN HONKlNG)

My three special kids
on this special,
special day, okay?

I'm sorry, that's Jen.

I have to go to
a student council meeting.

Okay. Don't worry.
Ooh, don't cry.

Please don't cry.
Good-bye, honey.

You know? Dad's gone.
Can I just go eat
in front of the TV?

Sure. Go ahead.
I'm just going to go
eat in front of the TV.

Okay. We're going to
have some pancakes.

We'll just get
fatter and fatter.

Oh, my God.

(BOTH LAUGHlNG)

Okay, it's not what
it looks like.

Mmm-hmm.

I know l'm slacking,
but this power
is greater than me,

I've got to eat.
I do understand.

Your secret's
safe with me.

Oh, good.

I had such
crazy cravings.

I know, right?

Oh, my God,
you're eating sushi.

I know.
8:00 a.m. sushi.

So gross, right?

(LAUGHS)
And yet, it's so good.

Mmm!

SARAH: How's it been?

Oh, it's harder
than I thought
it was going to be.

I almost bailed
the first week.

Really?
Yeah.

Dr. Patrick did
not tell me that.

You've been talking
to Dr. Patrick?

Yeah. I call him.

Every day.

(CHUCKLES)

Well, he wouldn't know,

'cause bailing on the program
is not something you share
with your counselor.

I guess not.

So what made you stay?

You.

I mean,
if l'm going to be honest,

which they tell me
is part of the
recovery program,

it was you.

And I hated you for it.

Well, go ahead
and hate me,

just stay sober.

I know it's going to
take a long time
to earn your forgiveness,

but l'm going to try,

because I want this.

I mean,
for the first time in my life
I want it.

Hey, Jasmine.
We're a little early.
I've gotta get to the studio.

JABBAR: Yeah.

(DOOR CLOSES)

Good morning.

Uh, you remember
Dr. Prestidge?

Joe. I mean, you can...
You can just call me Joe.

Good morning, Jabbar.

Hi, Dr. Joe.

Twenty minutes early.

Oh, what a fun surprise.
You're early for
the first time in your life.

Otherwise Jabbar
wouldn't have a chance
to say hi to Dr. Joe.

Why is the doctor here?
Do I have to get a shot?

No, no...
Yeah, does he
have to get a shot?

No, no. I was actually
out of coffee, you know,
at my house,

and I hear your mom
makes a really excellent cup.

JABBAR: Oh, okay.
Mmm.

I'm gonna go play
with my Lego bricks.

Okay.

Hmm.

I should go.
Uh...

And, uh, you know,
my stuff's in the...

Yes, it's...
Yeah, that's good, yeah.

Through the...

Yeah, l'm going
to take off, too.

Crosby...

Yeah, I already
got coffee, so...

(SlGHS)

(lMlTATES AlRPLANE)

Hey, what's in the bag?

Uh, doctor stuff.

Gauze, Band-Aids,
stuff like that.

Can I see?

Um, he's...
Dr. Joe is in a hurry.

Hey, is that
a Tonka truck?

I got it
for my birthday.

You know what?
We have something similar
down at the hospital,

but nowhere
nearly as cool.

Does the truck bed
raise and lower?

Yeah! You wanna see?

Yeah. Let's see
what this baby can do.

Ready?
Yeah.

Okay, ready?
JOE: Ready.

Just dump it
on the floor.

JOE: On the floor?
Okay, that's...
That's good...

Spicy tuna or California?

Tuna, or was it California?
I don't even know.
It doesn't matter.

Yeah, it does,
California is cooked.

No, but it's crab.
She shouldn't be eating
crab in any form.

Are you sure?
Cooked, raw...

Really?
Yeah.

I think so.

I don't know.
I never ate it because
of Little Mermaid.

That dancing crab
killed it for me.

Sebastian? I thought
that was a lobster.

No, he was a crab.

What about lobster?

He was a crab.
No, l'm sorry. I'm on Zoe.

Can she eat lobster?

Googling it.
Yeah, get on that.

Yep. Parasites.

High mercury levels, yeah,
you've got to talk to her.

Is that weird?

No, it's not going to be weird
unless you make it weird.

You just be casual.

Okay, I can be casual.

KRlSTlNA: (WHlSPERlNG)
Let's go see
what big brother's doing.

Let's go see.

(GASPS) There he is.

Hi, Max.

Hey, Max?
Honey, Nora and I are
going to watch a movie.

Do you want to
watch with us?

No. Rodney's
shedding his skin.

Oh, very cool.
Maybe we could
watch with you.

No, Rodney
doesn't like crowds.

Okay.

Excuse me.
Hey! There's Haddie!

Hi.
Hi. Whoa!

Hello.
Hi! Hey, big sister.

We're going
to watch Mousehunt.
You want to watch?

Uh, I have to go study.

Okay, well,
it's a school night.

Did you ask Dad?
Yeah. Dad said it's fine.

I just can't really study
when you're making
so much noise.

Really? I didn't think
that was a problem.

She's just,
you know, a baby.

No, I just don't want to
have to stress out
about studying Spanish.

Adios!
Adios.

Hey, Adam?

Hi.

(MUSlC BLARlNG ON EARPHONES)

Honey?

Yeah.
Are you all right?

Yeah.
What are you doing?

Yeah, it's just this band
that Crosby's trying to get.

It feels like nails
being driven
directly into my head.

Oh, okay. Did you know
that Haddie's having trouble

studying because
of the baby?

Yeah, yeah, she's 17.
She has her own life.

I think she's just looking...
Things have been
a little chaotic around here.

We need a family night.
This family is
completely disconnected.

We're never home
at the same time,

and when we are,
we're in different rooms
and it's crazy.

We need a family fun night.
Family fun night?

Fun night, damn it!

Okay. Okay!
All right, yeah.

Okay?
Family fun night. I'm in.

Fun!
I'm looking forward to it.

(LAUGHS)
We're going to have fun.

Hey.

Hi.

Your mother
set a plate for you.

Did you... Found it, huh?

Yeah.

Hey, uh...

She said that you went
and saw Seth, right?

Yeah.

She said you're going
to go see him tomorrow.
Is that right?

You're going to
keep seeing this guy?

How many times are
you going to go see him?

I don't know.

Oh, yeah.

Well, don't you think
it's time to set
some boundaries, Sarah?

I mean, this is
how it always starts.

I am setting boundaries.

(DOOR SLAMMlNG)

Okay, Roy Orbison,
let me check
your mic level.

Say something.

What should I say?

Uh, maybe count to three.

Or, no, no,
you know what?
Tell me a joke.

Knock, knock.
Who's there?

Says.

Says who?

Says me. That's who.

That's a pretty good joke.

Dr. Joe taught it
to me.

When did he
teach you that?

This morning.

I used to think
he was scary,
but he's not.

We filled up my truck
with Lego bricks

and made it dump
all over my Ewok Village.

It was so funny.

You want to sing?
Okay.

(SlNGlNG) My name's Jabbar
and I got curly hair...

MAN: Thank you.

Good morning, Zoe.

What's up? The usual?

Yes, that would
be awesome. Here.

Okay, l'm ready.

How are you?

Uh, l'm fat,
thanks for asking.

You don't look it at all.

And yourself?

I am well.
Thank you.

Mmm, that wasn't
believable.

Well, I do have to talk to
you about something, though,

and it's kind of awkward
because it's about the baby.

So you were
eating sushi.

I know,
spicy tuna roll is so good.

Yeah.
But you can't do that
when you're pregnant.

What? Eat lunch
for breakfast? Illegal!

Eat sushi.

(LAUGHS)

Cooked crab and lobster
are okay in moderation,

but like super,
super moderation.

This is just according
to what I googled.

And raw fish, you know,
it should be
probably avoided entirely.

And lobster, too,
and the crab,
just to be safe.

You googled
my eating habits?

Well, I wanted to make sure
I was right before
I brought it up, you know?

And Joel didn't remember,
so, yeah, I googled it.

And you talked to
your husband
about what l'm eating.

Joel.
Okay.

Who's Joel, a fish expert?

This is coming out wrong.

Okay, we couldn't even
remember, you know,

all the things that you are
or aren't supposed to eat,

so we don't blame you
at all for not knowing.

(SCOFFS)

Okay.
And ''blame''
is the wrong word there.

Thanks. Next?

Hi, what can l
get for you?

Decaf, please.

ADAM: After you.

Thanks for coming in.
We'll give you a call.

Hey.
Hey!

Pop, what are you doing here?
Is everything okay?

Look, can I talk to you
for a second?

Yeah, just, uh, just
give me one minute, okay?

Bianca? Bianca,
just head right in there

and we'll be
right with you.

Great.
What's going on?

Well, can we go...

You okay?

Yeah, kind of.

You know, Sarah has been
calling the rehab every day
to check up on Seth.

Mmm-hmm.
And, uh,

yesterday
she went to see him.

Mmm-hmm.
And it's just

scaring
the hell out of me, Son.

Yeah. I hear you, Dad.
And that's...

But, you know,
that's her business.

We've got to let her
do her thing here.

No, it's not,
it's really my business.

It's family business.
You know, she's my daughter.

You think about it.
If something like this were
to happen to Haddie, you know?

How would you feel?
What would you do?

Son, it just
tears your heart out,
l'm telling you.

(SlGHS)
This guy's responsible
for what happened to her.

I mean, that's why
she's back here

and she starts to
get her life back
together again.

And, you know,
everything starts to seem
to be copacetic

and then this guy
shows back up again, and...

And I don't know
what to say.

I'm doing
all the wrong things.

So you talked to her?
I talked...

Yeah, I talked to her
and she just kind of
shut me out, you know.

What can I do for you?

Would you talk to her?

I don't know
if it'll do any good,
but l'll talk to her.

Thanks, Adam.
Thank you.

All right, Pop.

Boy, some of these
applications are looking
pretty grim, you know?

We might want to start
having a serious
conversation

about upping
the receptionist salary.

Yeah. Whatever.

This isn't
a ''yeah, whatever.''

This is a serious
business decision...

I'm going to have to say
something to Jasmine...

And we have to
pull money...

Because what she did
this morning is, you know...

We're going to have
to pull money
from someplace else.

...is in total violation
of the agreement
we have...

You're not even
listening to me.

Well, maybe you're
not listening to me.
This is serious.

This is a big deal.
All right.

We had an agreement
no significant others
around Jabbar.

So why is there a pediatrician
playing Tonka trucks
with my son?

It's not cool.

Crosby, you were
20 minutes early.

Okay, you know what?

Is it impossible for you
to ever look at it
from my point of view?

You always got to go
straight to Jasmine.

I'm trying to look at
the whole picture, okay?

I get it. Okay.
You guys are sharing custody
and that's tough.

And l'm just saying

that she was just probably
doing the best that she could
in an awkward situation.

(CELL PHONE RlNGlNG)
Hold on a second.

You know if I were late,
that's what you'd be
yelling at me about.

Just a second.
Hey, honey.

Is that Kristina?
Yes.

Run the situation by her.
I'm not going to ask...

I guarantee
she'll say it's bogus.
Hi! Hold on, honey.

I was told
you were ready for me.
Dottie?

Yeah. Hi.
Hi! Just please,
take a seat.

I'm going to be back
here in a minute.
Okay.

My brother's going to
start the interview. Okay?

Hi, hi. I'm Dottie.

Here's my resume.

Oh. I'm going to be
completely honest with you.

My brother usually handles
the interview stuff

so l'm not entirely sure
what l'm supposed to do.

Well, you could ask...
Just ask me some questions.

Okay. Yeah, all right.
Here's a question.

Let's say,
hypothetically

you share custody
of a six-year-old
with your ex-fiancee.

How do you handle that?

Listen, I thought
of an activity that
we can all do as a family.

ADAM:
Family fun night, right.

You know, it has to be
really fun or else
no one's going to want to go.

So what do you say
to bowling?

I say Max hates bowling.

Since when?

Well, since Chris Barnes
won the PBA tour.

Who's Chris?
That doesn't even make
any sense. I don't...

You're right about that.
Maybe we should
try to reason with him.

Okay, okay.
What about the arcade?
He loves the arcade.

Yeah, he loves it,
but Haddie would kill us.

(SlGHS) Okay.

How about...
How about ice skating?
Come on.

Ice skating is so fun.
Kristina, a newborn on ice?

You can't do that.
Yeah, you know what, honey?

You're not coming up
with any brilliant ideas
yourself.

Honey, listen.
I'm going to do
the best that I can

to come up with something,
but I just...

I feel like
maybe you're right,
you know?

Maybe it's just too soon
for us to find an activity

that all of us
can enjoy together,
we should just wait.

No. Honey, Haddie's
going to go off to college

and we have
a tiny little window
right now, okay?

I want to do something
as a family,

so think of something
because this is happening.

Okay?

(KNOCKlNG ON DOOR)

Hi.
Sarah.

Hi.
Hi. You're...early.

Yeah.

For our date, you're like...
I'm not quite ready.

I can't go out
with you tonight.

I have to cancel.
I'm so sorry.

It's because of Seth.
He's got some
counseling session tonight

he's asked me
to come to.

And I just think
I should go.

Okay.

He's in such a fragile place.
I... I couldn't say no.

Okay.

I feel so bad, I almost
thought of making up a story,
you know?

My cat got sick
or something.

And then I thought
what am I doing?
This is ridiculous.

That would have been
a bad lie anyway

because I know
you don't have a cat.

So I would have figured
that out real quick.

No, I would have had to
get a cat and then
poison it for it to be sick.

(CHUCKLES)

Well, all right,
how are you feeling
about that?

I mean, counseling
session with...

I don't know. I feel...
Crazy.

I'm worried about him
and l'm, you know,
and l'm worried about you.

And so, I just feel
overwhelmed, I guess.
I feel bad.

Oh, all right.
No, I feel bad.

No, you don't
have to worry about me.

I understand
that this is your life
right now.

And you never have to
make up a story for me.

It was better
to tell me.

It would have been
a great dinner and
I had a surprise, but...

No.

But, I hope tonight
goes, um...

I don't even know
what adjective
l'm looking for.

I hope tonight goes...
Too.

(STUTTERS)

And I want you
to know that...

That you can't keep
canceling on me last minute.

That's... That's just
not going to be okay
with me.

(CHUCKLES)

Well, did you say
it conversationally
or lecture-y?

JULlA: I tried to
keep it conversational

but words
just kept pouring
out of my mouth.

Jules, I know
I wasn't there,

but I have
a strong feeling
you're overreacting.

You know,
Zoe just probably needed
time to process.

Have you seen her since?

No. I've been hiding
in my office.

I haven't peed
in like seven hours.

Ah, as long as
you're not overreacting.

Joel, she had no idea
that there are things
that you can't eat.

I don't think
she has anyone in her life
to tell her these things

or have these conversations.

Well, that's why
you had to say something.

She was so hurt.
She was so embarrassed.

I know you feel bad.

Oh! Joel, what if
she changes her mind?

Julia... It's just...
Deep breaths, honey.

Okay.

(EXHALES)

All right.
I'm acting crazy.

I just don't want to
screw it up.

And I really,
really have to pee.

Julia?
Yeah?

She needed to hear
what you said.

Yeah.

You know, I still got
some pretty big issues
with some of the things

that you guys
are teaching us around here,
you know?

I mean, I was in group
last week

and we started out
just like always.

Trying to one-up each other
with, you know, all the
horrible things we've done.

And it's my turn

and I give my laundry list
of forgotten birthdays

and, you know, the times
I didn't come home.

And, you know, I even...

I even sold my kid's
baseball cards once
for drug money.

I mean, you didn't
even know that.

Sarah, do you want
to talk about
how that makes you feel?

No. (CLEARS THROAT)

I'll just listen.
Go on.

SETH: Anyway, after group,
we do this hand-holding deal

where we recite
one of these rehab mantras.

''We will not regret the past
nor wish
to shut the door on it.''

Yeah, that's the one.

So I go back to my room,
and my roommate, Bobby,
he's... He's not there.

But the mail had come because
there was a card propped up
on his nightstand.

It's one of these crayon...
Crayon, you know...

Obviously his kid made it.

And, you know,
I shouldn't have,
but I opened it,

and it said,
''l miss you, Daddy.
Get well soon, Daddy.''

And I looked
at my nightstand,

I got a couple
guitar picks there
and some loose change,

and I know I don't
deserve anything else.

I mean I know
you got to earn a card
like the one Bobby's got.

But it made me start thinking
about my kids, Amber and Drew,
especially Amber.

When she was
Bobby's kid's age.

Do you remember after
her seventh birthday party
that night

when you finally
got her to go to sleep,

do you remember
what happened?

It was the first time
I asked you to go to rehab.

That's right.

And I should have gone.

''We will not regret the past
nor wish
to shut the door on it.''

No way, man.

Uh-uh, Doc.
I'm not buying that.

'Cause until the day I die

I'm going to regret
not listening to my wife
that night.

Because if I did,
l'd have a different life.

I'd have a better life.

Maybe we'd
still be a family.

JULlA:
Did you want more?

Yeah.
Is this tacky?

Is this wrong
that l'm guzzling wine

as I talk about
visiting rehab?

I don't think it is at all.
That's enough.

Anyway, tell me
about the session.

Well, so he says
if he'd gotten sober
years ago,

maybe we'd
still be a family.

You know what?
I need, like, whiskey
or something harder.

He said that?
Yeah.

And I can't stop
thinking about it,

'cause that's what
l've always thought,
maybe we would.

But he didn't.

He didn't get sober.

And he did terrible things.

And for a long time
I thought I would
never love anybody again.

Does Mark
know anything about this?

You know, some.

I just don't want to
talk about it all the time,
which is hard,

because it's all
l'm thinking about
all the time.

So it makes me
a bad girlfriend.

You're an amazing
ex-wife though.
Mmm.

No.
Mmm.

No. Well... Sorry.

I mean that truly, you're...
You're being supportive
of Seth.

It's... It's nice.

But is it crazy to be
supportive of Seth?

Why am l
supportive of Seth?

Can he really stay sober?

I do have vodka
in the freezer.

Awesome.
Okay.

(GURGLlNG)

(LAUGHlNG)

(DOOR CLOSlNG)

Honey, I have figured out
the family fun night puzzle.

Hi!

Okay.
Daddy's home.

We've got a newborn...
Yes.

...an 1 1-year-old
with Asperger's
and a teenager.

But one thing
we can all enjoy...

Is?
Two words.

Okay.
Maybe one word hyphenated.

Okay, what? What is it?
Mini golf.

Mini golf?
Mini golf.

I like it.
You like that?

Yeah!
Come on.

Okay!
Boom!

Wow, good idea.

Mini golf.
Mini golf.

I mean, is he
getting out soon or what?

Well, they keep him
for a certain amount of time
and then we'll see, you know?

I mean, he
might go through...

Well, I mean, I guess,
do you think he's going
to get better or not?

I mean, it's not a disease.
I mean,
it's not like the flu.

He's not going to
get better...
I'm sorry.

Maybe he'll stop
making bad choices.

Well, actually,
it is a disease.

Well, sure, but it's also
making choices, so...

It is also making choices.
He made the choice
to go into rehab.

He's doing well.
Great. I'm just saying...

And I just wanted to
tell you guys that
l've been worried about him.

I figured you guys
might be worried about him.

And l'm just letting
you know that
so far, he's doing okay,

and thought
you would like to know,

because l'm going to
go see him later.

Great.

Tell him I said hi.

Yeah, me, too.
I mean, definitely.

That will make him feel
really good, you guys.

I micromanage.
That's what I do.

Oh, my God.
Are you serious?

Look, I got the message
loud and clear yesterday,
okay?

I'm not going to
feed your baby raw fish.

You got it.
All right, boss?
Thanks.

Zoe, I would have had
that conversation with you

regardless
of our arrangement, okay?

I don't know
if anybody is telling you
these things,

and it's just something
that you needed to know.

So, here.

What is that?

It is chicken
and roasted potatoes,
and a little kale.

What is kale?

It is a green leafy vegetable,
and Joel says
it's a superfood.

It's really trendy
right now,
and it tastes good.

Is this some kind
of bribe or something?

No. You deserve to
have someone
make you a nice lunch.

Pregnancy is exhausting,
and what you're doing
emotionally is...

Anyway.

Okay.

I'm done. So...

You know, you also deserve
to have someone
make you a nice dinner.

So if you want to
come over tomorrow night...

Also, plastic can't go
in the microwave

because it releases
the chemicals into the food.

Oh, my God,
are you for real?

You knew that one.
Good. Okay, going now.

(DOOR CLOSES)

(KNOCK AT DOOR)

Who is it?
(KNOCKlNG CONTlNUES)

Who is it?
Crosby.

Door's open.

(CONTlNUES KNOCKlNG)

Door's open,
didn't you hear me?

Well, I didn't want
to surprise you.

God knows who's in here.

Uh! I'm alone.
What's up?

Jabbar told me
he spent the whole day
playing trucks with Dr. Joe.

All day?
It was 15 minutes.

Okay, well,
even if it were five minutes,

we had a deal
and you broke it.

The deal was that
you drop him off at 7::30.

Okay, l'll just ignore
all the times you've
bitched at me for being late.

Now l'm early
and l'm in trouble.

Maybe you should
put a clock out
in front of the door

and I can just watch
it tick and then...

You know what?
You're being irrational
right now.

I don't want that guy
around my kid. Period.

Do you understand that?

Okay, now you're
not being irrational,
you're being insane.

It was a short visit.
No one got hurt.

I did! I got hurt!

I had to listen to Jabbar
talk about how fun it is
hanging with Dr. Joe?

How hilarious it was
when he dumped his blocks
on his Ewoks?

I don't want
to be replaced.

He's my son.

You're right.
We had a deal.

I shouldn't let Joe stay.

Okay.
Okay.

Thank you.

(DOOR CLOSES)
(SlGHS)

Hey.
SARAH: Hi.

What's up?

Uh, nothing.

Sarah?
Sorry, just one second.

That's all right.
I was just returning
this tool box.

Uh-huh.
I just borrowed
some tools from Dad.

We had some stuff
for the studio
that was broken

and I had to fix it, so...
You needed tools.

Yup.
Yeah.

So how's it going?
Oh, it's terrible.

I write something
and I like it at night,

and then I wake up
in the morning and it's...
I think it's so stupid.

Yeah.
I guess that's normal.

Yeah, writing's hard,
especially when you're...

You're probably distracted,
with Seth
being in rehab and all.

Right?
How's that going?

This is an ambush.

It's not an ambush.

There aren't even
really tools in that box,
are there?

Come on, Sarah.
(TOOLS CLATTERlNG)

It's like...
No, I don't think so.

Dad sent you, right?

Yeah, Dad sent me.
Yeah.

Look, he's a meddler.
He's a pain in the ass,
okay?

But his heart's
in the right place.
He's worried about you.

That's fine.
Just tell him
to just stay out of it.

I don't think he can.

He's worried about you,
Sarah, and so am l.

Okay, well, I got it.

What? All right.

(CLEARS THROAT)
Oh, boy.

I'm going to say something
to you, okay, and this
isn't coming from Dad.

This is coming from me.
You need to be careful.

We've been down this road
with Seth before,

and we've seen
where it leads, so...

Thank you. But we haven't
been down this road before
with Seth,

I have been
down this road
many, many times,

which is how I know
this time
he is capable of change.

I believe that you really
want that to be true,

but I don't think Seth
is ever going to change

the way that
you are hoping that he will
or expecting him to.

How do you know what
l'm hoping or expecting?

I just want something
better to happen.

I... It's like saying,
you know,
give up on Sarah.

She hasn't done
anything yet with her life.

Give up on Amber.
She had that rough patch
last year.

I'm...
How can I give up?
I can't give up.

He is capable of change.

I believe that.
I do.

Okay.

All right.

I just don't want to
see you get hurt.
That's all.

Didn't mean to offend you,
just trying to
look out for you, okay?

I'm going to go
visit Seth.

Hey, if we rush
we can probably
make the previews.

What are you doing?

Yesterday I noticed that
one of the tires was loose.

But I think I fixed it.

Yeah. Yeah,
I got it.

KRlSTlNA:
All right. Here we go.
We're excited!

ADAM: All right.
HADDlE: You're welcome.

KRlSTlNA: Come on, babe.
Let's go.

Mini golf is back
on track.

Load it up, guys.
Me.

All right.
KRlSTlNA: Here we go!

HADDlE: lt's not even
dark outside yet.
ADAM: Not yet.

Max? You excited?

HADDlE: Well, I thought
it was family fun night.

KRlSTlNA: Load it up.

All right. Come on,
come on, come on.

Your first family outing,
you're going to love this.

Wait, no.
Nora's in my seat.

No, your seat's
in the back now.

Max, this is Nora's
seat now.

Whoever sits in the back
has the highest chance
of dying in a car crash.

Okay, well,
you have to do it.

Stop!
HADDlE: Oh, my God!

I'll sit in the back.

Hi, baby.
You get the good seat.
Haddie, thank you.

You're welcome.

Who's excited?
I'm excited.

I'm excited.
You know why?

KRlSTlNA: Why?
Because I love mini golf.

(ENGlNE STARTlNG)

Okay. So, Haddie,
l'm getting a video game
for going mini golfing.

What should I get?
Oh, wow, I could care less.
I don't care at all...

This is exciting.
Max, it's not about
getting a video game,

it's about getting to spend
time with the family.
That's right.

MAX: l'd rather go bowling.
Honey, this is way
more fun than bowling.

HADDlE: Let him go bowling.
Mini golf's no bowling.

ADAM: You can't go bowling.

MAX: What?
HADDlE: Why?

We made a decision.
It's unfair
to your sisters, Max.

And we haven't done
this in so long.

HADDlE: l'm just saying
that we don't care.

It's not for me,
it's not for Nora.

Haddie, you're
not helping, okay?

We made a decision
to go play mini golf.

HADDlE: Why don't
we just go bowling?

MAX: Why are we
even going to mini golf?

Oh, man. I knew
this was a bad idea.

Haddie, that doesn't help.
It's not a bad idea.

This is a great idea.
I don't know
why everybody's like...

I'm trying to be
positive here!

No, just stop the car!
Stop the car!

What's wrong? What's wrong?
Stop the car!

(TlRES SCREECHlNG)

My God, honey,
what's wrong?

You know, if nobody
wants to go,
then we're not going to go.

This is stupid...
Hey, hey, hey, hey...

If l'm the only one
who wants to do this.
All you guys, no...

I'm talking about...
Max.

All you've been doing is
whining and complaining.

''l don't want to go.
I want to do this.''

Let's just take
a breath and regroup...
You regroup...

You know what?
Screw this.

Hey, honey!
MAX: What's Mom doing?

Don't worry about me,
'cause guess what l'm doing?

I'm going mini golfing.

Get out of the car.
Get out! Get out!
Get out!

ADAM: Hey,
take a deep breath...
Get out of the car!

KRlSTlNA: All right.
See you later. Bye.
I love you, bye!

HADDlE: Crazy...

(TlRES SCREECHlNG)

Do you think
she remembers that Nora's
still in the backseat?

No.

There's an oldie
but a goodie.

That's a goodie.

Isn't that crazy?

You remember that little
cottage on Bay Street.

We weren't there very long,
but it was so cute.

Why did
we take a picture
that day, though?

That's right
after Amber lost
her first tooth.

Was it?
Yeah.

Was it Alice's restaurant
on Old La Honda.

Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah!

Remember she bit
into a French fry?

She had that bizarre fear
of the Tooth Fairy.

What'd she say?
''Don't let the crazy fairy...

BOTH: ''Steal my teeth!''

(BOTH LAUGHlNG)

Wow!

She slept with us
for a couple of weeks
after that.

A couple of months
after that.
She was so afraid.

Oh, it's...

Oh, no, you keep it.

Really?

Put it on your nightstand.

(SlGHS)

I should go.

You probably have
to do arts and crafts
or something.

You want to stay?

I mean, ifyou don't
have any plans,

they lifted my restriction
on visitations.

We only get
four channels in there,

but they're playing
Vertigo tonight.

(GASPS) Vertigo.

How many times
have we seen Vertigo?

Yeah, I think I have
every line memorized.

Mmm-hmm, me, too.

What do you say?
Do you want to
make a night of it?

I can't.

We'll do it
some other time.

Yes.

Come here.

I had two students
copy the exact same paper
off the lnternet.

No way.

And at least one of them
had the sense to switch
a couple of the words around.

But the other one
didn't even bother.

Oh, my God.

See, this is why
l'm afraid of the lnternet.

I'm a little bit afraid
of the lnternet, too.

I want to go back
to just, like,
the encyclopedia.

Yeah, cheating
the old-fashioned way.

Yeah, cheating off
of an actual book.

Having to actually
write it down.

Steal your mom's paper
or something like that.

Your mom's paper.
(BOTH LAUGHlNG)

(HESlTANTLY) I just
have to say something.

It's not a horrible thing,
so don't get nervous.

I just have to say it
or l'm going to go crazy.

(STAMMERS) l'm...

I'm glad that
your ex is going to rehab.

I think
that's a huge thing.

It's a colossal thing.
It's great.

But I just have to ask,
is this...

Is it something that
I need to worry about?

I mean is Seth something
that I need to worry about?

No.

No.

Yes.

Yes?

No. Yes, no.

Yes, to the answer.

Yes, no.

Okay. Cool.

(ROMANTlC SONG PLAYlNG)

Rock, paper,
scissors, shoot.

(DOOR OPENS)

Rock, paper,
scissors, shoot.

MAX: How was mini golf?

(CRlCKETS CHlRPlNG)

Oh, God.

It's okay. It's okay.
I'll do it.

All right.

Rock, paper,
scissors, shoot.

Rock, paper,
scissors, shoot.
Start over again.

(COOlNG)

(SOFTLY)
My little nugget.

Going night-night, okay?

Go night-night, baby.
I know, baby, I know.

Mom?

Do you have a second?
I just want to say sorry.

I talked to Dad and Max.
Mmm-hmm.

We're sorry.
(SCOFFS)

You're sorry?
Honey, I left you
in the middle of the street.

Not my finest moment
as a mom.

Mmm-hmm.
It felt good
at the time, but...

Well, yeah, you know,
we were being rude
and disrespectful, too, so...

It's okay.

Well, yeah...
Have a seat.

What's going on?

I was just... I don't know...
I've just been so excited
about tonight, you know?

I've been trying to
plan this thing
this whole week,

and I just...
I guess I forced it,
you know?

I just really wanted this
to be a special night.

It's kind of sad
to think that, you know,

you're going to be
leaving the house,

and it's going to be
a whole other dynamic.

Okay.

You're upset because
l'm going to college?

No, honey.
I'm so excited
and happy for you.

And l'm thrilled
and l'm so proud.

I'm just...
It makes me a little sad

that you won't be able
to see Nora grow up

the same way that
you saw Max grow up.
I just...

Mom, l'm going to
be here for summer...

I know.
And for breaks...

Or maybe you'll go to Paris
or you'll go to ltaly
or intern in D.C.

I don't know.

I'm just...
I'm being a little selfish
is all.

No, I understand.
Because l'm already
missing you.

A lot.

Mom.

I know.
We still have a year.

I know.
We have a year.

I love you.

(CHUCKLES)

(SlGHS)

(COUGHS)

(LAUGHS)

Come here.

(LAUGHS)

(MUMBLlNG)

I'm sorry that I didn't
want to go mini golfing.

And l'm also sorry
that I didn't want
to sit in the backseat.

And Dad says that he's sorry
that you're losing it.

(GRUNTS)

I'm sorry l'm psycho,
honey.

It's cool.
We're used to it.

Great.

Why are there four plates
at the table?

Your mom
invited a friend.

JULlA: Yes. I don't think
she's coming, actually.

But, let's eat.

This looks delicious,
doesn't it?

Okay.

(DOORBELL RlNGlNG)

Maybe.

(CLEARlNG THROAT)

Hey, you made it.

Yeah, I did.

Great. Come in.

Oh, thanks.
I almost didn't.
Your kale was weird.

Oh, good.

It was kale, right?
Yeah, it was kale.

But your chicken was good.
So, yeah, whatever.
I'll do dinner.

I'm glad you're here.

I'm happy to be here.

(KNOCKlNG)

Hey.
Hey.

Uh, where's Jabbar?

Play date with Jensen.

I was hoping
that we could talk.

Yeah. Sit... Sit down.

I want you to know
that I heard everything
you said,

and you're right.

We do owe it to each other
to have a conversation

before we bring
Jabbar around
anyone we're dating.

Well, good. I'm...
I'm glad we're on
the same page.

Sorry I was
so, you know.

It's okay.

I think l'm ready to
have that conversation.

I think
it's getting more real
with me and Joe,

and l'd like Jabbar
to get to know him.

(MUTED)