Parenthood (2010–2015): Season 5, Episode 3 - Nipple Confusion - full transcript

The Braverman family pressure cooker has just about everyone stewing in their own juices.

I'm waiting for this wave
of love to wash over me,

and it's just not happening.

This is the start
of our act three.

So you're saying you want
to sell our house.

I think we should
talk about it.

I'm gonna run
for mayor of Berkeley.

Nobody's ever even heard
of Kristina.

She's never run for office.

It's not like she's running
for the presidency.

I don't know
how realistic it is.

- You got my back, right?
- Right.



Wow!

That's awesome!

Stop staring at me like that.

- I literally cannot look away.
- Try.

This is the most fascinating
contraption I have ever seen.

It's pneumatic
and it's hydraulic.

There's fluid and air.
It's--

- it's really not
that fascinating, okay?

I feel like a big old cow.

A big, lactating,
unsexy, sleep-deprived cow.

You know what?
I haven't slept

more than 20 minutes in a row
since that thing came out of me.

[Baby screaming]

She's gotta take this bottle.
I mean, seriously,



I-I really need a break,
or else I'm gonna die.

And then, at that point,

my breasts will no longer
be an option

because I will be dead.

Okay, so you want me to hook--
I hook her to this?

- No.
- Does it have, like, a reverse?

It's got a reverse button?

- No.
- Oh, I'm going here. Okay.

- Just give her to me.
- You got more in there?

It's not--yeah.
[Baby crying]

Come on, come on.

You look so beautiful
right now.

[Baby crying]
You look very beautiful.

Shh...

Thanks for doing this
at the last minute.

Oh, my pleasure.

You're literally, like,
the only photographer available.

I mean, seriously, I must have
called, like, 100 people

before I found your web site.
[Giggles]

That many, huh?
Which I loved.

Your web site--
beautiful.

There's no people, though.

No, I'm trying to specialize
inpho-dog-raphy,so...

- You're really good.
- Thank you.

- How 'bout this?
- Okay.

- He has a great stomach.
- Cute.

Um...
Ready? One, two, three...

Yeah, you like that?
Yes.

Just make sure you don't
triple-check that list. Okay.

Okay, at 3:00 you have
a phoner with kaitlin lonner.

Take a look at these.
Kaitlin lonner.

Yeah, she's a local blogger.

Site gets plenty of traffic,
so it's good.

Put pens on the list too.
We need pens.

- Pens? I have pens.
- No, no, no, no.

Like campaign pens.
You know, people love free pens.

Such a good idea!

When I go to the doctor's
office, I'm like,

"oh, there's the pen."
It's easy to remember.

- You want a free pen, right?
- Good morning, honey.

- Morning, honey. How are you?
- I'm good.

Coffee's over there.
Okay.

It's more convenient over here.

[Doorbell rings]
Is that the door?

Okay, that's probably
the short guy.

I'm gonna grab it, you guys
do the hubby-wife thing.

Her ass is mine
for the rest of the day, though.

- Okay. Let's go.
- Wow.

She is so amazing.
I'm telling you,

if Bob knew that she existed,

he never would have
hired me, ever.

Honey, you are an amazing
campaign manager.

Oh, it was fine,
but she is on fire.

Like, she's actually
making me think

that I can do this.

Like, I feel like
a million bucks with her.

Seriously, there's no coffee?

All right, so it wasn't
the shirt guy,

but our juice is here.

Good, we have extract juice,
but no coffee.

I'll put it on the list.

The intern guy's gonna
run out later and get it.

We have a meeting with the
renewable energy people,

and they like their kale
liquefied.

Can I get your credit card,
Kristina?

Um... Oh.

[Whispering]
Give her your credit card.

- Mine's maxed out.
- That's not--

the delivery charge.
- No, no problem.

I had to get office supplies.
You know how--

- here you go, Heather.

- Thank you.
- All right.

Amazing how fast
you run out of things.

There's your copy.
There's your credit card

and your receipt.
Okay.

The tip is included.

I might need 20 bucks later
too for gas, but...

Really?
$250 for juice?

Seriously?
Yeah.

Amber, are you--

- ooh! Hi. Hey.

Hi.
I'm very sorry.

No, don't. It's fine.
Hang on.

Hi. Come in. Don't.
It's fine.

- I'll leave.
- Come in here.

Shh. It's fine. What's up?
It's just my roommate-

I have a class at 8:00,
and my roommate locked me out.

He put the--

he put the lacrosse stick
on the door.

- Uh...
- I'm sorry, what?

I can't go in there.
I don't know--

- oh, like a tie, or whatever?

- Yeah, it's--
- It's like a--

- you don't have a place
to sleep?

- Yeah. No. And then I'm--
- Drew.

- I can leave.
- That's--no. Stay.

Just put your stuff down.
Stay here. It's great.

Yeah, and I can go--

- drew...
- Do you guys need something?

- Don't go back out there.
- Yeah.

We don't really have
anything for breakfast.

Honey--
we'll get breakfast tomorrow.

It's fine.
You can totally stay, man.

We have our whole lives...

If you need something
for breakfast or whatever...

We have stuff. It's fine.

Okay?
All right.

- You want something to drink?
- I'm sorry.

- You want something?
- Sure.

Okay.
This is gonna be fun.

[Truck reverse alarm beeping]

That's it.
Bring her back, my man.

Gently.

Bring her on back.
Come on.

That's it.
You got plenty of room.

Come on back.

Good, Billy!
That's it.

What is this?

- Huh?
- This.

- This?
- Yeah?

This--
come here a minute.

This is a 1965 Pontiac gto
convertible coupe.

Now, you gotta use
your imagination,

but underneath all this dust

is a beautiful
metallic teal paint job.

What's it doing
in our driveway?

Not "it." Not "it."
"She."

What's she doing here?

Okay, Billy,
I think we're good.

Let her down.
Let's unhook her.

Come on.

Anyway, I got her from Walter
at the vet center.

You bought it?
We own this?

She. We own her.

I mean, it was no big deal.
Don't think about the money.

Walter practically
gave her away.

The only thing she needs
is a brand new engine,

and that's gonna be
the fun part.

That's a year-long project.

No, six to eight months tops.

This is your answer, right?

I say I want to talk about
possibly selling the house,

and you pull a year-long project
into the driveway?

Would you quit saying--
six to eight months.

Come on, give me
some credit here, girl.

Hey, don't walk away from me.

- Okay, Billy, let's unhook her!
- Jake.

Come on.
Isn't she a beauty?

♪ 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

for ♪er 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

Victor's reading skills
are anywhere near

- where they should be.
- Right.

I know he's a little bit
behind,

but he has, I mean,
made leaps and bounds

since he's lived with us.

I understand there are
special circumstances,

and that's why I wanted
to speak with you both first

before I make any sort
of a recommendation.

Okay, what's happening here?
Recommendation for what?

From what I've seen,
Victor might benefit

from repeating
the fourth grade.

You wanna--
you wanna hold him back?

No, I don't want to
do anything here, now,

except open up a dialogue.

Generally speaking,
we don't like to move children

into a different classroom
unless it's a last resort.

[Sighs]

I mean, we read with him
every night,

but maybe we could read--
do a little more reading.

I don't know. Um...

Julia's got some time off
from work.

Maybe you could.
That would be wonderful.

I mean, I was gonna suggest
a tutor, but that's even better.

I can give you some extra
reading assignments

and exercises.

Victor is really a very,
very sweet boy.

Mmhmm.

I'd like to see
a little more effort,

but I think that'll come as
he gains more confidence and--

- so what if he doesn't?
What if he doesn't improve?

Let's just take a breath...

Put these strategies in place.

We'll see if it works, and, um,

then we'll worry about
making any decisions.

- Thank you.
- Mm-hmm.

All right, good attitude, Adam.

Cut these costs.

- Hi.
- Yeah.

Can I work here?
The wi-fi's out in my building.

Wow, you gotta get a new super.

I knew you were gonna say that.

Yeah, come on in.

What are you doing?

I am working on Kristina's
campaign budget.

Doesn't she have the woman
that does that?

Yeah, she's got
a campaign manager, Heather.

But if I let her do this,
we're gonna wind up

in the hole for sure.

$600 for pens!
Do we really need pens?

I don't think so.
I love free pens.

Is that gonna make you vote
for somebody?

- Sure.
- We're gonna wind up bankrupt.

Look at this.
$900 for head shots.

Get a photographer to take
one picture of Kristina

for the lawn signs
and all the other posters.

Um...

I'll do the head shots.

- Sarah, I mean...
- What?

You've never worked
with a human being?

[Scoffs] Not professionally.

Well, I need a professional.
This is a campaign...

I am a professional.

I just--
I don't feel good about working,

you know, with family.

I don't think that's
a good idea.

Is that why
you went into business

with your brother Crosby,

and hired my daughter
to work the front desk?

All right, point taken.

Maybe you just feel good about
working withthisfamily.

If I'm gonna be spending
close to $1,000

on a photograph for a campaign--
You don't have to.

You know what?
I'll do it for free.

- For free? As in no money?
- Yes.

Yes. I want the shot.

- Satisfaction guaranteed?
- Of course.

We don't like it,
we can go somewhere else? Deal.

- $100.
- $50.

- Fine.
- Okay, it's a deal.

[Relaxed sigh]

[Baby crying]

I'm on it.
I'm totally on it.

Just you keep relaxing.
[Baby crying]

Thank you.

Come on.

[Baby crying] Sweetie, sweetie.

It's breast milk.
You like breast milk.

I've seen you enjoying breast--
it's just breast milk.

[Baby crying]
You don't want it.

You don't want it.

Come on, you stubborn
little stinker.

[Baby crying relentlessly]

Hey, honey.

Hi.

You look very beautiful.

I look like I should be
offering you peanuts

and an in-flight magazine.

That is one sexy
flight attendant right there.

Honey, a mayor's not supposed
to look sexy.

They're supposed to look
"mayoral,"

with maybe a hint of sexiness.
Well-

- I feel like I need
a whole new wardrobe, you know?

Hey, uh, how would you feel
about having Sarah

do your campaign photo?

- Your sister?
- Yeah.

She said she'd do it for free.

50 bucks, so practically free.

But this photo
has to be awesome.

We need a good professional
image.

- Sarah will do a good job.
- Honey...

Check it out.- Ye

- hot off the presses, okay?
- We can do that.

We need a professional.

We don't need a professional
photographer.

It's gonna cost $1,000.
We've already spent $5,000

on this campaign,
and it's stressing me out.

Technically, this isn't
really our money.

- Oh, it is our money.
- We're gonna get reimbursed.

Oh, it's our money.
I'm not suggesting

that we stop spending money
on your campaign.

I'm just saying slow down
until we know

that there are some donations
coming in.

There are donations
coming in, okay?

- Tell you what.
- What?

Can I just sit down with you
just for a second?

Look, I just want to show you
a couple different ways

we can trim the budget.
You went through my budget?

Why did you--
I did.

For what?

We're spending our money
on the campaign right now--

- Adam, I know that we're
spending our money right now,

but we're gonna
pay ourselves back.

I just want to pull back
a little bit

until we know that we have
the donations coming in

to cover these expenses, okay?
The donations are coming in,

and we're gonna raise
enough money

to cover all of our expenses.

Okay, just stop
for one second, all right?

No, you're pissing me off.

I'm sorry I'm making you mad.

This is a reality check.
I guess so it's...

You're a first-time candidate.

- Am I really?
- You're late to the race.

- I didn't know that.
- And I want to make sure

that we're gonna be able
to come up

with enough donations
to cover these expenses.

I don't think that I know
that Bob little wants to see me,

like, crash and burn,
and that I'm a first-time

political candidate, and this is
gonna be a tough run for me?

You don't think
I know that, Adam?

- Okay.
- No, hold on a second.

When you wanted to open up
the luncheonette,

I supported you 100%,
and it was ten times crazier,

and ten times more expensive
than this.

It's worked out, okay?
And by the way, at the time,

you called me nuts.
I did call you nuts.

But I supported you.
And I'm supporting you.

I'm just trying to help out.
I've always supported you.

I just don't want to see us
get into financial trouble here.

Kristina, that's all I'm doing.
You're not trusting me

is what you're doing.

Thank you, budget boy.

"Budget boy."
Great.

[Sighs]

- I haven't slept.
- Oh.

I've just been thinking
about this Victor situation.

Oh...

You know,
miss mikindoe is right?

His reading level is not up to
a fifth grade reading level.

I mean, it's not even
fourth grade reading level,

if we're being honest
with ourselves.

Which is why she wanted
to have us in

to talk about reading
with him more.

But I've been reading
with him constantly.

Okay, well, maybe I can
come home from work

a little early
a couple nights a week.

And if I can't do that,
then we'll find a tutor for him.

I don't know
how much more we can do...

Really, that we haven't
already done.

We have done it,
and it hasn't worked.

And it's not gonna work
in the time frame that we have.

I mean...
God, he's gonna be

in the same grade as Sydney,
and I don't even know

how to begin to tackle that.

Jules, we're not even
there yet.

Wehow close to there
do we have to be?

She said she wants
to hold him back, basically--

that she was waiting
because of, you know,

his special circumstances,
which is--

ehh, I hate that.
- Okay.

Just let's...
Deep breaths here.

Were we even
in the same conversation?

You know what I heard?

I heard a teacher telling us

that we got a good kid.

Can we take our finger off
the nuclear launch button?

I'm not going nuclear.
I'm...

Going a little... Nuclear.
Going a little nuclear.

- That's okay.
- But--

- it's a tough conversation
to have,

but that's all it was--
a conversation.

It was a conversation about
holding our kid back a year.

- Can I just get coffee?
- Yeah.

All right.

Hey, berto.

Nice robe, roommate.

Hey, so I might need
some private time tonight.

It's not 100% yet,
but I got a strong feeling.

Okay, um, actually,
I have a cla--

hey, Natalie.

Oh, uh, hi...

Guy from across the--
drew. Right.

- Yeah. Hey.
- Hey.

We have the same shower caddy.

[Chuckles]
Look at that. Yeah.

Crazy small world.
Yeah.

Um...

The line, it's--

is a--just wait until
the line's kinda...

- Nice work, dude.
- See ya.

Hank, can I borrow
the flag stand?

You're not really asking

'cause it's already in the cart,
right? So...

Hank, can I borrow
the flag stand

that I already have
in the cart?

Yes. But if
one of your dog clients

does something on it,
I'm gonna want a new one.

Thank you for asking.

Uh, my client tomorrow
is not a dog.

It is a real live human being.

- Really?
- Mm-hmm.

Is it
against their will, or--

- that's very funny.
In fact,

my client is very prestigious.

It's a mayoral candidate.

- Oh, yeah, I got it.
- Yeah.

Your sister-in-law, right?
Yeah, running for mayor.

So? Don't say it like that,
like that's not a real job.

It's a real job.
She's still running for mayor.

I'm excited.
You could be excited for me.

- I am. It's exciting.
- Thanks.

You what would be exciting?
Make some money,

and maybe you buy
some equipment.

[Phone ringing]
Oh, look at this.

The representative
of my famous client.

Hi, Adam.
Your sisterin-law, you mean.

Yeah.

Oh.

Really?

No, I do get it.
Thank you.

I'll talk to you
about it later.

No, thanks for calling.
Okay, bye.

Um, Kristina decided
she wants somebody

with more experience.

Get the next one, then.
All right?

Yeah.

You know, I've been passed
over so many times on jobs,

it's really no big deal.

Yeah, but you get passed over

because you have
a weird personality.

But...
That's totally not true.

Anyway, this is my family,

and they're just not even
taking me seriously.

Whwould they?
Really.

No, I mean--I mean--
No, no.

Just don't sugarcoat it.
No, no, no.

Look, when I met you, you were
a playwright... Something,

and then a... A... Graphic--

you did stuff with--
- Graphic designer.

- Yeah, you were that too.
- I did that a long time ago.

But you were... Flighty.

They don't take you seriously
because they know you.

- [Scoffs]
- So that's not an insult.

I'm just saying
strangers don't know you.

No, I'm serious.
I know.

Working with family is--
is hell.

Strangers don't know
who you are.

You got a clean Slate.

Well, you know me.
Do you take me seriously?

Oh... Okay.

- Okay what? Let me answer.
- No, you paused.

The pause says it all.
I pause on everything.

No, no. Not that kind.

- I got a--
- Don't try to fix it.

I've gotta go.

That's exactly what
I'm talking about.

What?

You get a little flighty
with--

- I'm not getting flighty.

I'm exiting. I'm leaving.
You know,

sometimes you pause for effect.

I'll just talk to you later.

This is flighty,
what you're doing right now.

[Door opens]

Hmm.

If I choose my state project
on Hawaii,

does that mean we could
take a trip there?

Victor, you know what?
States are not assigned

for another month or so,

so let's just focus
on the work you have now.

Like the readings
we were doing.

We got through two chapters

of island of the blue dolph
last night.

- That's great.
- Yeah.

Were you guys
trading off reading,

or just dad?
Dad read.

- Victor followed along, though.
- Okay.

How do you like the book?

Well, what was it about?

It's...
[Exhales]

Victor, you read two chapters?

You ought to be able
to tell me what it's about.

It was about, like, otters,
and dumb stuff like that.

Okay, what about
the main character?

Okay, it's time to brush teeth.

You guys, I'm driving you today,
so g going.

Oh.

- Come on.
- Hmm.

[Knock on door] Hello?

- Oh, hey.
- Hi.

- How are you?
- How you doing, stranger?

- Do you have a minute?
- Of course I do.

- I'm sure you're really busy.
- I am a little--

- wow.
- Just getting things underway.

It's crazy, right?
That's amazing.

It looks incredible.
It's so fun.

- Yeah.
- I just got the balloons done.

- Great.
- And the campaign signs.

So everything's
coming together.

Kristina, I believe in you.

And while I know that
you haven't chosen me

as your photographer yet,

I also know that
you haven't seen

some of my most recent work,
and I thought

maybe if you saw it,
you'd change your mind.

I would love to see your--
yeah, of course.

Now, this is waffles,
but what I want you to see

is just his eyes,
and the warmth...

- Yeah.
- And intelligence...

- Seems like a nice dog.
- In his eyes.

This cat was cross-eyed,
so it's not the best example.

Again, it's just capturing
personality.

What I know I can do better
than a stranger

is capture you.

- Sarah, listen...
- What's strong and beautiful...

- I love how passionate you are.
- And smart about you.

And I can get that.
Thank you.

I love how passionate you are,
but I--

I have to have--

I just need a profess--
- I understand.

I need someone that has
done it so many times before.

Or do you need someone
who knows you so well

that they can bring out
what's beautiful and strong

and smart about you?

I would argue I'm that person.

I know I don't have a lot
of experience, but--

- this has to be my one shot.

I get one shot at this photo.

I have to bring it to the
printers by the end of the week.

This is an important shot
for me too.

[Exhales]

To tell you the truth,

not a lot of people think
I'm gonna win.

Well, I'm not one
of those people.

Thank you. Um...

Okay.

- Okay?
- Okay.

- Why not?
- Thank you so much.

You won't regret it.
I swear, you won't regret it.

I wouldn't do this if I didn't
think I could do it 100%, okay?

Let's do it.
Let's do it.

- Thank you so much.
- You're welcome.

This is gonna be great.

Julia.

Julia?

- Hey.
- Hi.

How you doing?
Took a little trip there, huh?

Yeah. I'm sorry,
I'm a little out of it.

- Yeah.
- Oh...

- All right, I'm just gonna--
- Uh, no, no, no.

I'm sorry.
I'm fine.

I mean, I'm not fine,
but you don't have to go.

Well, I'm assuming you weren't
in bora bora

just now, huh?

Victor's teacher is talking
to us about holding him back.

But you don't know that.
I didn't say that.

Please, just keep that
to yourself.

Yeah. No, I'm--
I'm sorry.

I would not say anything at all.
Mmm.

That's--
that's rough.

Well, that's where I was going.

I mean,
playing out the scenarios.

Keep him in fifth grade, do I
put him back in fourth grade?

Do I home school him?

I mean, I don't know.

So it's not, like,
definitely happening?

No. She just wanted
to open the conversation.

- Oh.
- So we're still waiting to see.

God, I hate it when schools
say crap like that

because it's--you either
do it or don't do it.

But every second
that you keep waiting,

the poor kid is getting
more settled in the fifth grade.

It's stupid.

Wow, that is so
not my place to say.

No, no.
You're absolutely right.

Huh.

Dick Cheney
failed out of Yale... Twice.

[Chuckles]

Not really sure where
you put that

on your pro/con list, though.
Exactly.

What makes you think I have
a pro/con list?

Oh, come on.
You're a former lawyer.

Dengraf and prossler?
[Clicks tongue]

You've totally got
a pro/con list.

I've totally got
a pro/con list.

Yes, you do.
All right, pro/con list thing?

- Yes.
- Okay, let's go.

Cons.
Cons.

Berto, hey.

- What's up, dude?
- Do you have a minute?

- What's up, bro?
- Um...

I thought maybe we should
talk about the, um--

are those my sheets?

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, I was out,
and yours were there. Why?

Are you not cool with that?

No. Noi'm not.

And also, you know,
putting the stick on the door,

I--I keep getting locked out.
I have an 8:00 A.M. class.

I can't--
Dude, that's rough.

Can I give you some advice?

Next time this happens, go out
and knock on a girl's door.

Like that girl
from the bathroom

that you're so hot for.

What, Natalie?

Go up to her door
and be all, like,

"my jackass roommate
just sexisled me."

And then she'll be all, like,
"aww, you poor thing.

Come in here so I can
comfort you."

Yeah, that's not--
it's not a bad idea.

Hopefully, it won't happen
again, do you know?

- Bro...
- What?

Good talk, dude.

Pbbbt.

I don't know, to me,
it's just really strange.

It's--I don't like it.

Well, it's unconventional,

but the lactation consultant
said the babies respond

to the natural nipple feel,
you know?

Maybe not even--
Have you tried all this stuff?

Dad, I'm willing
to try anything.

We are so desperate
at this point.

The baby will not stop crying
unless she's breastfeeding

and I don't know how much more
Jasmine can take.

She needs a break, and the baby
will not take a bottle from me.

Well, sometimes
they don't want the dad.

You know, it's that simple.

The whole thing is not
what I thought it was gonna be.

I mean, I know jabbar
was five years old

when I met him,

and I can't really compare
the two situations,

but it just felt a lot easier.

There was a, you know,
an instinct connection with him

the moment I saw him, and...

[Sighs]

Girls are complicated.

You know, they're different.

I mean, boys are--
are simpler.

You know, a boy's got a problem,
you take him to a ball game,

you get him a hotdog--
they're copasetic.

They're--they're good to go,
and, I mean...

Girls are--you gotta walk around
on eggshells with 'em.

I don't know, one day
you're the king of the castle--

you know, they're just
in love with you.

You're their daddy.

And then the next thing
you know,

they don't know who you are.

It's like they're--
they hate you.

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

Yeah, it's difficult.

[Sighs]

But that's what--

that's what makes it good
at the end, you know?

I mean, it changes.

I don't know.

What's mom think of this car?

Oh, she loves it.

- Does she?
- Ooh... Loves it.

There. And... Okay.
[Camera shutters clicking]

- Got it?
- Yeah. Really good.

- You need to turn that down.
- No, no, it's okay.

No, it has to be--
it has to be a more precise shot

with the camera so far away.
Max, enough.

You said you wanted to help.
You aren't helping.

[All talking at once]

She's not gonna be too pale

when it happens.
She looks very pale.

I am a little pale.

So let's just do
a couple of--

[indistinct]

We'll just do a couple
test shots, guys.

Line up your nose
with your belly button.

Let's see your posture.
Warm and happy.

Keep her strong.
You know?

Maternal still.
Hey, baby!

- Oh, wait. No, no, no.
- Hey, there she is.

Want to take a picture?
Okay, we're wasting time.

That's too maternal.
Come on.

Should I sit? I'm sweating.

Everyone just pipe down.
She looks like she's in pain.

Definitely delete the last one.

Aunt Sarah--
yeah, I thought so.

This is--
we're gonna get killed--

- you've got a good eye.
- Okay.

No, you're not doing this...

[All talking at once]

Damn it.

Damn it!

[Groans]

- It's lavender mint.
- Oh, thank you, Millie.

[Sighs]

I thought it was about time
you'd want to stop for the night.

No--oh, God.

No, I'm kind of on a roll here,
if you know what I mean.

Yeah, well,
it's getting pretty late.

Yeah, I know.

Why don't you go ahead
and go up to bed without me,

and I'll be there
in a few minutes.

You can't keep doing this.

No, it's just
a few more minutes.

You can't keep avoiding this.

Well, Millie, I tell you what.

Now, if I stop now,
I'm gonna have parts

all over the place,

and it's gonna be one hell
of a big mess.

Okay, fine.
We'll talk while you work.

Okay, clue me in here.

Exactly what are we supposed
to be talking about?

You know what we're supposed
to be talking about.

I tried to have a discussion
with you

about the possibility
of selling the house,

and you walked away from me.

Okay. All right.
So what is there to talk about?

Why don't we start
with your feelings?

I mean, what do you feel?
You know, what are you thinking?

[Sighs]
I don't want to sell the house.

End of discussion.

So why bother
to have a conversation?

Okay, you may or may not want
to sell the house,

and in the end, maybe I won't
want to sell the house either.

But we're gonna have
a discussion about it!

I deserve that much.

[Door opens, shuts]

Hey. Sorry.
Can I come in?

- Hey, we're closed.
- I know.

- I just thought that--
- What's going on?

The shoot was terrible,
and, um,

I was very nervous,
and Kristina was nervous,

and Max was the only one

who seemed to know
what he was doing,

which made me even more nervous.

And her campaign manager
wanted her to be

maternal and powerful.

And I don't know
what that means.

Well, you shouldn't.

I don't know what that means
either, it's stupid.

Can you just tell me
if I'm any good?

- [Chuckles]
- Please.

Mmhmm. Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

Mmm...

That's the shot right there.

I mean, the other ones are...
Decent.

Some of 'em are okay.
Some are better than others.

But that's your shot.
Okay.

I mean, you know,

I don't know what
I would have done...

Different, but...

Everybody has their own style.
[Clears throat]

That's a really good shot.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

It's good.

Thanks.

I tried to talk to him again.

He told me we had a nice talk
and called me "bro."

And no, the stick has been
on the door for three hours.

- Again?
- Three hours?

Yes, three hours.
Also, he took my sheets.

Your personal sheets?

- Which ones? Not the gray ones?
- The sheets you got me. Yes.

- The gray sheets?
- I swear. Yes.

- Oh, my God. That's no joke.
- I know.

- Those were expensive.
- That's what I'm trying to say.

I'm gonna call him.
I know you're embarrassed.

I'm like a mom,
but I'm gonna call him

well, you don't have
his number, so ha ha.

I'm just saying you can't talk
to people like this.

You have to go and confront
them.

We're definitely not
going down there--

- let's go down there.
Got this guy on our side.

We're just gonna talk to him.
We're just gonna talk to him.

- What, like scare him?
- No. No.

We're gonna be nice.
Yeah, nice.

We're gonna reason
with the guy.

- Let's go get him. Come on.
- Cool?

What the hell?

Oh, my God, what are you doing?

There's a roommate issue
that needs to be resolved,

and it doesn't concern you--
I think you should leave.

I apologize.
No, no, no, not with this.

I'm so sorry, I can't--
Sorry.

Dude, what the hell
do you think you're doing?

"Dude" is not his name.
It's drew.

Not "dude," not "bro."
Drew.

Say it. Let's practice.
Drew.

- Drew.
- Say it!

- Drew.
- That sounded good.

Dude, I don't know
who you think you are--

- no, no, no,
dude's not my name either.

Sergeant York is fine.
He's in the army.

And if drew has a problem with
you, you have a problem with me.

You got it?
Got it.

Great.

You know, quit locking me out.

And we also talked about
the line.

Keep your stuff on that side.

Oh, I have something.

Um, the sheets thing,
it just can't happen

because it seems like
not a big deal,

but actually, even if
you dry clean it, the smell is--

- yes, and the sheets--
don't touch his sheets.

Don't touch anything of his
without asking

from now on, okay?
Okay.

Great.

See ya.
Nice to meet you.

Um... Good talk, bro.

Okay, the runts are asleep,
Victor's homework is done,

so let's talk.
Okay.

I think you nailed it
when you said

it's not gonna fix itself
overnight.

Good, so we agree.

It's not gonna fix itself

in the next two or three weeks
either.

- Yeah.
- So the longer he stays there,

the harder it is for him
to start over.

And I think we just need
to do it.

We need to rip off
the band-aid.

You're--

you want to hold him back?
- Yeah.

Now?
Without even trying?

We've been trying.

I tutored him every day
this whole summer

while you were at work.

What's that supposed to mean?

It doesn't mean anything.

It means that I know
where he's at on this.

I know what I'm seeing.
So do I.

Not the way that I do.

- Don't pull rank with me.
- I'm not pulling--

- I never did that with you
when you were working.

It's not fair.
I'm sure you saw plenty

that I didn't see
while I was working.

And you made decisions
without even consulting me.

Yeah, pb & j or tuna fish?
Ballet or karate?

Nothing like this.

Nothing like this ever came up.

Well, this has come up now,

and I think we need
to hold him back.

And I disagree.

I see a kid who's trying,
who's making huge strides.

If we pull him back now,
his--

I mean, it will just absolutely
shred his self-confidence.

No, what's gonna shred
his self-confidence

is keeping him in a class
where he can't keep up.

There are studies on this.

Ed was telling me
that he read a study about--

- ed? Who the hell is ed?

Ed is a parent from
the sustainability committee.

- Ed Brooks?
- Yeah.

You talked to ed Brooks
about this?

Fantastic. Well,
we might as well go

and just talk to Victor now
and tell him,

because the whole school's
gonna know about this

in the morning.

He's not gonna tell anyone.

Oh, ed won't, no.

But his wife probably will.

She happens to be the biggest
blabbermouth on the pta.

Listen, relax, she's not even
around the school anymore.

Ed hardly sees her.
She's not gonna--

- what else are you and ed
talking about?

He just caught me
in a bad moment.

I was upset, and so I kind of--
Yeah.

Anyway, let's stay
on topic here.

Yeah, let's stay on topic.

What about what happened
at breakfast this morning?

What about this morning
at breakfast?

You laying into our son
about the stupid book, Julia.

You needle him like that,
he's gonna know that

something is up.

Something is up.

This is ridiculous.

Are you ending
this conversation

that we've waited all day
to have?

What else is there to say?

There--
[Sighs]

We need to set up
a meeting with his teacher,

and with the principal,
and we need to discuss

getting him back
into fourth grade

as soon as possible.

That's what there is
to discuss.

No.

No.

We're not doing that.

We made a plan with his teacher

that we were gonna
find him tutoring,

we were gonna take a month,
and then we would reevaluate.

And that's what we're gonna do.

You don't like it...
Talk to ed.

I'm going for a walk.

- Good morning.
- Good morning.

Wow. I mean, that is
one awesome campaign

photo right there.

- Yes.
- Right?

Your sister really
came through.

I think it's great.

I think she did
a really good job.

It's strong, it's--

- that is--that is professional
quality right there.

Mmhmm.

She's gonna expect
to get paid next time.

More than 50 bucks.

You made the deal.

- Pretty slick deal I made...
- Yeah, it's good.

She deserves every penny.

I just--
it's so weird, isn't it?

- What?
- The picture.

I mean, just to look at it,
it's like I'm...

Not used to seeing myself
with hair.

- Right.
- You know?

I catch myself, you know...

Walking past a mirror
or something,

and I still half-expect me
to be bald, you know?

I think,
"there goes bald Kristina."

Cancer Kristina.
Uhhuh.

I feel like I kicked cancer
in its teeth.

I feel like kind of
a badass, you know?

You did kick cancer
in its teeth.

You are a badass.

- We're lucky.
- We are.

- We're very lucky.
- Mm-hmm.

I don't know, I feel like
lately I've just had this.

"I defeated cancer" attitude.

I can do anything
and conquer the world...

- You can do anything.
- And I feel like--

I feel like
I got ahead of myself

with this campaign, you know?

- Uh-huh.
- I feel like we need to...

Just to pull back a little,

maybe talk to Heather about,
you know,

not spending as much just
until I can make some money.

Fundraising and...
Just to see where we stand.

Kristina, you know,
after giving that little speech,

I don't have any choice
but to reach in my wallet

and hand over my credit card.
Okay, well, that was

not my intention.
I'm not trying to get sympathy.

I'ml'm just--
I know.

And you know I have mixed
feelings about the campaign.

I know that you do.

So where does that leave us?
Well, it leaves me

with no choice.

Take it.
Just take it.

- I can't.
- Take it.

- Can't do it.
- Just take it.

Take the other one.
Oh, God!

- Take it. Just...
- It's better than sex.

Take the whole thing.

Thank you for believing in me.

I love you.

I love you.

- No more green juice.
- I can get red juice.

Hey.

[Groans]

You remember when Adam
and Crosby

hung the welcome home sign
from the tree there

when we brought Julia home
from the hospital?

And Sarah...

She had her first play
in the barn.

[Chuckles]

Remember Crosby's
punk rock band?

Were they bad or what?

I mean, practicing
all night long, huh?

Sarah, when she was
a little girl,

she ran away from home,
she hides in the guest house...

Tells us she never wants
to see us again.

- Zeek...
- And Julia, I mean...

Wasn't it yesterday
she stood there

and told us
she got into Stanford?

And Crosby
got married down there

where I strung up all those
fourth of July lights.

I mean, how many millions
of years ago was that?

Everything I want
is right here, Millie.

This is it.
This is...

This is my third act with you.

I want more.

I want us to do
wonderful things together.

Like I can picture us

bragging about
our grandchildren

as we're boating
down the seine.

I don't know, you know, I--

I've been painting this yard
for 20 years now.

Kinda like to paint
something else.

Think how many things
we could do.

How many things
we could afford to do

if we sold the house.

All the places we could see.

I don't know.
I've seen other places

I didn't really care for 'em.

Well, I haven't.

I was so young
when we got married.

I was practically a baby myself

when Adam was born.

I'm not complaining.
You know that.

It's been a good life.
It's been a beautiful life.

I've loved every minute of it.

But I'm ready
for the next step.

Hey. Hey.
I need the room, bro.

You got it, drew.

[Background chatter]

- Yeah. That was my roommate.
- Yeah.

This is pretty much it.

- Scrabble.
- Oh, yeah.

My mom packed that for me.

- No, I love scrabble.
- Yeah?

Yeah.

Do you know how to play?
Yeah.

- Yeah?
- I love scrabble too.

Who doesn't?

- It's like seven--
- Yeah, seven.

Okay, cool.
[Plastic rustles]

"The... Vill..."

I don't know this one.

Sound it out.
Doing good.

"The...
[Exhales]

Village.
Vill--village..."

- Good job, Victor.
- Good.

- That was a hard one.
- Yeah.

- "Fog crept..."
- Hi.

Hey, guys.

"In and out of the empty huts.

It made shapes
as it drifted..."

Drifted?
"And they reminded me

of all the people."

Hey, aida, listen,
listen, listen,

you're gonna have to take
the bottle, sweetie,

'cause your mom's asleep
and she's exhausted, all right?

[Aida crying]
Can you meet me halfway here?

All right, sweetie, you gotta
try to take the bottle, okay?

[Crying]
Hey, hey, hey, can you try?

You--you're gonna--
come on.

Please?
[Crying]

No, don't make that face.
Listen to me.

I know your mom's got boobs,
and that's very, very awesome.

But I'm here for you too,
all right?

It's important to me
that you know that.

I'm always gonna be here
for you, okay?

You understand that?

You and me.

Gonna take this bottle?

Please, please, please,
please, please.

Yeah!
That's a good girl.

Oh, good job, honey.

Oh, good job.

[Whispers] Oh, that's it.

Oh, good job, buddy.

Good job, little aida.

Yeah, I'm here for you, buddy.

I'm always gonna be here, okay?

Yeah.