Party of Five (1994–2000): Season 2, Episode 7 - Where There's Smoke - full transcript

[kissing]

[Julia yawns]

[laughs]

I'm sorry,
it's not you.

You wanna go
to the coffee shop,

maybe catch a buzz
or something?

They're closed.

You know, it's late.

How about some music, then?

[easy-listening music plays]

-♪ We cannot choose ♪
-[Griffin groans]



That's my dad.

-[Julia chuckles]
-[changes radio station]

-Hey, hey, I love this song.
-[rock music plays]

♪ But she wasn't home... ♪

I can loan you the CD.

I'm sleepy.

Well, why don't you
crash out on my shoulder
and watch the sun come up.

Griffin, we've gotta go
to school tomorrow.

Can't we just go home?

Just a little bit longer.

Griffin...

I'm not ready to go home.

Why not?

You know, it's weird,
but I've never been
to your house before.



What's weird about it?

Well, it's just...

I don't...
Uh, never mind.

I'll take you home.

[starts car engine]

[Kirsten] Wow. Tight.

[sighs]

Quarterly payroll taxes.

Right there.

Finally got 'em done,

and then Joe calls at two, and wants me
to fax everything to him.

In Newfoundland?

[smirks] Nova Scotia.

He doesn't get
this time zone thing.

So I take care of that,
and then he calls again

and he wants to know
why we're still showing a loss.

So I spend
another 45 minutes

telling him about
the whole lounge-night thing

and the two-for-one
happy hour disaster,

and that made him happy.

So you tried
a few new things.

I mean, those things
always take time to catch on.

Yeah, tell that to Joe.

Ow.

That's him.

That's the Joe spot.

Ahh!

You should get some sleep.

I'm wired.

Been mainlining
coffee all night.

[sighs]

You wanna fool around?

Mm-hm.

-[phone rings]
-[Kirsten groans]

Listen, Joe, I don't know
what time it is there, but--

I'm sorry. Who?

What?

[indistinct chattering]

[woman, over radio]
Station 47 to Company 48.

What's your status,
please? Over.

[fireman] We're up here
at Salinger's Restaurant.

On our way back.
ETA 20 minutes. Over.

[creaking]

[thudding]

[theme song playing]

♪ Everybody wants to live ♪

♪ Like they wanna live ♪

♪ And everybody wants to love ♪

♪ Like they wanna love ♪

♪ Everybody wants to be ♪

♪ Closer to free ♪

♪ Closer to free ♪

[footsteps approaching]

[man] Okay, last one.

Damage estimate
and certificate of identity.

How long before
I can get a check?

Just a couple of days.

First we gotta do
a routine investigation,

determine the cause
of the fire, and...

I thought they said
it was electrical.

Standard procedure.

And then we can start
releasing funds.

We know how it is
with small businesses.

Can't afford to be shut down
for too long, right?

Not that it would make much
difference with this business.

So it shouldn't take much
longer than a day or so.

Oh, uh,

did I say I was sorry
about the fire?

You did.

-Thanks, Mr. Arbogast.
-Sure.

[Charlie] I really
appreciate it.

Yes! Yes!

Charlie? What?

That man, that...
that sweet little man,

just showed me
an estimate for $50,000!

Fifty grand! That...

That's twice as much
as repairs will cost me

if I shop
the work out myself.

I just made $25,000
instant profit.

Just don't forget
about the deficit.

That's the whole point, Jule.

This is the best thing
that could have happened.

Charlie, that's great!

[Claudia] I can't
believe you guys.

I mean, Dad's restaurant
practically burns down,

and you just act like
we just won the lottery.

Claud, the restaurant
did not burn down.

It'll be up and running
again in two weeks.

In the black.

Man, if I'd known
it was worth this much

I'd have torched the place
a long time ago.

-Hey.
-Julia.

Oh, hey.

I thought maybe we could
walk to school or something.

Uh... why don't you go ahead?
I got some stuff I gotta do.

Well, I can wait for you.

No, that's all right.
I'll see you in--

-I'll see you in school.
-[man] Griffin! Griffin!

Just give me a second.

Don't you ever walk out
on me when I'm talking
to you.

Do you understand me?

I wanna know why I'm still
getting calls from school

telling me
you're cutting class.

-Dad, not now.
-You've already been
held back, one year,

And now you're
flunking out again?

You know, all you care about
is that damn motorcycle
and chasing girls!

[Griffin] I said not now!

[Major Holbrook] Are you
a loser or just plain stupid?

-I'm gonna go to school, okay?
-Yeah, you do that.

You go get smart, huh?

I'm sorry.

If I had the cash,
I'd skip down to Mexico.

Or maybe up to Canada.
The major hates Canada.

I just wanna get
the hell out of here!

Oh, don't worry about it.
Maybe we'll go to war soon.

[classical piano music playing]

And plié. Turn.

[girl] Oh, sorry.
[instructor] And plié. Turn.

What are we supposed to do?
Jeté into the end zone?

I told you
coach was twisted.

Stretch that point.

Ow! This one I hate.

[girl] I couldn't find
my shoes. I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry.

Sarah! What are you
doing here?

Having an intense
hallucination. Sorry,
but you guys?

Coach's idea. After Will
tackled the water bucket.

Hey, hey.
You blew that interception.

Yeah, only because
Pendarvis throws like a girl!

Hey!

No offense.

[instructor] Gentlemen,
no talking.

All right,
now loosen the wrists.

And pirouette.

Oh, God.

Coach said it will improve
our coordination.

Oh, yeah, it's really
good for tha...

Ow! -Sorry.
-It's okay.

[instructor] That's excellent.
Well, let's pair off now.

Vite, vite.
Grab a partner.

Oh, Will, you wanna...?

Sure. Why not?

[instructor] Hands
on ladies' hips.

Gently.

All right, ladies,
entrechat quatre.

And...

Just have a seat, Claudia.
Ms. Hutchins will get you
all set up.

Thanks, Ms. Bullock.

So, what's her mood today?

Excuse me?

Principal Bulldog.

She having a good day,
or is she totally ragged?

She seemed pretty okay to me.

What? Are you, like,
in trouble or something?

Or something.

I skipped three times
this month.

I wouldn't have
got caught yesterday,

but I had to stop off
to have a smoke,

and Fat Butt Beaglemeyer
busted my ass, so...

Well, it's the story
of my sucky life.

What did you do?
Bring a gun in your
lunch box?

Oh, yeah. Twice.

Actually, I just got tired
of turning pages in Orchestra,

so I asked if I could do
something else
till I get my cast off.

I play the violin.

Anyway, Ms. Bullock
said I could work in
the attendance office, so--

Wait.

You mean, like, stamping
excuses and stuff?

I guess so.

I don't know.

What's your name,
fiddle girl?

Claudia. Jody.

Got a feeling we're
gonna be best friends. [broken glass jangling]

You really shouldn't have
done that this morning.

I mean, coming over like that.

Oh, okay. I'm sorry.

It just gave him something else
to scream at me about.

He's already saying
that I'm flunking out

because I'm spending
all my time with you.

And he's starting
all that Army crap again.

Army?

[Charlie] Jule!

Have you seen Theo?

Uh, yeah.
He's outside, smoking.

I think he's upset.
He said you were supposed
to pay him first thing.

Just got back
from the bank.

Um, here's the 20 I owe you
for the bags and stuff.

Thank you.

Griffin, what's going on?

Oh, he says that
if I don't graduate,

he's gonna make me enlist.

What?

He can't do that.
I mean, you're 18.

This should cover it.

If I don't graduate, he's just
gonna kick me out of the house.

And I don't have the cash
to get a new place.

I sure as hell
don't have a job.

Well, then, you'll just
have to graduate.
And I'll help you.

We'll just have
to do some studying.

I mean, we can do that.

Right? I mean,
can't we? Hmm?

[strains] See, this is what
we should be doing

rather than dancing
around on our tiptoes. God, this feels good.

Boy, Sarah's pretty much
a klutz, huh?

The worst.

Did you see her get her foot
caught on that bar?

Yeah.

Can I, uh, run
something by you?

Sure. Go ahead.

Yes!

I mean, since you two
aren't dating anymore,
I just wondered

if you'd mind if maybe...

maybe I asked her out.

Mind?

Why would I mind?

Ugh!

[panting]

Oh, whoa.

Total muscle failure.
That's good.

[Will] So, uh...

so, then, about Sarah.

Would that be okay?

I mean, she's really great,
and since things didn't
work out for you guys

and I'm kind of interested,
I just thought...

Hey.

We're not together anymore.
You don't even need to ask.

Let's do some curls.

Look, Theo, calm down. Maybe your insurance
will cover it.

Man, what insurance?
Put it on your claim.

-It happened in your restaurant.
-I told you--

Yeah, Mr. Arbogast,
I'm still here.

What did the police say?

You want a direct quote?
"Kiss it goodbye."

[Charlie] So, when am I
gonna get my check?
I need to get started--

Yeah, I'll hold.

-How much did they get?
-[Theo] 1200.

The whole payroll
for my crew.

We don't find it,
you paying me back.

Hey, it's not my fault
you left your jacket
on the bar.

Please.

Isn't there anything
else you can do?

[Theo] Oh, yeah.
My cousin's a cop.

He's gonna look into this.

See if he can find the sorry
son of a bitch who did this.

Did what?

Somebody stole Theo's money
from the restaurant today.

You're kidding.

Investigation?
What kind of--?

Hey, this is sort of
like a Nancy Drew
mystery or something.

Maybe we should question
everybody who was there.

No way! There's no way!

It obviously wasn't Theo or us.
Who else was there?

None of my guys
would have done this.

Julia, did you see anybody?

I don't think so.

-Sorry.
-[Charlie] That's impossible!
Why would anybody--?

No, I will not ho--

Hello?

I don't believe this.

They think the fire was arson.

[Will] Arson?

Man, who would
do something like that?

Maybe the same guy that
ripped us off. Who knows?

Must be a full moon
or something.

Here you go. Green clover.
Better put it in your pocket.

So did you, um...

Did you call her?

Who?

Oh, Sarah.

Actually, uh...
yeah, I did.

And?

And, uh, we sort of went out.

When?

What, you mean,
like, last night?

Well, you know, I called,

and she had these
tickets, so, uh,

we went to this thing,
and it's no big deal.

A thing?

Romeo and Juliet.

The play? The movie? What?

The ballet, actually.

And here's the wild part,

you know the end,
when Juliet wakes up

and finds Romeo dead,
and then she stabs herself

and twinkles around
on her toes

for about a half-hour
before she goes down,

arms flying, legs flapping,
everything?

Sarah actually cried.

Like, tears.

I never realized
how into that stuff she was.

It's kind of sad,

somebody who wants
to be something so bad,

and then they're
just... so bad.

Well, for the record,
I mean, I hated it.

But you guys still
had a good time.

Yeah, not really.

It was kind of dull.

You know, she's
better in a group.

Oh. Well,

nothing ventured, right?

Right.

[Charlie] You're not
gonna believe this.

Crack of dawn,
I'm sitting there, right?

And I should be
getting a check.

And that bastard Arbogast
practically accused me
of setting the fire.

-Me!
-What?

Wait a minute.
He said that?

Get this. He's been
digging through my finances.

And he found out about
that loan I applied for
after I took over--

Wait. What loan?
You applied for a loan?

Yeah. Yeah. I told you that.
We were tight making payroll.

But I got turned
down, and he said
that was suspicious.

But I don't get it.
What does that have
to do with the fire?

[Charlie] Nothing!

And then he starts
going on about how
I upped the insurance,

which is totally ridiculous
because we were under-insured
in the first place.

You upped the insurance?
You didn't tell me about that.

I didn't tell you
I bought new napkins either.

It was no big deal.

Only he tried to make it out
like I set the fire

so that I could collect
the insurance.

He's just stalling because
he doesn't wanna pay me
what he owes me.

Well, I set him straight.

Man, can you
believe that guy?

[school bell rings]

I looked for you at your locker
before school this morning.

Oh, yeah,
I was kind of late.

You know, he's always
ragging me to go to school,

and then I'm late
because he's yelling at me.

Has he always
been like this?

No.

Not like this.

Just... Just since Jill.

Griffin, do you remember
yesterday when you were
at the restaurant?

I was just wondering if maybe
you noticed anybody weird.

Like, hanging around
or anything.

-Not really. Why?
-Well,

because somebody stole
the money that Charlie
gave Theo.

And we were just trying
to figure out who might
have done that.

Oh, man.

That's too bad.

I really wasn't...

[clears throat] Really
wasn't paying attention.

Yeah, me neither.

But the police are going
to look into it, so, um...

You know, I like to think that
maybe the person who took it

was just so desperate
or they really weren't thinking

and if they realize that, then
maybe the money will show up.

Yeah.

Yeah, well, I hope
you guys figure it out.

I got a class, you know.

Yeah. I know.

[Jody] Oh, hey, Claudia.

Wait up. I've been looking
all over for you.

[Claudia] You have? Why?

'Cause we're best buds,
remember?

Cancer?

[coughs] No, thanks.
I... I quit.

You crack me up.

Hey, look at what I got.

Your Mom wrote you
an excuse?

I thought you said
you skipped.

Jayne Maynard
did it for me.

Check this out, "Grandfather's
medical difficulties."

Man, she is good.

Cool.

Okay, so here's the plan.

Tomorrow you get
Ms. Hutchins to stamp it
and approve it for me

before it goes back
to Bullock.

This way she'll think
Hutchins called my Mom.

Rocks, huh?

I can't do that, Jody.

Sure you can. You're right
there in the office and...

[scoffs] You know,
I'd do it for you.

I said I can't, okay?

Look, I gotta go.

Man, good thing
I'm not bleeding to death.

Here you go.

Thanks.

[girl laughing]

[Sarah] Will! No!

[Will] I swear.
[Sarah] No.

She did not look like
a spastic penguin.

[Will] Spastic penguin...
Come on, who dies like that?

Huh? She was like...

-[Will babbles]
-[Sarah laughs]

[Sarah] Not even close.

You're cute.

[Sarah laughing]

What are they doing
in there, anyway?

Planting evidence,
with my luck.

Finally. Mr. Salinger.

Yeah. Can we please
get on with this now?

I'm afraid not.

The fire marshal was wrong.
It wasn't a short in the outlet.

Well, what was it?

Somebody left
your coffee machine on.

And, um, you were
the last one here.

Well, it was, uh...

It was 3 o'clock
in the morning.

I mean, I guess I just

forgot.

But that proves
it was an accident.

You don't intentionally
burn down a building
by leaving a coffeepot on.

Well, you do if you shove
a box of paper up next
to the heating element.

Paper?

That was a box of menus.
That does not prove anything.

Except...

you shut off
the water valve.

What?

You didn't shut off
the machine, but you
shut off the water valve

so that there was no water
in the urn to absorb the heat

when you left
the burner on.

No, I can
explain that. That--

That's my fault.

I helped Charlie
close up.

And he showed me
how to clean the coffee urn.

But I...

I guess I must have forgot
to turn the water back on.

And then I...

I went home before
Charlie did, so he
didn't know.

I feel so stupid!

Hey. I mean,
you didn't know.

You didn't know.

It's only $600, and I know
that's not enough, but I can
get some more.

-I mean, whatever it takes.
-Gotta get out of here, Julia.

I know you need to get away.

I mean, I know how hard
it is for you here.

You're just gonna
make things worse.

And then maybe Theo's money
can just show up,

and no one
will have to find out.

[Major Holbrook] Griffin!

You gotta go.

I mean it, Julia.
Get out of here now!

What the hell
did you do now?

Whoa. Nobody said
he did anything.

Okay, please.

I just wanna ask
a few questions.

Griffin, I'm investigating
the theft of some money

from Salinger's Restaurant
over on Filbert.

Now, you were there
yesterday afternoon, right?

Yeah, sure.

That's my family's place.
He just came by
to help clean up.

You know anything
about this?

[shouts] Do you?

Major Holbrook, would you
step into the other room?

Are you that stupid?

Don't call me stupid!

Whoa! Hey! Everybody's
okay here, all right?

-Now, major, please.
-How stupid are you, son?

I mean, are you stupid enough
to throw away your whole life
over a handful of cash?

[policeman] Major Holbrook...

Does that answer
your question, major?

Well, that was
easy enough.

Put your hands
on your head, please.

Griffin Holbrook, you're
under arrest for grand theft.

You have the right
to remain silent.

You also have the right
to an attorney.

If you can't afford one,
one will be appointed to you.

Should you choose
to give up that right,

anything you say can
and will be used against
you in a court of law.

Okay, I've got rent receipts
for the past 10 years
and some old fondue recipes.

Insurance papers, Claud.
Keep digging.

He wants all this stuff
in his office by 8:30.

I've got nothing else
to say to you, Jule.

Look, I know you're
mad, okay. I get that.

No, obviously you don't.

'Cause "mad" doesn't
even come close.

Will you just listen?

I talked to the lawyer
assigned to Griffin's case.

-I am busy here!
-He said the whole thing will go
away if Theo drops the charges.

Really?

Well, he's not
gonna do that.

He will if you talk to him.

I mean, if you explain
that Griffin made a mistake--

A mistake?

Julia, he stole.

Charlie, please.

You don't know
what's going on.

You don't know how horrible
it is for him.

I don't care, okay?

Julia, get a clue here.
The guy is a loser!

His Dad let him
spend the night in jail.

Did you know that?

He wouldn't even come down
to the police station,

and he won't pay
for a decent lawyer.

You should see how
his Dad talks to him.

I mean, the way he treats him.
If you saw that, maybe you'd
understand and--

And what?

I'd feel sorry for him,
forget about what he did?

God, Charlie,
he could go to prison!

Yeah, well, you know what?
So could I!

And I didn't do anything.

Hey, Will.

Man, I think I pulled
a groin muscle or something.

You didn't
call me back.

-What?
-Last night.

You never
called me back.

Oh, uh, I was out
kind of late.

I had this family thing.

I can't believe you.

-What?
-You're lying to me!

No, really. My...

My sister
had this pageant

at her school, about
the four basic food groups.

Penny was a cantaloupe.

-Should've seen it.
-Come on!

Will, come on. I saw
you and Sarah together
yesterday, okay?

And you didn't
look like two people

who just had a date
that was... kind of dull.

And if you did, you wouldn't
have gone out again last night,

which I know you did,
because Dana just told me.

And... And a cantaloupe?
Your sister's 13!

I didn't wanna upset you,
that's all.

Upset me? I'm not upset!

Then why are you so upset?

I'm upset because
you lied to me.

I don't care
if you date Sarah.

I told you that. Just don't
go around lying about it.

So you're not upset...
about me and Sarah?

No. No, I am not.

'Cause you can sort of
understand why I think
you'd be upset.

I'm not upset.

Okay.

Sarah said
you wouldn't be.

Well, see?
She's right.

And...

She said that?

Yeah. She said
it wouldn't be a problem.

Well,

there you go.

Hey!

A little privacy?

You scared me.

What are you doing?

I'm writing
a book report.

You're just gonna
get in trouble again.

Yeah?

Why do you care?

I don't.

Good, then you won't
care about this.

Oh, yeah.

Now I'm just gonna have to
shoot myself in the head.

You didn't even
spell it right.

It's an abbreviation.
Duh.

Not that. Duh.

"Fiddle."

It's L-E.

Not E-L.

Claudia?

Uh...Ms. Bullock.

Man, this is fresh. Relax, Ms. Bull.

She just took
my pen away from me.

I think I'm under
citizen's arrest or something.

Thank you, Claudia.

You, come with me.

Yeah. Thanks a gazillion.

[judge] Bail is denied.

[bangs gavel]

Next case.

Now, gentlemen,
on this outstanding matter,

I suggest you get
your paperwork in order and take this up
with the court clerk.

Just reschedule
and let's try again, okay?

Thank you.

Next case on the docket
is case number CL8952468.

People vs Griffin
Chase Holbrook.

The charge is grand theft.
How do you plead?

Guilty. I guess.

[judge] The people
request bail in the amount
of $20,000.

[lawyer] Come on!

Your Honor, Mr. Holbrook's
an 18-year-old first offender

who lives with his father,
a Major Chase W. Holbrook
of the U.S. Army.

[lawyer 2] He stole the $1200
because he was planning
to run away, Judge.

Releasing him now
poses a flight risk.

Fine. Bail is set at
$20,000, cash or bond.

[judge] Case number CL985463,
People vs Emery Carter Dillon.

The charge is aggravated
assault and resisting arrest.

How does the defendant plead?

Griffin.

[woman] We enter a plea
of not guilty, Your Honor.

[man] The people request bail
in the amount of $10,000.

[woman] Your Honor,
this is crazy.

[man] He has no aggression,
which means he poses...

Oh.

I thought you were gonna
call me after you spoke
to the lawyer.

Not much point.

It's not like
I had any good news.

So I guess I should thank you
for covering for me.

I... I didn't know
what else to do.

Man, I'm glad you came up
with that whole "cleanin
the coffee urn" thing.

That was the one part
of the plan I didn't think
I could explain

if they ever found it.

I didn't think they'd believe
that I forgot that too.

So that... that was good.

You really helped me out.

Charlie...

You think that's
what happened?

I...

I don't know.

'Cause that's the only reason
that I can think of for why
you would lie for me.

I mean, why else would you
do that unless part of you
thinks that I'm guilty?

[Sarah] Nice shot, Floyd.

It was the chalk, Irma.

What? I swear.

I'm gonna
get some more.

Floyd?

Irma?

Yeah. We kind of came up
with pool-hall names
for each other last night.

Kind of silly.

God, he is such a great guy,
you know that?

I mean, I can totally see
why he's your best friend.

So is this weird,
or what?

I don't know.
Do you think so?

Maybe a little.

But, you know, I'm really
glad that you're okay

with all of us
hanging out together.

It's kind of funny
how things turn out,

but I guess
it's for the best, right?

[chuckles]

You wanna break, Bay?

Uh, I think
I wanna go last.

Show you guys
how it's done. [Sarah] Oh, I will.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.
I don't wanna have
to pay for the felt.

Now, what you wanna do
is you want to...

In the middle?

Hold this hand
up like that.

Like that. Okay.

[Will] Right in the middle.
[Sarah] In the middle.

Okay, wanna put money
on this one, Salinger?

[Sarah giggles]

Major Holbrook?

He's not here.

I know, um,

I came to see you.

You weren't at
the arraignment today.

And Griffin's lawyer
thinks that it might help

if you come down tomorrow
for the sentencing.

He thinks he might be able
to figure out a way

so that Griffin doesn't
have to go to prison.

Look, um...

Why don't you
go home, okay?

What... is it Julie?

I don't feel like
talking to anybody right now.

I know.

-Believe me, I know.
-No, excuse me.

You don't know.

Has Griffin ever
told you much about me?

Probably not, huh? I mean,
you don't even know my name.

Major Holbrook, my parents
were killed two years ago.

So I know what it's like
to lose people that you love. And I know what it's like
to get mad about things
that just happen.

I mean, I said, "To hell
with everything," you know,

for a long time after.

[Julia sobbing]

I think we're probably
a lot alike that way.

Please--

But I realize that being mad
doesn't make anything better,

and it doesn't change
anything, and there are still
people around that matter.

You lost your daughter

and there's nothing
you can do about that.

But now you might
lose your son.

[knock at door]

Are you gonna see
Griffin today?

If they let me.

So he could go
to jail, huh?

I hope not.

Maybe.

I really don't
get it, Jule.

I mean, why would
he do this?

Why would he steal
from us?

I don't know.

But doesn't it
make you mad?

Why aren't you mad at him,
Julia? I'm mad at him.

I don't know.

I'm not sure.

Sometimes people
do stupid things.

You know, like,

when they feel really
bad about themselves,

and you just...

You have to try
and understand.

Okay.

There's no way
I can go with you.

Right?

I'm sorry.

Mr. Arbogast.

You shouldn't be here,
Mr. Salinger.

Do you have any idea

how much your company's
made off Salinger's
in the past 15 years?

This is highly
inappropriate.

Ninety-seven thousand,
six hundred
and forty-one dollars

and twelve cents,
for insurance.

I should not be talking
to you without a lawyer
present, please.

Only that doesn't
mean anything,

even though we've never
filed a claim, not once.

And now, now that we need it,
now that we're entitled
to half of what we paid you,

you bend over backwards
to find some way
to make sure we don't get it.

We don't pay when circumstances
are suspect, now please leave.

I used to have people
who trusted me,
and now they don't anymore

because you accused me
of something that I didn't do.

And you've got nothing
to back that up.

But why should you
give a damn about that?

Just as long as you can
save your company
a few more dollars.

I just want you
to know something.

That restaurant
was my father's.

And that doesn't mean anything
to you, and you don't care,

but if you had any idea
how much it means to me,

how it is the only thing
that I have left of him,

there is no way that you would
accuse me of burning it down.

There's no way.

[Jody] Hey, Claudia.

Give me a hand
with this.

I've only got one.

Guess what.

I actually had
a Bullock-free day,

so I'm guessing this means
someone in the office

must have done me
a favor or something.

Doubt it.

Who would do that
for you?

I don't know.
Some geek, probably.

Yeah.

Probably.

Hey, I wanna
sign your cast.

Or is it only
for people you like?

I guess I can make
an exception.

There. Check it out.

At least you spelled
it right this time.

Yeah, well, who wants
to see your little head
explode again?

Jerk. Freak.

You're gonna
smoke on the bus?

Hey, I'm jonesin', okay?

Man, we gotta
loosen you up.

Come on, fiddle girl.
Walk on the wild side.

[coughs]

[bell buzzes]

Are you...

Are you okay?

Yeah, yeah, I guess.

I don't know.

Uh, they're letting me
out of here this afternoon.

They are?

Yeah, out of here, anyway.

Yeah, my, uh...

My Dad showed up
this morning with, uh,

some big Army lawyer.

Said he wanted to get things
back on the right track.

It was kind of weird.

Anyway, uh...

he called in a favor,
and they worked it out.

I'm not going to prison.

You mean, like,
probation or something? Well, um, I'm

going away to the Allenwood
Academy for six months.

It's, like, this
military school in Louisiana.

I guess it could be worse.

Griffin, can you

at least tell me
why you did it?

'Cause, um,

I'm gonna need to know
so that I can figure
all this out after.

I don't know.

I...just figured I...

If I could do
something like this,

maybe I could just split.

Or maybe the army wouldn't
take me, you know?

Maybe I just got so used
to him calling me stupid

that I just felt that
I had to prove him right.

Sorry, we're closed.

Too bad. I hear you're
famous for your coffee.

You got a check?

Yeah.

But only because
they can't prove anything.

It's half of what
I should get,

but it'll cover
the repairs,

so I guess
I got away with it.

Charlie Salinger,
professional arsonist.

I bought you
a little present.

I thought it might
come in handy for your
new line of work.

I mean, I don't know
what it means

or what it says
about me, or you, or us.

But I had this revelation,
in three parts.

Three parts?

Bear with me.

A.

Okay, a part of me,
I admit it,

thought for a minute
you might have done it,

even though
I know you didn't,

and... and I know
that that's absurd,

but it didn't take long
for me to get to B,
which is,

I realized I didn't care.

It just...
It didn't matter to me.

And that's great.
That's probably
the way it should be.

You're not gonna start singing
"Stand By Your Man," I hope.

No. [chuckles]

But if you wanna rob
a liquor store or something

and you need somebody
to keep the car running,
now's your chance.

So, what happened to C?

Well, C is just...

I never knew being crazy about
somebody means exactly that.

It means you're crazy.

I've never done it in
a burned-out restaurant before.

Have you?

Once, actually, but that
was a long time ago.

-Hey, Will.
-Hey.

What are you doing?

[Bailey] Oh.

Listen, I, uh...

I kind of have
to talk to you.

What's up?

[Bailey] Well,
I don't know, uh,

It's kind of weird,
and I don't really know
exactly how to say this,

but I really have to.

Wait, wait, wait.
Watch this.

[classical music playing]

[crashes and grunts]

Isn't she great?

I mean, isn't she just...?

Yeah, she is.

So, what was it
you wanted to say?

Just, uh...

I mean, I need
to get those, uh...

Those physics notes back
from you one of these days.

Sure. No problem.

Okay.

[soft rock music playing]

Griffin?

We've got a few minutes.
I'll wait in the car.

Were you gonna call me?

I didn't know if you'd wanna
hear from me or not.

How can you say that?
I mean,

how can you even
think that?

I just do.

Griffin.

You know what?

You know, uh,

you probably
shouldn't write me.

Well, 'cause, uh...

'Cause I probably
won't write back.

You kind of...
You kind of need to know that.

Just... Just forget
about me, okay, Julia?

Stop it, Griffin, don't--

No, look at you.

And look at me.

I don't know.

Sometimes I still can't
believe that you were mine.

Even for a little while.

I got... I gotta go.

Oh, yeah.

I love you.

Okay?

Okay.

[car engine starts]

♪ I'm standing before you ♪

♪ Not a question of faith ♪

♪ But some kind of race ♪