Parenthood (2010–2015): Season 5, Episode 9 - Election Day - full transcript

I feel great,
and the pills are under control.

Everything's under control.

Is it true that you violently

assaulted a man
in a supermarket?

Bob Little has found
a way to go negative.

We're down to the wire.

He can turn this two-point lead
to a five-point lead.

Dropped four points.

We're recommending that he
move back to the fourth grade

for the rest of the year.

I'm sorry, Julia.



No one asked you
to go quit your job.

Just like you went
and talked to Miss McKindall.

This isn't fair.

Then I'll be
in the same grade as Sydney?

And what about all my friends?

You can do this.

You're a brave boy.

[School bell rings] All right.

- Hey, Victor.
- What's up?

What's up, Victor?

Dude, I heard he flunked.
[Both laugh]

Ah, look there.

You can do this, buddy.

You know what,
we're gonna take a second.



Come on.

Let's go to the bathroom.

Hey, Julia, what's up?

- Hey.
- What's happening?

Oh, you know...

- You all right?
- Yeah.

Um...

Today's the day that Victor's
changing classrooms.

- I'm sorry.
- It's okay.

He's going down to fourth.

- Yeah.
- I didn't mean down to--

- over to--
yeah, whatever,

into fourth.

I'm sorry.

Look, I know it's hard, but...

It's the best thing for him.

You know, he's got to be
where he needs to be.

Yeah.

In the long run, you know.

- Yeah.
- I'm sorry.

Oh, hey.
Oh, you remember ed?

Ed, yeah, hey.

- Hi, Joel.
- Uh...

We got to get
this guy to class.

Yeah, sorry.

Okay.

You're in my seat.

- No, I'm not.
- Yes, actually, you are.

This is my chair,

this is my desk,
and, like, all my stuff.

My dad owns this whole place.

Your dad is Hank?

Yes, my dad is Hank.

Which means all
this stuff is mine.

It doesn't matter.

You're still in my seat,
and I'm swamped.

Whatever.

And you moved my chair.

So what are you,
slave labor or something?

No, slaves are illegal.

What are you then?

I don't have time
to talk right now.

I still have two rolls
of film to develop,

and the 57 bus was late,

possibly due to traffic
on College Avenue.

Sometimes the traffic
gets blocked up,

and it affects the bus schedule.

Bus schedules are not precise.
Far from it.

So now I'm ten minutes late,

and you just wasted
another five.

Hey, you guys met, huh?

Ruby, that's Max.
Mmhmm.

She rearranged
the stuff on my desk.

He's learning photography.
He's pretty good.

Well, I'm going out
for a doughnut, okay?

What? No, no, hold on.
Hold on.

If you're going
to get doughnuts,

then you should
probably find out

if any of us wants
some doughnuts, hmm?

- You want a doughnut?
- Sure.

Great.

Bye.
Bye.

Couple jelly.
Jelly's gross.

So you met Ruby, huh?

She takes a little while
to warm up, but...

How old is she?

14.

14. Perfect.

Let's go, all right?
We're late.

We got to get this done.
Yeah, I know.

I was ten minutes late
because the bus

on 57 was delayed due to--
Yeah, I heard, I heard.

Thank you so much.

Election day is tomorrow.
I'm running.

I'm Kristina Braverman
for a better,

braver Berkeley.
Thank you so much.

Thank you.
Hi, guys. How are you?

Can I give you a bumper sticker?

She's gonna be the next mayor.
Tell your parents--

- cute! Hi!

All right, soup's on.
Who got what?

All righty.
Enjoy.

You got 100%
organic ground chuck.

What are you gonna
make with that?

Okay, take a picture.

Thank you.
That was fun.

[Kids yelling]

Yay.

Call me anytime to discuss.
Thank you so much.

I'm gonna give you
my phone number.

Thank you very much.
Good luck on the campaign.

Yes, and that is why
I'm running.

I want to fight for you.

So let's win this election.
Vote Tuesday, okay?

Whoo!
Whoo!

Breakfast is on me.

No.

Waffles?

Every parent in there.

- And those kids were so cute.
- Kristina Braverman?

But did you see
the parents' faces?

They were like--

- hi.
- Hi, how are you?

I'm voting for you,
so good luck.

Oh, thank you so much.
That's really nice of you.

Oh, are you pregnant?
Yes, five months.

- What are you having?
- A little girl.

Kristina,
let me show you something.

I know you're busy.
Good luck.

Okay, thank you.
Take care.

She was so sweet.
Look at this.

The new polls came in.
We're within 2 1/2 points.

We could do this.

I could win.

- We got work to do.
- Okay.

♪ 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

- Vote for Kristina Braverman.
- Hi, there.

- No.
- Kristina Braverman pin?

I know Kristina,
and she is someone

who would truly
represent you and your family.

She's smart, she's honest,
Hey, guys.

Kristina Braverman pin?
For mayor?

So please get out
and vote tomorrow.

- Oh, I will.
- We need it.

And I'll bring my lazy-ass
husband with me, too.

Thank you.
We need his vote too.

You're magic at--
look at you.

- What?
- I cannot give these away.

I don't think I could give away
a $5 bill.

Well, this is great.
I'm loving this.

Yeah, you're killing it.

Here you go, vote for Kristina.

I don't want to instigate,

but you're not offended by this,
are you?

No, why?

Well, the fact
that Kristina and Heather

sent us here, you know.

I mean, you're the only
black person they know,

and they sent you
to the black neighborhood.

I just think--
No, why-

- well,
I'm kind of offended for you.

Don't be.

I mean, and I'm
an honorary black person,

so I'm a little offended.
Honey, you are very,

very white.
Whoa, on the spectrum,

right, of black and white,
Adam's here.

Farrakhan's here.
And where are you?

I'm right here.
I'm like 3/4 of the way to--

- well, I guess if you put it
that way, on that spectrum,

as opposed to your brother,
you are not as white as him.

As long as you're not
offended...

- But you're still very white.
- Then I'm...

No, baby, I'm really not.
I'm really into this.

You know, elections and voting,

it really means a lot to me.

I mean, casting my ballot
for Obama in '08

was one of the most meaningful
things I've ever done.

You know, like, thinking
about how far we've come,

and that I helped to elect
the first black president.

I mean, I never thought that
would happen in my lifetime.

I mean, I know you can't
really relate to that,

but.
Yeah, I can.

- Really?
- Totally.

I don't think that was
a black-white thing.

I mean, it was really
a profound moment.

I got--
It was.

Yeah, when I voted,
I got emotional.

I cried.
You did?

- Yeah, I cried--yeah.
- I didn't know that, aw.

Like a baby.

Remember when you got
your Little sticker?

Yeah,
I still have it someplace.

- You do?
- Yeah, I think so.

- So do I.
- Yeah?

Aw.

You're the best.

I love you.

Okay, so the area
that you want to bring out more,

you let the light on through
the hole just a little more.

You just go over it.

So we want that fence
to come out.

So we just go up.
Here, you try it.

We just want that light
on that fence.

All right.

I have intentions of asking
Ruby to be my girlfriend.

What?

As the father,
I thought you should know.

I mean--
ho, ho, no, Max, uh...

That's not a good idea.

- Why not?
- 'Cause she's my daughter.

I know.
That's how we met.

Why do you even want her
as a girlfriend anyway?

She was wearing a sharks shirt.

- Yeah.
- I'm a sharks fan.

That means we have
common interests.

Also, we're both 14,
and I'm a boy, and she's a girl,

which means she meets
all the requirements.

You know, Max, come on.

First of all,
she lives in Minnesota.

She's moody.
You saw what she's like, right?

I'm asking her tomorrow.

Hey,
what are you doing up here?

What does it look like?

Well, it looks like
you're profiling

a serial killer or something.
[Laughs]

Have you taken a job
with the FBI?

Maybe, by accident,
I don't know.

This is terrible.
What kind of system is this?

I'm so confused.
Oh, this is your Uncle Adam.

He loves anything antiquated.

Paper, steam engines.
I would really love to-

- if he could ride a horse
to work, he would.

It's really bad.
We should try to move past this.

Well, you're busy.

I was gonna ask you
to help me downstairs

with something creative
and artistic and musical,

but that wouldn't interest you.
What?

- The case seems to be...
- What are you talking about?

Hot right now,
so I hope you find your man.

[Laughing] Crosby!
Wait!

Here's what's happening.

Tomorrow we have back-up
vocalists coming in to record.

Okay, so?

We need a scratch track,

and that's where you come in.
What?

You are going to sing
said scratch track.

No, Crosby, no, no, no, no, no.

- Yes, you are.
- No, 'cause I'm not ready.

Opportunities do not come
every day, so please.

For what, for taking you home?

I don't have--I'm not--
no, no, no, no, no.

Hey, you know the song or not?

Yes, you do.
I know it, but I'm not ready.

I have to get my voice
warmed up and stuff.

You're gonna be
in here for this?

Really?

Okay, here we go.

[Music begins]

[Clears throat]

♪ Wouldn't I love
to hold you again ♪

♪ we were so messed up
and busy ♪

♪ with keeping it
in your eyes ♪

♪ we're standing for something

♪ that I couldn't see

♪ but I knew it was coming ♪

♪ we're just one crush away

♪ I still want you more

♪ we could lay here all day

♪ I'd still want you more

♪ more, more

♪ I should have
taken you home ♪

♪ I should have
taken you home ♪

♪ I should have taken
you home ♪

♪ taken you home

♪ taken you home ♪

♪ taken you home

hi.
Hey.

Sorry it's kind of late.

- Yep.
- Hey, bud.

Oh, my gosh,
it's such a good day.

How's it going?

- Good.
- Good. Great.

I got dinner for us but I...

- Oh, that's okay.
- I already ate it.

You can heat it up.
That's okay.

I'm actually not
that hungry anyway.

God, I had such a good day.

I recorded a guide vocal track
today with the band.

- Cool.
- Yeah, can you believe it?

That sounds cool.

And I was really nervous,

because, I was, like,

having to sing
in front of those boys,

but it actually went really,
really well.

Of course.

So, I don't know, it was good.

I mean, I don't know.

So how about you?
How was your day?

It was good,
I got home early so

I ordered your favorite,
you know,

and I just, I thought we'd have
a romantic dinner,

but I didn't know you were going
to be getting home so late.

Are you mad at me?

No, I'm just bummed.

You know, I got all that
food and everything.

No, not about that.

I feel like ever since
we dealt with the ring...

- [Laughs] No!
- I don't know,

like a little distant or--
No, there's nothing

about the ring.
We've already dealt with that.

It's fine now, it's--
I know, but I just-

it feels like you took
it really personally,

like I didn't like it.

No, it's not even worth
talking about.

I'm happy. It's great.
I just missed you, that's all.

I just miss you.

Okay.

- I'm not mad.
- Okay, okay.

- I promise.
- Okay.

I promise.

Okay.

I just really missed you,
you know.

- I missed you too.
- Mm-hmm.

- Hey.
- What?

There was one other thing

I wanted to talk
to you about real fast.

- What?
- Wait, wait.

What?

Are you taking
those pills again?

What?

I was doing laundry,

and I was putting
some of your stuff away, babe,

and I saw
that they were in there,

and I just--

- no.

That's a--I mean,
that's an old prescription.

Well, it's from two weeks ago.

Yeah, I know.
I-I-I haven't--

they haven't stopped it,
but I--

it's an old prescription
from before.

I don't even need it.

Those are anxiety
pills that are--

- babe, I--it doesn't bother me
if you take them,

I just--
I'm not taking them.

- Okay, okay.
- I don't even need them.

I just wanted--it felt like
you were hiding it from me,

and I want you to know
you don't have to.

No, no, I'm not hiding
anything from you.

I just didn't want you to be
nervous or freak out about it.

Okay.

I love you.

♪ One last try

[cell phone chimes]

I hope he can sleep.

Yeah, how was he?

Stoic.

You got a text from Ed Brooks.

Oh.

You guys have been texting
each other a lot lately.

Yeah, sustainability committee

is taking over my life.

Do you want some tea?

Nope.

I'm good.

Do you have to vote?

You don't have to,
but you should.

You know,
it's your civic responsibility,

living in a democracy,
which we live in,

which is
the greatest form of government,

'cause you can tell them
what your opinion is.

Let's go ahead,
and make your aunt

the mayor of this fine city.

- Yeah.
- Hello there, Edie.

Good morning.

How's voter turnout?

Looks pretty strong to me.

Pretty strong.

Pretty strong favors
our candidate.

- Well, good for you.
- Yeah.

Our candidate
is Kristina Braverman.

She's a heck of a candidate.

Are you a Braverman supporter?

We're really not supposed
to talk about this.

Name, please.

- Crosby Braverman.
- Braverman.

Just like the candidate,
Kristina Braverman.

I don't see your name
on our list.

Are you sure this is
your polling place?

Well, I live right up
the street, so I--

- well, you should have
gotten a postcard

with your polling place on it.

Right,
this would have to be the place.

It's so close to my house.

How long has it been
since you voted?

That's not entirely relevant.

If there's a form or something
I've got to fill out--

- the voter registration form.

You can't register to vote
the day of the election.

Why not?

Because it doesn't
work that way.

Okay, listen to me.

I am an American citizen
who pay my taxes.

My father is a Vietnam vet,
and the Bravermans--

- sir, now you are
holding up the line.

I'm just--
Kristina Braverman.

If there's another way

for me to sort this out,
I need to vote.

And I need you to leave.

You are not registered here.

But don't we get to go inside

and push all the buttons?

Listen, okay, you know what,
I wanted to vote privately,

but now she has forced us

to vote publicly,
which is fine.

We'll vote publicly.

So I, Crosby braverman,

So I, Crosby Braverman,

vote for Kristina braverman

for mayor.
Me too.

We voted publicly.

You guys witnessed it.

Mark it down, and we'll
see you when she wins.

So do you want
to be my girlfriend?

What?

Do you want
to be my girlfriend?

Um...

Not gonna happen.

- Why?
- Excuse me.

I'm doing something.

Hey, Ruby,
come here for a second please.

What?

Just be, like, nicer to him.

All right?
What?

Just Max.
Just cut him a break.

What are you talking about?
He's the one--

- I'm just saying be
a little bit nicer, that's all.

So be his girlfriend?

No, I'm not saying that.

Look, he's not gonna
do anything.

He just wants to say
he has a girlfriend, that's all.

It's a guy thing.

I mean, you're gonna be
in Minnesota, right?

So what's the harm really?

Oh, don't--
come on.

I can't believe you.

All right, Ruby.

I'm calling mom.

Do not call mom.

Don't call mom.
Bye.

[Bluesy music playing]

♪

- Victor slammed the door.
- I know.

And he said the "s" word
in the car.

I know.

- So no dessert, right?
- I don't know.

- Well, that's the rules.
- Sydney.

Hey, buddy, listen--
Victor, what are you doing?

- Shut the hell up, Sydney.
- Victor.

Mom, did you just
hear what he just said?

Victor, stop right now.

Sydney, go to your room
right now.

- That's so unfair.
- Sydney, go to your room

so I can talk to your brother.
Victor, come here please.

- This is so unfair!
- Can you come back here?

- You don't even--
- Okay.

Hey.
I know this is hard for you,

but it's the best thing for you.
Why, because I'm a 'tard?

No.

Don't use that word
about yourself, okay,

or about anybody.
Why not?

It's true.
It's not true, Victor.

Well, Ethan and
his asshat friends said it,

so it must be true.

Ethan said that?
I will talk to the school.

I'll talk to his mother--
That will just make it worse.

Listen, I know this is
rough, buddy, but this is--

- it's for the best.
I know, Julia.

You said it a million times.

Can we talk about this, buddy?

Why did you say I was smart,
when I'm dumb?

Sweetheart...

You're a liar.

Hey, can you stop?

Yeah.

'Cause I want to confess
to you that...

I didn't want you to do this.

I didn't think you were ready
to handle

the stress after cancer,
but you...

You were ready,

and I am so proud of you,
win or lose.

Kristina, I'm so proud of you.

- Thanks.
- It's crazy.

I know.
I really want this.

I know.

[Gentle ballad playing]

♪

[Sighs]

♪

[Doorbell dings, knock on door]

Who is it?

[Door opens] Hey.

Hello.
Aah!

Oh, my God!
You said come in.

How did you get in here?

Didn't you say come in?

No, I said, "who is it?"

Oh, the door was open.

Listen, I need a woman, now.

Uh

my daughter's here for
a couple of days, so relax.

Oh.

And it's a disaster.

Tears have been shed.

Stuff has been thrown.

Why, what happened?

Max asked her
to be his girlfriend.

Well, they'll be very
happy together.

She's a hottie.

Trying to be funny?
Really? Just--

- listen, I know.
I'm sure it's very stressful.

Just tell them they
have to use protection.

You know,
I come here for advice--

- well, what happened?
I don't get what's wrong.

What's wrong?
She's not ready for this.

And Max doesn't, you know,

he doesn't even know
why he wants a girlfriend.

He's just checking
stuff off a list.

You're not ready for this.

She's 14 and, you know,
it's right around the corner.

She's not ready.
She's not ready, okay?

- Okay.
- And by the way,

she thinks he's weird,
you know.

Of course she does,

but what did you say to her?

She just, you know,

she thinks I'm trying
to sell her

into prostitution or something.

Oh, my God.
What did you say to her?

I told her,
why doesn't she just

pretend to be his girlfriend,

because she's going
to Minnesota.

- Oh, my God.
- She's going away.

There's no harm.
There's no foul.

He doesn't know.
That's the worst advice-

of course she's upset.

You told her to lie to Max.

To be nice, not lie.
Just be nice.

That's not being nice though.

It teaches her that you lie

to get out
of a tricky situation,

and anyway, for him, you know,

he's gonna have to figure out,

you don't have a girlfriend just
because you say you like her.

She has to like you back.
It's a two-way street.

Oh, you're right.

Oh, girls are the worst.

Huh?

I said thanks, yeah.

- Okay.
- Yeah, you're right.

All right.

You should really lock this,
okay?

There's a weird guy.
I saw a coyote.

Thanks.

Hey, it's me, again.

I know I've called
you like five times,

but Victor's having
a really rough day,

and I know you're busy, but

I'm having a really rough day,

and I just wanted
to talk to you,

so, you know,
if you get a chance,

if you get this message,
please call me.

Okay, thanks.

Ooh.

- Ah-ha-ha.
- Yeah.

Well, two can play
at this game.

Hey.

And you got to king me too,
so...

- Hey.
- Hey.

- Look what I got for you.
- Whoa!

Cool, thanks.

Now when you're 18,

you'll get to vote too.

It's one of our greatest honors
as citizens.

Yeah, I know.
Dad told me.

Oh, really?
Good.

You bet.
God bless America.

- That's right.
- Okay, that's a good move.

Wait, mommy,
did you vote public or private?

- What?
- Uh-oh, here we go.

Did you vote public or private?

I'm taking this guy.

- What's public or private?
- Well, daddy voted public.

He just told the lady
at the table

who he was voting for.
Oh.

- That's voting public.
- Oh.

The people that go into
the booth are voting private.

Isn't that what you said,
daddy?

I think you're
gonna get swamped here

if you don't--I may have
said something like that.

Something that sounds like--
something like--

- where's your sticker?

Yeah, where's your sticker?

♪ I should have
taken you home ♪

♪ yeah, I should have
taken you home ♪

♪ I should have taken you
home ♪

♪ taken you home

♪ taken you home

♪ taken

♪ I should have taken--

- you're right.
- Yes.

- We're good.
- Yeah.

- Like...
- Are you sure?

Let's not spend money
on a back-up singer.

Absolutely.

'Cause that sounds great,
right?

- Yeah, she sounds great.
- I'm sorry, what?

You sound good.

Wait, you're not saying
you're gonna keep

that for your album?

- Yes.
- Are you serious?

Whoa--
are you serious?

What the--
you guys are crazy.

Thank you so much.

Oliver, oh, my God.
Don't thank me.

Thank he-man over here.
He just got you in there.

Hey, look.
When it's good it's good, right?

Two more songs,
we got a record.

Okay, so can we go drink now?

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

Let's go to the bar.

- To the bar-mobile.
- Yeah, man.

You coming?

- To the bar?
- Yes.

- Really?
- Come on, you're coming.

Yeah, let's go.
Okay.

- Come on, kirk.
- It's Kevin.

- I'm good. Sorry.
- Have a doughnut.

Eat one.
We've got a lot.

I'm a Boston cream guy.

You never know,
he might punch you.

- I'm gonna take one.
- You've seen how violent he is.

I'm gonna pass these
out for you.

Kristina, look who showed up.

Hey.
Thank you.

- You're welcome.
- Thank you.

Hi, honey, how are you?

Look at you.

- You look good.
- Thank you.

You know you could have voted
absentee, you ding-dong.

You didn't have to come
all the way out here.

And miss all this?

No way,

no way.

You know, there's a good chance

that I might lose this election,
so...

Honey, you've already won.

I'm so proud of you.

So proud of you.

Thank you for coming.

Let's go vote.

Oh, is it a problem that
I'm gonna vote for Bob Little?

[Laughs]

- That's a great fix.
- Great.

And then, so all we need to do
then, is we take the plumbing

up through the kitchen
to the second floor.

And we can just add the toilets

and all that stuff...
Yeah, we did it!

Right over there.
Done.

Have you tried the eel,
cause it's insane, isn't it?

I'm telling you, it comes from
this little hole in the wall.

It's the best Sushi
in the bay area.

So, if we have this--

hey.
- Hi.

What are you doing here?

Can I talk to you?

Where are the kids?
Are they--

- they're at my parents'.

Can I talk to you, please?

- Nothing's an emergency.
- Nobody's bleeding,

but I would like to talk to you,
and I've called you five times--

- that's my fault,
'cause I've been turning--

- you know,
this is not about you, Peet.

- Julia.
- Okay, I--

- Julia.
- May I talk to you, please?

No, no, you're fine.

You're fine, please, stay.

Julia, I'm working right now,

and we will talk about this
when I get home.

I'll see you whenever that is.

So you're saying you
never voted, like, ever.

When you say it like that,
it sounds very judgmental.

Do you think you could rephrase
it in a less judgmental way?

I don't think I can.

What more important thing
were you doing

other than voting
for Barack Obama in 2008, huh?

I was incapacitated in Napa
during that election.

Oh, Napa? Napa.
What happened to crying?

You know, you said you cried
like a baby.

You were getting
very emotional,

and you were talking about
your ancestors and stuff...

No, I wasn't.

And I got sucked up
into it a little bit.

You were talking
about the 15th Amendment...

- No, I wasn't.
- And civil rights stuff.

Cut the crap.
Cut the crap.

You wouldn't even vote
for your own sister-in-law?

What's wrong with you?
I tried to.

How?

I went down there,
and they would not let me.

Now, I was assuming,
because we live in a democracy,

that I could register day of,
and guess what?

I can't.
It's not my fault.

I am an upstanding citizen,
and I tried.

If she loses by one vote,

which happens, it's your fault.

Hey, Max.

Let me talk to you for a minute.

About what?
I'm busy working.

You don't got
to work right now.

Just stop for a second.
It's okay.

It's my place, right,
so I'm the boss.

So I just want to talk
to you about Ruby for a second.

She already said
she doesn't want

to be my girlfriend,
so it's done.

Yeah, no.

I know that.
What I wanted to say was

having a girlfriend...
It's more than just

being the same age and liking
the same hockey team.

It's more than that.
Then what is it about?

Yeah, what is it about?

It's, um,
it's about feeling stuff,

you know, like, on the inside.

Making a connection, I guess.

Making each other laugh.

Having conversations.

What if it's hard?

Conversations.

Oh, believe me,
it's hard for everybody.

Not just you, it's...

You know, and screw the people

that it comes easy to,

'cause that's not real.

Look, me, I didn't have

a girlfriend until college,
late college.

The point is,
it's gonna happen for you, Max.

Trust me.

Guys like us,
just got to take time, you know.

Don't need to rush it.

Okay?

Okay.

Can I go back to work now?

Yeah.

Thanks.

Yeah, sure thing, Max.

- Hey, hey, hey, hey.
- Here, here, here.

I also want to say,
here's to the best band ever,

and let's make
some rock 'n roll history.

Oh, hey, we got a new
honorary band mate too.

To her.
There you go!

Oh, yeah, yeah, no,
you're so good, no.

Okay, all right.

- Whoa.
- No, but seriously,

you have the voice
of an angel, and it's like...

Come on, hit me, hit me.
Thank you, thank you.

Sing it with me.

Both: ♪ I should have
taken you home ♪

Why are you on the bottom
and I'm on the top?

Oh, that's a nice way to slip
something pervy in there.

- That was good.
- Did you hear that?

That was a good combo
right there.

I liked it.
What are you talking about?

Don't give him any more.

I'm serious.

He's in trouble.

Hang on.

[Background chatter]

Hello?

Oh, my God.
Where have you been?

I've been calling and calling.

Hi.
I'm sorry, babe,

I totally spaced out, I'm...

Hey, hey, Amber, Amber.

We finished the album today,

and I came around the corner,

just to celebrate with the band,
and stuff so, just for a second,

but we're done now...
Well-

- and I'm gonna come right home.

We didn't set a time or
anything, so I didn't know--

- you were getting off early,
so I've been waiting.

I got off early too.
I've just been waiting.

- I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
- I'm sorry.

- Shh, stop.
- I got you a little one.

I'm sorry, babe.
I'm driving now, though.

I'm fine to drive.
No, no, no, no, no.

- No, no, no, no.
- Amber. Amber--

- I'm coming home.
Shh, stop, stop, stop!

Amber, you are not driving,
okay?

I'm coming to get you,
all right?

I'm coming to you.
Don't leave.

Babe, I'm sorry, I--

- oh, hey, excuse me, sir.

Mike, right?
No, Doug.

No, no, hey, I'm cr--
oh, sorry.

Crosby.

You own pizza time, right?

- No.
- Oh, you don't?

Are you going to vote?

Yeah, I was trying.

Can I just ask you
a quick question?

I just need your guidance
for one second.

Could you do me a favor?

- Yeah.
- Okay, thank you.

Who are you voting for?

Bob Little.

Oh, come on, Bob Little?

- Yeah.
- Guy's a pervert.

Have you thought
about Kristina Braverman?

- Oh, come on.
- What don't you like about her?

What?
She hugs everybody she meets.

She gets phone numbers
from half the people she meets.

If she's lonely,
she should go on a date.

No, she can't.
She got the violent husband.

Yeah, he's a liability.

Listen, Doug.

Is there any way that
I could sway your vote?

- [Laughing]
- Shh, come on.

What are you doing?
You trying to buy my vote?

$20, hard cash,

for a Kristina Braverman vote.

What do you say?

All right, look.
You really want to do this?

- Yeah.
- You're not getting one vote.

You're getting two votes.

Plus one for Braverman.
Minus one for Bob Little.

Your one, plus my one is two.

Two votes is 40 bucks.

Okay, I'll go 40 bucks.

That's logical.

I'm gonna give you
the 40 bucks,

but you got to get me a sticker.

- Done.
- All right.

Don't forget the sticker.
Braverman.

They'll give you a sticker
if you just ask them.

Shh, jeez.

♪ The prettiest girl
in this bathroom ♪

Oh, you got it!

You got the--
hey.

You want to come make
the dance happen?

Bring it.
Bring it.

I'm not scared.

I'm not scared--

wait, what, what, what, what?

I know what's happening.

Okay, so what do you think
the over-under is

on Rome taking cougar home?

That's disgusting.

You all right?

I just got into a thing
with Ryan, and--

it's my fault.

I was supposed
to hang out with him, and I--

I don't know, I feel really bad,
'cause I messed up.

Look, I think that
it's probably not your fault.

You're recording
on an album with a band.

You're gonna have a good time
and hang out.

I thought it was gonna be,

like, one drink,
and then it turned into--

- when you guys are done
cuddling, we can go.

Hey, hey, it's not that.
Let's go.

- You ready?
- Are you okay?

She's fine.
Take your hands off her, dude.

- Hey, hey, hey, hey.
- Hey, hey, chill, chill.

Is this guy giving you trouble?

Oliver, stop, stop, stop.
It's fine.

Hey, hey--

- hey, hey, hey!
Let go of him!

Ryan, let go of him.
Whoa, whoa, chill out, hey.

Hey!
Ryan, no.

Stop!
Ryan.

Ryan!
Ryan, stop it right now!

Get off of him, Ryan, please.

Ryan York, get off of him now!

Hi, sweetheart.

Oh, Amber.
Oh, honey.

Sorry.

Oh, sweetheart.

- [Sobbing, murmuring]
- No, it's okay, come on.

- Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
- Come on, sweetheart.

It's all right.
I'm here.

Plotting and planning
left and right.

I guess.

[Laughter]

I knew drew was gonna
have this, like,

cool, hip, young, pretty mom.

- Wow. Okay...
- Does drew know?

- I'll give you the money later.
- Oh, please do.

Yeah, you owe me for that.

How long have you guys--
you know?

Oh, no, we're just friends.

Yeah.
Oh.

- It's casual.
- Oh.

- Very casual.
- Yeah.

Casual, yeah, sure.

Keeping it casual.

80% of votes have been counted,

and we're 7,000 votes ahead.

- Good.
- Great.

But Bob Little's districts
haven't come in yet.

- Oh.
- Who are you?

This is Natalie.
She's my--

- are you
boyfriend and girlfriend?

- No, we're just friends.
- Um, no.

I just asked my first girl out.

Nice! Good work.

- But then she said no.
- Well, her loss.

- She lives in Minnesota anyway.
- Yeah.

And apparently long-distance
relationships are hell.

That's true.

All right.
Talk to you later.

I don't see what
the problem is.

You bought a vote?

You're damn right
I bought a vote.

If she wins by one vote,

that's gonna be the best
$40 dollars I ever spent.

You can't do that.

How are you so sure
he even voted for Kristina?

When did you become
such a cynic?

I saw in this man's eyes
he was a trustworthy man.

- Oh, really?
- Oh, my goodness.

I mean, he sold his vote,

but he was very trustworthy,
other than that.

We need to talk.

I would have trusted him
with Aida--

hey, Joel.
- Hey, guys.

- How's it going?
- We'll be right back.

What number sandwich is that?

Three means five, doesn't it?

I was trying
to deal with Victor,

and he's so upset.

- Yes.
- He is so upset and--

- that's the position
you wanted to be in.

I feel like you're not there.

I'm not there for Victor?

I feel like
you're not even there.

I am there for him.
I am there for Sydney.

What more do you want?

What about me?
I needed you in that moment.

- What about you?
- I felt like I was drowning,

and I could not
get a hold of you,

and you're just having
casual sushi dinner.

How could you do that to me?

How could you do that to me?

I could not get a hold of you.

I never would have walked
into your office

with Leon Dengraff
and talked to him that way.

I never would have
done that to him.

I never would have
done that to you.

Joel,
this is not about the work.

I never would have
treated him that way.

I never would have
treated you that way.

That could have cost me my job,
Julia.

- Joel, this is about...
- Nine years.

I give you nine years.
Victor.

I championed you
for nine years,

and you can't give me--

you can't give me three months.

This is not about the work.

It's not?

This is about a family crisis
that is happening right now.

It was about the work
when you were working.

It was about the work
when you were working,

and I was there for you.
I supported you.

We never went
through anything like this.

I looked over every
deposition you had.

I was there to champion every
trial, every trial, Julia.

I'm sharing in your joy
on this project, Joel.

Great, it really shows.

But we're going through
a family crisis right now.

Okay, okay, well--

- and I feel
like you're not there.

Well, I'll be there.

I'll go solve it right now.

Tell Kristina I'm sorry
I couldn't be here for you

and there for our children.

God.

Okay, so what is the latest?

You know,
we're hanging in there.

You know, we're down a bit,

but it's close, so...
Okay.

Just waiting
for district four to come in.

District four,
that's Bob little country.

Yeah, but your numbers have
been getting better there.

When do we expect the district
four numbers to come in?

You know, any minute.

You got your speeches?
Yes, I do.

I've got the winning
and I've got the losing.

Heather, what does
your gut tell you?

You know,
my gut tells me that it's close.

Well, that is not helping
me right now.

All right, look, Kristina,
get some booze.

You know,
it'll calm your nerves.

You're gonna need it either way.

And, look, hey,
either way, you did great.

Really.

- We're gonna lose.
- Hey.

Did you see that
look on her face?

Honey, we're going down.

I just think--I think she has
a little indigestion.

All right?

Don't read too much
into this stuff, okay?

- I'm just nervous.
- I know.

Let me get you
that drink, all right?

Okay, honey?

Mm.

Okay?

[Upbeat music playing]

♪

[Cheers and applause]

Thank you.
Thank you.

♪

Thank you all so very much.

I just got off the phone
with Bob Little,

and I conceded
the election to him.

[Audience groans]

It's a bummer.

It was very close,
but he ran a great race,

and I think that Bob is going
to make an incredible mayor.

I just want to take this
opportunity to say thank you

so much all of you
that have supported me

throughout this campaign,

and I mean that from the bottom
of my heart.

You know,
some of you might not know this,

but a year ago,

I thought I might
not even be here today,

and I'm not exaggerating
when I say that.

I really didn't know which way
things were going to turn out.

And I just want to say
how grateful

I am that I actually am here,
and with

your help I'm able
to fulfill a dream of mine

that I never thought possible.

All of you, I just thank you,

and I really want to stay
in touch with you.

Most of you have
my cell phone number...

[Laughter]

Which is good.

Have a wonderful night,

and I love you all.

Thank you.

[Cheers and applause]

Good job.

Hi.

I'm proud of you.

You kicked butt.

Hi, it's Caroline Lee
from the debate.

- How are you?
- Good.

So nice to see you.

Nice to see you,

and this is my daughter, Emma,

and she wants
to tell you something.

Yeah.

She says, "because of you
I've moved to a better school

"and a better classroom

with people who are
helping me to learn."

She says "thank you
for changing my life,"

and mine.

Oh, you've just changed mine.

That means more
to me than anything

in the whole world.
Thank you, Emma.

Can I give you a hug?

Definitely.

♪ Joy to you, baby

♪ joy to me too tonight

♪ tonight, tonight

♪