Parenthood (2010–2015): Season 5, Episode 19 - Fraud Alert - full transcript

There's a million
Bravermans out there.

You can cry with them,
but you come to me.

I can't be here
for you anymore, Sarah.

- Hello?
- We've got

a little situation here.

- Trevor peed in my canteen.
- I'm gonna kill him.

When daddy and I decided
to take a break,

we also decided to take a break

from each other's families.

If you're just taking a break,

when it gonna be over?



- Jack upped his bid.
- Oh, my God.

You got three days.

I have to get my life together.

I'm gonna make it
work with Hank.

Goodbye, mark.

Bye.

Amber.

Mr. mark.
Mark--Mr. mark.

Hi.
How are you?

I'm good.
How are you?

Good.
Um, how's everything?

You're getting married.

I'm not.

- Oh, my gosh.
- Nope, it's okay.



It's fine.
It's for the best.

We didn't--
Sorry.

- We didn't go for that.
- Okay.

It's totally fine, though.
I'm fine.

- Good, good, good.
- I'm actually good, yeah.

I'm, you know, working at the
luncheonette still, you know?

- Nice.
- What about you?

Everything's--
everything's pretty good, yeah.

How's your--
how's your mom?

My mom is--
so is--she's good.

Good.

She's doing really well.

She's actually doing
so well, it's crazy.

Yeah, she's this--she's, like,
this huge photographer now.

Oh,
so she's still with, uh--

she's still working with Hank?

Not really, no.

It's mostly her own thing.

You know surfsport?
Yeah.

- Yeah, that's her client.
- No way.

Wow, that's incredible.
I know, it's crazy.

And, you know,
she has her own apartment.

It's very cool.
That's cool.

It's very trendy, yeah.

- That's--that's good to hear.
- Yeah.

Well, will you tell her

I said "hi" when you see her?

If you see her?
You'll see her.

- I'll see her.
- She's your mother.

I'll probably see her.
Yeah, I will.

Of course I'll say "hi."
Yeah, cool.

Well, it's good to see you.
Yeah, you too.

- All right, have a--
- Have a--oh.

Ah, jinx.

Bye, Mr. mark.
What the...

What's
going on here, slinky robe?

Nothing.

- Huh?
- Got a little--

- that's my favorite robe.
- I know.

That's why I wore it.
We've had some good times.

- Look at what else I got.
- Oh, I see.

- A little lotion for the ocean.
- What's going on here?

Come here.

- Honey.
- What?

I don't need
the lotion on there.

- Max!
- What?

- What are you doin'?
- I wanted you to know

that I have made a decision,

and I feel much
better about this school.

Buddy, it's way past
your bedtime here.

- Can we talk about this--
- My decision is

that I've decided
never to go back

to school again.

Honey, yes, you are.

You have to go
back to school, okay?

- No.
- Look.

We set up a meeting
with your teachers

and the principal.
They're not my teachers

or my principal.
Yes, they actually are.

It's not my school anymore.
It's done.

Okay, well, where
are you gonna go to school?

- I don't know.
- Well, you have to go

to school somewhere, Max.
That's not my problem.

I'm never going back
to cedar knoll again.

I've decided.

Damn, it's dark in here.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
Dad, dad, dad!

Hey, guess what, son?
I found it!

I found it!
The grill for my gto.

It's the final piece
of the puzzle.

Congratulations.
Get out.

I talked
to the guy on the phone.

He said he'd wait
a couple of days,

but he's a little sketchy.

So we gotta get up
to Eugene right away.

- Eugene?
- We gotta--what?

Yeah, what,
you're gonna let your old man

go on the road all by himself,
for Pete's sake?

Come on, we're gonna get off

the beaten path
and go see America.

There's no way I can do that.

All of this to say
it's gonna be

an early start--0600 hours.
All right.

Got it all settled.
You want the lights out?

I want you out.
Go, please.

- Ridiculous.
- You know you're dying to go.

- What?
- Yeah.

No, I didn't say--
no, I didn't say that.

You wanna go, so it's fine.

You have a slow work week.

Just go.

And just
leave you with everything?

Yeah, I'll be fine.
I'll be fine.

And it'd--
it'd be good for you.

Your dad needs you.

Just go.

This has been
an incredible meal.

Well, we deserve it.
We got our first buyer.

Let's drink to that again.
Yeah.

Let's drink again.

You know what?

Let me get this.
Oh, no.

Come on, it's company charge.
We're celebrating.

Listen, this job
has been amazing for me.

And you took a chance,
and frankly,

it's the one thing in my life

that makes sense right now.

So please, I insist.

Well, thank you.
Very sweet of you.

Sure.

Come on, I'll do it, seriously.

- Did you see that?
- I did.

No, no.
I insist, please.

I got this.

Thank you.
Thank you.

- Hello?
- Hello.

I'm calling from calibank
fraud protection department.

We're trying to verify
a recent charge on your card.

Are you the primary cardholder

of the card
ending in the numbers 0458?

Yeah.
Yeah, that's me.

I'm Julia Braverman.

Mrs. Braverman,
can you confirm a charge

of $468.36
that was made tonight?

Tonight?

No.

I did not make
any purchase of $468.

What is it for?
Where was it?

- The charge
came in at 12:18 A.M.

From an establishment
called Chez Michelle

on San Jose boulevard
in San Francisco.

A restaurant?

Okay, well, no, I'm in bed.
I'm asleep.

Well, is there anyone else
authorized to use your account?

♪ 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 ♪

Zeek, in what world

is going to Oregon now
a good choice?

Ah, for Pete's sake,
Millie, my gosh.

You can't find
these grills anywhere.

This is the golden fleece,
this grill, sweetheart.

I understand that, honey,

but we got a big
decision to make, and we've--

- no, we've got 72 hours
to make that decision.

We're only 15 hours in.
Come on, we have plenty of ti--

- you're avoiding.
We gotta talk this through.

We gotta talk it through now.

Oh, by the way, you are late,
so drop and give me 50.

I was a little bit
rudely interrupted this morning,

so now I'm back.

If this is a bad time, we can

just call the guy
and see if he'll ship it.

Do you wanna do that?
This is not a bad time.

I talked to the guy.

He's a little
crazy in the head.

Some of these things, you need
to do in person, face-to-face.

Okay, so you're leaving.
So here's your medicine.

Don't--would you make
sure he takes these?

Okay. Anything good
in there for me?

- Come on, come on, come on.
- I love you, mom.

- Come here, come--okay.
- I'll see you soon.

Love you.

Thank you.
Okay.

All right.

Oh.

Freedom awaits.

Throw those pills out
the minute we turn the corner.

Hey, guess what?
I got the tunes.

Oh, look at this.

I copied 'em
off my 8-track.

All the hits from 1962.

- Yeah.
- What else you got?

- Guess what else?
- Oh, yeah.

You sweet-toothed
son of a gun.

Okay!

See you Thursday, sweetheart!

Love you!

- It's really weird.
- That's so weird.

Was he, like, old-looking,
or is he just the same?

What do you mean?
I mean, he looked like Mr. Cyr.

He had the same, like, weird
mustache-y thing, you know?

He's not bald, you know,
if that's what you're asking.

It's been, like, a year.

I know, but a year...

And teachers...
I mean, a lot can happen.

Hello?

Hey, Uncle Joel.
What's goin' on?

Oh.
I see.

You know, I would love to,

but I'm working late today,

so I can't, but--

but drew could do it.
- Do what?

Yeah, no, no,
he's actually sitting

right here in front of me.

Nope, he is free as a bird.

No plans.

No plans at all.
How do you know?

I'm not doing it.
Uhhuh.

- I'm out.
- Yeah, he's excited.

- I'm not doing it.
- Okay, great.

4:00, bye-bye.
- Wha--do what?

You're baby-sitting
for Sydney and Victor.

Oh, my gosh.
Baby-sit them?

- Yeah.
- They hate me.

- Don't be a drama queen.
- There's no common interests.

- No common interests?
- They don't like me.

It's not eharmony.
It's children.

Play a game with them.
I'm not doing it.

- Drew, you're doing it.
4:00.

- Beautiful framing job.
- Yeah, there you go.

- I love it.
- I don't know.

Hanging a picture of a brochure

is a little weird,
but all right.

Don't call it a brochure.

It's a beautiful picture
that was in a brochure

that was our first big job.

Cheers.
Oh, yeah.

A couple more jobs too.
That's--

- I know, huh?
The two of us.

We're a regular team.
That's hard to believe.

I gotta be honest.

I didn't think
it was gonna work.

Really? You had a negative
outlook about something?

It's a shocker.
Yeah, didn't, uh...

The whole thing's
kinda workin' out,

just spending time working,
even just hanging out together.

It's been pretty good.

The--the--you know,
the working part.

Mmhmm.
No, the--no, the working, yeah.

Hold on one sec.

Hi!

Yesterday, I saw Mr. Cyr.

Mark Cyr, Mr. mark.

Oh, no kidding.
Hey, Hank's here.

Come on in.

- Hey.
- Hi.

How are you?
Good.

So what we were celebrating:

We finished our job,
and then we got this new job

for an organic skincare company.

Do you want
a glass of champagne?

Oh, no, definitely not.
No.

Cool.
But you can't stay?

I can't
because it's late, so...

All right.
See you.

- Text me from the car.
- Okay.

More champagne?

We take matters of bullying
very seriously, Mrs. Braverman.

We're doing everything we can

to get to the bottom
of what happened.

Well, what happened was

somebody peed
in my son's canteen, so--

- he was traumatized by it.
- He is traumatized.

I understand.

But as of yet,
no one has come forward

and admitted to the incident.

Well, of course they haven't.

Well, Max has
a pretty good idea who did it.

You can't just start making
accusations without proof.

How would you feel
if your child were accused

of something that he didn't do?

I 'm sorry.
I can't believe this.

He's the kid who had
his canteen peed in.

Honey, I'm really trying
hard to keep my cool here,

but I gotta say your response
to this really blows.

- Oh, boy.
- This is a serious incident.

And nobody's blaming you,
Mr. knight.

You did everything you could.

You can't watch everybody,
but, you know,

this was
an official school trip.

It happened on your watch,
and I'm expecting you

to take some responsibility.

Excuse me,
principal Radford, if I may.

I-I have
to say that I agree

with Mr.
And Mrs. Braverman here.

We can't accept this.
We can't.

We gotta get Max back here.

If we fail one kid,
we fail as a school.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. knight.
He's right.

I understand your passion,
Mr. knight.

And I understand you want this

resolved immediately,
Mr. and Mrs. Braverman,

but it will take time.
Okay, I got that...

- It doesn't sound like it.
- But what are we

supposed to do as parents
in the meantime?

He doesn't
wanna come to school.

We wanna get him
back in the classroom.

He's refusing.
So what do we tell him?

Well, as--
as the Dean here,

my feeling is
since there's only

one month left
of the school year

and since this is
Max's graduation year anyway,

maybe we don't
push Max to return to school

before he's really ready.

Okay.
Okay.

So that's your solution...

To keep Max at home?

Keep my son at home,

not the kid
that pissed in his canteen.

All right, look.
They're not gonna deal with it.

- You're gonna punish my kid--
- Let's just go.

This is asinine.
This is--this whole--no.

This whole conversation
is useless, okay?

Thank you so much.
I'm so glad that you are here.

This--you and you--
this whole situation is useless.

Thank you so much.

Have a good day.
Don't laugh at me.

I'm not laughing.

Well...

It's been three whole days.

- Is that right?
- Yeah, it's right.

Living in total darkness...
Total darkness?

And the catalogues
have been piling up

downstairs by the mailboxes.

I promise I'll take--
I'll take care of that.

Just a lot of promises,
sweetheart.

- Excuse me.
- I just think

that your head hasn't
been into your work lately.

Hello?

Hey.

Uh, hey, it's--it's mark.

Cyr.
Um...

- Hi.
- Hi.

Um--uh, sorry.

I hope it's okay
to, you know, call you.

Um, um...

I think it's--
sure, it's fine.

What's goin' on?
Well, I-

I don't know if Amber told you

that I-I ran into her...

Oh, yeah, no, she told me that.

That was weird.
That's--that's so wild.

It was weird, yeah,
but she--

she looks--she looks great.
She seems good.

Yeah, she's doing good
like--like you said.

So anyway, I--
I was wondering if, uh...

I really need talk to you,
and, um...

I-I don't wanna
do it on the phone.

Can we meet, do you think?

- Of course.
- Okay.

Okay.

And bone-in ribeyes.

Okay.
Dad, dad, dad--

- don't turn it off.
- I can't do it.

Do not turn it off.

It's breakin' my ears, please!

Is this not great
or what, Cros?

You bet.

Got chili dogs,
it's a beautiful day.

- Open road.
- We be in California...

- Mm-hmm.
- The land of oceans

and deserts
and mountains and palm trees.

This land was made
for you and me.

Dad, what are you gonna
do about the house?

What are you thinkin'?

What do you mean?
What are you talking about?

Your house, you know,

the one you gotta decide
whether or not

you're gonna sell
within the next 52 hours,

that house?

- Yeah.
- Well, what are you gonna do?

Well, to be
honest with you, Cros,

uh, I...

What?

Dad?
Oh, my goodness gracious!

Look!
We got atvs up here.

Oh!

Yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah, pull over!

Get in there!
Let's do this!

We haven't done this
since you were a kid.

Yeah, ha ha ha!

You actually think
the waiter's gonna tell you

whether he was
on a date or not?

Yes, I-I'm gonna make him
tell me...

- All right.
- What he knows.

Is there a possibility
it was a business dinner

that went on a long time?

I don't know, maybe.
I hope so.

All I know is that it cost $468

and that it was charged
after midnight last night.

Wow.

Oh, five minutes.
Okay.

Okay.

- Okay.
- Well, it seems to me

that you should
be able to ask him,

and he should tell you
if he was on a date.

Yeah.
I can't do that.

I can't ask Joel because

he's basically...
Not talking to me.

He's being very short with me.

- Still?
- Yeah, he's making me feel

like anything that's
not in the kids' schedules

is off-limits to talk about.
Julia, that's horrible.

I know, but I don't--

I just--
I don't know what's going on.

And so, I just--
I wanna know.

What do you want to happen?

With us?

I want...
My marriage back, you know?

But, um...

But if I can't have that,
then I would like to know.

It seems to me
you deserve to be able

to ask your husband
what he's been doing,

and he should
give you an answer.

Yeah.

You're totally right.
So let's get outta here.

- Good for you.
- Yes.

- Can we still have lunch?
- Yes, but not here.

I can't afford this place.

So... Your dad told me

you're not going
back to school today.

Ever.

I am never
going back to cedar knoll.

Yeah.

I get it.

School can definitely
be no fun sometimes.

I can do
everything I need to here.

Also, I'm smarter
than all of my teachers,

and you guys have
Internet and better snacks.

Also, the snacks are free.

I don't have to pay for them
in the vending machine.

All good points.

Except, you know, here,

we don't have
all the other kids.

I hate the other kids.

I understand.

I had some pretty rough times
in middle school myself.

Not this rough.

Hey, Max.

Let's say you and I
get outta here.

Where?

To go have an adventure.

It's a surprise.

I don't like surprises.

Well, I think
you're gonna like this one.

You ready, Max?

What are we doing here?

We're gonna go surf.

- I don't surf.
- You don't surf yet.

I don't surf at all.

Listen,
I got a surprise for you.

This is the surfboard
I learned on.

Isn't that cool?
It's not 3:00 P.M. yet,

and cedar knolls
said specifically

that I have to keep doing
schoolwork until 3:00 P.M.

Okay, screw cedar knoll.
Can you hold this?

- That's a bad word.
- I know it is.

I would lose screen time
for saying that word.

I'm gonna give you extra
screen time if you say,

"screw cedar knoll."
Screw cedar knoll.

All right, can you hold this?

All right,
grab that gray bag right there.

It's got your wet suit in it.

All right, let's do this.

Let's catch a wave.

You ready?

- I don't know.
- You ready to surf?

- I don't know.
- Yeah, you are.

- You can't know that.
- I do!

I know it!

Come on, bud!

- Hey.
- Hey, what's up?

- Hey, you.
- How's it going?

Good, buddy.
Hey, thanks for doing this.

Yeah, this is the new house?

Yep, this is--
this is it.

Hey.
Guys.

Look who's here.

It's your cousin.

- Hey, guys.
- Hey.

- Hi.
- All right, I'm off.

I love you.

Get out today, okay?

Don't sit here
doing this all day,

and I'll be back
at 8:00 at the latest, okay?

And, hey, thanks again.
Yeah, totally.

Call me if you need anything.

- All right, cool.
- Okay.

- Bye, guys.
- Bye.

So what do you guys wanna do?

Do you wanna go to the pool?

The pool's freezing cold.

And there's so many chemicals,
it burns my eyes out.

- Isn't that cool?
- A wave of energy.

Hey, you guys.

- Oh, hey!
- Hi.

How was your schoolwork?
Dad took me surfing.

- Yeah.
- You took him surfing?

- It was amazing!
- Yeah, it was great.

I should've called you.
Yeah, dad said it took him

three weeks
to get up his first time,

and I got up on my first day.

- Mm.
- It was amazing.

- How was your schoolwork?
- It's done.

- Dad said, "screw cedar knoll."
- Really?

- Yes.
- Did he?

- I have to change.
- Are you kidding?

Listen, he--he finished
all of his schoolwork.

We were only gone
a couple of hours.

- He finished it?
- Yeah.

Okay, we're not
setting a good example.

You can't just reward him
for not going to school.

I know
this whole situation is--

- please don't say
that I'm sending him

the wrong message.
I know we have

to be careful with Max
with this sorta thing,

but the kid deserves a break.

It's not a paid vacation.

I know it's not.

Look, I know
we have to figure out

what we're doing with Max.

I know we have
to be together on this.

But right now,
I just--I felt like

I needed
to see my son be happy.

I wanted to see
a smile on his face.

And I did.

Right.
He really got up?

Yeah, he did.

That's kind of awesome.

- It's a good thing.
- Really?

- Yeah.
- Did you really say,

"screw cedar knoll"?

- I need to rinse off my--
- You did.

Don't do that.
It's fine if you take him--

- go--get off!
It's not even your turn!

Yes, it is!
Give it to me!

You've been using it all day!
No, I haven't!

- Yes, you have!
- Hey, you guys.

Stop.
Stop!

- Jackass.
- Stupid.

- I'm not stupid.
- Yeah?

Then why'd you get left back?
Stop it!

- I didn't get left back!
- Stop! Stop!

Okay, we're not
doing this, all right?

We're--we're not
playing the game anymore.

Just give me this.
We're leaving, okay?

Come on.

You guys.

I think it's like
the most depressing

$40 I've ever made.

Hmm.
Yeah.

What's the apartment like?

It's sad.

It's like a whole complex
of Uncle Joel's.

- No.
- Yes.

How are the kids taking it?

Not good.

They, like,
argue the whole time,

and they--
they don't wanna do anything.

I mean,
what do you do with that?

I mean, it makes sense.

Remember how unpleasant to be
around we were when dad left?

Yeah, that's true.

Well...

At least you could
pay for dinner this time.

- Yeah.
- Huh?

Uhhuh.
That's true.

- Thank you, it was delicious.
- You're welcome.

Hey.

Hey.

Do you wanna come inside, or...

Uh, no.

I think that's probably weird
for the kids and for me.

- Yeah, I get that.
- Um...

Sydney's science folder
for tomorrow.

Okay.
You didn't have to

come all the way here for this.

Uh, no, I didn't.

Um, the fraud alert people
called me

about a charge
at Chez Michelle last night.

It's $468.

So sorry.
Yeah, right.

Um, it was a business dinner...

- Okay.
- With Peet.

Good.

Um...

If it was a business dinner,
why didn't she pick up the tab?

Because--

- sorry.
It's--we're sharing finances.

It's still--
Right, right.

It's.
It's weird.

She offered to pay.
We were celebrating.

We had just
sold our first house,

so I picked up the tab.

Oh.

That's fantastic.
Thank you.

Yeah, congratulations.

Are you sleeping--

dating each other?

I offered
to pick up the tab, Julia.

I-I had no idea
it was gonna be that much money.

I'm--that's all that happened.

- Okay.
- Okay?

- Okay.
- I didn't have sex with her.

I didn't kiss her.

I didn't go over
to her house with our children

and cook dinner with her.
Okay.

I didn't have long,
intimate texts with her.

Joel.
I have apologized.

I made a mistake.

I have begged
for your forgiveness.

But right now, I'm just trying

to understand
where we are in this,

and I feel like I have not
been able to talk to you--

like it's not
allowed or something--

and I don't
wanna live in limbo.

You know, so are...

We trying to get back together?

Or are we trying
to date other people, you know?

It's just not fair not knowing.

Yeah.

Yeah, you know what?
It--it's not fair.

But I stayed home
raising our family

and supporting your career
for all those years,

and when it was your turn,
you couldn't do that for me.

That's unfair.

You come into my work,

and you make a scene
in front of my boss.

You have an affair with ed.
That's when--

- I didn't have
an affair with ed.

Whatever it is--
I just--I believed

that our relationship
was built on mutual respect,

and I just found out that
that--that's not the case.

Joel, I--

I respect you more
than anyone I've ever known.

Listen, I know that...

Your dad
was unfaithful to your mom,

and to think about--

- can we just talk
about us right now?

I mean, my parents
have nothing to do with this.

- Fine.
- Okay.

Okay.
I just hate this.

You think I don't hate this?

You think I don't hate
living in this crappy apartment,

trying to make it great
for the kids?

You think I don't hate
that they sleep

in our house every night,
and I sleep alone here?

I hate it, but our marriage,

it wasn't working, Julia.

It wasn't working for me,

and I don't know what I want.

But if you have to know,

if you're gonna
press the issue right now,

then my--my answer is no.

We're not working
on our relationship right now.

We're not trying
to get back together right now.

I'm sorry.

Whoa, look at this joint.

You've got ski boats
and muscle cars.

Whoa, ho, ho, ho!

Dad, look at this bike.

- Yeah.
- Are you kidding me?

Little cafe racer.
I need you to focus.

Come on.
Wow, that's gorgeous.

It's all hand-built.

Huh.

You gotta ring the bell,
I think, dad.

Right.

- Yeah, can I help you?
- Huh?

Hey.
Hi, are you Paulie?

- I'm Ernie.
- Ernie.

Oh, hi.
Well, I'm zeek Braverman,

and I talked
to Paulie, and--

about a grill for a 1965 gto.

A grill for a gto?

'65, you say?

Oh, yeah, I've got somebody
else interested in that.

I'm sorry.
Oh, no, no, no.

No, it can't be.
I mean, it's too late.

I mean, because I drove up here

from Berkeley, California
'cause, you know,

Paulie and I had agreed
on a price and talked about it--

- well, this is not
Paulie's place!

Do you see
Paulie's name anywhere up there?

No, it says,
"Ernie's salvage yard."

Okay, we're getting off
to a bad start.

Maybe we could
just look at the grill.

You might not even want it.

Could we--
would you show it to us?

Will you be willing
to do that before we--

- all right.
Gto 1965 grill, mint condition.

I'll tell you what: You ain't
gonna find this anywhere.

Oh, man.
I see it, I see it.

- That's nice.
- Oh, yeah.

This is it, yeah!

Okay, listen.
I got 450 right here.

That was the price
Paulie and I agreed on, so--

- 450?

Yeah.
That's the deal.

No, no, no, no, no.

Look, I can't go 450 on this.

Thi--what,
this is a 1965

mint condition gto grill.

Now where you gonna
find something like that?

Here.
Here is where I'm gonna find it.

That's what
Paulie and I agreed on.

That's why I drove 500 Miles

to get here,
thi--right here.

This is where I'm gonna do it.
Look here.

I-I cannot
let this go for $450.

- Yeah, we had a deal!
- Well, I don't have a deal!

Paulie and I had a deal.

Well, you forget Paulie!

Paulie is not here!

Now.
How convenient.

This fella
that's interested in this

is willing to go 800.

I-I can't let it go
for less than 700.

Okay, let me
tell you something.

You know what
this is sounding like to me?

This is a scam.
That's what this is.

It's a scam operation.

You and your invisible
friend Paulie--

- I think you gentlemen
better get off my property.

Okay, you can put that down.

Dad, let's--
Well, that's a little hasty.

- We need to regroup.
- I've got 450 bucks right here.

Do you want it?
I don't want your business.

No, get on outta here.
You don't want my business?

He's got a weapon.
He's got a weapon.

You know somethin', sir?
You suck.

You get
the hell off my property!

What do you think I'm doin'?
I'm goin'!

- Go!
- Damn.

I'm gonna write
a bad review on yelp about this.

I thought I was done with her,

and I guess I'm not.

It's just
that we were gettin'...

We were gettin' along,
you know?

We were gettin' closer,
and--and then I thought--

I was starting to believe
that maybe there was a chance.

I don't know.

Doc, come on.
I'm not gonna cry.

Hank.

My strong suggestion
is that you

start to open yourself up
to other possibilities

beyond Sarah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

It's just easier
said than done.

I'm blowing my nose.

Hm, bleh.

Hm.

Okay, just for the record,

these are not
the world's best waffles.

You probably don't
have enough butter on 'em.

Dad, we're gonna get you
another grill for the gto.

We'll go online and look it up.

We'll Google it,
and I'll find it for you.

It's not the end of the world.
It's not about the gto.

It's not about the grill.
What's it about?

- Oh...
- What is it?

I'm feeling old, Crosby.

Dad, you are not old...

- No.
- Not by a long shot.

I mean, I didn't expect,
you know, I just, uh...

This thing is happening
way too fast for me.

The idea
of selling the house...

You know, it just feels
like I'm cashing it in.

I'm cashing in the checks.

It feels like the end.

Have you told mom that?

I told her I'd sell it,
you know?

And I'm not gonna be on welfare

like that guy with the grill,

that... Son of a bitch.

I mean, the--

I told her I'd sell it,

and if I turned
around on that now,

I mean, what kind of a man
does that make me?

What do you think
I should do, Crosby?

Ernie.

My father was quoted a price,

and you're gonna honor
that price, not a penny more.

I told you gentlemen

I'm not interested
in doing business.

Okay, well, listen, I'm gonna
make this worth your while.

Go on.

- Hi.
- Hey.

- Hi.
- Hi.

Hi, hi, hi.

Thank you.

Am I late?
No, I-I--

I was even a little late.

- Oh.
- I overslept a little later--

but I was proud of myself.

This is so nice.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

- You look so great.
- Oh, no.

You look great.
Thanks.

Um...

So...

Uh...

Well, Amber told me
how incredibly successful

you've been this last
little period of time...

- That's not true.
- So congratulations.

I wouldn't say
"incredibly successful."

I got out of my parent's house,

so that's--
That's great.

Yeah.
I found this place.

I'm the super of the building.

Did she say that?
She didn't mention that part.

She told me about the, uh--
I've become handy.

- Yeah, I can see.
- And then...

And then, yeah,
the photography thing

has been really surprising.

That's what she was saying,

that you've done some big jobs,

ads for surfsport?
That's--

- it wasn't--it was
their sort of annual report,

like, brochure,
but it was a huge job, and--

- yeah, that's cool, right?

And they liked it,
so it's led to other...

That's great.
I'm--I'm really happy for you.

I--oh, I ordered the...

- Is it the Italian?
- Yeah.

- Thank you.
- Of course.

Um...
Oh.

But yeah, congratulations.

That's great.

Um, I'm so happy for you.

Thank you.
So how are you?

I'm good.

I've been--I've been good.

I-actually, this is
a little embarrassing,

but I did bring this.

I'm a published writer.

Ah!
Oh, wow.

- Yeah.
- Oh, wow.

It was just a--
it's this little journal.

It's not the new yorker.
Who cares?

It's amazing.
It is, it's exciting.

- It's your name in print.
- I know.

That was my favorite part.
Can I keep this?

- Yeah, that's--that's for you.
- Oh, my goodness.

That journal has
a circulation of 37 people.

Oh, well!

You must be very proud.
I am.

Now, it's 38.

I can't wait to read it.
Yeah.

And the other thing

that's sort of been going on

is that, uh,
I've... Met someone.

Um...
Oh.

A woman.
She--she teaches at Roosevelt.

And, um...

And we're actually engaged.

- Oh, my God.
- Yeah.

Yeah. I mean,
it happened really fast.

You know, we--
we just sort of--

we wanted the same things.

We both
wanted to start a family,

and we just
sort of both kn--knew.

So, um...

But when I... You know,
I ran into Amber,

and I, um--

It just came to me
that sooner or later,

you would run into someone
and they might tell you,

and I didn't want you to just,

you know, hear it from someone.

I wanted to...
Thank you.

- Tell you.
- That's so nice of you.

That is so you.

That is...

I'm really happy for you.

I really am.

Thanks.

That's so great.
That's so great.

Cheers.
Cheers.

Cheers.

Um...
Ahem.

All right, this looks good.

And...

So how high should
I be holding the product?

Uh, what do
you think there, boss?

Yeah, that looks good.

But just turn
the label towards--

she looks great.
Thank you.

I think we're good.
Yeah, let's go.

You're at 5.6, right?
Yep.

- Yeah.
- Nice.

And just tilt it down
a tiny bit there--

- start with that,
and then, uh...

How did, uh, dinner go,
by the way?

Good.
It was good.

How's he doin'?

Uh, good.

He got a short story published.

- Yeah? Well, good.
- Angle your body

just a little more.
Like that.

Yeah, nice.

And he got engaged.

Smiling, or...

Sure.

Really?

Really.

Hm.

Well, good for him.

Nice.

Just called me a liar.

You know,
one of my biggest faults

is that I'm too straight and
I have too much say as it is.

Well, do it for
the 100th birthday party

of Beverly hills--
Hey.

Trust me.

Hey, guys.

Hey, we're gonna go out, okay?

So come on, let's go.

No questions.
And wear something warm, okay?

Mm-hmm.

I can barely squeeze
into these bad boys anymore.

- The shape, I've never seen--
- Tight.

How does this go?

I'll just watch.

Me too.

- I'm sorry?
- No.

Yeah, no, no.
We're gonna go skating.

It's gonna be fun.
You didn't even tell us

where we were going.
That's rude.

This place looks really crappy.

- Okay, I--
- This is what

I'm talking about.
Listen. yeah, listen.

We used to come here
a lot when we were little.

It's actually really fun
once you get out there.

It looks like
it got pretty old since then.

Okay, it's run-down.

It's a '70s-style decor,
that's true.

But once we're out there, it's
actually gonna be really fun.

- I'm not skating.
- Me neither.

You can't force me.

- So what do we do?
- Okay.

Can I talk
to you guys for a sec?

Can you sit down
just for a second, please?

You guys...

I know that what
you're going through

is, like, really, really hard.

And I'm not just
saying that, you know?

I'm saying it
'cause I went through it too.

And there's not a whole lot

that I can say or do
that's gonna make it better.

But I can tell you
that at least

you don't have to go
through it alone, you know?

'Cause you guys
have each other,

just like I had him.

I promise you
it makes it a lot easier.

So just don't
give up yet, okay?

We can still have some fun.

Give it a try, huh?

Give it a shot.

What do you say?
Five minutes.

If you don't like it,
we can leave.

- Fine.
- Yeah!

All right!
Let's strap up.

Huh?
Whatever.

I want you to know
Max finished all his schoolwork.

- Okay.
- All of it.

And we promise
to be home before dinner.

Wait a second.
He finished all of it?

All of it.

Every single part
of my homework.

- Okay.
- Mom, you should come with us.

Oh, honey,
I am not a beach person.

I'm from Cleveland, remember?

He'd love for you to come.
Tell you what.

Why don't you just leave that,

and we'll grab
some pizzas on the way back?

Please.
I want you to come.

Okay.
I can't say "no" to that.

- Okay.
- All right, I'm gonna get Nora.

Here, look,
you can take pictures of me

when we're there.
You open it up like this,

and then you wind
this forward twice

and then back once.

Then you close it,
and this controls the shutter.

♪ Ooh ooh ♪

♪ ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪

♪ ooh ooh ♪

♪ ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪

♪ let it rain ♪

♪ I need a change ♪

♪ let it rain ♪

♪ till I'm underwater ♪

♪ we are up, then we're down ♪

♪ we are big
till we're small town ♪

♪ we are dry till we drown ♪

♪ ooh, underwater ♪

♪ mmm, underwater ♪

♪ I'm not afraid ♪

♪ we are up, then we're down ♪

♪ we are a big
till we're small town ♪

♪ we are dry till we drown ♪

♪ ooh, underwater ♪

♪ mmm, underwater ♪

Daddy's home.

Oh, hey!

Careful.

Oh, ho, ho.

Cool!
Cool!

Come on!

- Wow.
- Look at this thing.

- Is that your dad's?
- What?

- Whose is that?
- Mine.

- Yours?
- Yeah, it's mine.

- Really?
- I found it in a junkyard.

- Cool.
- Can you believe it?

You wanna try that on?
Yeah.

Get on there.
How's my girl?

- Hey, zeek.
- Hey.

Come here.

Oh, my little girl, huh?

Hey.

Did you miss me?

Aloha.

You know what?

I think
we should accept the offer.

- Really?
- Oh, yeah, really.

I'm ready to do it.

- Wow.
- How about you?

♪ We are up, then we're down ♪

♪ we are a big
till we're small town ♪

♪ we are dry till we drown ♪