Parenthood (2010–2015): Season 5, Episode 11 - Promises - full transcript

You got a text from Ed Brooks.

You guys have been texting
each other a lot lately.

I need you to stop calling me.
It's not fair to Joel.

I like him.
I like Max.

I'm not saying
doesn't have his moments,

but I'm showing him the ropes
and it's good for him,

and it's good for me.

- Are you having a great time?
- It's just been amazing.

- I miss you.
- Got to go.

We can't sleep together
again, okay?

Okay.



Maybe we should be
just friends.

Hi.

During the week
we have cast parties

and on the weekend, we--
You have them during the week?

- Yes, during the week.
- Jeez.

[Smacks cards]
Both: Oh.

Oh, no!
Oh, yeah. I won.

- What? No, because--
- My hand is under your hand.

- I don't think that was what--
- Because what?

[Knocking at the door]
Oh. Come in.

Oh, my God,
I got so lost on the Bart.

It was, like, such a disaster.

Hey.

Oh. Hi.



I thought you'd be alone.
Yeah, this is my friend.

- Hi.
- This is Amy.

She--she's in from out of town.
She goes to tufts, but--

- I'm Natalie.
Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

- Um--
- Cool, cool.

We're just playing cards,
if you--you want to play?

No, I'll just--
I'll catch you later.

It was nice, uh, meeting you.

- Bye.
- Yeah, bye.

Bye.

She's cute.

- Uh--
- Is that your girlfriend?

No. She, um--

no, she just lives
down the hall, so--

- that's convenient.
[Chuckles]

She does that thing, the,
like, drunkenly dropping in.

I guess she's kind of
known for that.

It's okay, I'm kidding.

I'm joking.
Yeah, I know. I was just-

I was just saying.
[Chuckles]

Want to keep playing?
Yeah.

All right.
[Laughs]

[Doorbell dings]

- Who is it?
- Mrs. Crabbles.

- Who?
- Carl.

- Who?
- Ha ha. Did you order Chinese?

You can smell that
all the way out in the hallway?

I have a very sensitive nose.

Hey, what are you doing
Friday night?

Why?

Uh, I have to go
to this charity thing,

and thought you might
want to go with me.

Thank you, Carl, but I have
told you that I will not be--

- sleep with me.
Yes, that conversation

has been seared permanently
in my memory.

- [Chuckles] Sorry.
- This is not about that.

It's just a charity
fundraiser thing.

You know, cocktail dinner, some
fancy house over in sea cliff.

They said I had to bring
a plus-one.

Not a date, a usne,

and you seem like
the type of plus-one

who wouldn't drink five cosmos
and then hurl in the shower.

- Gross.
- Mm-hmm.

Is that what that
last girl did, Lincoln?

It was the one after Lincoln,
actually.

Johnson?

Hey, see. Right there.

You just made
a presidential joke.

Not everybody can do
witty cocktail banter.

- Hmm.
- You should come with me.

Mm, what's in it for me?

Wow. Uh, okay.

I have a buddy in advertising
who hires photographers.

You would enjoy meeting him and
some other folks you'll like.

Okay.

All right.

Talk later.

And we're in a bit of a hurry,
so let's move it now.

- Hey, do you got a sec?
- We're not late.

- Um, it's not a good time.
- I just wanted to talk to you,

that's all.
Can you guys wait in the car

for just a second?
[Clears throat]

You're not returning
any of my emails.

- You shouldn't be emailing me.
- I understand, but I'm just--

[chuckles]

I wanted to apologize
for the other day, that's all.

- I'm not gonna talk about it.
- I know,

but I'm gonna be
at the auction on Friday,

and I just don't want it
to be weird, okay?

Listen, I don't know
what you thought, but--

- I thought that I felt
something from you.

That's what I thought.
I'm married.

[Door opening] Hank, I'm here.

Hey. Mad Max.
What's going on?

I took the last three pictures
this morning,

and they're amazing.

- Where's the stuff?
- What? What stuff?

The stuff to develop
in the darkroom.

You said we'd be developing
my pictures today.

Uh, yeah,
I got to do this re-shoot.

Of what, a stupid purse?

Yeah, well, it's not a purse.

It's a convertible cross-body
bag something, I don't know.

- Who cares?
- I care.

It's a big client, you know?
Give me that filter right there.

No, you said that we would
develop my photos today.

You promised.
I know.

Look, I got that,
but this came up, all right?

No!

Max, I got to do this.

You said that we'd develop
my pictures today!

I get that, okay?
This is a big job--

this job pays for me
to develop your pictures.

Okay, fine, then we will
develop my pictures first

like the plan that we had,
and then you can do yours.

All right, Max, listen.
We're not developing

your pictures today, okay?
So great, so you're a liar!

- Did you--
- You lied!

Ho, did you hear what I said?

We got to do the shoot.
No, you promised!

Max.

- You promised!
- Hey! Oh!

Screw you, Hank!
[Screams]

Max!

Come on, Max!

Max, hold up!

Damn it.

- Hey, buddy.
- I'm going upstairs!

- Honey, what--what is going on?
- He's okay, he got a little--

- Hank is a liar!
- Max, stop it.

- He's a liar!
- Max, don't call people a liar.

Max.

I am so, so--what happened?
He got-yeah.

He got upset.
He got a little upset.

I don't know--

- what was that all about?
- He just had a tantrum.

- Yeah, he was at the studio.
- Uh-huh.

He wanted to do something.
I told him we couldn't do it.

We had to do this other thing.
You know, we had a deadline,

and he flipped out.
I don't--

- okay.
- Does that happen?

- Yeah, sometimes.
- We're working on stuff

with him. I'm so sorry.
He's gonna be okay?

Everything in the studio's
okay? You're all right?

No, I'm all right.
Yeah, he's fast though.

That's a fast kid.
It's not your fault.

I got to go talk to him.
I'm so sorry, Hank. Thank you.

- Max.
- He'll be okay?

Yeah, he'll be okay.

Ooh, man, he's fast.
Son of a bitch, he's fast.

♪ 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

Ah. Ow. Oh!

♪ But if my word
is to be true ♪

Finished.

♪ Life is something to behold ♪

♪ yes, life is hard

♪ come celebrate

♪ life is hard, uh-huh

♪ uh-huh-huh

hmm.

♪ Our life is all

zeek, it was such
a beautiful day here today.

You should've seen
the sunset last night.

I wished you were here.

There's just so much
that I want to share with you.

That sounds great, Millie.

How are you?

Me?
Oh, fine, fine, yeah.

How's the other woman?

Uh, well,
she's doing good, you know.

I'm working on her all the time,
and slowly but surely--

- well, it worked out then,
didn't it?

We're both pursuing
our passions.

Yeah, it did.

Listen, there's a gal
in our group

who's got a little villa
outside Tuscany,

and she invited a few of us
to come there and paint.

It's just a wonderful
opportunity,

and I don't know when
I'd have the chance again,

but it would mean extending
my trip a week.

So I'll--
I'll let you think about it.

Okay. Yeah. Yeah.

You're sure I can't just
wear jeans?

No, you cannot wear jeans.

Why do you have
all these awesome dresses?

This is an amazing wardrobe.
I think that would look

really good on you.
Really?

- Yeah.
- All right,

I'll try that one too.
Yeah.

Hey, um, what's this guy's
last name again?

Fletcher, Carl Fletcher.
Why?

- Okay.
- What are you doing?

- Lookin' him up.
- What are you doing?

- I'm looking him up.
- Don't look him up.

- Why not?
- Because

I'm superstitious about that.

It's tacky and stalker-y.
[Laughs]

I'm gonna go try on
more dresses.

It's $1,000 a plate, okay,
so we have to look him up

and see what's going on
with this guy.

And you should wear
the black one.

It's gonna look amazing.

- I don't want to look amazing.
- Why not?

Jasmine, it's not a date.

I'm just going with this guy
to--for networking reasons,

and because he asked me
to be his plus-one,

and I thought, you know,
"who cares?"

Uhhuh. Carl Fletcher, right?
That's his name?

Yeah.

- Is this him?
- Ugh. Is it police records?

Crimes?
Just verify that this is him.

Is this him?
That is-I--verified, yes.

Okay, so...
"Global med world services

"is an international nonprofit
that builds hospitals

and clinics
in underprivileged countries."

But he doesn't have
anything to do with--

- well, yeah, it is,
because he is the chairman

and executive director of it.
He went to Duke,

Columbia med school--
No, he didn't.

And he is board certified
in neonatology.

- You've got to be kidding me.
- No, he--

- he's a doctor?
- And he saves babies.

Uh, this sounds like
a major evening.

It is, which is why,
you know...

- I better try the black one.
- You should wear the black one,

yeah. Yeah.
[Chuckles] God.

Yeah.

- Excuse me, Hank. Hi.
- Oh, hey. How's it going?

It's going all right.
Listen, I wanted to apologize

to you for Max's blowup
the other day.

I'm sorry about that.
Yeah, no, that's okay.

How is he--he's okay?
Is he mad at me still?

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

Unfortunately,
Max can be kind of stubborn.

But you handled the situation
really well, so--

- yeah, he--
but he does that, huh?

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

He got it into his head
that you lied to him,

which I'm sure
isn't true, and--

- [sighs] Yeah, no, I--
- It's typical of Max

that he can't let things go.

So it's irrational,
it's frustrating...

- Yeah, no, I know.
- But I just want you to know,

don't take it personally.

No, I don't.
I mean, you know,

to be honest, I did
break a promise to him, so--

- well, that happens.
- Yeah.

And he needs to learn
how to deal with that.

- Yeah.
- And I brought you

this book
on asperger's syndrome.

I don't know if you have time
to read it,

but it might help understand
Max a little bit better,

because we really want this
to work out here.

I mean, we love
that he comes here.

It's been really good for him.
Yeah, no, I know, I know.

Relax.
Okay.

I mean, I'm--I like him.
I like the kid,

so it's not that complicated,
really.

- Okay, good.
- Yeah.

If you want to, hopefully,
it'll be of some help.

- Yeah, sure.
- This is cool.

Hey, look at that.
London pumps.

Yeah.
It's weird that you know that.

- Oh.
- It's got to go back, though.

- Oh, yeah. Oh, boy.
- I gotta do the thing, yeah.

- Yep, sure. Of course.
- Yeah, no, that's--

- all right, you're working.
I'm gonna go.

- I mean, I just--I set that up.
- Okay, if you have time

for the book, great. All right.
Yeah, yeah,

I'll take a look into that,
but--you know,

say hello to him, or something.

- Okay.
- Yeah.

Hi.

Eh...

Pretty stupid, huh?

Everybody in here
is older than dirt.

You'd think they'd make
the print bigger.

- Yeah.
- The b.L.T.'S good.

- Uh-huh.
- It's not on the menu,

but Doris will make it for you
if you ask her.

Won't you, Doris?

Want some coffee, hon?

Uh, no, thank you.
I'd just like a beer and, um...

I'll try the Turkey meatloaf.

Thanks.
How about those Niners?

Yeah, how about 'em?

People are gonna be talking
about this season

for a long time.
Yeah.

Or are you a raiders fan?

Uh, sir, you know,
I don't want to be rude,

but I don't want to chitchat.

I just want to eat my dinner,
have my beer,

and work on my crossword,
if you don't mind.

- Sure.
- Thanks.

I got you.

Working on that
Alzheimer's thing.

No, I don't have Alzheimer's.

You won't if you keep doing
that crossword.

Good for you.

Creeps up on you, you know.

You don't know you're getting
Alzheimer's,

cause you've got Alzheimer's.

You don't... Forget...
What you formerly knew.

You got any friends?

Well, I wasn't trying to get
fresh with you or anything.

- No, I didn't--
- Just--

- God.
- What a putz.

- What?
- Nothing.

- Jules.
- Hi.

- What's going on?
- I have a favor to ask you,

and I was in the neighborhood,
so I thought I'd just come ask.

- Come on in. Have a seat.
- Okay, um,

so tomorrow night, you know
we have the auction at sycamore?

Yeah, we're watching
Jabbar and aida for Crosby.

- No. Never mind then.
- What?

I was gonna ask if Victor
and Sydney could come over.

- Of course.
- Really?

Yeah, we'll just have
a big sleepover.

- All of them?
- You and Joel can have

a night out.

Yep.
[Chuckles]

You all right?

Yeah. Yeah.

- Julia.
- No, it's fine.

- Julia.
- Adam.

Something's going on.
Look at me.

It's--it's--it's not...

Been going well...

Between Joel and I.

- What's going on?
- [Sighs] There's this guy.

No. No, no, no.
There's a guy?

No, listen, listen.

There's this guy who's a dad
at the school,

and we're on the same volunteer
committee so, you know,

we've been spending a bunch
of time together at that,

and we've become friends,
and I did not intend

for anything to happen, but...

We were talking the other day,

and--and...
Okay.

He kissed me.

- He just kissed you?
- Yeah.

Look, this sort of thing
happens.

I mean, believe it or not,
it happened to me.

This assistant we had
at the luncheonette, Rachel,

just kissed me,
and I immediately told Christina

about it, and we worked it out.
You'll be fine.

You didn't kiss her back?

- No, of course not.
- Okay.

- Julia?
- Good. Well, I don't--

I don't know, maybe this is--
maybe this is different.

Do you have feelings
for this guy?

I don't know. No.

Okay.

It's just been...

So hard with Joel and I.

We cannot get
on the same page at all.

Adam, he doesn't...
Look at me...

And so--and just--
he sees me,

you know?
Okay. Yeah.

- Hey, Julia.
- Yeah?

Listen to me, okay?
Whatever is feeling good

right now about ed
is just related

to how bad things are feeling
with Joe all right,

and it is not worth it.
It's not about him.

This is about you and Joel,
and you've got to focus

on your marriage.

Okay? It's about you.
It's about your family.

It's not worth it, okay?
You got to get this guy

out of your life
and forget about him.

Figure your stuff out
with Joel, okay?

If you guys need to go
talk to somebody,

you can do--
have you done that?

Were talking about--
we were trying to.

Okay, all right.
You're gonna be okay, all right?

- Okay.
- All right?

You didn't do anything wrong.

You didn't do anything wrong.
You're okay.

All right?
You're gonna be okay.

- Oh, Adam, thank you.
- You're gonna be okay.

- [Sighs]
- It's all right.

- Hey.
- Wow, can deliver...

Wow, look at that basket.

- That was all Amber.
- That is amazing.

- I had nothing to do with it.
- Just really top notch.

I don't know what she put
in there--that thing's so heavy.

- Hey, Uncle Adam.
- Jabbar, what is going on?

- Nothing.
- That is a quality basket.

Can we have pizza tonight?

What toppings and how many?
Okay, this is

the Braverman sleepover
extravaganza of the year.

- Yes.
- Hey, can you grab

your sleeping bag
and all your party gear?

I just want to talk to your dad
for a second.

- Okay.
- Thanks.

You're going Clark griswold
on this sleepover, huh?

Yeah.

- You know Ed Brooks?
- Ed who?

Ed Brooks.
He's a dad at sycamore.

Oh, Ed Brooks.
Yeah, yeah.

He's on the green police
committee with Julia.

Exactly, so did she
talk to you about him?

What about him?

He's recently separated.
He and Julia have been

spending some time together,
had some conversations,

and he kissed her.

- Ed Brooks?
- Yeah.

- Pudgy Ed Brooks kissed Julia?
- Kissed our sister, yes.

But it's not--
Does Joel know?

No.
It's complicated, because--

look, Julia's been having
some problems with Joel.

- What kind of problems?
- I don't know.

But she came over to the house

and she started
to tell me about it,

and she got really upset.

So ed is gonna be
at this auction.

I just want you to be looking
out for our baby sister, okay?

Make sure nothing happens
and...

- Roger.
- Make sure he keeps

his distance, all right?

- I accept.
- All right.

Just make sure you got her back.
I'll be on this guy

like a hawk. I'll--
Don't make it obvious.

Just make sure you have
her back, that's all I'm asking.

- Subtle, but direct.
- Exactly.

We do want to send
a signal, yeah?

- Oh, yeah.
- Okay, good.

- Yeah. Jabbar, you ready?
- Yeah.

Oh, my God.
The sun, yes.

I take it you miss California?

Are you kidding?

My entire wardrobe in Boston
consists of parkas and boots.

It's the coldest place
on earth.

So tell me how you guys met.

Um

uh, w-we went
to High School together.

Yeah.

Yeah, but, like,
how'd you "meet" meet?

- It was English, I think.
- Yeah, I think English class,

yeah.
Yeah.

English?
Oh, my God, that so boring.

I met my High School boyfriend
at this dirty projector show.

He was, like, a huge music nerd
like drew.

Oh. Well, I wouldn't say
I'm a music nerd.

[Laughing] No, I'm kidding.
I love your music.

Just one of the reasons why
we love him, huh?

So what should we do tonight?

[Knocking at the door]

- Hi.
- Listen, do I--

do I not pick up on cues?
- What?

Social cues,
you know, like Max.

I don't know
what you're talking about.

[Sighs] I need something.

I got to--I didn't sleep.
I didn't sleep at all.

I've been up all night.
I need alcohol,

anything with alcohol in it.
Okay.

You don't got nothing.
Nothing.

Not a beer, not one single beer.
I do.

I don't have beer, but hold on.

I'll pour you something.
What kind of place is this?

- What is that book?
- How do you not have beer?

- What is going on?
- [Sighs]

Max, he flipped out.

He had a meltdown
the other day, you know?

- Okay.
- And even that--

see, even that--
I used to have huge meltdowns

all the time, all the time.
Once this kid--

- when?
- This kid cheated me

trading baseball cards,
and I flipped out.

I mean, I flipped the hell out
on this kid.

What's that book?
What is happening?

It was nothing.
I was reading this book for Max.

I'm reading it for the kid,
and then all of a sudden,

I'm not reading
about the kid anymore.

I'm reading about me.
This book is describing me.

Where?
What do you mean?

Look at this.

Right there, "difficulty
expressing emotions."

- Hank, that every man I know.
- Yeah. Here.

"Insensitive to nonverbal cues
of others."

"Taking directions literally."

"Failure to read
between the lines."

"Uncomfortable
with the eye contact,"

everything.
Check, check, check.

You know, I'm seeing my life
here, I'm seeing my life.

I'm seeing everything,
the whole thing,

why stuff happens.
I'm seeing my wife.

You know, my wife--
I always thought she was

this royal bitch, but yeah,
what if it's me all along?

What if she can't deal with me
because of this,

because of me,
'cause of who I am,

because--what if this is
the reason

I'm losing all those big jobs,

or my daughter
doesn't want to see me,

or you, you know?
You--

you going on a date
or something?

Kind of.

- See? I missed another cue.
- No, no. It's--

I'm just--
I'm going to a thing.

I'm a plus-one.
That's all right.

You don't got to protect
my feelings or anything.

I go on dates,
just so you know.

No wonder I like this kid,
though.

I mean, that's--it's--
I'm just like him, right?

I'm just like Max.

I don't know.
Maybe a little.

If you are, you're doing great.
I mean, you have a--

you're really talented and
you've raised a beautiful kid,

and no kid at that age
wants to talk to their parents,

you know?
And you and me--I mean...

I don't blame you.

[Knocking at the door]

[Sighs]

[Sighs and clears throat]

- Hi.
- Hi. My God,

you're, like, the most gorgeous
super in America.

Aw. Um, Carl,

this is my friend Hank,
and Hank, this is Carl.

Hey, Hank.

Nice tux.

Ahh.

- You again.
- Yeah.

My God, what do you do,
you live here?

No, I just eat here.

[Chuckles]

Niners.

- What?
- Niners.

I mean, you asked me the--
yesterday

if I was a raiders fan
or a niners fan,

and I'm telling you,
a niners fan.

So I can talk to you now?
I have your permission?

- Yes, you do.
- Good. You suck.

- [Laughs]
- I'm a Dallas fan.

My God.
How could you be a cowboys fan?

Two words,
"Roger Staubach."

I'm a Navy man all the way.
Oh, God.

See, I should've known that.
I knew there was a reason

I didn't like you.
You're army, or what?

- Yeah. Yeah.
- Yeah.

- West point, class of '62.
- It figures.

You in 'nam?
Uhhuh.

Fifth special forces group
out of subic.

- Yeah. Green berets?
- Uh-huh.

- Yeah.
- How about you, you there?

Warrant officer
onthe sanctuary.

- Oh, yeah.
- Hospital ship.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

We used to call it
"the white whale."

Yeah, that was us.

"We may doze,
but we never close."

Zeek Braverman.

I'm rockford,
but everybody calls me "rocky."

- So what do you do, rocky?
- I'm retired.

Me too.

So I just drink beer
and chase tail.

- [Chuckles]
- In between my diaper changes.

[Laughs]

What'll it be, handsome?

Well, yeah,
I got to have the b.L.T., yeah.

- There you go.
- Thank you.

There's my man.

The Alzheimer's man.
No, no, no.

No.
Don't forget to eat it.

[Classical music plays]

This is amazing.
Look at all this, for you,

and what your organization does
is just really impressive.

So you googled me?

No, I didn't Google you.
I don't do that.

I let my sister-in-law do that,
and she tells me.

[Both chuckle] Perfect.

- Yeah.
- It's a good plan.

I know this guy.

What's up, man?
There he is.

Good to see you.
Dapper.

- Hi.
- Hi.

- That's my friend Sarah.
- Sarah.

- Woman I was telling you about.
- Oh.

- My photographer friend.
- Oh.

Right. Yeah, Carl told me
that your work is amazing.

- Thank you.
- Oh, yeah, and I told him

that he'd never be able
to afford you.

- [Laughs]
- Not true, at all.

A little bit true.

Listen, do you guys mind
talking shop for a minute?

I just have to shake some hands.

- Oh.
- Sorry.

- No, no.
- Right back.

Good to see you.
Okay.

Okay?

- Hi.
- And he's gone.

[Laughs] And he's--

- um, Carl was telling me
that you were

the official campaign
photographer

for a mayoral candidate.

Yes. [Laughs]
My sister-in-law, Kristina,

but she, um--uh--I--

it was my sister-in-law.
- Mm-hmm.

Her campaign.
Sorry, I'm distracted

by the very attractive
businesspeople

here at this party.
[Both laughing]

Two more years of this, right?
Then we're done?

Hopefully.
Hopefully, it doesn't get worse

after middle school.

Can't get me to the bar
fast enough.

Let's, um, go check out
the rest of the baskets

over here.
I just want to grab a drink.

I know.
Let's get it over with, though.

Got to know what's there.

- Oh.
- Oh, Sarah's exhibit.

Yeah.

Oh!
Oh, this won't do.

No one's bid on anything yet.

- Well, I have an idea.
- What?

Who's Ed Brooks?

Oh, he's a very generous man.

"Person of interest,"
we'll call him.

[Laughs]

- Spa package, huh?
- Oh.

- No, it's--
- Really? I can't even

talk to you about
your silent auction now?

Ed, I can--
I can smell alcohol on you.

Just talk to me for one minute.

Do you realize
that it's only taken Colleen

four weeks to turn
the entire school against me?

Everybody hates me here.
Okay, I'm-I'm not gonna--

- she clearly bid
on the Napa trip

after the bidding was closed.
Okay.

- There are rules in place...
- You might be being dramatic.

At this event.

If the rules are not followed,
it is chaos.

[Low conversation]

That has ever existed.
Why don't you go home, okay?

'Cause you're upset
about Colleen, and you're--

- no, I'm not--
I'm upset about you.

No, you're not.

Don't tell me
what I'm upset about.

- I-I-I can't. I'm sorry, ed.
- Come on--Julia--

- that you are playing
fast and loose--

- can you excuse me
for one second

you can yell at me
right when I get back, okay?

- Ed, I don't--
- Everything okay?

- Yeah, it's fine.
- Yeah, Joel.

What's up?
Ed is going home.

- Your wife is awesome.
- She is, yeah.

And it looks like she doesn't
want to talk to you right now.

We're totally chill.
We're just--

did you auction on anything?
Did you buy anything?

'Cause there is
some good stuff here.

- Okay.
- Let's call it a night.

No, I'm good, I'm having fun.

I'm not ready to call any--
No, you're not.

You're drunk,
and you're bothering my wife.

I'm not bothering her.
You need to just relax.

Trust me.
Don't touch me!

Hey! Whoa!
[People gasping]

Joel, Joel, Joel, Joel, Joel.
Okay, okay, okay.

Dude, what is your problem?

Stay away from my wife.

- [Chuckles]
- Okay.

Okay.
All right, everything's good.

Not a big deal.
Everyone's horsing around.

Go back to the party.
Still bidding here.

Come on, let's go.
Let's get you out of here.

- Eight ball, side pocket.
- You wish.

Rather simple.

And that would do it, I think.

[Both chuckling]

- Lucky.
- Thank you very much.

I'll buy you a beer. Come on.
Yeah.

Can we get two more, please?

So when did you lose her?

Lose who?

Your wife.
Mine was in '99.

I didn't lose my wife.
My wife's not dead.

What made you think that,
for crying out loud?

Sorry.

I guess I just assumed.
Assumed what?

That you were a lonely-hearts
widower like me.

I'm not
a lonely-hearts wido--

my wife happens to be in Italy
on a trip with her art class,

and they're seeing museums
and touching statues.

They're going all around
spending my money,

that's what they're--
I don't know what the hell

they're doing over there.

Sounds like you're
a little perturbed about that.

Well, I'm a little perturbed,
yeah.

I mean, it's been three weeks.
I haven't had a good meal,

and I don't have
any clean underwear.

I mean, come on. You know?
And then she just told me

she wants to stay an extra week.
I mean, God.

[Laughs] Typical army.

Can't see the forest
for the trees.

What the hell
is that supposed to mean?

Most women our age
are a pain in the ass.

Many just want to sit around
playing cards

or showing you pictures
of their grandkids.

They sit there yammering about
"my hearing aid this,"

and, "my artificial hip that."
It's enough to drive you crazy.

Well, you know,
Camille isn't that way at all.

Then be thankful.

I'm telling you,
if my wife was still alive,

and she asked me
to take a trip to Italy,

I'd buy two first-class tickets
and beat her ass to the airport.

But that's just me.

And now for the highlight
of our evening.

- [Whispering] Put that away.
- In 2003, Dr. Carl Fletcher

founded global med world service
with the goal of providing

sustainable healthcare
in countries

where even the most basic needs
are not met.

Wait a minute.
Are you about to get an award?

It's no big deal.
It's nothing.

It's a very big deal.
Oh, my God.

And tonight's recipient

of the healthcares visionary
award, Dr. Carl Fletcher.

Be right back.
Right back.

Thank you, Jane and Melissa.
Thanks so much.

Oh, this is nice.

Well, I am terrible at speeches,
but I'll just say two things.

First, in the nonprofit world,

there's no such thing
as an individual award.

Global med
is a total team effort,

and I'd like to thank

my brilliantly talented
executive staff.

Noel, Thomas, Elaine,
stand up, guys.

[Applause]

Thank you.
These three make it happen.

They're the reason
global med works.

Second, I want to thank you,
because without your help...

[Voice fades under music]

[Laughing] Oh, my God,
your friend Natalie

was so wasted.
Yeah, she was

in rare form tonight.
She definitely was.

Do you think she's jealous
or something?

- She's jealous of what?
- I don't know, of me.

She just seems--
[Laughs]

What?
She seemed very possessive.

We're friends.
I don't know.

- Really?
- Yeah, really.

Really, really?

Yes, double really, I swear.

Double really? Okay.
[Laughing]

Everyone really liked you,
by the way.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

All right. Okay.

I'm sad you're leaving.

- I missed you, drew.
- Yeah.

And I was thinking
about it tonight, just...

And watching you
with all your friends,

and you're just
such an amazing guy,

and I always have
so much fun with you.

I feel really horrible about
the way things ended between us.

Yeah, that was bad.

You know, I--
I get it, though.

I do.
I'm really sorry, drew.

You were there for me, and...

It's taken me a ridiculously
long time to figure that out,

but I have now, and I wish
I could take it all back.

Have a do-over, but...
I can't, so...

Will you forgive me?

Yeah. Yeah.
I forgive you.

[Vashti bunyan's
train song playing]

♪

♪ traveling north,
traveling north ♪

- Thank you.
- Yeah, you're welcome.

♪ Train wheels beating,
wind in my eyes ♪

♪ don't even know what
I'll find when I get to you ♪

♪ call out your name, love,
don't be surprised ♪

♪ it's so many Miles
and so long since I left you ♪

♪ don't even know what
I'll find when ♪

You know,
I probably shouldn't drive.

Yeah. Yeah, maybe
you could just crash here.

♪ It's many hundred Miles
and it won't ♪

♪ be long

[sighs]

What the hell?

What the hell is going on?
I don't know.

He's drunk,
and he wanted to talk to me,

and I did not want to talk
to him in that state, you know?

I'm sorry.

Are you okay?

Are you having an affair
with ed?

- No.
- Julia.

- Babe--
- If there's anything...

If there is anything going on,
if there's anything at all,

you have to--
you have to tell me.

- Do you understand?
- Joel,

there's nothing going on.
I need to know.

I need to know.
Just--

- there's nothing going on.

Okay?

I don't know.

I don't know
if I can believe that.

W

are you sober?

- What are you--
- Are you sober?

Are you--can you drive?
Are you safe?

Yeah.

Take the keys,
and you can drive.

I'm gonna find a cab,
or something.

Joel, you don't--

I don't like dancing
so much, but--

but I like music.

I feel like you're
a pretty good dancer.

- No!
- Yeah.

- I'm not a good dancer.
- Yes.

[Sighs]
So thanks, that was fun.

Yeah, good.
I'm glad you had fun.

It's not every day my date gets

one of those crystal jobbers.
Tada.

But I wasn't your date.

I was your plus-one.
Right.

- Right?
- Yeah.

So...

I'm not gonna ask you in.

I'm not coming in,
because somebody made me promise

that tonight wouldn't be
about sleeping with her,

and I'm a man of my word.
Carl Fletcher.

[Laughs] Dr. Carl Fletcher.
Who keeps that to themselves?

So thank you.

Thank you.

- Good night.
- Good night.

Just so you know, here's
what you're missing tonight.

Don't do that ever again.

Wait, do it one more time.

[Both laugh]

[Footsteps going upstairs]

- Morning.
- Morning.

You're going home today, right?

- Yeah. Yeah, I am.
- Hmm.

Have a good trip.
Thank you.

Feel better.

- Hey, you good on time?
- Yeah.

My flight doesn't leave
for another couple hours.

Oh.

I don't want to go.

Yeah.

No, I mean, like...
I don't want to go back.

What about your parents?
You have class.

Well, my parents, they're
out of town as of an hour ago,

and people miss class
all the time.

It's not like--
Yeah, that's true.

Do you want me to say?

Yeah. Yeah, I do.

[Chuckles]

[Melancholy ballad plays]

♪

♪ simple plans

♪ don't be here

♪ oh oh oh

♪ oh oh oh

ahh.

♪

- Oh! Are you gonna get me?
- Guys, guys, wait.

Honey, look who's here.
Look out, kids.

I'm gonna feed you.
Hold on.

- Hi, Hank.
- Hey, how are you?

Sorry I'm barging in here.
I'm well, how are you?

- It's all right.
- You're not at all.

Just wanted to give that
back to you.

Thank you. Yeah.
Oh, yeah. Wow.

What--what happened here?
Looks like you--

- yeah, I did--I put
a few earmarks on it.

I did some notes and, uh--
It's all right.

Might have got some food
on there, or something.

I read it a lot.

- Was it helpful?
- Yeah.

Uh, it's--
you know, interesting.

- Yeah.
- Learned a couple things.

Couple things.
Hey, another one.

- Great.
- Jeez, you guys.

You're like rabbits in here.
[Laughs] No, it's-

- oh, no. It's not ours.

It's our niece, aida.

- Um, is Max around?
- Yeah.

He's actually upstairs.

Yeah, could I talk to him?
I don't--you know--

if it isn't weird, I just
wanted to see how he's doing.

No, I think that would be good.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

Yeah, can't guarantee
what's gonna happen,

but give it a knock.
All right.

Yeah, I mean,
let me see what he says.

Thanks.
All right.

Mad Max, how you doing, buddy?
What's up?

This is weird.

Why are you standing
in my bedroom doorway?

I was just here.
I was visiting your mom and dad,

and they said you were up here.

Just thought I'd come up,
see how you're doing.

Can I come in?

If I say no, will you go away?

No, probably not.

Come in.

So these look pretty cool.
You did these?

You make these yourself?

You don't make pictures.
You draw them.

Well, they're cool.
I used to do stuff like that.

Not as good.

Hey, I brought the pictures
that you did.

They're good,
just like you said,

they're really good.

This one I like.
I like the water fountain.

You know, you got
a nice little flare there.

This one's pretty cool.

I think it's a pigeon,
or something. I don't know.

No, it's a dove.

Oh, is it a dove - let.

I'm sorry that I yelled at you

and threw things
inside of your store.

I understand
that there's a difference

between a promise and a lie,
and that it's not nice

to accuse someone of dishonesty
in a casual manner.

I respect your time
and the work that you do.

Will you accept my apology?
[Chuckles]

My parents said
that if I apologize,

we'll be friends again.

Yeah.

Apology accepted.

Do you want to play chess?

I'm not very good,
but if I play more, I'll learn.

Yeah, I'll play chess.
I play a little chess.

I like to be black, but
if you have a color preference,

I can be flexible.
No, I'll be white.

Good, that makes things
a lot easier.

Can I move this over?

[Groans] Go.

You're not gonna get upset
if I beat you, right?

Just move your pieces.

'Cause I like to play to win.

[Low chatter]

♪ Oh oh oh