Parenthood (2010–2015): Season 4, Episode 10 - Trouble in Candyland - full transcript

I have an announcement.

Your dad is going to be
overseeing the construction

of a huge building in west Berkeley.

It's really happening.

- Hi.
- Hi, who are you?

Marlyse. I just moved
into the building next door.

Angry neighbor lady
could shut you down.

We cannot put this on Adam's plate.

I think he has to know about it.

I booked in a job in L.A.

So I can go figure out
this thing with Ruby.



He says, "I need you,"
and all of a sudden you go

and do what he wants you to do?
No, I didn't say that.

Don't bother, tell him you're free.

All weekend.
How'd the interview go?

Guy looks at me and goes,

"Oh, you were in Afghanistan?

Kill anybody?"
And that was the end of that.

Hi!

Uncle Joel!

- Yeah.
- Good morning.

- Good morning.
- Look at this.

This is unusual.

I brought you
a little something something.

Get your day started out right.
That has my name on it.



This is totally weird.

- Thank you.
- Yes, here.

Cheers.

Well, thanks for driving all this way

to just give me this coffee.
You deserve it.

You're a good man.

Hey, you know Ryan, right?
Your boyfriend.

- Yes, my boyfriend.
- Yep, I know Ryan.

So he's looking for a job now.

And it clicked, to me, of course.

Uncle Joel... construction.
It's perfect.

I found you a great worker.

He's the best.
I'm sure he's great.

- It's perfect, right?
- I just...

It would just be so helpful.
Anything.

We already got the whole team.

No job?
No openings at all?

Nothing.
I mean...

Okay, thank you for letting me ask.

I appreciate it.
Thank you for the coffee.

Yeah, you know, it's premium blend,

so, I mean, it did cost me
two extra dollars.

But it's fine, it was worth it

just to have this chat.

Pfft.
Hey.

Tell him to show up tomorrow
and bring a pair of work gloves.

And we'll find some...

Uncle Joel, thank you so much.

- Okay.
- It's perfect.

- All right.
- Thank you so much, Uncle Joel.

- Yeah.
- The best!

So suddenly I'm pulled
into this conversation

with the lads, very mellow...

You're now a member of led zeppelin.

But I'm totally, like, floored.

And, next thing, Jimmy page comes in.

And they're tal...
like, they're sitting there

and they're talking about this gig.

I think it was whole lotta love.

And Robert was like,
"Man, I was so confused.

"And I just counted to eight.

"I said, 'no matter what happens,

I'm coming in on eight.'"

and he's like, "One, two..."
he's all mad.

Well, the thing about keeping track

whole lotta love...

- Crosby, Crosby.
- That drum goes on for...

there's something happening outside.

I need to pull you away for one second.

I am so sorry.
Hi, how are you?

- Give me five minutes.
- No, it's an emergency.

It's a marlyse situation.

Okay, I'm gonna be right back.

Oh, no, no, no, no!

Hold on, hold on, hold on.

Please, please, please don't do this.

- Sorry.
- Do you know whose car that is?

It's Glen hansard's car.

He's a troubadour.
You can't tow a troubadour.

Is that a troubadour?

Thought it was a camry.

Okay, you know what?
Who... did this woman call you?

This horse-faced vile creature,
did she put you up to this?

I just take addresses
and license plates, buddy...

I'll tell you what we're gonna do.

$500. How does that sound?

And you lower it, and everyone's happy.

$500.

Okay, here's 116.

You take the 116.

And I'll give you 400 in an hour.

I'll come down to wherever...

Pick it up at the lot off of valencia.

Cash only.

Wwwait, now I'm making it 616.

I give you the 116 now,

and then I come down with 500 more.

- Sorry.
- 716.

Now, come on, man!

Are you kidding me?

Thanks a lot, buddy.

Oh.

Hey, is that my car?

Is that your car?

Okay, question number four, come on.

Come on, you can do it.

Give it a shot, you can do it.

Come on.

It's easier when I watch how you do it.

I'm sure it is.

But we did the first three that way,

and this one's your turn.

So, okay,
so when we're adding fractions,

the first step is?

Make sure the denominators
are the same.

Sydney, okay, this is
Victor's homework.

So don't interrupt, okay?

You remember our rule
about not interrupting?

Yeah, but, mom, it's not interrupting,

'cause Victor wasn't saying anything.

He was thinking.

And it's hard to think

when someone's yelling out the answer.

So you do your homework.

I need to get ready for baseball.

Oh, no, you don't.

Baseball's not for over an hour.

Come on, okay, let's do this.

Read it out loud.

What does it say?

"1/2 plus 1/4th

"is equal...

To..."

Is equal to 3/4ths.

Sydney, okay.

Take your homework and go upstairs.

- Yeah, but I was helping.
- You were not h... okay.

This is not a punishment,
but go upstairs, please.

Victor and I need some
alone time to work on this.

I'll do this later.

No, you won't, Victor.
We're gonna work on this now.

- No!
- Yes.

We are gonna work on this now.

If Victor doesn't have
to do his homework, why do I...

He does, and so do you!
Please...

I need to get ready for baseball.

Victor, if you don't do this,
there is no baseball!

Do you want this blue shirt
to wear with your suit?

No, I got this one.

Hey, don't forget your dress shoes.

Do you feel like a shoe bag?

What?

- You don't have to do that.
- What am I doing?

You're trying to make it okay
that you're packing

for your trip
and I'm packing for my trip.

- Yeah, I am.
- But it's not.

It's not okay, so let's just...

Finish it up and, you know.

Pack and...

Well, we can make it okay.

I said that I would come on Saturday.

I don't want you to come anymore.

I really don't.

I want you to do your work thing
that's important,

and, I'll have
a weekend with my friends.

And I'll see you on Monday, okay?

You know, I am in this tough position,

and I just tried
to make a really hard choice...

Yeah, exactly, you made a choice, and,

you know, I'm sure Hank
is very appreciative.

You're a great, great employee.

You're just a lousy fiancee.

So, you just seen her for lunch.

Yeah, I'm just gonna see...
about an hour.

I guess, I don't know.

- Hi!
- Hey!

Daddy!

Hey.

- Hi.
- You look cute.

- Oh, thanks.
- Hello, Hank.

- Sandy.
- Look at you, here in L.A.

Yeah, yeah, I told you,

I had a last-minute job thing.

I couldn't pass it up.

Hi, I'm Sarah.

I work with Hank, I'm his assistant.

Nice to meet you.
Yeah.

You know it's not your weekend.

I do know that, yeah.

I told you, this is a job opportunity,

and I'm just taking advantage of it.

I'm gonna spend time with my daughter.

That okay?

Okay, so you're telling me
that this nothing to do

with Minnesota?

Why don't we talk about this privately?

Hey, Ruby, there's
some cookies in the lobby.

- If it's okay, I'll take her...
- Yeah.

Okay.

Just don't go too far, sweetie,

'cause I want to say bye
to you before I go, okay?

- Okay.
- I'll be right there.

There's chocolate chip

and something that looks like oatmeal.

Look, I don't know what
you are hoping to accomplish

with this, uh, work trip,

but Minnesota is a done deal.

I already have a good job offer.

My family is there.

Public schools are
actually a viable option.

We need this, and you better not
try and sabotage it.

So my relationship with her,

that's not a factor
in this, right? Nothing?

You don't have to freak out
over them, you know.

They've been doing it
since forever, so...

Julia says we have to argue

that the luncheonette
is a good neighbor,

and we got to beg for something

called a "Use Variance."

Argue with who?
And argue where?

At the city council meeting.

Well, what happens if we don't argue?

Worse case scenario,

like, the far end of the spectrum,

she could shut us down.

All right, when... when is
this city council meeting?

Tomorrow night.

It's tomorrow night?

Is that inconvenient...

What is wrong with you, Crosby?

Why wouldn't you give me
a head's up about this?

I thought this was a bluff.

Okay, well, we need
to talk to her today.

Okay, you're welcome to try
to talk to this woman.

I've already tried.

I went to her house
and offered her a gift basket.

Here's what we're gonna do:

We're gonna go talk to her,
we're gonna go hat in hand,

we're gonna smile, we're gonna be nice,

we're gonna apologize,
and I'll do the talking.

Okay, that's gonna be great.

And I'm gonna say whatever
it takes to save our studio.

You think you're gonna have
some jedi mind approach

that's gonna somehow, magically...

Crosby, Crosby, we're gonna be nice...

All right, I'll witness that...

I think now would be a good time

for you to get back
into the studio with Glen.

Oh, is that what I should do?

Yeah, that's where you should be.

Okay, I was like,
what am I doing in here?

Shouldn't I be somewhere?
I couldn't remember where.

And now I get it!

Thank you for your guidance.

Hi, it's me.

I'm... I don't know
what I'm doing here.

But I was wrong,
and I'm thinking about you,

and I'm sorry.

And I miss you.

Call me, okay?

So mom told me about you guys

maybe moving to Minnesota.

Yeah.

Anyway, I was just kind of wondering

how you feel about the whole thing.

About what?

About maybe moving away.

Well, I think it sounds really cool.

I mean, I've lived here my whole life

and I've never been anywhere,

except up to see you.

And plus mom says

that the houses are way cheaper there.

So if we go,

we can get a ginormous house.

Are you okay?

Yeah, no, I'm fine, I'm fine.

I just thought you might be anxious

about moving and...
and leaving your friends

and, you know, leaving your school.

Yeah.

And... Being farther away
from me.

That part's horrible.

It is.

Yeah, I know, I know.

You know what?

It seems pretty cool, though, right?

- It does.
- Yeah.

It does.

You ate all the bamboo thingies.

I didn't do it on purpose.

Tofu.

You love tofu.

I don't know if I love it.

Bye.

Wait, wait, so...

What exactly did your Uncle say
I was gonna be doing?

- Well...
- Specifically.

Specifically, I mean, I don't know.

Building things, I think,
is the general tone of it.

No, and, like, I've built things.

But I've never built anything legal,

like, up to code.

Sure, code.

He's probably using,
like, union guys and stuff

that do this all the time.

What are you so nervous for?

I'm not nervous,

I just don't want to be responsible

for a building collapsing or something,

'cause I don't know what I'm doing.

No, you're gonna be great.

They're all gonna love you.

Almost as much as I do.

Here you go.

- Thank you.
- Sure.

- Did you order that?
- Take one... yeah.

- Take.
- That would be three.

Yeah.

You got to do things in threes.

Fine.

I don't want to sound like a...

Downer...

That's impossible.

But my daughter...

Is gonna be living in Minnesota now.

Don't think about this now.

This is gonna make you too...
Fourhour plane ride.

Sad now.
That's a fourhour plane ride.

I understand it's four hours.

I'm not gonna see her as much.
She's gonna be over there.

She's gonna be with Sandy's family

in Sandy's hometown.

And I'm gonna be, like, erased
from her life now.

You're not gonna be erased
from her life,

'cause you won't let that happen.

You know what the worst part is?

I'm putting her in the middle of it.

So what am I doing?

I feel like a big baby, you know.

I made you come, and I have
to get my daughter back

and you can't do that and...

I should have
never let it get this far.

That's what
I should-a not... Done.

I think it's very noble.

Look, you're gonna show up
for her, like you have been.

Which is more
than my kids' father does,

you know, for them.

Why do you keep looking at your phone?

- What do you mean?
- Is everything okay?

'Cause I see you looking
at that over and over again.

There's a lot of calls coming in.

I caused like, trouble, there, right?

There's trouble in candy land,
I can tell.

- What does that even mean?
- Your boyfriend.

- My fiancee?
- Yeah, I apologize.

Look, don't start apologizing now.

All right, here, come on.

To, um...
For you.

To Sarah, for thank...
for helping me.

All right...
Just...

Just... you stay there,
I'll do it.

I don't know why it's so funny.

Look at yourself. See?

Quiet down.

'Cause I can't find the rooms.

I have to lean on you,
because I'm falling over.

Here, all right.

I feel like you're hauling me,
like potatoes.

You think I'm holding you up,

but I'm actually keeping myself
from falling forward.

- Hi.
- Hi.

What was that?
What was that, Sarah?

Nothing.
That was nothing.

I fell in the hallway...
It didn't look like nothing.

Because I'm drunk, okay...

Right, and you had your arm
around him, and your shoes off.

I just was holding on
because I was drunk.

And he's walking you to your room?

He wasn't.
The bar's right there.

He just... yeah, we just...
he was just walking me...

And so what was going
to happen after this?

Nothing.

If I wasn't here,
what was going to happen?

Nothing.
Nothing was gonna happen.

That's not what it looked like.

How can you even say that?

Because you were laughing
and you were all over him!

I was just laughing!

This is what you chose instead of

to come away with me for the weekend.

You chose to be here for work.

And then I come here,

and I see you, like, on...
in, like, a romantic...

It wasn't romantic! No!

Like I walked in on you guys!

No, you didn't walk in on anything!

I interrupted your special, private...

How can you say that?

I would never do that to...

You know what's the stupidest
thing about all of this?

What?

Is that I felt really bad

that I called you
a "Lousy Fiancee."

And I got your message,
and you sounded really sad.

So I made up some excuse

and got on a plane
to come apologize to you,

because I thought
that's what we should do.

Come back and figure it out with Sarah.

And then I come back, and here...

and here you are with...

- This your boss.
- No, no.

- You know me!
- Because...

You know that I would not
do something like that!

All right, all right.

Can we please just...
just forget it!

You know what?
I need to get some air.

No, please don't go, you're scaring me.

Just come here for one second.
I can't talk to you right now.

Morning, guys.

- Morning, boss.
- Hey, what's up?

Is this the stuff that just came in?

- Yep.
- How is it?

- Sucks.
- Yeah, okay.

Morning.

Sorry about that, I...

How's it going?

It's, uh...

It's a learning curve.
Yeah.

Still getting the hang of it.
It's all right.

Just take your time with it, you know?

Not racing these guys.

Make sure you measure it out
before you...

Hack it.

- Yes, sir.
- Yeah.

Ryan, you can just call me Joel.

Okay.

Okay, come...
come see me after.

- Okay.
- All right.

Joel, how come you never ask
how I'm feeling, man?

I got needs too, bro.

That's 'cause I don't care
about your needs.

I thought I made that clear.

Hey, Joel, it's my time of the month.

Yeah, yeah.

Is that why you're so moody?
Hold me.

Hold me, Joel!

Nice job, rookie.

- Hey.
- The booth is set up.

We should get there
in the next ten minutes.

You got, um, any aspirin?

- I don't think so.
- Nothing in that whole bag?

I don't...

Just a little aspirin?

I also want
to tell you what I was thinking.

I was thinking,

I'm gonna ask Ruby if she wants
to come to Berkeley.

You know, live with me.

- Coffee, dear?
- Yes, God, please, yes.

- Same check?
- That's fine.

No, no, it's...
it's separate.

Okay.

What do you think of that?

- What?
- What do you think?

About Ruby coming to live with me.

She should have the choice, right?

I mean...

That's only...
You know, Hank?

It's not my job to fix you.

- Okay, uh...
- I'm sorry.

I had a, uh, exceptionally bad night.

And, um, mark is not answering...

The phone.

Yeah, you know, I get it.

I get it.

You know, I have a life,

and I'm not focused on it.

'Cause I'm thinking about your life.

It doesn't really make any sense.

Yeah, I got it.

You're a very nice guy,
but I need to...

Said, "I got it."

Let's go.

Crosby.

- What is it?
- She's here.

Hey, that...
that was perfect.

Thanks, I...
you know,

I ran out of breath on the harmonica.

If we could just do it again,
it'd be great.

Okay, great.

You wanna take five,

and catch your breath,
and then we'll...

I'm good, if you want to go now.

Yeah, do... yeah.

Yeah, um...
Sorry, you can't-Crosby!

Can you just... I don't know...
talk to him.

Hi.

Hi.

He'll be right back.

Oh.

I'm sure Crosby will be here
in just a minute.

I really appreciate
you making the time.

I'm just happy
that we could sit down...

Do you know that that power strip

is completely overloaded?

I seriously doubt that the wiring

in this building is up to code.

Do you know that you could have

a three-alarm fire
within minutes?

I can assure you
all the wiring is up to code.

But thank you very much
for pointing that out.

I'll look into it and make sure
that it's not overloaded.

- You're welcome.
- Hey.

- Crosby.
- Sorry I'm late.

I was working with Glen hansard.

But since you're early,

that definitely takes precedence.

All right, so we're all here.

And I understand that you've had

a misunderstanding with my brother.

Your brother, you,

everybody who comes in and out
of this building.

You people are awful.

I wouldn't exactly call that
a misunderstanding.

Well, I think that itis
a misunderstanding.

I told this one.

Littering, smoking,

shouting in the alley,
parking in my space.

It's ridiculous.

Okay, well, these are all the items

we want to address,

and again, I wanted to do this sooner.

I just... I couldn't do it...

Oh, yeah?
You know when things get done?

When people feel threatened.

Otherwise, they walk all over you.

Case in point.

All right, I can assure you
that's not the case, here.

I've had some pressing family matters

to deal with, but I'm here
to deal with it now, and...

Family matters?

His wife has breast cancer, so...

Crosby!

Please, some respect
for the family privacy.

She's acting like it's trivial.

Tell her she's going through chemo.

It's true.

She's going through chemo
and, as you can imagine,

it's been a very difficult time.

All right.

I had that.

Last year.

Well, I'm very sorry.
I know what that's like,

and it's a difficult thing,

and I'm very sorry you had
to go through that.

Now, I just want to make sure...

- Wait a second.
- What?

You're not trying
to use your wife's cancer

to get me
to drop my complaint, are you?

- No.
- Oh, Adam!

- Of course not.
- That'd be really crass.

- Is that what you're doing?
- No.

I am simply trying to...

- Wow!
- Solve these neighborly issues.

- Okay, you know what?
- Please sit down.

I'll see you
at the city council meeting.

Drive safe, Maureen.

You know my name.

Well, that was impressive.

That was like a master class
in conflict resolution.

Hi, sorry.

I didn't want to scare you.

Hi.

I've been looking all over for you.

You found me.

The last place I looked.

What did you do all day?

This.

I... before,
I was walking around,

trying to... Figure out
what I'm doing.

I was going to buy a ticket back,

but I didn't really feel like...

Going back to my apartment right now.

So...

I just thought I'd come here.

Our apartment.

I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry.

You have no idea.

Nothing was gonna happen last night.

Nothing was gonna happen.

You have to believe me.

Okay.

Okay.

I'm sorry about this whole thing.

Me too.

Can we have dinner...

Tonight?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Thank you.

I'll just finish this,

and then we can go out somewhere.

I love you.

Me too.

I, uh...

Let me just finish this up...
Yeah.

And I'll...

And then I'll just see you for dinner.

Okay.

Okay...

Coming!

Hi.

How are you?

Good.

You know, just having
a little... Me time.

- Yeah.
- The kids are out.

And I was just, like...

Relaxing.

Cool, yeah, um...

I just...
come in.

- Okay, thanks.
- Sure.

I wanted to talk to you
about something.

Yeah.

So, um...

You're such a good mom.
Mmhmm.

You're my guru.

Oh, you're...
that's nice.

Well, yeah, you're always good with...

- I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
- Mom stuff.

I'ml'm smoking pot.

- I know.
- I was just doping it up.

And I'm really sorry.
I know.

I mean, I know I'm not, like...

I shouldn't have lied.

Did I? I didn't
really even lie.

No, you didn't, no.

And you don't even have
to explain yourself.

I'm glad that you're getting
help with the chemo.

- Oh, yeah, and it's great.
- That's great.

I feel good.

Good.

- Why don't you have a seat.
- Okay.

I'm just gonna get some water.

Okay, here's my problem.

Victor is really behind in school.

Got it.

Turns out he missed 47 days last year.

So he has no idea
what's happening in class.

And then, since he can't keep up,

he feels stupid.

And then he refuses to study...
And it's like...

- I'm tutoring him, you know.
- Yeah.

And I'm going over
his homework with him.

But that basically just means
I'm doing it for him.

For him, yeah.

- And...
- Like you're doing it all.

Yeah.

And so I feel like he thinks

he's coming home to this witch.

- You're not, you're not.
- I don't want to be that way.

I know, but I want
to be nice, you know?

But I also just really want him
to catch up...

Gotta catch up.

- Yeah.
- He has to catch up.

That's all there is to it.
Yeah.

Like, he can't not go
to sch... do it.

Soso what do you do?

With Max.

Max? Well, I...

Well, to be honest with you...

We bribe him.

Yeah, if were on Oprah...
Oh.

I would be like,

"Oh, it's
an 'incentive system.'"

but it's just bribery.

- Okay.
- Yeah.

And that works.

It works.

Where is...
no, it's down here.

Here.

Ho!

Oh, my goodness.

Different shapes and sizes of candy.

We have nuggets of fun.

Chocolatey, crunchy, chewy,

tangible little treats of joy.

Delicious.

And it works.

- It works?
- Yeah, it really works.

So what do you use this for?

- Everything.
- For everything?

I mean, like,
two gummy worms for homework.

There's three fish.

Take the dog out...

And he'll take him out.

Listen to me.

When you're in the trenches,
as a parent,

do not feel guilty about this, okay?

You gotta do what you gotta do.

And you gotta go with what works.

You're a good mom.

Thanks.

The luncheonette...

Is a neighborhood landmark.

It has been here since 1956,

which is when little bunnies
first took over San Francisco.

Amber!

Could you please not email
while I'm doing this?

I'm self-conscious enough
already...

I'm sorry, but I think that
you need to see this right now.

What is this?

Well, it's an email
from one of our neighbors.

And, apparently...

Marlyse has sent it to a lot of people.

- Is that Crosby?
- Yeah.

I mean, it looks like it to me.

Crosby, there's a picture of you

in the alley, urinating.

I find that really hard to believe...

That there's a photograph...
You're not gonna like this.

But, I mean, pretty intense evidence.

That's you.

Oh, yeah, I went one time.

I had locked up and set the alarm.

And, then, you know.

You've never peed in an alley?

No, I don't pee in alleys.

Do you pee in alleys?
Not lately.

Look, she doesn't either.

Okay, I pee at yosemite,
when I go camping.

We're not talking about camping.

We're not camping here
at the luncheonette, okay?

This is our alley.
You don't pee in our alley!

Why are you so mad at me?
I'm not the enemy.

Crosby, she could shut us down!

I had to pee.

Why can't I just have the candy first?

Because that's not
the way the game works, buddy.

Okay, so one correct question:

One piece of candy.

This is the stupidest game ever.

You know what?

You're right.

And I'm kinda hungry, actually,

so I think I'll just have
a couple of these.

Okay, fine, I'll do it.

Okay.

Good.

Wait, this... okay.

So close.

There's one thing you forgot to do.

It's with the decimal point.

I talked to you about this
on the last one.

You can do it.

No, I can't do it!

I'm not like Sydney, okay?

I'm stupid!

I'm sorry, I'm stupid.

Hey, you're not stupid.

Sydney can do all of my homework,

and she's a year and a half
younger than me.

Buddy, there's a big difference

between being stupid
and just being behind.

You missed a lot of school,

and so we're playing
catch-up here, okay?

That's what it is.

We just got to put in the time, okay?

And if you work hard on this,

I promise you,
you're gonna ace the test.

And it's gonna feel awesome.

Okay?

Excuse me.

Do you need help moving these,
over there?

No, kid.

You wait for someone
to come help you, all right?

We don't want you getting too dirty.

Hey, kid, let me help you with those.

- I got it.
- Watch your angle.

- I got it!
- Watch your angle!

You really screwed the pooch
on that one, kid.

Guys, what is going on?

Those are $800 windows.
What the hell happened?

You hired him.

I'ml'm really sorry.

You know, I'm not... I...

I shouldn't be here, I...

Ryan.

Hey, Ryan, I didn't say you could go.

Ryan!

Hold there, please.

Whoop.

- Hi.
- Hey.

Oh, thanks.
Mmhmm.

So...

Going to dinner?

- Yep.
- Yeah.

- Yep.
- Yeah.

Yeah, I'm going a little later on

with, uh, my daughter.

Hey... Can I say something?

Sarah, has just been really helpful,

you know, like a shoulder to lean on.

- Oh.
- Yeah.

Yeah, I mean, she's been great.

She knew this whole thing was
a sham, professionally, and...

A sham?
What do you mean, a sham?

I mean, I just,
I booked this job as an excuse

just to get face-to-face
with my daughter.

And Sarah knew that?

Yeah, yeah, uh...

I guess.

But the point is,
even though she knew that,

she came anyway, to help.

Yeah.

But, I guess, what I'm trying to say is

you know, maybe cut her a little slack.

I should cut her some slack?

Yeah, maybe.

A little.

Well, maybe you should mind
your own business.

Hi.

Rough?

Oh.

Not that bad.

Nah?

He tried.

He's gonna have rotten teeth,
but he tried.

Well, maybe the sugar buzz
helps his studying.

You know, he told me,
he thinks he's stupid.

Who knows if he meant it.

I remember being that age.

I'd rather pull out
my fingernails than do math.

Baby, you didn't see...

he believes it.

No one's ever told him that he's smart.

I can tell.

And no one's ever told him

that it's important to study.

Yeah.

If I could just will him
to ace this test tomorrow.

I just want him
to feel smart, you know?

One test is not gonna do that, honey.

It could stop the streak, maybe.

Every time I try to connect with him,

he...

Pushes me away.

I didn't think
it was gonna be this hard.

What are you gonna get?

I, uh, I'm sorry.

I, uh, I ran into Hank in the elevator,

on the way down.

And,

He said that...
that this whole job

was a sham.

No, that's not...

He said that it was, uh...

It was a sham

and that he really booked the job

so that he could talk to his daughter

face-to-face, and...

Maybe, but it doesn't mean it's a sham.

- You knew that and...
- It was an actual job.

Right.

But he told me that you knew

that he needed someone
to be here with him,

and that's why you came.

He needed you.

More... more than...

Than I needed you.

I thought I was doing the right thing,

and I didn't.

It was the wrong...
it was wrong.

It's...

He needed you like...
like Seth needed you.

Seth's the father of my children.

I know, well, with Seth, I understood.

And he was dealing with his addiction,

and I let you do what you wanted to do.

And I waited for you, because...

Well, because you're amazing,

and I love you,

and you're worth waiting for.

But you... you... I feel like
you do this thing,

where every time there's
something good in your life,

soththing that's making you
feel good about yourself,

or anything like that,

you... you just run away from it.

And I don't know what that is in you

that... that chose
to come here

instead of come to this wedding

with your...
Fiancee.

But, I just,

I really love you,
but I can't do this anymore.

I can't do this anymore.

Hey!

How was the day, guys?

Hi, mommy.

Guess what.
What?

Victor's not talking
to anybody in carpool.

Hey, come here.

Why don't you scoop out some
of these chocolate chip cookies.

Are we gonna have 'em for dessert?

Yeah, we are.

How are you doing?

You are a liar!

You said if I worked hard,
I was gonna pass this test.

You said I was gonna ace it.

You're full of it!

You're a liar, and I'm stupid.

Hey, Victor.

Listen, I know you're mad, buddy,

and I get that.

But, look at this.

Two days ago, you didn't know
how to do any of these.

Look how many you got right.

You worked really hard on this,

and I'm proud of you, okay?

You know, it doesn't even matter
if you get 62 or 92.

I'm always gonna love you.

Next on the agenda is item 6244a:

Marlyse dagan versus the
luncheonette recording studio.

The council will hear statements
from both parties

before voting on the question

of whether to grant a use variance

for continued operation.

First up is Ms. dagan.

Two minutes, please.

Councilmen, staff,

and assembled residents
of San Francisco,

thank you for your time.

I recently moved
to haight-ashbury,

and I've had the misfortune

of being the luncheonette's neighbor.

My condo and the luncheonette
share a back alley,

which has become,
due to the recording studio,

a haven for drug users,
vagrants, and other hooligans.

Objection, that is not the truth.

There are musicians
who go out in the alley

and occasionally have a cigarette.

Mr. braverman,
this is not a court of law.

You'll get your chance
to respond in just a minute.

- Sorry.
- Ms. Dagan.

Thank you, council secretary.

Now, if I could please turn
your attention

to exhibit "A":

Loitering, and disturbing the peace.

Exhibit "B":

Illicit drug use.

And, my personal favorite,

exhibit "C":

Lewd and inappropriate acts

by its co-owner,
Crosby braverman,

who apparently couldn't even
be bothered

to show up tonight.

These activities continue,
throughout the night,

every day of the week.

I ask you, would you want
to live next door to this?

This is my home.

I care about

the kind of neighborhood
that I live in.

These people should not be here.

Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. dagan,
that's your time.

All right, Mr. braverman,
we're ready to hear from you.

Two minutes, please.
Okay, all right.

My name is Adam braverman.

I am one of the co-owners
of the luncheonette.

And, uh...

Where have you been?
Hi, I'm sorry.

Sorry, I'm late.

I'm Crosby braverman.

Thank you for letting us speak.
I got this.

- You got this?
- Yes, I got this.

- You sure?
- Yes, I promise.

- All right.
- Okay.

Hi, marlyse.

I admit, I did pee in the alley.

And she filmed it.

And I'll let you guys decide
which is weirder.

Look.

I probably don't need
to tell you guys this,

but, since the luncheonette
opened its doors,

some of the great rock legends
of all time have recorded there:

Jimi hendrix and Janis joplin.

The grateful dead.

And they didn't just make
great music there,

they also created a culture
that really came

to define the haight,
and the city as a whole.

I mean, we flew a tie-dye flag
at half-mast

when Jerry Garcia died.

And I think that's pretty cool of us.

But when my brother and I
restored the luncheonette,

we weren't trying to be cool.

We did it

because we both
have families to support,

and we have employees, and
we want to create great music.

And we'd like to contribute

to the artistic and cultural life

of the city.

So, if it's okay with you guys,

I've brought some of our neighbors,

both business owners and residents,

who would like
to put in a good word for us.

No, I object.

Ms. dagan,

every resident of your zone

has a right to weigh in.

Hello, my name is
Jin-he min.

Oh, come on.

And I own the dry cleaners...

thank you.

Across the street
from the luncheonette.

The bravermans are kind,
respectful neighbors

and have added a vitality
to this community.

How'd it go?

Not good.

How'd it go with you?

Not good.