Parenthood (2010–2015): Season 6, Episode 11 - Let's Go Home - full transcript
We should get married.
Oh...
I love you.
I am fighting for you, and
I'm fighting for our marriage.
We need to sign the papers,
Joel.
This is what you want?
(Adam) Just got off the phone
with the insurance company.
The numbers really worked out
in our favor.
How would you feel if I walked
away from The Luncheonette?
I've thought it over,
and I don't want to cash out.
Your heart, Zeek,
is just not as strong.
We'll make the decision...
you and me.
Jeez.
[grunts]
God. Oh, boy.
Okay.
That's right.
Yeah.
Okay.
Millie.
Millie! Millie!
You bellowed, my darling?
Yeah, do me a favor, would you?
Would you climb up here
and get my shoe box for me?
What on earth for?
Because it's got my
Reggie Jackson baseball in it,
and I want to give it to my
great-grandson when he's born.
Zeek.
Or great-granddaughter.
Come on.
No, it's just,
you love that ball.
God, I've only heard the story
100,000 times.
- April 4, 1972...
- Careful. That's right.
- You were sitting in section G.
- No, J.
- When all of a...
- Section J. Careful.
Well, you talked about the day
more than you talked
about our wedding day.
Why you want to give the ball
to a baby?
Not a baby.
It's our great-grandchild.
Come on,
not just an ordinary baby.
[Zeek sighs]
Zeek, you know we're gonna
have to have a discussion
about what the doctor said.
We got to have it.
You know, about the next step.
Yeah.
Right, I know that.
Okay, baseball's not here.
It's the wrong box.
Yeah, but what are these?
I have no idea.
What the hell did I do
with my baseball?
What could these be?
Oh, my God.
I could've sworn
I put it up there.
Can you believe those jackasses
took the Janis Joplin picture?
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
She was our spirit animal.
I got so sick of looking
at this empty wall, though,
that I went out
and procured us somebody.
Cros, just slow down.
Let's talk about this,
all right?
Are you sure
you want to go ahead and try
to make The Luncheonette work?
I am 100% positive.
You know who else is?
These guys.
Look at these two idiots,
about to jump into the deep end.
- First day?
- Uh-huh.
One guy doesn't even know
what reverb is.
- That's you.
- Mm-hmm. Right here.
The other guy doesn't know
how to run a business.
That's me.
Three years later, I still don't
know how to run a business,
but despite that,
I get to come to a place
I love every single day
because I have the greatest
partner in the world.
[mellow alternative music]
Well, it's been a hell
of a ride, that's for sure.
That's right.
Sure has.
Rocky and turbulent,
and it's just getting started
because,
like our spirit animal says,
"Freedom is just another word
for nothing left to lose."
And we officially
have nothing left to lose, so...
You got that right.
I can feel the mojo
coming back right now
just looking at this.
Right?
Yeah.
[door slides open]
[sirens in the distance]
[grunts]
[exhales]
I don't think
you need to do that anymore.
- I think that looks good.
- Hey.
Yeah.
Can we talk about the thing?
What?
What thing?
The giant tomato in the room?
Well, it's an elephant.
We both know that.
- Well...
- We've learned that.
To me, now it's a tomato.
What?
What about... what?
- "What?"
- Yeah. I said it. I mean...
Was that for real?
I mean...
What do I...
I said everything.
You said... you know...
blurted out a proposal
outside of the ER,
and then we never
talked about it again.
And I just feel like
is it one of those things
where, you know,
everything was high pressure,
and nobody had slept,
and my dad,
and, you know, like,
when you have...
feel like a plane's going down,
you just blurt out things
you don't really mean.
No, I mean, why...
why would you think that?
Because it seemed
very unplanned and...
So what?
Why does it have to be planned?
Because, oh, I don't know,
it's the rest of your life?
I don't...
what do you want me to say?
You want me to... I'm...
I can't say it again.
I said it.
I said everything
I wanted to say.
I said I love you,
and I want to spend the rest
of my life with you,
and I want you.
I want you richer or poorer,
better or worse,
the whole wedding enchilada.
It was high pressure,
and it was emotional.
May not have been
the right place, but I meant it.
I meant every word of it.
There's the tomato.
It's in your hands now,
the tomato.
(woman) ♪ Let the day
settle in my lungs ♪
♪ As I die out in the sun ♪
♪ Just let me think alone ♪
[typing]
♪ Why do I throw the stones? ♪
[phone ringing]
- Hey.
- Hey.
- Everything okay?
- Yeah.
Um, Joel...
What are we doing?
Yeah, I know.
It's been on my mind a lot.
I didn't want to press with,
you know... with your dad,
but we should get together
and talk.
How about... how about now?
Like now, now?
Yeah, right now.
Unless you're busy.
No.
No, I'm not busy.
Okay.
Um...
(Joel) Yeah.
[sighs] So...
[sighs] Yeah.
Well...
Jules, we can't...
We got to do this in person.
Oh.
Well, come over.
On my way.
Okay.
Oh, God.
[knocking]
Hi.
Hi.
♪ 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 be t ♪
♪ 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 yng
♪ May you stay ♪
♪ Forever young ♪
Mm.
- Mm.
- Mm.
Morning.
Mm.
So that happened.
Mm.
It did, didn't it?
I'm pretty sure...
pretty sure it did.
I'm pretty sure
it's needs to happen again.
We need to...
We do still need to talk.
Absolutely.
Okay, just...
- We will.
- We're clear about this.
- Yeah, just...
- Uh-huh.
(Sydney) Mom.
Mom, why is the door locked?
This is confusing.
Get... hide.
Um, the door's locked
because I am looking
for my robe, sweetheart.
And let me find it.
So as soon as I find my robe,
um,
then you can come in,
which is right now.
Hi.
So what's up?
Mom, I left my flute at Dad's.
- Okay. Well, what...
- And I need it for band today.
Good, well, we will go by
his house on the way to school.
No, we won't.
We will have Dad
drop it off at school for you.
- Okay.
- Okay.
- I'll text him.
- No, no.
I can, uh...
Oh, I can text him for you.
I can call him for you
if you want.
- I'm faster.
- Okay.
[typing]
Great.
[cell phone pings]
Uh, that was my phone, huh?
You don't have any texts.
[cell phone pings]
Look, it was my phone.
That was Dad telling you
that he'll be there.
He'll bring it,
and it's perfect.
His message has a lot of typos.
Yeah, he must be in a rush,
which we are too.
- Let's get you off to school.
- No, we're not.
- Yeah, we are. Let's...
- Look, I'm completely ready.
- I even got my coat on...
- Did you eat breakfast?
- Yes?
- And shoes. Yes.
Hey.
Mom, Dad,
what are you doing here?
- Hey.
- Hi.
- Well, look what we got.
- What do you got?
A project for my grandson.
Where is he?
- Oh. Hey, Max.
- What kind of project?
Well, I think one that
you're gonna be interested in.
- How old are these?
- Well, nobody knows.
Why don't you tell me?
Yeah.
Your grandpa likes
to throw things in shoe boxes
and then forget about 'em.
A shoe box is a terrible place
to keep film.
They should be kept
somewhere cool and dry.
That was stupid, Grandpa.
Can I have extra screen time
in order to find out
what year these are from?
Oh, I vote yes on that.
All right,
saved by the grandmother.
- Awesome.
- 15 minutes.
- You got to go to school.
- Grandpa.
- I'll g... I'll go.
- Yeah.
- Max?
- The mysterious film.
Hey, listen.
- Can I talk to you for a sec?
- Yeah.
Your mother told me
about the break-in.
She wasn't supposed to do that.
We didn't want
to stress you out.
Oh, really?
Well, you kids
not telling me stuff
stresses me out more than that.
- So what's going on?
- I'm sorry.
But everything's fine.
Okay?
Everything's fine?
- It's all good.
- It's all good.
- Yeah. It's all good.
- Yeah.
Why am I not convinced here?
- It's all good?
- Dad, it's fine.
It's just that...
- [laughs]
- [sighs]
[chuckles]
- All right. All right.
- Oh, man.
You don't want me
to hold anything back from you?
You never...
you never could lie to me.
Yeah, well...
[sighs]
Come on, Adam.
All right,
I want out of The Luncheonette.
Out of the business?
You know,
it's been so hard recently
for us to turn any profit.
We're just getting
deeper and deeper into debt,
and I felt like this insurance
money could liberate us.
It's enough for us
to just have a clean break,
and I just want to move on
and figure out
what I want to do next...
what I want to do with my life.
But I can't, because this is...
it's Crosby's dream.
That's what's going on.
Well, Crosby's old enough
to know that dreams
get put on hold, you know?
But this wouldn't be
putting it on hold, Dad.
This would be killing it...
destroying it.
The Luncheonette would be over,
and Crosby would be crushed.
Anyway, that's been
on my mind, but...
Well, you got to do what's
best for your family, Son.
Right?
He is my family.
He's my little brother.
Crosby's turned
into quite a man.
You know,
he surprised a lot of us.
- Yeah, yeah.
- Yeah, he can handle this.
I think it's time
that you let it go...
that you got to do
what's right for you, Son.
Give me that thing.
This is H2.
- Why do you want H2 now?
- What do you mean?
- This is not...
- A piece... H2 doesn't go...
- You just jam it in.
- We don't even get to H2 till...
Here.
Ah, Mom.
Wait.
Oh, my God.
Even if we put this together
right,
I am too scared
to put my child in it.
- No, this is gonna work.
- You jammed it in too far.
No, no, no, no.
[sighs]
This is, like, ridiculous.
- This is so ridiculous.
- Hey.
- This thing is so stupid.
- Hey.
Screw this.
It's typical.
It's a typical Dad thing to do,
to, like, send something
and try to get the credit
and then actually stick us
with all of the hard work,
like, not be helpful at all,
just like with everything
of his entire life.
Sorry you didn't have
a better dad.
It's times like this
when it's really...
No, Mom, it's not...
it's not your fault either.
I'm...
I'm just stressed
because it's hard
to do all this stuff alone,
and I'm basically
bringing a child into the world
to do everything alone as well.
You made a decision,
and you don't know
that Ryan won't be there.
You're trying to stand up
for yourself and make sure
he's healthy
if he comes around,
and you'll figure it out.
And then we'll hire somebody
to put this crib together.
[laughs]
- Hey, Cros.
- Hey.
- Can we talk for a second?
- Yeah, man.
There's some nice stuff
in here.
This 1176...
- Oh, yeah?
- Analog display.
- Look how sweet that is.
- Well, it looks pretty cool.
Yeah, I'm almost excited
we got robbed.
Hey, can you
set that aside for a second?
'Cause I've been doing
some pretty serious thinking...
a lot of thinking...
Uh-huh?
About our future,
and, you know,
I really think the best thing
for us to do here is to fold.
Okay, so you want to close
the business up again?
I do.
Look, it's been great here,
but I think
it's what's best for both of us.
It's not what's best for me.
Well, it feels like
that's what's best for me.
I have loved working with you.
You know that.
I wouldn't trade
these last years for anything.
It was great.
I just feel like
I want to get out from under,
and I think
it's the responsible and...
- Yeah.
- It's the right thing to do.
- Yep.
- I'm sorry.
I totally understand.
Um, you have a family,
and I have a family,
so, yeah, don't...
don't feel bad about it.
You know what?
We had a good run.
Yeah, a good run.
Yeah.
And maybe this is just
what we needed to move on.
[door closes] Hey.
Oh. Hi.
What are you doing?
Um, I thought you had a job.
- It said on the schedule...
- Yeah, it got cancelled.
I mean, not that
I didn't want to see you,
but I was not planning.
Yeah, I know.
What are you doing?
Amber and I are
putting together her crib,
and we don't have a hammer.
Both of you guys
are gonna put a crib together
that a live baby goes in?
Uh, yes.
Do you have a...
Are you qualified?
I mean...
I don't know.
It's... we're working on it.
You have a hard time
with Velcro sometimes.
All right. Be careful.
I mean...
- Thank you.
- That's all you need?
- Uh, so far, yeah.
- All right.
So I know, um...
Yeah, I know.
But that's all right.
- I'm just taking my time to...
- I know.
You go to weigh it all.
Lot of reasons to say no.
- I get that.
- It's not even like that.
It's not, like,
a list or anything.
What if it was?
What's the, like, some of the...
What would be on the list?
What's some of the...
If there was a list
of pros and cons?
Yeah, what's the reasons
for "no"? What would be a...
- Oh, I don't... it's not like...
- Top three.
I just, you know, it's
all the stuff we talked about.
- It's like, do we communicate?
- Yeah, I know.
And can we grow together?
- I'm working on 'em.
- I know.
I mean, you know that.
I'm just older now,
and I need more time.
(Max) Hey!
I understand that I don't
have studio time scheduled now,
but this is the greatest day
of our collective lives.
I hold in my hand seven
canisters of undeveloped film...
Hi, Max.
Spanning decades, and they
need to be developed right now!
[chuckles] Anyway...
- All right.
- Go.
Yeah, I mean, this is not a...
- This is not one of those...
- Mm-mm.
No... this isn't on the "no" list,
right, that I did this?
No, with him,
it's one of the good things.
- So it's a good thing, right?
- I'll talk to you later.
- All right.
- As soon as possible.
All right.
What do you got?
Give me that.
Why are you going like that?
Looks crazy.
What is that for?
It focuses the...
it focuses it on your abs.
- It doesn't help anything.
- Yeah, it does.
It's, like,
baby pregnancy stuff.
It helps you focus.
So finish the story, though.
The kids saw him,
or they didn't see him?
Didn't see him.
I'm so glad they didn't see him.
I'm hiding the father
of my children from my children.
- Wow. How's that feel?
- I don't know.
It feels crazy, but it feels
like it's the right thing to do.
- What are you guys gonna do?
- We're gonna weigh it out.
We're gonna make sure that...
How long do you wait
before you know something?
Just until you've weighed
everything out,
and you... and then we'll know,
and we'll do it.
Hey,
Hank asked me to marry him.
I didn't know what to say,
and now I still kind of
don't know what to say, and...
That's fantastic, though.
- That's amazing.
- Thank you.
- Well, yeah.
- [sighs]
He has... We haven't talked
about it since, so, you know,
is that the rest of my life?
I mean, I love him, but it's...
he's complicated, and...
- Mm-hmm.
- I don't know.
My gut has steered me so wrong
so many times.
I just don't want
to make a mistake.
You want to weigh it out.
You want to make...
- Yes.
- Yeah, I know.
Okay.
We're not 20 years old.
We have children
to think of with...
Yeah.
What do you recommend?
We make a list
of pros and cons.
We're going to list reasons
to marry Hank...
No.
That feels so not romantic.
Reasons not to marry Hank.
Well, but you just said
you want to make
a practical decision.
- This is the way to do that.
- Okay.
Do you have paper and a pen?
I have...
Oh, man, I always forget.
Okay.
Pros.
Pros: um,
um, stable,
- kind...
- Mm-hmm.
- Funny...
- Mm-hmm.
Good with the family,
taller than me.
Important.
Not a deal breaker,
but it was a plus.
- No. Yes.
- Um...
Oh, I know, I know.
[door opens]
Hey, look who's back.
It's Daddy. Yay.
- Hey.
- Hi, guys.
What are you doing,
playing hooky?
[sighs]
(Jasmine)
Hey, let's go see Daddy.
Come on.
[sighs]
See Daddy.
Hey.
You okay?
Yeah.
What's up?
Um...[clears throat]
it's over.
It's... He's...
Adam's walking away, so...
Oh.
Oh, baby, I'm sorry.
It was nice.
Nice?
It was nearly a disaster.
The kids... I mean, Joel,
we put them through so much.
We just can't confuse them.
We can't give them false hope.
I'm sorry,
would it be false hope?
I don't know that.
Okay, I guess, in that case,
after last night,
I guess I was having a little
bit of false hope myself.
Okay, Joel, no.
There's... there's hope.
We just have to do
a lot of work.
- Yes.
- Yes.
- And I'm in.
- Ok
I'm ready.
Whatever it takes.
Well, good.
We just... we have to do that
before we can tell the kids...
Okay.
Because we have to come
to the other side of this thing
and know that we can make it.
If we don't make it,
it's just too much for them.
- We can't...
- Honey.
Yeah.
I love you, and I'm in.
Whatever it is,
we will work it out.
Good. Okay.
So for instance,
what about Chris?
So what about...
I thought that was over.
That is over,
but I work with him.
Uh-huh.
And I'm not really
in a position to quit my job.
I mean,
I don't want to quit my job.
I like my job.
I like my clients and my cases,
and I feel good
about myself there.
I guess, um...
Yeah, I guess I'll just...
I guess I'll just have
to deal with it.
Okay, and what about me?
Well, you're a hot mess.
- We know that.
- That's... Listen, I'm serious.
I've been very emotional lately
with my dad and previously,
and I've always thought
logically...
- Okay, I know.
- And clearly.
Listen, we're both emotional
right now,
but when have you
not thought clearly?
Two years ago,
I was not thinking clearly.
I was pretty much unraveling,
and you left.
Yeah, that's not
gonna happen again.
Good, but I can't tell you
that it won't happen again,
that I'll be...
I don't know.
I know that I was hard
to live with.
I realize that it was rough.
Honey, I will tell you this
as many times as you need me to:
I will never leave you again.
I will never leave you.
[sighs]
[grunts]
[grunts]
Bingo!
What is all this stuff?
This, Grandson, is what 72 years
of memories looks like.
Right,
so what are we looking for?
We are looking for a baseball
in a shoe box.
Baseball... Well, there's
shoe boxes everywhere,
- but I can...
- Yeah.
Oh, boy, we got our...
We got our work
cut out for us, don't we?
Oh, God.
Well, shoes and whatnot.
Are you okay?
Oh, man, yeah.
Well, I've felt better,
if you know what I mean.
Yeah.
Um, hey, Grandpa,
I just want to say that
I'm so sorry about ruining
the trip to France.
Oh, gosh.
I really am.
I did not mean to do that,
you know?
That's just
all I can think about.
When you had the heart attack,
it's just, like, you know,
what if...
like, what if I lost you,
and I didn't...
and you were mad at me?
Oh, man.
I don't even know
how I would've been able
to live with that,
and I'm just...
I really am so sorry.
I...
Oh, Grandson, come on.
Tying yourself in knots
over this...
Come here a minute.
I'm sorry, Grandpa.
- Hey.
- I really am.
Come on.
Gosh, Drew.
It's okay.
I mean, I was scared, you know?
When that happens,
the last thing you're gonna
hold on to is anger
for anybody or anything, right?
Yeah.
I don't like thinking about it.
Well, I don't either,
but, I mean, it's gonna happen.
And when it does happen,
I can guarantee you,
I'm probably gonna be
pissed off at somebody.
I don't know.
Yeah, probably.
[chuckles]
Heck, it might even be you.
But you know the crazy thing is,
is that the anger
that you feel is usually for
the people you love the most.
- Right?
- Yeah.
When Adam and Crosby were kids,
they used to make me so angry.
They'd just... running around,
screaming and yelling.
I couldn't get 'em to shut up.
I mean, it was like
I wanted to kill them.
No, I mean...
and it's not a metaphor.
I really wanted to kill them,
all right?
Mm-hmm.
I mean,
they'd be running around,
they'd be screaming and...
- You all right?
- Oh, my gosh.
- Are you okay?
- Yeah.
I just... I just remembered, they
wanted to play with my baseball,
so I hid it from 'em,
and I know where I put it.
- I remember where I put it.
- That scared me, Grandpa.
I had, like, a...
What do you mean,
like, an epiphany?
- An epiphany.
- Yeah.
Grandson, you got
to take me home, okay?
- Okay, let's go.
- That a boy. Thank you.
- You need help?
- Yep, just a little bit.
There we go.
Good, good.
According to my research,
this roll is
from the mid-to late-1980s,
which means I will not be in it,
as I was not yet born.
I was.
I was in my 20s then,
traveling all over the world...
just getting started
as a photojournalist.
It's also not likely
that I will see my mom either,
but I will probably see my dad
in his youth.
He thinks this roll is
from the 1987 Berkeley Parents
College Weekend.
'87, huh?
Yeah?
That's the year I got
my first big photo published.
I was in Sri Lanka.
I was covering this...
an unrelated story,
and then a terrorist
bombs a bus depot.
Lucky.
Oh, I remember that clearly.
I was so excited
to get that shot.
It was like, uh...
It was like my whole world
depended on it.
Oh, boy, man.
I was just a kid.
You were not a kid in your 20s.
You were an adult.
Well, I thought I was,
that's for sure.
But no.
No, I was a kid.
This is not
from the 1987 Berkeley College
Parents Weekend.
My aunt Sarah
did not go to Berkeley College,
nor did she go to any college
at all.
According to my dad, she made
a series of poor decisions
in her 20s.
Yeah, well,
that's what you do, Max.
You just... you make
one dumb choice after another.
You think you know it all.
And, God,
I thought I knew exactly
what I wanted out of life.
Didn't have a clue.
But now... it's weird now.
I just... it's like my life got
a whole bunch more complicated,
but what I want out of it
got a hell of a lot simpler.
I don't understand
what you're saying.
I don't know.
I don't know what she wants.
Don't get me wrong,
I got a list for her too.
Who are we talking about?
Your aunt Sarah.
I could think
of a whole lot of things
that she does that annoy me.
So can I.
Example:
She talks too much.
Yeah, she does.
- She does, right?
- Yeah.
That's a very good point.
[ding] Talks a lot.
Far too loud and far too often.
Yeah.
Yeah, she does.
She does,
but I don't know, somet...
It's just the way
she does it sometimes.
It's... Her voice...
It's part of the silence.
I prefer actual silence
to Aunt Sarah's voice.
(Camille) This is so amazing.
I can't even believe this.
I wasn't sure that Max was gonna
be able to get anything
at all usable.
Oh, my God.
This is Adam.
(Sarah) No!
- Yes. God, that...
- Oh, he's so little.
Photograph's over 40 years old.
- Where did these come from?
- Your dad.
You know, he was so great
at taking pictures.
He was not so great
about getting them developed.
It's amazing.
- Aw.
- Yeah.
Oh, you guys look so beautiful.
Yeah, you know,
I remember this.
This was
just after I told your dad
that I was pregnant with Julia.
Oh. He looks a little...
Well, shocked?
Yeah.
Terrified, really.
- No, it was just such a shock.
- Was it?
Yeah, he kept saying, "Four?"
He kept saying it
over and over.
- Like, upset?
- "Four?"
No, he just...
he couldn't believe it.
"We're gonna have four?"
God, he was so excited.
- Hello.
- Is that me?
Yeah, it's you.
I'm surprised
you let me hold you long enough
to have this picture taken.
You were always wriggling
out of my arms and racing away.
Boy, it was so hard
to keep you tied down.
Oh, now I remember this.
- Do you remember this day?
- Mm-mm.
- No?
- Mm-mm.
This was the day
before you left home.
Oh.
Yeah, I remember it, because
I saw you out in the garden,
and you looked so pretty, and I
wanted to paint your portrait,
but you didn't want
to sit for me.
So I had Dad take pictures,
and I was gonna work
from the photographs.
- And then, of course...
- Yeah.
A couple hours later,
we had that huge fight.
- Yeah.
- Next day, you were gone.
I remember that too.
But you came back.
Too many years later.
Yeah, well,
you finally figured out
where you were supposed to be.
That's right.
Thanks, Mom.
What's going on, sweetie?
I feel...
- Hank wants to get married.
- [gasps]
I know, but I didn't...
I haven't given him an answer
because I don't know
what I want to do,
and I have this long list
of reasons why not.
Well, there's always a list.
- Is there?
- I had a list.
Thank goodness, I kind of,
you know, ultimately
didn't pay much attention to it.
But there are some things that
maybe I should pay attention to.
- Do you love him?
- Yeah.
Does he make you happy?
[chuckles]
Yeah.
Well, what else is there?
Yeah.
(Adam) Okay, I think
our tea party is all set.
- Is there anything else?
- Dad, wear this, please.
I have to wear that?
All right.
- How do I look?
- Beautiful.
[slurps]
Ah, that's delicious tea.
[doorbell chimes]
Do we need to make
some more tea?
Oh, there's somebody
at the door.
Hold on one second.
Jasmine.
- Hey.
- Come on in.
Hope I'm not interrupting.
Is it a bad time?
No, we're just
having a tea party in there,
[British accent] if you want
to have some tea with the queen.
[British accent]
Maybe a little bit later.
Yeah?
You all right?
Um,
can we talk just a few minutes?
Yeah, sure.
Just let me flip the TV on,
and I'll come back.
- Have a seat.
- Okay.
All right, just gonna flip on
a little TV for you here,
Nora, okay?
[cartoon on TV]
Okay.
Your brother
doesn't know I'm here,
and I would prefer
to keep it that way, okay?
Okay.
He told me
about The Luncheonette,
and I understand.
- Okay, I know that you had...
- Okay, good.
To do what's right
for you and your family.
But I'm here right now
because I have to do
what's right for my family.
Jasmine, I thought
about this, and...
Listen, I know.
I know there's so many reasons
to close,
and they're all
really good reasons.
- I know.
- Okay.
But there's also a lot
of reasons to keep it open...
more important reasons.
I know it's family,
and it's a dream.
Yeah.
But it just hasn't worked out
the way that we wanted it to,
and I'm not sure
that we can turn it around.
That doesn't mean
you give up though, Adam.
I mean, you guys
started this together,
and The Luncheonette means a lot
to you... to our families.
Your niece
is about to have a baby.
I know, but I talked to Crosby
about it... I know. I know.
She's gonna have a baby.
She depending on this.
I talked to Crosby,
and it seems like he was
understanding of my position.
He's not understanding at all.
He's devastated, and I've never
seen him like this before.
I'm worried about him.
I know he needs this,
so I'm just asking you, please,
promise me you'll reconsider.
That's all.
Just give me some time
to think about it.
Okay.
[sirens in the distance]
- Hey, uh, yeah.
- Hey.
I was told that you and your mom
are assembling a crib,
and I, uh...
I know you're independent,
and you're capable of anything,
but I just thought
it might feel a little safer
if you let me
just take a look at it...
Yes! Oh, God.
Oh, God,
thank you so much for coming.
Yeah.
All right.
Really, this is...
- It'll be all right.
- It's been terrible.
You started already?
- Good.
- It's in here.
You got the receipt, right?
I can't decide
if these are clean or dirty.
And you need more, by the way.
All right.
Is that the lunch budget?
Luncheonette numbers... I'm just
going over these numbers again.
The Luncheonette?
Yeah, we, you know,
get this insurance money,
and then we've had
this ad jingle company come in,
and if I can get them
to come in more,
I think we could start
to turn a profit, maybe.
Um, why are you...
I thought we were just... I
thought we were done with that.
So why are you looking
at the numbers?
We were done, and then Jasmine
came to talk to me about it.
Jasmine came to talk to you
about it?
Why? For what? What did...
Crosby... about how important
the business is to the family
and just told me that Crosby's
really devastated, and he's...
Well, I know
he's probably really sad.
You're sad. I'm sad.
This is a loss, you know?
But...
It is sad.
I don't know what he's gonna do.
He is a big boy.
He'll get over it.
He'll move on, just like
you're doing... we're doing.
Yeah, I just don't know
if he will get over it.
It just means so much to him,
and when I look back, Kristina,
if you remember where I was at
when we started The
Luncheonette, I was terrified.
I know. I get it.
But, honey, you ran the numbers.
I don't think
you know how terrified
I was when I lost my job
at TNS.
- Yes, I do. I remember.
- The Luncheonette saved me.
Crosby saved me at that time,
and now I feel like I should
be there for my brother.
I just... I don't want
his feelings to force you
into a bad decision
financially.
- I just don't.
- Right.
No, you're right.
You know,
you've done for this family.
- You've always been there.
- You're right, it's just...
- It's a tough decision.
- I get it.
I'm trying to do
the right thing, and I just...
I got to get some air
right now.
Okay, I love you.
You're absolutely right.
You're absolutely right.
I just got to take...
take a minute.
(Sarah) Amber, you
have to close this door.
- Shh. Shh.
- Oh, hi.
- Yeah, she's out.
- Oh.
She went out about an hour ago.
Oh, good.
Did you do this?
Yeah, I did it.
I did it. I did it.
You did it?
Yeah, yeah.
Shh, shh, shh.
That's amazing.
How'd you do that?
It took a while.
You need, like, an engineering
degree for one of these things.
Wow.
Yeah.
That's it.
It's not perfect.
If I'm being honest,
I've got one screw left.
- Oh, no.
- Yeah.
Hmm.
I don't think
it's that important,
because it's pretty solid.
He got a good one... Seth.
I didn't think... you know,
I thought he'd go skimpy,
but it's pretty good.
Whew, yeah, she didn't know
what she was doing.
She had it all over the place.
Hey.
Yes.
What?
Yes, what?
To the question you asked me.
What are you saying?
- What are you saying?
- [chuckles]
No. Are we getting married?
Mm-hmm.
Are we...
We're gonna get married?
Yeah, I'd like to.
Wow. Wow.
[laughs]
(Sydney)
Come on, I'll race you.
(Victor) Okay, you're gonna...
Okay, we're gonna race.
- We're racing? Oh, wow.
- Okay.
- Go for it.
- I got it.
- Show her how it's done.
- Okay.
You got this.
- Great job.
- Oh!
[indistinct chatter]
[mellow alternative music]
♪ ♪
[cell phone rings] Excuse me.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Uh, I just wanted to say hi.
[chuckles] Hi.
And what is that awesome music
you're listening to?
[laughs]
I am at the skating rink
with the kids.
Oh.
How they doing?
Well, better than the last lap.
[laughs]
Sydney is trying
to tell Victor, I think,
probably everything that
her coach has ever told her.
That's good.
[chuckles]
Um, I should probably go.
(Joel) Hey, can you...
Can you just hang on?
- Talk to me for a few minutes.
- Yeah.
What do you want to talk about?
Nothing,
I just want to hear your voice.
So give me the play-by-play.
What are they doing?
What are they doing now?
Well, they're coming
around the corner neck and neck.
Look of determination
on Victor's face.
So awesome.
He's hot on the chase.
Sydney, like a swan,
gliding gracefully...
[laughs]
Oh, that...
You know, sometimes it's good
to take that off the wall
and look at it up close.
That is a handsome portrait
of the two of us, isn't it?
No, don't, don't, don't...
Hey, I don't want
to leave it behind.
I want to keep that.
Oh, we're not gonna
leave it behind.
We got to leave it up there,
because I, my friend,
have changed my mind.
Let's do this.
Let's make The Luncheonette sail
once again.
I'm in.
I'm in.
- Are you serious?
- I'm serious.
You're... 'cause I...
it's too much for me to...
Unwavering.
I'm in.
We're gonna make
The Luncheonette work.
- You promise?
- I promise you. Okay?
- Okay.
- You okay?
- Yes.
- You sure?
- Yes. Yes, yes, yes. Thank you.
- All right.
Thank you.
It's gonna work.
Hi.
- Hey, Dad, what...
- Oh, my God.
Hey.
What are you...
What are you doing here?
Look who it is.
I heard there were some major
world-class speed skaters here.
- I wanted to...
- He's getting better.
- Yeah.
- Is he?
- A little bit better.
- Because of me.
- Because of you?
- Dad, Dad, look.
A little better, she's right.
All right.
Let's see it.
Okay. I'll see you soon.
[The War on Drugs'
Eyes to the Wind]
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
(The War on Drugs) ♪ I was
sailing down here on the wind ♪
♪ ♪
♪ When I met you ♪
♪ And I fell away again ♪
Whoa. Look.
♪ Like a train in reverse
down a dark road ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Carrying the whole load ♪
Oh, my gosh.
♪ Just rattling
the whole way home ♪
(Zeek) Millie.
Yeah, I'm in here.
Come and look at these pictures
that Max developed.
No, later, later.
I'm just way too excited.
I remembered what happened
to my Reggie Jackson baseball.
♪ Will you let it
pull you in? ♪
- Oh.
- Yeah.
You remember Adam and Crosby
used to play with it
all the time,
so I took it,
and I put it in a shoe box,
and I hid it up in the rafters
in the old barn.
So we got to go back
to the old house.
Come on.
Okay.
- Come on.
- [laughs]
♪ Babe ♪
♪ Let me hold you ♪
♪ ♪
They painted.
Yeah.
I never would have thought
of that color,
but it looks good.
[children chattering]
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
[both laughing]
Boy, she's got her hands full.
Yeah, I hope
she's loving every second of it.
So... go knock on the door.
Oh, my God.
- [exhales]
- What?
I changed my mind.
'Cause someday,
those kids are gonna be playing
hide-and-seek
or messing around in the barn,
and they're gonna find an old
shoe box full of baseball stuff,
and they're gonna...
they're gonna think
they found a hidden treasure.
It's gonna be the best day
of their lives.
Sure.
Yeah.
Yeah, let's go home.
Oh...
I love you.
I am fighting for you, and
I'm fighting for our marriage.
We need to sign the papers,
Joel.
This is what you want?
(Adam) Just got off the phone
with the insurance company.
The numbers really worked out
in our favor.
How would you feel if I walked
away from The Luncheonette?
I've thought it over,
and I don't want to cash out.
Your heart, Zeek,
is just not as strong.
We'll make the decision...
you and me.
Jeez.
[grunts]
God. Oh, boy.
Okay.
That's right.
Yeah.
Okay.
Millie.
Millie! Millie!
You bellowed, my darling?
Yeah, do me a favor, would you?
Would you climb up here
and get my shoe box for me?
What on earth for?
Because it's got my
Reggie Jackson baseball in it,
and I want to give it to my
great-grandson when he's born.
Zeek.
Or great-granddaughter.
Come on.
No, it's just,
you love that ball.
God, I've only heard the story
100,000 times.
- April 4, 1972...
- Careful. That's right.
- You were sitting in section G.
- No, J.
- When all of a...
- Section J. Careful.
Well, you talked about the day
more than you talked
about our wedding day.
Why you want to give the ball
to a baby?
Not a baby.
It's our great-grandchild.
Come on,
not just an ordinary baby.
[Zeek sighs]
Zeek, you know we're gonna
have to have a discussion
about what the doctor said.
We got to have it.
You know, about the next step.
Yeah.
Right, I know that.
Okay, baseball's not here.
It's the wrong box.
Yeah, but what are these?
I have no idea.
What the hell did I do
with my baseball?
What could these be?
Oh, my God.
I could've sworn
I put it up there.
Can you believe those jackasses
took the Janis Joplin picture?
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
She was our spirit animal.
I got so sick of looking
at this empty wall, though,
that I went out
and procured us somebody.
Cros, just slow down.
Let's talk about this,
all right?
Are you sure
you want to go ahead and try
to make The Luncheonette work?
I am 100% positive.
You know who else is?
These guys.
Look at these two idiots,
about to jump into the deep end.
- First day?
- Uh-huh.
One guy doesn't even know
what reverb is.
- That's you.
- Mm-hmm. Right here.
The other guy doesn't know
how to run a business.
That's me.
Three years later, I still don't
know how to run a business,
but despite that,
I get to come to a place
I love every single day
because I have the greatest
partner in the world.
[mellow alternative music]
Well, it's been a hell
of a ride, that's for sure.
That's right.
Sure has.
Rocky and turbulent,
and it's just getting started
because,
like our spirit animal says,
"Freedom is just another word
for nothing left to lose."
And we officially
have nothing left to lose, so...
You got that right.
I can feel the mojo
coming back right now
just looking at this.
Right?
Yeah.
[door slides open]
[sirens in the distance]
[grunts]
[exhales]
I don't think
you need to do that anymore.
- I think that looks good.
- Hey.
Yeah.
Can we talk about the thing?
What?
What thing?
The giant tomato in the room?
Well, it's an elephant.
We both know that.
- Well...
- We've learned that.
To me, now it's a tomato.
What?
What about... what?
- "What?"
- Yeah. I said it. I mean...
Was that for real?
I mean...
What do I...
I said everything.
You said... you know...
blurted out a proposal
outside of the ER,
and then we never
talked about it again.
And I just feel like
is it one of those things
where, you know,
everything was high pressure,
and nobody had slept,
and my dad,
and, you know, like,
when you have...
feel like a plane's going down,
you just blurt out things
you don't really mean.
No, I mean, why...
why would you think that?
Because it seemed
very unplanned and...
So what?
Why does it have to be planned?
Because, oh, I don't know,
it's the rest of your life?
I don't...
what do you want me to say?
You want me to... I'm...
I can't say it again.
I said it.
I said everything
I wanted to say.
I said I love you,
and I want to spend the rest
of my life with you,
and I want you.
I want you richer or poorer,
better or worse,
the whole wedding enchilada.
It was high pressure,
and it was emotional.
May not have been
the right place, but I meant it.
I meant every word of it.
There's the tomato.
It's in your hands now,
the tomato.
(woman) ♪ Let the day
settle in my lungs ♪
♪ As I die out in the sun ♪
♪ Just let me think alone ♪
[typing]
♪ Why do I throw the stones? ♪
[phone ringing]
- Hey.
- Hey.
- Everything okay?
- Yeah.
Um, Joel...
What are we doing?
Yeah, I know.
It's been on my mind a lot.
I didn't want to press with,
you know... with your dad,
but we should get together
and talk.
How about... how about now?
Like now, now?
Yeah, right now.
Unless you're busy.
No.
No, I'm not busy.
Okay.
Um...
(Joel) Yeah.
[sighs] So...
[sighs] Yeah.
Well...
Jules, we can't...
We got to do this in person.
Oh.
Well, come over.
On my way.
Okay.
Oh, God.
[knocking]
Hi.
Hi.
♪ 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 be t ♪
♪ 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 yng
♪ May you stay ♪
♪ Forever young ♪
Mm.
- Mm.
- Mm.
Morning.
Mm.
So that happened.
Mm.
It did, didn't it?
I'm pretty sure...
pretty sure it did.
I'm pretty sure
it's needs to happen again.
We need to...
We do still need to talk.
Absolutely.
Okay, just...
- We will.
- We're clear about this.
- Yeah, just...
- Uh-huh.
(Sydney) Mom.
Mom, why is the door locked?
This is confusing.
Get... hide.
Um, the door's locked
because I am looking
for my robe, sweetheart.
And let me find it.
So as soon as I find my robe,
um,
then you can come in,
which is right now.
Hi.
So what's up?
Mom, I left my flute at Dad's.
- Okay. Well, what...
- And I need it for band today.
Good, well, we will go by
his house on the way to school.
No, we won't.
We will have Dad
drop it off at school for you.
- Okay.
- Okay.
- I'll text him.
- No, no.
I can, uh...
Oh, I can text him for you.
I can call him for you
if you want.
- I'm faster.
- Okay.
[typing]
Great.
[cell phone pings]
Uh, that was my phone, huh?
You don't have any texts.
[cell phone pings]
Look, it was my phone.
That was Dad telling you
that he'll be there.
He'll bring it,
and it's perfect.
His message has a lot of typos.
Yeah, he must be in a rush,
which we are too.
- Let's get you off to school.
- No, we're not.
- Yeah, we are. Let's...
- Look, I'm completely ready.
- I even got my coat on...
- Did you eat breakfast?
- Yes?
- And shoes. Yes.
Hey.
Mom, Dad,
what are you doing here?
- Hey.
- Hi.
- Well, look what we got.
- What do you got?
A project for my grandson.
Where is he?
- Oh. Hey, Max.
- What kind of project?
Well, I think one that
you're gonna be interested in.
- How old are these?
- Well, nobody knows.
Why don't you tell me?
Yeah.
Your grandpa likes
to throw things in shoe boxes
and then forget about 'em.
A shoe box is a terrible place
to keep film.
They should be kept
somewhere cool and dry.
That was stupid, Grandpa.
Can I have extra screen time
in order to find out
what year these are from?
Oh, I vote yes on that.
All right,
saved by the grandmother.
- Awesome.
- 15 minutes.
- You got to go to school.
- Grandpa.
- I'll g... I'll go.
- Yeah.
- Max?
- The mysterious film.
Hey, listen.
- Can I talk to you for a sec?
- Yeah.
Your mother told me
about the break-in.
She wasn't supposed to do that.
We didn't want
to stress you out.
Oh, really?
Well, you kids
not telling me stuff
stresses me out more than that.
- So what's going on?
- I'm sorry.
But everything's fine.
Okay?
Everything's fine?
- It's all good.
- It's all good.
- Yeah. It's all good.
- Yeah.
Why am I not convinced here?
- It's all good?
- Dad, it's fine.
It's just that...
- [laughs]
- [sighs]
[chuckles]
- All right. All right.
- Oh, man.
You don't want me
to hold anything back from you?
You never...
you never could lie to me.
Yeah, well...
[sighs]
Come on, Adam.
All right,
I want out of The Luncheonette.
Out of the business?
You know,
it's been so hard recently
for us to turn any profit.
We're just getting
deeper and deeper into debt,
and I felt like this insurance
money could liberate us.
It's enough for us
to just have a clean break,
and I just want to move on
and figure out
what I want to do next...
what I want to do with my life.
But I can't, because this is...
it's Crosby's dream.
That's what's going on.
Well, Crosby's old enough
to know that dreams
get put on hold, you know?
But this wouldn't be
putting it on hold, Dad.
This would be killing it...
destroying it.
The Luncheonette would be over,
and Crosby would be crushed.
Anyway, that's been
on my mind, but...
Well, you got to do what's
best for your family, Son.
Right?
He is my family.
He's my little brother.
Crosby's turned
into quite a man.
You know,
he surprised a lot of us.
- Yeah, yeah.
- Yeah, he can handle this.
I think it's time
that you let it go...
that you got to do
what's right for you, Son.
Give me that thing.
This is H2.
- Why do you want H2 now?
- What do you mean?
- This is not...
- A piece... H2 doesn't go...
- You just jam it in.
- We don't even get to H2 till...
Here.
Ah, Mom.
Wait.
Oh, my God.
Even if we put this together
right,
I am too scared
to put my child in it.
- No, this is gonna work.
- You jammed it in too far.
No, no, no, no.
[sighs]
This is, like, ridiculous.
- This is so ridiculous.
- Hey.
- This thing is so stupid.
- Hey.
Screw this.
It's typical.
It's a typical Dad thing to do,
to, like, send something
and try to get the credit
and then actually stick us
with all of the hard work,
like, not be helpful at all,
just like with everything
of his entire life.
Sorry you didn't have
a better dad.
It's times like this
when it's really...
No, Mom, it's not...
it's not your fault either.
I'm...
I'm just stressed
because it's hard
to do all this stuff alone,
and I'm basically
bringing a child into the world
to do everything alone as well.
You made a decision,
and you don't know
that Ryan won't be there.
You're trying to stand up
for yourself and make sure
he's healthy
if he comes around,
and you'll figure it out.
And then we'll hire somebody
to put this crib together.
[laughs]
- Hey, Cros.
- Hey.
- Can we talk for a second?
- Yeah, man.
There's some nice stuff
in here.
This 1176...
- Oh, yeah?
- Analog display.
- Look how sweet that is.
- Well, it looks pretty cool.
Yeah, I'm almost excited
we got robbed.
Hey, can you
set that aside for a second?
'Cause I've been doing
some pretty serious thinking...
a lot of thinking...
Uh-huh?
About our future,
and, you know,
I really think the best thing
for us to do here is to fold.
Okay, so you want to close
the business up again?
I do.
Look, it's been great here,
but I think
it's what's best for both of us.
It's not what's best for me.
Well, it feels like
that's what's best for me.
I have loved working with you.
You know that.
I wouldn't trade
these last years for anything.
It was great.
I just feel like
I want to get out from under,
and I think
it's the responsible and...
- Yeah.
- It's the right thing to do.
- Yep.
- I'm sorry.
I totally understand.
Um, you have a family,
and I have a family,
so, yeah, don't...
don't feel bad about it.
You know what?
We had a good run.
Yeah, a good run.
Yeah.
And maybe this is just
what we needed to move on.
[door closes] Hey.
Oh. Hi.
What are you doing?
Um, I thought you had a job.
- It said on the schedule...
- Yeah, it got cancelled.
I mean, not that
I didn't want to see you,
but I was not planning.
Yeah, I know.
What are you doing?
Amber and I are
putting together her crib,
and we don't have a hammer.
Both of you guys
are gonna put a crib together
that a live baby goes in?
Uh, yes.
Do you have a...
Are you qualified?
I mean...
I don't know.
It's... we're working on it.
You have a hard time
with Velcro sometimes.
All right. Be careful.
I mean...
- Thank you.
- That's all you need?
- Uh, so far, yeah.
- All right.
So I know, um...
Yeah, I know.
But that's all right.
- I'm just taking my time to...
- I know.
You go to weigh it all.
Lot of reasons to say no.
- I get that.
- It's not even like that.
It's not, like,
a list or anything.
What if it was?
What's the, like, some of the...
What would be on the list?
What's some of the...
If there was a list
of pros and cons?
Yeah, what's the reasons
for "no"? What would be a...
- Oh, I don't... it's not like...
- Top three.
I just, you know, it's
all the stuff we talked about.
- It's like, do we communicate?
- Yeah, I know.
And can we grow together?
- I'm working on 'em.
- I know.
I mean, you know that.
I'm just older now,
and I need more time.
(Max) Hey!
I understand that I don't
have studio time scheduled now,
but this is the greatest day
of our collective lives.
I hold in my hand seven
canisters of undeveloped film...
Hi, Max.
Spanning decades, and they
need to be developed right now!
[chuckles] Anyway...
- All right.
- Go.
Yeah, I mean, this is not a...
- This is not one of those...
- Mm-mm.
No... this isn't on the "no" list,
right, that I did this?
No, with him,
it's one of the good things.
- So it's a good thing, right?
- I'll talk to you later.
- All right.
- As soon as possible.
All right.
What do you got?
Give me that.
Why are you going like that?
Looks crazy.
What is that for?
It focuses the...
it focuses it on your abs.
- It doesn't help anything.
- Yeah, it does.
It's, like,
baby pregnancy stuff.
It helps you focus.
So finish the story, though.
The kids saw him,
or they didn't see him?
Didn't see him.
I'm so glad they didn't see him.
I'm hiding the father
of my children from my children.
- Wow. How's that feel?
- I don't know.
It feels crazy, but it feels
like it's the right thing to do.
- What are you guys gonna do?
- We're gonna weigh it out.
We're gonna make sure that...
How long do you wait
before you know something?
Just until you've weighed
everything out,
and you... and then we'll know,
and we'll do it.
Hey,
Hank asked me to marry him.
I didn't know what to say,
and now I still kind of
don't know what to say, and...
That's fantastic, though.
- That's amazing.
- Thank you.
- Well, yeah.
- [sighs]
He has... We haven't talked
about it since, so, you know,
is that the rest of my life?
I mean, I love him, but it's...
he's complicated, and...
- Mm-hmm.
- I don't know.
My gut has steered me so wrong
so many times.
I just don't want
to make a mistake.
You want to weigh it out.
You want to make...
- Yes.
- Yeah, I know.
Okay.
We're not 20 years old.
We have children
to think of with...
Yeah.
What do you recommend?
We make a list
of pros and cons.
We're going to list reasons
to marry Hank...
No.
That feels so not romantic.
Reasons not to marry Hank.
Well, but you just said
you want to make
a practical decision.
- This is the way to do that.
- Okay.
Do you have paper and a pen?
I have...
Oh, man, I always forget.
Okay.
Pros.
Pros: um,
um, stable,
- kind...
- Mm-hmm.
- Funny...
- Mm-hmm.
Good with the family,
taller than me.
Important.
Not a deal breaker,
but it was a plus.
- No. Yes.
- Um...
Oh, I know, I know.
[door opens]
Hey, look who's back.
It's Daddy. Yay.
- Hey.
- Hi, guys.
What are you doing,
playing hooky?
[sighs]
(Jasmine)
Hey, let's go see Daddy.
Come on.
[sighs]
See Daddy.
Hey.
You okay?
Yeah.
What's up?
Um...[clears throat]
it's over.
It's... He's...
Adam's walking away, so...
Oh.
Oh, baby, I'm sorry.
It was nice.
Nice?
It was nearly a disaster.
The kids... I mean, Joel,
we put them through so much.
We just can't confuse them.
We can't give them false hope.
I'm sorry,
would it be false hope?
I don't know that.
Okay, I guess, in that case,
after last night,
I guess I was having a little
bit of false hope myself.
Okay, Joel, no.
There's... there's hope.
We just have to do
a lot of work.
- Yes.
- Yes.
- And I'm in.
- Ok
I'm ready.
Whatever it takes.
Well, good.
We just... we have to do that
before we can tell the kids...
Okay.
Because we have to come
to the other side of this thing
and know that we can make it.
If we don't make it,
it's just too much for them.
- We can't...
- Honey.
Yeah.
I love you, and I'm in.
Whatever it is,
we will work it out.
Good. Okay.
So for instance,
what about Chris?
So what about...
I thought that was over.
That is over,
but I work with him.
Uh-huh.
And I'm not really
in a position to quit my job.
I mean,
I don't want to quit my job.
I like my job.
I like my clients and my cases,
and I feel good
about myself there.
I guess, um...
Yeah, I guess I'll just...
I guess I'll just have
to deal with it.
Okay, and what about me?
Well, you're a hot mess.
- We know that.
- That's... Listen, I'm serious.
I've been very emotional lately
with my dad and previously,
and I've always thought
logically...
- Okay, I know.
- And clearly.
Listen, we're both emotional
right now,
but when have you
not thought clearly?
Two years ago,
I was not thinking clearly.
I was pretty much unraveling,
and you left.
Yeah, that's not
gonna happen again.
Good, but I can't tell you
that it won't happen again,
that I'll be...
I don't know.
I know that I was hard
to live with.
I realize that it was rough.
Honey, I will tell you this
as many times as you need me to:
I will never leave you again.
I will never leave you.
[sighs]
[grunts]
[grunts]
Bingo!
What is all this stuff?
This, Grandson, is what 72 years
of memories looks like.
Right,
so what are we looking for?
We are looking for a baseball
in a shoe box.
Baseball... Well, there's
shoe boxes everywhere,
- but I can...
- Yeah.
Oh, boy, we got our...
We got our work
cut out for us, don't we?
Oh, God.
Well, shoes and whatnot.
Are you okay?
Oh, man, yeah.
Well, I've felt better,
if you know what I mean.
Yeah.
Um, hey, Grandpa,
I just want to say that
I'm so sorry about ruining
the trip to France.
Oh, gosh.
I really am.
I did not mean to do that,
you know?
That's just
all I can think about.
When you had the heart attack,
it's just, like, you know,
what if...
like, what if I lost you,
and I didn't...
and you were mad at me?
Oh, man.
I don't even know
how I would've been able
to live with that,
and I'm just...
I really am so sorry.
I...
Oh, Grandson, come on.
Tying yourself in knots
over this...
Come here a minute.
I'm sorry, Grandpa.
- Hey.
- I really am.
Come on.
Gosh, Drew.
It's okay.
I mean, I was scared, you know?
When that happens,
the last thing you're gonna
hold on to is anger
for anybody or anything, right?
Yeah.
I don't like thinking about it.
Well, I don't either,
but, I mean, it's gonna happen.
And when it does happen,
I can guarantee you,
I'm probably gonna be
pissed off at somebody.
I don't know.
Yeah, probably.
[chuckles]
Heck, it might even be you.
But you know the crazy thing is,
is that the anger
that you feel is usually for
the people you love the most.
- Right?
- Yeah.
When Adam and Crosby were kids,
they used to make me so angry.
They'd just... running around,
screaming and yelling.
I couldn't get 'em to shut up.
I mean, it was like
I wanted to kill them.
No, I mean...
and it's not a metaphor.
I really wanted to kill them,
all right?
Mm-hmm.
I mean,
they'd be running around,
they'd be screaming and...
- You all right?
- Oh, my gosh.
- Are you okay?
- Yeah.
I just... I just remembered, they
wanted to play with my baseball,
so I hid it from 'em,
and I know where I put it.
- I remember where I put it.
- That scared me, Grandpa.
I had, like, a...
What do you mean,
like, an epiphany?
- An epiphany.
- Yeah.
Grandson, you got
to take me home, okay?
- Okay, let's go.
- That a boy. Thank you.
- You need help?
- Yep, just a little bit.
There we go.
Good, good.
According to my research,
this roll is
from the mid-to late-1980s,
which means I will not be in it,
as I was not yet born.
I was.
I was in my 20s then,
traveling all over the world...
just getting started
as a photojournalist.
It's also not likely
that I will see my mom either,
but I will probably see my dad
in his youth.
He thinks this roll is
from the 1987 Berkeley Parents
College Weekend.
'87, huh?
Yeah?
That's the year I got
my first big photo published.
I was in Sri Lanka.
I was covering this...
an unrelated story,
and then a terrorist
bombs a bus depot.
Lucky.
Oh, I remember that clearly.
I was so excited
to get that shot.
It was like, uh...
It was like my whole world
depended on it.
Oh, boy, man.
I was just a kid.
You were not a kid in your 20s.
You were an adult.
Well, I thought I was,
that's for sure.
But no.
No, I was a kid.
This is not
from the 1987 Berkeley College
Parents Weekend.
My aunt Sarah
did not go to Berkeley College,
nor did she go to any college
at all.
According to my dad, she made
a series of poor decisions
in her 20s.
Yeah, well,
that's what you do, Max.
You just... you make
one dumb choice after another.
You think you know it all.
And, God,
I thought I knew exactly
what I wanted out of life.
Didn't have a clue.
But now... it's weird now.
I just... it's like my life got
a whole bunch more complicated,
but what I want out of it
got a hell of a lot simpler.
I don't understand
what you're saying.
I don't know.
I don't know what she wants.
Don't get me wrong,
I got a list for her too.
Who are we talking about?
Your aunt Sarah.
I could think
of a whole lot of things
that she does that annoy me.
So can I.
Example:
She talks too much.
Yeah, she does.
- She does, right?
- Yeah.
That's a very good point.
[ding] Talks a lot.
Far too loud and far too often.
Yeah.
Yeah, she does.
She does,
but I don't know, somet...
It's just the way
she does it sometimes.
It's... Her voice...
It's part of the silence.
I prefer actual silence
to Aunt Sarah's voice.
(Camille) This is so amazing.
I can't even believe this.
I wasn't sure that Max was gonna
be able to get anything
at all usable.
Oh, my God.
This is Adam.
(Sarah) No!
- Yes. God, that...
- Oh, he's so little.
Photograph's over 40 years old.
- Where did these come from?
- Your dad.
You know, he was so great
at taking pictures.
He was not so great
about getting them developed.
It's amazing.
- Aw.
- Yeah.
Oh, you guys look so beautiful.
Yeah, you know,
I remember this.
This was
just after I told your dad
that I was pregnant with Julia.
Oh. He looks a little...
Well, shocked?
Yeah.
Terrified, really.
- No, it was just such a shock.
- Was it?
Yeah, he kept saying, "Four?"
He kept saying it
over and over.
- Like, upset?
- "Four?"
No, he just...
he couldn't believe it.
"We're gonna have four?"
God, he was so excited.
- Hello.
- Is that me?
Yeah, it's you.
I'm surprised
you let me hold you long enough
to have this picture taken.
You were always wriggling
out of my arms and racing away.
Boy, it was so hard
to keep you tied down.
Oh, now I remember this.
- Do you remember this day?
- Mm-mm.
- No?
- Mm-mm.
This was the day
before you left home.
Oh.
Yeah, I remember it, because
I saw you out in the garden,
and you looked so pretty, and I
wanted to paint your portrait,
but you didn't want
to sit for me.
So I had Dad take pictures,
and I was gonna work
from the photographs.
- And then, of course...
- Yeah.
A couple hours later,
we had that huge fight.
- Yeah.
- Next day, you were gone.
I remember that too.
But you came back.
Too many years later.
Yeah, well,
you finally figured out
where you were supposed to be.
That's right.
Thanks, Mom.
What's going on, sweetie?
I feel...
- Hank wants to get married.
- [gasps]
I know, but I didn't...
I haven't given him an answer
because I don't know
what I want to do,
and I have this long list
of reasons why not.
Well, there's always a list.
- Is there?
- I had a list.
Thank goodness, I kind of,
you know, ultimately
didn't pay much attention to it.
But there are some things that
maybe I should pay attention to.
- Do you love him?
- Yeah.
Does he make you happy?
[chuckles]
Yeah.
Well, what else is there?
Yeah.
(Adam) Okay, I think
our tea party is all set.
- Is there anything else?
- Dad, wear this, please.
I have to wear that?
All right.
- How do I look?
- Beautiful.
[slurps]
Ah, that's delicious tea.
[doorbell chimes]
Do we need to make
some more tea?
Oh, there's somebody
at the door.
Hold on one second.
Jasmine.
- Hey.
- Come on in.
Hope I'm not interrupting.
Is it a bad time?
No, we're just
having a tea party in there,
[British accent] if you want
to have some tea with the queen.
[British accent]
Maybe a little bit later.
Yeah?
You all right?
Um,
can we talk just a few minutes?
Yeah, sure.
Just let me flip the TV on,
and I'll come back.
- Have a seat.
- Okay.
All right, just gonna flip on
a little TV for you here,
Nora, okay?
[cartoon on TV]
Okay.
Your brother
doesn't know I'm here,
and I would prefer
to keep it that way, okay?
Okay.
He told me
about The Luncheonette,
and I understand.
- Okay, I know that you had...
- Okay, good.
To do what's right
for you and your family.
But I'm here right now
because I have to do
what's right for my family.
Jasmine, I thought
about this, and...
Listen, I know.
I know there's so many reasons
to close,
and they're all
really good reasons.
- I know.
- Okay.
But there's also a lot
of reasons to keep it open...
more important reasons.
I know it's family,
and it's a dream.
Yeah.
But it just hasn't worked out
the way that we wanted it to,
and I'm not sure
that we can turn it around.
That doesn't mean
you give up though, Adam.
I mean, you guys
started this together,
and The Luncheonette means a lot
to you... to our families.
Your niece
is about to have a baby.
I know, but I talked to Crosby
about it... I know. I know.
She's gonna have a baby.
She depending on this.
I talked to Crosby,
and it seems like he was
understanding of my position.
He's not understanding at all.
He's devastated, and I've never
seen him like this before.
I'm worried about him.
I know he needs this,
so I'm just asking you, please,
promise me you'll reconsider.
That's all.
Just give me some time
to think about it.
Okay.
[sirens in the distance]
- Hey, uh, yeah.
- Hey.
I was told that you and your mom
are assembling a crib,
and I, uh...
I know you're independent,
and you're capable of anything,
but I just thought
it might feel a little safer
if you let me
just take a look at it...
Yes! Oh, God.
Oh, God,
thank you so much for coming.
Yeah.
All right.
Really, this is...
- It'll be all right.
- It's been terrible.
You started already?
- Good.
- It's in here.
You got the receipt, right?
I can't decide
if these are clean or dirty.
And you need more, by the way.
All right.
Is that the lunch budget?
Luncheonette numbers... I'm just
going over these numbers again.
The Luncheonette?
Yeah, we, you know,
get this insurance money,
and then we've had
this ad jingle company come in,
and if I can get them
to come in more,
I think we could start
to turn a profit, maybe.
Um, why are you...
I thought we were just... I
thought we were done with that.
So why are you looking
at the numbers?
We were done, and then Jasmine
came to talk to me about it.
Jasmine came to talk to you
about it?
Why? For what? What did...
Crosby... about how important
the business is to the family
and just told me that Crosby's
really devastated, and he's...
Well, I know
he's probably really sad.
You're sad. I'm sad.
This is a loss, you know?
But...
It is sad.
I don't know what he's gonna do.
He is a big boy.
He'll get over it.
He'll move on, just like
you're doing... we're doing.
Yeah, I just don't know
if he will get over it.
It just means so much to him,
and when I look back, Kristina,
if you remember where I was at
when we started The
Luncheonette, I was terrified.
I know. I get it.
But, honey, you ran the numbers.
I don't think
you know how terrified
I was when I lost my job
at TNS.
- Yes, I do. I remember.
- The Luncheonette saved me.
Crosby saved me at that time,
and now I feel like I should
be there for my brother.
I just... I don't want
his feelings to force you
into a bad decision
financially.
- I just don't.
- Right.
No, you're right.
You know,
you've done for this family.
- You've always been there.
- You're right, it's just...
- It's a tough decision.
- I get it.
I'm trying to do
the right thing, and I just...
I got to get some air
right now.
Okay, I love you.
You're absolutely right.
You're absolutely right.
I just got to take...
take a minute.
(Sarah) Amber, you
have to close this door.
- Shh. Shh.
- Oh, hi.
- Yeah, she's out.
- Oh.
She went out about an hour ago.
Oh, good.
Did you do this?
Yeah, I did it.
I did it. I did it.
You did it?
Yeah, yeah.
Shh, shh, shh.
That's amazing.
How'd you do that?
It took a while.
You need, like, an engineering
degree for one of these things.
Wow.
Yeah.
That's it.
It's not perfect.
If I'm being honest,
I've got one screw left.
- Oh, no.
- Yeah.
Hmm.
I don't think
it's that important,
because it's pretty solid.
He got a good one... Seth.
I didn't think... you know,
I thought he'd go skimpy,
but it's pretty good.
Whew, yeah, she didn't know
what she was doing.
She had it all over the place.
Hey.
Yes.
What?
Yes, what?
To the question you asked me.
What are you saying?
- What are you saying?
- [chuckles]
No. Are we getting married?
Mm-hmm.
Are we...
We're gonna get married?
Yeah, I'd like to.
Wow. Wow.
[laughs]
(Sydney)
Come on, I'll race you.
(Victor) Okay, you're gonna...
Okay, we're gonna race.
- We're racing? Oh, wow.
- Okay.
- Go for it.
- I got it.
- Show her how it's done.
- Okay.
You got this.
- Great job.
- Oh!
[indistinct chatter]
[mellow alternative music]
♪ ♪
[cell phone rings] Excuse me.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Uh, I just wanted to say hi.
[chuckles] Hi.
And what is that awesome music
you're listening to?
[laughs]
I am at the skating rink
with the kids.
Oh.
How they doing?
Well, better than the last lap.
[laughs]
Sydney is trying
to tell Victor, I think,
probably everything that
her coach has ever told her.
That's good.
[chuckles]
Um, I should probably go.
(Joel) Hey, can you...
Can you just hang on?
- Talk to me for a few minutes.
- Yeah.
What do you want to talk about?
Nothing,
I just want to hear your voice.
So give me the play-by-play.
What are they doing?
What are they doing now?
Well, they're coming
around the corner neck and neck.
Look of determination
on Victor's face.
So awesome.
He's hot on the chase.
Sydney, like a swan,
gliding gracefully...
[laughs]
Oh, that...
You know, sometimes it's good
to take that off the wall
and look at it up close.
That is a handsome portrait
of the two of us, isn't it?
No, don't, don't, don't...
Hey, I don't want
to leave it behind.
I want to keep that.
Oh, we're not gonna
leave it behind.
We got to leave it up there,
because I, my friend,
have changed my mind.
Let's do this.
Let's make The Luncheonette sail
once again.
I'm in.
I'm in.
- Are you serious?
- I'm serious.
You're... 'cause I...
it's too much for me to...
Unwavering.
I'm in.
We're gonna make
The Luncheonette work.
- You promise?
- I promise you. Okay?
- Okay.
- You okay?
- Yes.
- You sure?
- Yes. Yes, yes, yes. Thank you.
- All right.
Thank you.
It's gonna work.
Hi.
- Hey, Dad, what...
- Oh, my God.
Hey.
What are you...
What are you doing here?
Look who it is.
I heard there were some major
world-class speed skaters here.
- I wanted to...
- He's getting better.
- Yeah.
- Is he?
- A little bit better.
- Because of me.
- Because of you?
- Dad, Dad, look.
A little better, she's right.
All right.
Let's see it.
Okay. I'll see you soon.
[The War on Drugs'
Eyes to the Wind]
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
(The War on Drugs) ♪ I was
sailing down here on the wind ♪
♪ ♪
♪ When I met you ♪
♪ And I fell away again ♪
Whoa. Look.
♪ Like a train in reverse
down a dark road ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Carrying the whole load ♪
Oh, my gosh.
♪ Just rattling
the whole way home ♪
(Zeek) Millie.
Yeah, I'm in here.
Come and look at these pictures
that Max developed.
No, later, later.
I'm just way too excited.
I remembered what happened
to my Reggie Jackson baseball.
♪ Will you let it
pull you in? ♪
- Oh.
- Yeah.
You remember Adam and Crosby
used to play with it
all the time,
so I took it,
and I put it in a shoe box,
and I hid it up in the rafters
in the old barn.
So we got to go back
to the old house.
Come on.
Okay.
- Come on.
- [laughs]
♪ Babe ♪
♪ Let me hold you ♪
♪ ♪
They painted.
Yeah.
I never would have thought
of that color,
but it looks good.
[children chattering]
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
[both laughing]
Boy, she's got her hands full.
Yeah, I hope
she's loving every second of it.
So... go knock on the door.
Oh, my God.
- [exhales]
- What?
I changed my mind.
'Cause someday,
those kids are gonna be playing
hide-and-seek
or messing around in the barn,
and they're gonna find an old
shoe box full of baseball stuff,
and they're gonna...
they're gonna think
they found a hidden treasure.
It's gonna be the best day
of their lives.
Sure.
Yeah.
Yeah, let's go home.