Parenthood (2010–2015): Season 5, Episode 16 - The Enchanting Mr. Knight - full transcript

The house is on the market?
When were you gonna tell me this?

And we don't have to run
anything by you or anyone else.

Where do you put a kid
who doesn't belong anywhere?

As far as I'm concerned,
the only way

to get a school for him
is if we start one ourselves.

You want this free spirit thing,
and I just need rules.

Maybe we should be
just friends.

I don't understand why
you would leave me.

I wanna go home!
It's not fair.

It's so quiet in here.

It just--it feels empty,
it sounds empty.



So it's kinda
turning into something?

- With Carl? No.
- I may be falling for you.

I'm going to Africa.

A simple "I got to go"
would do.

No. No, I've got to go...

For work, because
I'm here for a week.

I don't really wanna go
without you.

That'll be sad.

Come with me.

♪ I still wait

♪ for the door to close

what?

Come with me.
Come with me to Africa.

♪ When you go



♪ I don't know

- really?
- Really.

Really, really.
Yeah.

I can't go.
I have work.

- You can.
- I have a deadline.

I have a surfsport
important deadline.

Oh, stop it
with the surfsport deadline.

Get--people get extensions
for those things, right?

I mean, does anybody
really make deadlines anymore?

It's so '70s.

[Laughs]

Come with me.
You will feel so inspired there.

You'll photograph things
you never dreamed of.

♪ Nights turned slow

- okay.
- Okay?

Yeah.

Okay.

[Chuckles]

Okay.

♪

Yeah, you're gonna want to
tear down the shed, of course.

It's not a shed.
It's a barn.

Oh, it makes
the house look old.

Look, little changes
like these--

house is gonna fly
off the market.

I think she knows
what she's talking about.

I need you--
what are you doing?

I hate this Karen lady.

Her Bluetooth
and that clipboard.

Felt boots.
I mean, she's the worst.

Oh, God, come on.
Stay out of it, come on.

Look at her, "you gotta do
this and this and other things."

Okay, you are definitely
gonna want

to refinish these floors.

If it is the one thing
that you do,

the list price
will go up by 10%.

People love floors.

Hey, guys.
Hi.

- Oh, hey, kare.
- Hi.

- Hey.
- Don't mind us.

We're just going
through our punch list.

We are gonna get your parents'
house ready to sell.

I could redo the floors,
you know?

No, you couldn't--I think they
need to be done professionally.

You definitely have to do them
professionally.

Guys, come on.
Let's go upstairs.

We're gonna de-clutter
these bedrooms.

Did you just hear that?

"We're gonna de-clutter
these bedrooms"?

Oh, I'm sure that the crib
is cluttering up the bedroom.

Maybe we should get rid of that.
Maybe even the kids.

Those are real clutter.
You really need to drop this.

You sound really crazy
right now.

Did you see my father?

Did you see the look
on his face?

They're running over him.
We're guests in their house.

He's like a bobblehead,
"yeah, yeah, whatever you say."

That's not even my dad

that was walking
behind those two crazy women.

Look, if you butt in,
you're gonna make things

more awkward than it already is,
all right?

I'm sleep-deprived,
I'm breast-feeding,

and I'm living
with my in-laws,

so please,
just stay out of it, okay?

- Fine.
- Thank you.

"Punch list."

[Bell rings]

- Hey.
- Hey.

- Happy green week.
- Happy green week.

- Our garden sucks.
- Yup.

So I, uh--
Hey.

Listen, I, uh--
I heard that Joel moved out.

I just wanted you to know--
Oh, no, no, no, no.

I'm not talking about that
with you.

Okay.

I just wanted you to know
that I've been there and--

- listen, ed, it's green week.

We're gonna be together.

We're gonna talk
about vegetables and recycling

and our crappy garden,

and I'm not gonna talk about
my personal stuff with you.

I can't be actual friends
with you.

Got it.

All right.

I just dropped 200 bucks
on vegetable plants

at the garden center, so...

Are you seriously
gonna try to fake

they just magically grew
overnight?

Yup.

Got a better idea?

- Let's make it happen.
- All right.

Let's just get this done.

God, this is a disaster.

♪ All you want to say,
all I want to see ♪

[Knock on door]

Hey, boys.
Hi.

How's it going?
Amber.

What are you doing here?
What's up, little drew?

Little drew?

- He doesn't know names.
- I'm older than--

what's going on?
- Nothing.

You haven't been
texting me back.

Brought your favorite chocolate.
God. Thank you.

- How you doing?
- Sorry, I've been busy--

- busy eating in bed,
this spicy treat?

- How you doing?
- Sorr-been--okay.Busy--

- or is it busy listening
to Neo-wave emotional rap?

- Please.
- Is that what we're--

- Amber.
- I thought so.

- Not today.
- Look, I know it's upsetting.

I mean, we got dumped.
It's bad.

- I didn't get dumped.
- Fair enough.

Listen, we have to move on.
We got to mix it up.

- I am.
- You--

you're vibrant.
You're, you know, excitable.

- He's the wrong person to ask.
- Is there an event?

Like, a dance coming up
or something that we could--

- there's a party
at psi Alpha zeta

Thursday night.
Uhoh.

There's gonna be
a watermelon ice luge,

some bikini mud wrestling.

Excellent.

Should we go to dinner
at, like, 5:30

and then, like,
walk over together or something?

Again, 5:30.

- The party starts at 10:30.
- Yes.

- It starts at 10:30.
- Exactly.

That's--it's very late.
All right.

So we take a nap,
and then we do this thing right.

Thursday, 10:30.
See you there.

Put on real pants.

See you guys later.

Dude, your sister's
kind of hot.

No, she's not, Berto.

Thanks for holding.

[Phone ringing]

[Clears throat]

Okay.
Just call me back.

[Phone ringing]

Okay, you too.

Doing all right?

- Hmm?
- You okay?

You feel nervous?
No.

- You're gonna be fine.
- I know I'm gonna be fine.

Just--

feel like we've been waiting
for a while.

Yeah.

[Cell phone ringing]

The school calling.

Want me to take that?

No. I will.

- Okay.
- Thank you.

Hello.
Hey, hey, Deb, yeah.

Thank you so much
for calling me back.

I was just--I was hoping
to talk to principal Radford.

Yeah, this is--

well, it is an urgent matter.
It's concerning my son Max.

And Mr. knight took away
his chair in class,

and this whole thing is just--
it's so ridiculous to me,

because this just happened
in history.

Like, he's being sent
to the library

for the duration
of history class,

and I'm just
not understanding it.

- Kristina Braverman?
- It's frustrating.

Well, I know
that you're a parent.

Kristina.

I feel like you're giving up
on my kid.

- Kristina.
- It's--

um, I'm gonna call you back.

[Scoffs]

Hey.
We're ready for you.

Thank you.

How are you?

- Good to see you.
- Good to see you.

♪ 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

All right,
we through here, Kristina.

Great.
Thank you so much.

Thank you, thank you.
So everything looks good?

- Everything looks great so far.
- Great.

We'll call with the results
in a couple of days.

Hopefully you'll be able to say

that you are one year
cancer-free.

You can get dressed now,
Kristina.

[Door closes]

Just a couple days.

Yeah.

A co days.

Welcome to green week

and to your garden.
Yeah, whoo!

Look at this!

All those teeny, tiny,
little seeds that you planted

are big, beautiful,
tasty vegetables now.

Look.
Where did these come form?

- These weren't here yesterday.
- Well--

- oh, they've been here for--

they've been growing
over the last month.

This is all--
this is all your stuff.

All right,
let's pluck some vegetables.

Let's do it.

Where did the corn come from,
daddy?

We plucked it yesterday.

I didn't see it here yesterday.

Well, it was.
It was.

It was just in the ground.
You didn't see it, go over to--

- so what we're doing here is,
we're getting the green leaves

off the outside and then
all the silky little gold bits--

get those off,
so you don't have hairy corn.

All: Eww.
- Yeah.

- Mommy, we need to talk.
- Okay, what's up?

Tomorrow's funky pajama day
at school,

and I want to wear my jammies

with the green
and pink polka dots,

but they're at our house,

and I'm supposed to sleep
at daddy's tonight.

Okay, well, I will go home
and grab your funky pajamas

and bring them over to dad's.

I don't want you
to drop them off.

I want to stay at our house.

Okay, well, sweetie,
I get that,

but it's dad's night,
so you got to stay over there.

I don't want to stay
at daddy's stupid apartment.

The bedroom's too small,
and it smells like paint.

- Is everything okay?
- My pajamas are at our house,

and I want to sleep
with you tonight.

Sweetie, no.

We have a schedule,
and tonight is dad's night,

so that's the way it has to be.

I want to stay with you.

Please--please just shuck
some corn, please.

No, I don't want to.

I want to sleep with you
tonight!

Okay, you can sleep with me
tonight.

- Okay.
- Okay?

Thank you.
Okay.

There's a worm in the corn.
Oh, no.

All: Eww.

There's worms in the ground,

and that's where this stuff
comes from.

It's all natural,
and it's good for you.

You're growing
your own vegetables,

you get some worms.
Yep.

I did a very good job on that.

I took the photo on that one.

You didn't take the photo
on that one.

I took the photo.
I know I did.

I set it up.
All you did was click.

You set it up.
You did set it up.

"Oh, my finger. Ow, it hurts."
Click.

It's mostly the execution.
That's how it is.

- I see. I understand.
- Okay.

Well, anyway, I like it.

All right.
I think that's the cover.

I do too.

I think they're gonna be happy.

Hey, so I'm gonna be gone
for just a week next week,

and then I'll be
on email--stuff,

but I'll finish up
when I get back.

I don't--
what do you mean?

I got a personal thing.

Well, this--

a week from Monday
is the deadline on this.

I know, well, we might have
to move the deadline

just a few days--
I'm sure it'll be fine.

I don't--you know what?
I don't move deadlines.

I don't get it.
What's going on?

What are you doing?
Are you going to the Caribbean?

- I have a personal matter.
- Where are you going?

I heard that,
but what does that mean?

It means, Hank, that I don't
have to tell you what I'm doing,

because it's personal

and our relationship
is professional and--

- that's what I'm talking about.

[Scoffs]

I'm gonna check something
in the darkroom.

Mom,
where's the lasagna leftovers?

What, you mean that little bit?

It's in the freezer.

Oh, hello.

What are you doing home?

Adam had a work meeting,
so I decided to come home.

What are you painting?
That little bedroom upstairs.

Lilac.

By that little bedroom,

you mean my--
my little bedroom?

You're painting it lilac?
Yeah.

Why would you paint
my bedroom lilac?

Because it's a soft,
beautiful color.

It's warm and inviting.

This has nothing to do
with Karen

telling you maybe
you should paint my bedroom

without asking me.

- No.
- No?

It has nothing to do with that.

No.
I'm a painter, remember?

I know a little something
about color.

And hasn't been your bedroom
in 15 years.

Okay, well, be that as it may,

I get a distinct impression

that this is somehow
being orchestrated

by that Karen lady,
like, you know,

"we got to get this thing
in tip-top shape

so we can move this unit,"
and, you know,

"whatever the cost may be,

"I'm sure my family's
an inconvenience to that plan.

Maybe I could get them
out of here."

Okay, well,
now you're being ridiculous.

I'm not being ridiculous.

I don't want you
and your buddy Karen

to steamroll dad.

What?
It's a mutual decision.

It is not mutual.
I talked to him.

He doesn't want to sell
this place.

You positioned this,
so it's a choice

between you and the house.

Of course he's gonna pick you.

You know what, Crosby?

This is between me
and your father,

and I just really don't want
to get into it with you.

Okay, well, if he's not
gonna stick up for himself,

then someone has to.

Yeah, and who's gonna
stand up for me?

Nobody's standing up for me.

You don't need anyone
to stand up for you.

You're the one that's trying
to sell this house out

from under the entire family.

We have an attachment
to this place.

It's very selfish.

Selfish?

Yes, I think
this action is selfish.

Okay, let me put this
into some perspective for you.

I spent over 30 years
of my life

taking care of four kids,

some of whom are still living
in my house

and coming home for lunch,

and I spent
most of my adult life

compromising myself
and what I want for your father.

I've always put myself second
or third

or fourth or fifth or sixth.

I've cooked your dinners.

I have packed you
school lunches.

I have driven you
to playdates and practice

and done your laundry
well past when I should have,

and now when I assert one thing
that I want--

one thing--

you and your dad
and everyone else can't take it.

So if that's selfish,
excuse me.

Honey, just for you now,
I'm gonna be mean.

I'm gonna be really,
really mean.

Well, remember,
this is our son's teacher.

Max seems to like the guy.

He doesn't deserve
to be called a teacher.

He's like a troll.
He's a waste of space.

He's everything that's wrong
with this country,

and he's a waste
of taxpayers' dollars.

I'm just sick and tired
of this stuff happening.

Okay, I think this is it.
You ready?

You good?
Good.

- You sure?
- Yeah.

Ready to meet the troll?

Open the troll door.

- Mr. and Mrs. Braverman.
- Yeah.

All right, I'm Mr. knight,
Max's English teacher.

Come in.
Nice to meet you.

Come on.

So I'm actually getting
my PhD right now at Berkeley,

and one of the crazy,
fascinating things

that I've been studying
is that sitting in chairs

is a totally antiquated idea.

I mean, kids like Max--
they learn better,

and they're far more engaged
when they're up, you know?

They're walking around.

They're interacting
with the class.

I mean, otherwise,
half their energy is wasted

trying to force themselves
to sit still, you know?

- Right, that makes sense.
- Yeah.

I mean, I know I do better
when I'm up.

I can't sit still for anything.

I like to move my body,
you know?

- I like to move my body too.
- Yes, yeah.

I mean, you would not believe
the progress that he's made

in one week
since I took his chair away.

- Wow.
- Hmm.

That's a brilliant kid
you got there.

Thank you.
That is so nice to hear.

Thanks.
Well, look, I get it.

This school can be
a tough place.

Honestly, I wish
that there were more schools

that catered to kids like Max.

I mean, he's such a smart kid--

- it's so crazy
that you're saying that,

because we were actually
thinking about--

we were talking about possibly
starting our own school.

- Charter school.
- Yeah.

For the in-between kids
like Max

who, you know, are gifted
and do well

but need a little
extra attention, like you said.

- Cool.
- So...

Well, that's--
that's great, that's great.

You don't look like
you think that's great.

Well, it's just
charter schools are tough.

There's a lot of red tape.
We know that.

We're not really afraid
of red tape.

I mean, we've dealt
with other things before, so...

Well, honestly, a lot of times,

they just don't last.

Parents will start
a charter school

for their own kid.

Kid graduates,
parents lose interest,

and the school falls apart.

We wouldn't--
we wouldn't do that.

Of course not.
I'm not saying that at all.

It's just
I've seen this before.

It's gonna be a lot harder
than you think.

- Hey.
- Hi.

- It's my day, right?
- Yeah.

- Okay.
- Just--it's green week, so...

- Ah.
- I was here.

- Sustainability committee.
- Yeah.

So I have to talk to you.

Sydney was really upset

about spending the night
at your place,

so I was wondering if she could
stay at the house tonight,

and you guys could have,
like, a boys' night.

No.
No, that's--

the therapist said
that was, like, the--

the--the--exactly
the wrong thing to do right now.

Yeah, but she was throwing
a tantrum

in front of the whole class

and, you know, wanted these
specific pajamas for tomorrow,

and she doesn't sleep well
at your house, so I--

- you said yes?

[Sighs]

Julia, that's--

come on, that's like--

the therapist told us
we have to set up a routine

and be consistent
with the schedule.

That was, like, the most
important thing right now.

I know.
I want to be consistent.

I really--I do,

but she's just--
I don't know.

You try telling her no
in front of the whole class.

I told her no
in front of the class

for eight years.

It's not fun,

but it's better
than the opposite, you know?

If we don't stick
to what we've set up,

what we've laid out...

Okay.
Sorry.

I'll tell her
that she's coming home with me,

and maybe you better--

maybe it's better if you go,
so she doesn't see you.

And you can drop
the pajamas off later.

Okay.

I'll see you later then.

- Yeah.
- Okay.

Okay.

[Somber music]

♪

I'm coming in tomorrow.

Tomorrow.
Okay.

- It's not my day.
- That's all right.

Well, ask your parents first.
Then you can come.

Since aunt Sarah's going
to Africa next week,

can I help work on
the surfsport project instead?

What are you talking about?

Aunt Sarah is going to Africa
next week with her boyfriend,

so I wanted to work
on the surfsport project.

Max, wait a minute.
Are you sure about this?

You've said
on several different occasions

that I have a better eye au.

You said it seven times.

You also said that she talks
too much when she works,

and I rarely talk when I work.

Personal business, right?

[Chuckles]

Can I work
on the surfsport project?

Yeah.
You know what?

Yes, okay.

We're gonna talk
about this later.

Let's pack up this stuff.

I'm gonna close up the shop
early today.

Why?

Personal business.
I got to--

- what does that mean?
What do you have to do?

Don't worry about it.
Come on.

I'll drive you home.
You want to drive?

You want to walk?
You want to get a yogurt?

I'll give you a couple dollars
to get a yogurt.

I like yellow m&ms
as a topping.

Natalie, hey.

- Wow, you emerged.
- Yeah.

You hear
about the party tonight?

Yeah, I live on this campus.
I hear about a party tonight.

Okay, well, I was just
gonna see if you're going.

I don't know.
Maybe you want to go together.

You want to go to a frat party
with me?

Yes, I know that it's weird.

My sister and I--
we made this plan to go,

so I was gonna see--

- I-I don't get you, drew.
I don't.

Like, at first, you're like,
"I like you.

I want a relationship,"

and then
your ex-girlfriend comes

and basically lives with you,
which is--

- that was kind of a--
- That was really weird, man.

Well, it was
a special circumstance.

And then you disappear
for, like, three weeks.

Now you suddenly emerge.

You pretend like nothing
ever happened,

and you want to take me
to a frat party,

which I'm pretty sure
is the last place

you said you ever wanted
to be seen with me, so...

- I know--
- Yeah.

No.

No, I don't want to go
to a frat party with you.

Okay.

Because I said
I wanted a relationship,

you said
you wanted to be friends,

which is what I'm trying to do.

Right.

I got to go.
I have class.

Okay.

Your coworker
is going to Africa.

That's your emergency.

Yeah, she's going
with some guy,

some friend, I guess.

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

But she lied.
That's the thing.

She told me
it was a personal matter.

Well, it sounds like
maybe it is.

No, she lied,

because she knew
that it was B.S.

And that I would
call her on it.

So this woman, Sarah,
she's your coworker.

Working on a project together.
Yeah.

- And that's it?
- Yeah, that's it.

We dated once.
Is that what you're getting at?

- Once.
- Yeah, it was a while ago.

A year--year ago about.

No big deal, though.
Uhhuh.

So it wasn't serious.
No, no, wasn't serious.

You know, I mean--
I mean, I loved her, but--

she loved me, I think.

But anyway, so now we're just--
it's totally platonic.

She's my coworker,

maybe a friend,

though she's really annoying.

But it's not about that.

It's about--
What?

I'm trying to figure
everything out.

You know, last time,
you told me what to say,

and I didn't do that well.

So in your own words,

are you able to tell Sarah
how you feel about her?

I mean, I can tell her
how I feel.

I just--I don't think
she's gonna like it.

I think it's important
that you're honest with her.

Yeah, honesty.
That's--

hasn't worked for me
historically.

I know, but you came to me

because you wanted to change,
didn't you?

Yeah.

Sometimes even it's not,

you have to take that leap.

Yeah.

[Knock on door]

- Hi.
- What are you doing here?

Um, well, I tried to talk
to you at the school,

but you didn't really let me.

But that's okay.

I just wanted to say
that I know

what you're going through
right now,

and I'm sorry,

and it's really hard,

especially the first few weeks,

and if you need anything
at all--

- seriously?
- What?

You're--you're seriously--

you're coming here at night
to my house

to see if I need anything,

to say that you're sorry?

Yeah.

Did it ever occur to you
that this is your fault?

Uh, not really.

You're the reason Joel left.

I told him what happened,
and he left,

and now we're shuttling our kids
back and forth

with these little
roller suitcases.

And I'm here in this big house
alone, by myself half the time,

and the man
that I've been in love with

for 12 years can hardly
look me in the face,

so I don't really want to have
a nice chat about it with you.

Thanks anyway.

I really--I just wish
I had never met you.

Okay, look,
I'm sorry for coming by,

and I'm sorry for whatever part
I played in this.

But if you honestly think
that I'm the sole reason

why you and Joel
are having problems,

then you're just
kidding yourself.

And if you really want
your marriage back,

you're gonna have to dig
a little deeper.

- Good. I feel loose, feel good.
- I don't wanna be here.

I'm, like, already wasted from
us drinking before we got here.

Doesn't matter.
We're gonna have a good time.

Come on, we're excited.
Natalie talked to me earlier.

- No, no, no, no, no, no.
- She was mad at me.

No Natalie.
This is not about Natalie.

This is about you and me

and the fun folks
that we used to be, okay?

It's gonna be good for us
to let loose.

- Yeah.
- And I have another idea.

We're gonna make a deal.
Pinky kiss.

We are going to each make out
with somebody tonight.

- I can't promise that.
- We have to.

Come on, we have to.
We have to pinky kiss.

- Make out with someone.
- Yes.

Yeah.
All right.

Okay, whoo!
We can do this.

It's gonna be good.

Stick together for a second.

[Water running]

I'm just saying that a couple

by definition is two,

so when they say they're
gonna call in a couple days,

they should call in two days.

Honey, I'm sure we're gonna
hear about it tomorrow.

It's fine.
Don't worry.

You're stressing out
over nothing.

I'm sorry, I know
everything's gonna be fine.

You're gonna get
a great report.

You're so healthy, so...
Really healthy.

The end.
I'm done.

Dr. Bedsloe
said he would call

if he knew anything
ahead of time.

I'm sure they're just checking
everything to make sure.

Okay.

You know, I just was thinking
about Mr. knight.

Even though
he's a little unconventional,

I think
his philosophy is just--

I don't know.

It's kind of outstanding,
and it's different,

and he's very smart.
Mmhmm.

Yes, really smart.
I don't know.

Just the way that he is
and what he emulates

and just puts off--

- yeah, puts off, yeah.
- Puts out there.

Why are you looking at me
like that?

You got a little tongue-tied
when you were talking to him.

No, I didn't.

Kristina, it's okay
if you find him attractive.

Stop it.
I don't find him attractive.

- I'm secure.
- Listen.

- All right, I'm listening.
- This is what I'm saying.

He made some really valid points
about the school.

You know, I just feel like
I don't want to start something

and get in over our head,
and it's a huge--

- we're always in
over our heads.

You just ran for mayor.
Remember that?

Yeah, I do remember that.

I don't want this
to be unrealistic,

and I want to make sure
that this is something

that we can follow through on.

Doesn't sound like you,
Kristina,

being afraid
of something unrealistic.

I'm not afraid of it, Adam.
I'm just saying--

- and you know what?
It's a great idea.

You had a great idea,

and we're starting this school

because our son, Max, deserves
a good place to learn,

and so do other kids like Max.

Yeah, I know.

One handsome teacher
who's got an awesome personality

does not a bad idea make.

- I didn't say that.
- Okay?

It's a good idea,

and that's why
we need to do this.

I love you.

[Soft acoustic music]

♪

[Knock on door] [Screams]

Oh, my God.
It's me.

- Hank!
- Yeah.

Ugh.

What's wrong with you?
It's late.

You scared me.
I know it's late.

That's why I looked in there.

I can see right in there.
Don't knock from the street.

It's crazy.
What are you doing?

Are you packing up
for the personal matter?

Yeah, I am.

You got a malaria net?

Oh, well, I guess
you know I'm going to Africa,

and you're mad about it.

I'm not mad.
I'm not mad.

- No?
- No, nobody said I was mad.

- Well, what?
- I'm disappointed.

- Uh-huh.
- Disappointed, yeah.

We started this project,
and I saw something new in you.

You really wanted this,
you were focused,

and I thought
that we were making something

that could turn out
to be really good.

We are.

- Yeah, but then--
- We will.

You just started
doing something

that I've seen you do
your whole life.

I'm seeing patterns.

You got a good job here,
you got a great opportunity,

and you're blowing it off
for some guy.

- What is this?
- I don't know--

- what are you doing?
- Li

if you're scared--
maybe deep down you think

you can't make it
as a photographer,

whatever it is.

And this is regardless
of what I think of that guy,

which is
that he pretty much sucks,

in case you're wondering because
he gets you the job and now--

- he didn't get me the job.

Well, whatever,
he helped you do it,

and now he's telling you
that it doesn't matter.

I'm just--I'm reporting to you
that I'm seeing you do

what you always do.

- Mm.
- You put a man before yourself.

I don't think
you should do that.

Okay, thank you.
Thank you for that.

Are you done?
Are you pissed at me?

Yes, I am,

because you're coming over here
and reporting...

- I'm just trying to be honest.
- Your honesty to me.

I didn't ask.

How dare you tell me
about my problems and patterns

when I don't see you
any more connected

to somebody than you were
when we were together?

I mean, you're Mr. perfect
relationship, great career guy?

No.

I'm taking
a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

to do something very cool,

and why do you have to come over
and make me feel bad about it?

All right.

This was a bad idea.
I'm gonna go.

Enjoy your trip.

You know, and I'll email you

if something comes up
with the project.

[Scoffs]

Come on, zeek.

We've been back and forth
with this for months now,

and finally we reach a careful

and what I thought
was a mutual decision.

And I think that at last,
it's finally over,

and you won't drop it.

Instead, you enlist your son
to fight your battles.

I didn't enlist anybody,
Camille.

I do not know what the hell
you're talking about.

He called me selfish.

Crosby--
Hey, what are you doing?

It's after midnight.
Shh.

Come here, come here,
come here, come here.

Listen to this.

Crosby, Jasmine, the kids--
they're here.

I mean, so what--

- I've been listening to fights
for 30 years through this vent,

and I'm gonna tell you,
this is a bad one.

This is not good.

She said that I was the most
selfish member of this family.

That's clearly Sarah.

That's how wound up she is,
no objectivity.

Unlike Sarah, they won't
stay here for years and years.

Ooh, that's harsh.
Glad Sarah didn't hear that.

You said something to her,
didn't you?

I tried to have
an adult conversation with her--

- I told you
not to say anything.

You promised.
I said-

listen, it was going fine,

but I mentioned
the word "selfish,"

which I believe she's being,
and she went ballistic.

Oh, my God,
I told you this would blow up.

I told you.

You never said anything
to Crosby

about wanting
to sell the house.

Oh, for Pete's sake,

all I did was have an honest,
face-to-face conversation

with my own son.
Look, sweetheart--

- we cannot stay here.
- We got to go.

We've got to get out
of this house.

[Energeti♪ rock music]

- Hey.
- Hey.

Hey.

Quite a party, huh?
Yeah.

Whoo. You know, honestly,
it's not exactly my scene,

but I'm trying to branch out,
you know?

I'm just going
through a breakup, you know,

so I'm not looking
for anything serious, so I--

oh, that's--
- It was nice talking to you.

All right.

Ouch.

- Hey, little drew.
- Hi.

I need to hook up
with someone here,

like, now-ish.

I don't know any of these--

- come with me.
- This is your thing.

Can you help me?
Yeah.

I'm a man of the people.
Great.

Shouldn't be this hard.

Oh, your brother
is over there somewhere.

Yeah, he's my brother.

I'm not gonna hook up
with my brother tonight.

Oh, right.

It's just not on the roster
for the evening.

I'd just love it
if I could--

oh, no!
No!

No. No!

No, wrong.
That's--

this is--this is wrong.

This is--
I have to get out.

I thought it was awesome.

- Berto, hey, what's up?
- Hey, Natalie.

- How's it going, man?
- Good.

Hey, have you seen drew
anywhere?

Yeah, he's over there
somewhere.

But, hey, listen.

Broski is on a mission tonight.
Okay.

Out to get some tail,

so if you don't want to make out
with him or anything,

no dice, you know what I mean?

Got it.
Yeah.

Hey, are you up
for some mud wrestling?

Excuse me.
Sorry.

- No.
- Sorry. Hi, Natalie, hi.

Berto. Hey.
Hey.

- Hey.
- Good luck, man.

You came.

Yeah, I just wanted to see
what the big deal was.

Yeah, there's, like, um--

so there's drinks over there.

You want me to get you a drink?

No, I'm good.

I think I'm gonna take off,
actually.

No, here,
I'll walk you out then.

No, I hear
you're a man on a mission.

- Oh.
- Yeah.

- Um...
- All right, I'll see you later.

- Natalie.
- Bye.

Sorry, excuse me.

♪

Coming.

- Hey.
- Hi.

[Both chuckle]

I got, like, eight movies here,

including muscle shoals.

Have you heard about that?
No.

Music doc.
Supposed to be amazing.

And a bunch of other stuff
I think you're gonna love.

- Hey, Carl.
- Bags.

Do you--

where's your stuff?

I can't go.

What?

huh?

I know it sounds crazy.

I'm sure I'll never have
this chance again.

But I was getting ready,

and I looked
in the bathroom mirror,

and you know
that sticker I have?

Yeah, yeah, I do.
The--I saw that.

"The year of Sarah."
"The year of Sarah," I wrote-

- I was gonna ask, but I--

- when I moved in,
I put that up,

as corny as that seems,

to remind myself
what a big year this is,

finally living on my own,
not at my parents' house.

My kids are doing well.
I'm starting a new career.

I have a tendency
to get distracted,

and I put that note up
to remind myself

not to get distracted.

Yes, distractions
can be dangerous.

Especially
when they look so good.

And I'm guessing
when I get back, that's--

- yeah.

I don't think--

- yeah.

Well, I've got a plane
to catch.

Have a great time.

- I'll see you around.
- I'll see you around.

[Melancholy music]

♪

So tomatoes are just one
of the many vegetables

we have here today.

- Tomatoes are a fruit.
- Okay, really?

Yeah, tomatoes are a fruit.
Everyone knows that.

Okay, well--

- did you even do your research
before you came in to teach us?

- Yes, I did.
- This carrot tastes like dirt.

It's disgusting.
I'm not eating it.

Ah, it's a vegetable.

There was a supreme court case
in 1893,

and they decided that tomatoes
are indeed a vegetable.

What do you think
the tomato said on the stand?

Huh?

- Nothing?
- Yeah.

You think that tastes like dirt?
Yeah.

- Have you had much dirt?
- None at all.

Well, I'm kind of
a dirt connoisseur,

so we could do
a little taste test

of a bowl of dirt and a carrot.

We could try 'em by side
by side, a little comparison.

What do you say?
I'm not tasting dirt with you.

That's fair enough.
Does taste a little like dirt.

I told you.

Okay.

- Hey, honey.
- In there, cook it up.

Be careful with that, though,
'cause it's a little bit--

- yep, she just wanted to see
what you were cooking.

You might want to turn it down
a little bit.

- Just some spaghetti.
- [Laughs]

[Phone ringing]

Okay.

Hey, honey.
Yeah?

[Phone rings]

Hello?

Yeah.

Okay, that's--
that's great.

That's--
yeah, that's wonderful.

I will see you in six months.

Thanks.
Bye.

What did he say?

All clear.

All clear.
Clear.

- My blood work is--yeah.
- That's good.

Is spectacular.Ear is.

No tumors, no shadows, no--
good.

I'm good to go.
I'm perfect.

- Perfect.
- Yeah.

Good.
That's good.

- You're stuck with me.
- Yeah.

- Honey.
- I'm sorry.

- I don't know why I'm doing this.
- Come here, come here.

It's okay.

- Oh, God.
- It's okay.

You know,
it's just seeing 'em go in,

those women--I just--
I know.

I just didn't want you to have
to go through that again.

I know.
It's gonna be a road, though.

You know, it's gonna be
scan to scan every six months.

We're gonna have
to keep doing this

and keep on waiting
for something bad to happen.

Okay, we're not those people

who are gonna wait for something
bad to happen, okay?

No, no, we're not.

We're the people who are gonna
make things happen, right?

- Yeah, gonna make it happen.
- Come on.

[Chuckles]

- Hi.
- Mr. and Mrs. Braverman.

Hi, we just wanted to stop by
and talk to you

about what you said about
starting the charter school

the other day, when we were
having the conversation--

- we realize this is
incredibly inappropriate

for us
to just drop by unannounced.

Right, and what you were
saying about other parents

that--you know, that don't
finish things--what they start

and maybe only doing
a charter school for four years,

we want to tell you
that we are not those parents.

We don't want to start something
that we can't finish.

We want to open a school that's
gonna run forever and ever.

And I just got
a clean bill of health,

and it sounds crazy for me
to be telling you this,

but I'm sticking around,

and I want to stick around
long enough

not just to help my kid
but to help all kids.

A lot of kids,
a lot of families.

And we want your help.
Yes, we do want your help.

We have the passion
and the balls

and the energy and the drive,

and we need an educator
that's gonna come in

and drive that train with us
and help us.

And we think that person's you.
We're here to ask you

if you would run the school.

We're hoping to open up
in the fall.

You know, I've never had
parents come to my house before.

- I'm so sorry about that.
- Sorry about that.

It's really rude.
This is important to us.

Very sorry.
I like it.

Tell me more about the school.

- Okay, well, we see...
Both: A small school.

You know,
faculty-student ratio

is four to one
at the very most.

And a scholarship program
is really important to us,

so it doesn't just benefit

the wealthy kids--
it benefits all kids.

We're looking out for the kids.

We've just seen
too many of these kids

just fall through the cracks.
Yeah.

Social skills.
We want to talk about that.

You know, why don't
we talk about this over coffee?

You guys want to come in
and have a coffee?

- I love coffee.
- Yeah, okay.

- Thank you.
- All right, thank you.

- Hey.
- Hey.

Well, I didn't go to Africa.

I mean, you were right,
you know, that--

I mean, some of the things
you said about,

you know, the job.

I mean, that's not
the only reason,

but I just thought, you know,

this thing with Carl is--

I don't want
to talk about it, but...

[Sighs]

I didn't--
I didn't go.

So see you at work tomorrow.

Well, hey.

What do you think of this
for the second to last page?

Hmm.

For the--
With all the-

- yeah, the credits.
- Yeah.

- The board members.
- Inside of the back page.

- I like it.
- Yeah, I mean, that was--

it was either that or this.
I was stuck on this for a while.

- Think it's that.
- It is, right?

- Yeah, I think so.
- This is how we do it, right?

Yes.

[Indistinct chatter]

So, mom, dad,

we have some good news.

We found a condo to sublet,

so we'll be getting out
of your hair on Sunday.

Thank you for everything,
for your hospitality,

and opening your home.

We know that it's been
really crazy for both of you

around here.

What? You're leaving?
Why?

Well, you guys have a lot
going on around here.

We thought it would just be

helpful, better.
Yeah.

You know.

Well, I thought
you couldn't afford it.

We got a pretty good deal,
actually.

It's like a friend-of-a-friend
type of--

and it's only for another month
maybe, so...

I don't know why
you wouldn't stay here.

I mean, why would you stay
in a stranger's house?

Well, look, we just--

we don't want to be
in anyone's way and--

- you're not in anyone's way.
Absolutely not.

And you're not moving out.

This is your home
as long as you need it to be,

and I won't have it
any other way, so...

Settled.

Jabbar, want to dish up
some sundaes with me?

Yeah.

[Knock on door]

Hi.

Thank you for saving me
with Sydney.

No problem.

And I wanted to apologize,

because obviously
it's not your fault,

what Joel and I
are going through.

I've been realizing

I am responsible
for my own marriage.

Hey, don't beat yourself up
about it.

Marriage is hard.

That's why it has such
an awesome success rate.

Yeah.

[Chuckles]

Um, I also know
how much it sucks

eating by yourself
without the kids,

and so I made you
chicken marsala.

It's cold now, but...
Wow.

[Chuckles]

- Yeah.
- Thank you.

I know you like it.

I seriously hope
this is farm-to-table,

'cause I can't eat it otherwise.

Thank God green week is over.

Oh, God.

The environment
is such a pain in the ass.

It really--
really is.

Thank you for this.

This is really--

honestly I haven't had a lot
of good-type feelings lately,

so thanks.

♪ If I want to leave, I will ♪

♪ stand on my feet

unless--did you want
to come in?

No.

No, I'll go home.
Thank you.

Okay.

I mean, there's plenty here
for dinner.

♪ After what they take
in hundreds ♪

It's just dinner.

Yeah, it's just dinner.

♪ If I want to leave, I will ♪

- Come on.
- Okay.

Thanks.

♪ Only takes these words

♪ you never believe are true