Party of Five (1994–2000): Season 3, Episode 2 - Going, Going, Gone - full transcript

[soft music playing]

Hm. Romantic rendezvous,
five letters.

Uh, date?

Hey, check it out.

Camping in Big Sur.

Just, you know,
quit your job--

Apartments, jobs,
in that order.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

It would have been nice,
though, huh?

Yeah.

Tryst. That's it.
T-R-Y-S--



-Hey.
-Hm? T.

-[grunts]
-No. No!

-Come on.
-Stop!

[giggles]
You're such a brat.

[giggling]

Stop.

[Byron]
Okay. The bubbles
stopped bubbling.

So flip 'em, silly.

[Julia giggles]

[Claudia giggles]

I'm not ticklish.

Sorry.

Tsk.

Good to know, yeah.



Ah, here's one, on Potrero.
"Roommate wanted, two bedrooms."

How much?

Well, your couch
is a lot cheaper.

End of the week
and you're out of here.

He's looking,
Charlie.

And pick up your crap
in the living room.
I'm sick of tripping over it.

I think he's starting
to like me.

Keep looking.

Yeah, right.
Got ya.

Wait.

Hold on. Wait.
You've got some newsprint

on your little--
There you go.

-Oh, do I?
-Mm-hm.

[Griffin speaking indistinctly]

Ta-da.

Banana and peanut butter
pancake sandwiches.

-What?
-You--

You've got peanut butter
on your nose, doof.

Heh-heh-heh. Oh.

Would you mind?

[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 ♪

[Will]
Will you listen to his hobbies?

"Leather crafting,

"pot-- Pottery throwing

and bonsai cultivation."

Bailey, he's a freak.
I have to live with a freak.

Not before you have to drive
across country with him.

Excuse me for not crying here,
Will,

but you're about to move to,
like--

Like what?
A totally new time zone.

And me, for my big time
college adventure,

I get to drive, like,
two stop lights.

That's assuming
I ever get my jeep back.

Yeah, well, I get to go
straight to hell.

[man]
Hey, is, uh--

Is one of you
guys, um, Will McCorkle?

Hey.

Tucker Blagdon,
your new roommate.

Hey!

Uh, this is my friend,
Bailey Salinger.

-Hey, how you doing?
-Good, how are you?

[indistinct announcement
over P.A.]

Is that all you brought?

Yeah, yeah.
Like the poet says,

never own more than you can
carry on your back, you know?

Oh, hey, do you think
you could, um,

watch this stuff for me
for a second?

I gotta do some recycling.

"Like the poet says?"
"I gotta do some recycling?"
What is that, Bay?

I don't know. He's from Seattle.

Hey, this is cool. He's got a--
He's got a harmonica.

Yeah. And that's all he's got,
which means

he'll be using my stereo,
my computer, my blender,

and my hair-care products.
I can't live with this guy, Bay.
I can't.

Hey, relax, Will.
He's only your roommate.

He doesn't have to be
your best friend.

[Kirsten]
You can? Really, you can?

Uh, no.
Uh, no, no.

I'm-- I'm interested.

Very. Um, ah, wait.

Wait.
I need to write this down.

[Charlie]
What?

-Jeb Upner? Who--?
-No, no, no, no, no. No.

I mean, I'm-- I'm thrilled
that you called.

I'm-- I'll see you tomorrow.

Heh. Thank you. Bye.

What? Who--?
Who's Jeb Upner?

Job offer, Charlie.
They offered me a job.

That's-- That's great, Kirsten.
But don't you already have one?

Do you remember that job
that I wanted so bad

and they strung me along
and they ended up giving it

to some guy
with a published thesis?

-The one in Seaside?
-Cal State Monterey.

Well, it turns out
Mr. Published-Thesis
took another offer

and guess whose name
was left on the list?

Wow. That's--
That's fantastic.

It's Monterey.

What? You mean
that it's far away. I know.

It is. But, ah, the fact
that they called, Charlie.

I mean, this school,
they have a library annex

that's just for child psychology
and they want me to

to meet the department head
tomorrow morning.

So I'm gonna have to get up
at, like, dawn.

Okay. So we'll go to bed early.

Great. Oh, I'm gonna check
my notes.

I don't want to-- I don't want
to forget all their names.

[sighs]

Charlie, you're it.

[sighs]

[Julia]
Hey, Claud, I'm up for laundry.
You got any--?

[sighs]

Man, who do I have to kill
to get a little
privacy around here?

Well, I-I was just--

Um, you got any whites?

In the hamper.

So go get them.

You go get them.
I-I'm busy.

You want them washed?

Heh. Hold that thought, Byron.

So.

Claud's told me
a lot about you.

Trust me, she lies.

Actually, she's told me
you're pretty cool.

Well, she told me
you're pretty cool too.

You play soccer
or something, right?

Goalie.

Hm. Funny,
I never thought
I'd see Claud dating a jock.

Um, not that there's anything
wrong with dating jocks,

es-- Especially soccer players.

I mean,
soccer players are cool.

I-if I was gonna date
an athlete,

I'd-- I'd definitely
go with soccer.

You would?

Yeah.

Okay. Adios.

Great. Bye. Bye.

Oh, hey, Julia, you, uh--

You dropped your--

Your thing.

Thanks.

[Julia]
Will you tell me
where we're going?

-Nope. Close your eyes.
-Ugh.

I got it.
You found a place.

That's it, right?

Come on, Griffin,
is it big?

You'll see.

[giggles]
Lots of windows?

You could say that.

[Julia giggles]

Okay. Open them.

Where is it?

Surprise.

It's a car.

Yeah. It's pretty cool, huh?

No. No. It's-- It's not cool.
What were you--?

Griffin, you were supposed
to get an apartment.

-Relax. I'll get one.
-When?

Griffin, Charlie is not kidding.
He's gonna kick you out.

So unless you bought this
to sleep in...

I bought it for you.

Me?

Yeah.

Because I hated seeing you
take muni all the time

and I got a pretty good deal.
So I just thought...

Look, you just, pull,

ugh, and lift here.

[door creaks open]

All right? See?

You hate it.

-No.
-I can fix the door.

No. I just, uh--

I-I can't believe it.

Well.

Ah, I, uh,

can fix that too.

[classical Indian music playing]

[Tucker]
So I'm thinking if Will and me
book through Nevada and Utah,

we could make it
to the Kansas State Fair,

because this thing, man,
it's supposed to be crazy.

They got tobacco spitting,

hog calling, jerky pulls.

-Jerky pulls?
-Yeah, man.

If it lives in the dirt,
they got a contest for it.

Can I give you some advice,
Tucker?

Save the theme travel,
really.

Will's not into it at all.

It's not supposed to be
educational or anything.

No. I know. I know.
But just take my word for it.

I tried it myself.

All it got me was a stolen car.

How could he not like
a spitting contest? Come on.

-Did you say spitting contest?
-Uh-huh.

No, when my cousin Rob
drove cross country,

he came across this thing.
It's, like,
this state-fair thing.

Said it was the wildest show
he ever saw.

There was, like,
ax throwing and log rolling
and-- and squash hurling.

Really? Because I was
just telling Bailey
that if we booked real fast,

we could make it
to the Kansas State Fair
on the way to Perry.

-Really?
-Uh-huh.

No. Because I'm awesome
at competitive pie eating.

I got, like, no gag reflex
at all. Seriously.

Well, if we drive, like,
10 hours a day,
we could make it there in time.

-[Will] I'm up for that.
-[Tucker] All right.

-Parker Patterson Press.
One moment.
-[phone rings]

-Parker Patterson Press.
-[phone rings]

-One moment.
-Hey.

Parker Peterson Press--
I mean-- Hello?

Griffin, what are you--?

-[phone rings]
-Hold on. This is Julia.

Oh, Mr. Conklin.
No. Just your wife. Right.

-[line disconnects]
-You're welcome, jerk.

-Is that the guy with the, uh--?
-Comb-over, yeah.

Griffin, what are you doing
here? I thought you were
supposed to--

[phone rings]

Parker Patterson Press.
I'm sorry?

-Uh-huh.
-I got you fuel pump fixed

which took care of the gas
smell in your car.

So I was thinking that, uh,
maybe we could take a drive
up to Drakes Beach.

Uh, I'll transfer you
to Distribution.

Griffin, I-I work till 6:00.
You know that.

So cut out early.

I can't cut out early.
This is my job.

Okay, cool. Well,

I'll wait, then. -[phone rings]
-Griffin--

Parker Patterson Press.

No, I'm sorry.
She's not in at the moment.

Uh-huh.

Uh-huh.

Yeah, I-- I will. Thanks.

Don't play with it.

Sorry.

[sighs]

Here.

This was posted
in the lounge.

One of the mail room guys
is looking for a roommate.

So go, call him.

Ah, I don't know.

You know, like today.

Now.

[Bailey]
"Fifth-floor double
with partitions,

smoker preferred
but not required."

So-- So it's okay
I don't smoke.

Mm. Lucky you. And how much is
this gonna cost?

I mean, like, 550 a month.
So with a few extra hours
at the restaurant, I can--

You could share
a basement triple
under dining hall.

"Breakfast just a hurl away.
Must love Jethro Tull."

I know all the words
to "Aqualung."

Okay. Or-- Oh,

"Premed suite seeking roommate
who sleeps days.

Do not apply
if allergic to formaldehyde."

I hear that stuff's
great for your sinuses.

Bailey, I-I'm-- I'm--
I'm a little confused.

[sighs]

Will-- Will called me
this morning.

And he asked if he could
have my Dr. Giggles poster
for his dorm room

and I said no.

But you hate that poster.
It gives you nightmares.

Yeah. Which kind of
made me realize

instead of like--

Instead of stewing over
not having
a full-college experience,

why not just get it together
and get a dorm room for myself?

Even if it means sharing
a bunk in Frankenstein's lab?

Well, how am I supposed
to meet people?

Like, leaning over
in some lecture hall?

"Hey, uh, I couldn't
help but notice,

but we use the same highlighter.
Bailey Salinger, total loser."

Okay. Okay. But can we at least
find a place where I can
visit you without, you know,

needing a breathing apparatus,
please?

Yes.

This is Charlie's
surprise 18th birthday party.

Only the surprise was
he never showed up
because he got sick on tequila.

It was food poisoning,
Claud.

Yeah, right.

Oh, whoa. Is that you?

Nope. I was only 5.
That's Julia.

Oh, I'm over here.
Check out the hair.

So if you were 5,
then she was what? 10? 11?

Nine. Anyway--

Wow. She does not
look 9.

And this was last Halloween.

I wore Julia's old cheerleading
uniform. Pretty lame, huh?

-Julia was a cheerleader?
-Yeah. For, like, 10 minutes.

And then she realized that
she had to smile a lot and quit.

Really? Julia?

[chuckles]

Imagine, hm?

What do you mean think about it?
It's perfect.

Did you see how dirty
that place was?

The guy's a slob.

Oh, Griffin,
you're a slob.

Now, come on, I'm getting
tired of this.

Let's go back
and give him a deposit.

It's too expensive.

What? This is the cheapest
thing you've looked at,

and you've got
over a thousand dollars to--

Wait a second. You told me--

How much do you have left?

A couple hundred.

A couple of hundred?
You spent $800 on that car?

I got a great deal.
The guy wanted 15.

Griffin, you spent
all your money.

I mean, how are you
gonna get a place now?

Get a job.

It might take a while,
but--

You don't have a while.
I told you,

you can't sleep
on my couch forever.

Why are you freaking out on me?

I was trying to do
something nice for you.

Yeah, I know. It's just--

God, you have enough money
to get a place

and you go blow it
on this junk heap and--

Okay.

Yeah, that's fine.

Maybe someday you can tell me
what I did wrong,

because right now I'm feeling
way too stupid to understand.

Griffin.

[Kirsten]
Oh, God, the drive home
was a nightmare.

Plus, they want to dump
an extra tutorial on me.

And I have to buy my own
stationery supplies.

The whole thing

[yawning]
is overwhelming.

I know. But it's okay.
You can always tell them that--

I'm gonna take it.

What?

Yep.

I'll call them back
to tell them.

I've got a meeting first thing,
grad school dean.

Even with the extra class
and-- And the stationery
and the drive?

I really want this, Charlie.

So bad.

And if I have to,

[sighs] I'll commute.

Well,

okay, but, I mean,
are we gonna--?

Don't you think we should
talk about this?

Because this is--

This is--

Kirsten?

Kirsten?

Hey.

[sighs]

Four thousand dollars?
Are you crazy?

Will you listen to me
for a second?

You don't have
to have a cow about it.

I can pay for it with my own--

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,
keep it down.

Kirsten's trying to sleep.

[Julia]
Bailey's getting a dorm room.
Did you know about that?

No. He didn't--

Four thousand dollars.

I could cover most of it
by myself.

I thought we all kicked in
part of what we made
for family expenses.

What happens to that?

Well, he put his college money
up for the restaurant, Jul.

Can't say he hasn't been
pulling his own weight.

His weight or your weight,
Charlie?

Give me a break.
I mean, really, Julia,

can you please
give me a break here?

Does it make that much
of a difference where you sleep?

Yes.
Yes, it does.

-Why?
-Because.

Because, Julia, college--

It's more than just classes
and sports and stuff.

And whatever it is,
it happens at college.
Not here.

This is important to me,
Julia, okay?

I know it is, Bay.
I-I do.

But come on, $4000 when school
is just 10 minutes away?

With all the stuff
that we need money for.

It-- It just doesn't make sense.

[eerie theme playing on TV]

Oh, no, she's--?
She's going in there?

Oh, this is totally scary.
I can't watch.

[woman screams]

Man, I, uh--

[TV switches off]

I really should get going.

But you've-- You've got,
like, an hour
before the next bus.

We could find
something to do.

May-- Maybe we should, um--

Maybe we should just watch.

[Julia]
Griffin.

Oh, I thought--

Nope, not here.

Hey, Julia.

Hey, Byron. Um,

I'm sorry.
I didn't realize you guys were--

No, no, no, no, no.
We were just, you know, hanging.

I, uh--
I sort of missed my bus.

Anyway, I, uh--
I gotta get home.

My mom's car's in the shop
and she worries.

And I'm really wiped, so--

Do you want a ride or something?

Hey, you wouldn't mind?

No. Actually, I kind of want
to get out of here.

Well, that'll be cool.

-Great. Let's go.
-Whoa, whoa, whoa,
wait a second.

You're not going anywhere.
I'm gonna take Byron home

and you can get your
chores done for a change.

The dishes are piling up
and the bathroom's a wreck.

I-I'll do it when we get back.

Hey, hey, it's okay.

We spent all day together.
And we're still on for tomorrow.

So, uh,
I'll see you, okay?

-[engine sputtering]
-[Julia] Okay. 2121.

Is this--? Is this it?

-Yeah. Looks like it.
-Huh.

You know, you should really
learn your way around, Byron.

I mean, it-- It's a straight
shot right up Filbert.

All those side streets
take forever.

Okay. I'll remember that
next time.

Okay.

Well, bye.

Claudia's a really
great kid, huh?

What? I-- Y-yeah, I guess.
Listen, By--

And-- And a really great
friend too. You know,

that's kind of how
I think of her, as a friend.

I mean, after all, I-- I am five
months older than she is.

Whatever.
Look, Byron, I should go.

Julia, I had
a really good time.

What?

Do you--?
Do you want to see my room?

What is the matter with you?

Nothing, nothing, nothing.

I-- I just--

I was just thinking
earlier about what you said

-about dating soccer players.
-Uh-huh.

Hey, I'm a soccer player
and I know there's--

I know there's the whole
age-difference thing

but I really think
you're great, so--

So get over it.

And get out.

Oh, God.

Wow.

You smell really good.

Out!

[groans]

[gasps]

God, you scared me.

You two have a nice time?

Excuse me?

You and Byron.

What did you do?
Make out on his front porch?

Look, whatever's going on
between the two of you,
leave me out of it, okay?

So I--

I was right about you two?

Wow.

I can't believe
you would do this.

I can't believe
that you stole my boyfriend.

All right.
Claudia, first of all,
that is absolutely insane.

A-and second of all, if you want
to get mad at someone,

-get mad at Byron, okay?
-I'm mad at both of you. I mean,

you don't know what it's like
to-- to grow up

in this stupid house with--
with everyone's boyfriends

and girlfriend parading
through here all the time.

I'm sorry, Claudia,
but I-- I didn't do anything.

Yes, you did. You know,
I finally had my own boyfriend

and it was finally my turn
and then, you just--

you walked in there with your--
with your face on

and all of a sudden, he doesn't
even care about me anymore.

Oh, you scared me.

What time is it?

4:30. Go back to bed, sweetie.

I wanted to talk about
something.

I am running so late, Charlie.

Okay. Wedding.

Um, Mark and Jennifer's
in-- in Napa,

September, um, wait,

28th.

Do you want to go?

Can I--? Can I think about it?

But-- But wait,

uh, your sweater.

Um, oh, yeah,

the restaurant mosaic.

Um, I mean, I really loved
your idea and I'm meeting
with the guy,

but we're gonna
have to decide to--

Yeah, um, I'm really glad
you mentioned that, Charlie.

I am. But you know what?

What?

I gotta go. I'm so sorry.

-Kirsten, come on.
-I know. I know, I know.

But we'll talk about it
when I get home. Okay?

I love you. I love you.

[Sarah]
Think about it, Bailey.
I mean, dorm room, okay?

Crowded, noisy, funky,

ugh, smelly.

Attic: quiet, peaceful.

Boring.

Home.

Hey, there you are.

Hey, where's Tucker?

He's out in my car
learning how to drive a stick.
It's too painful to watch.

Ugh. I hope
Gina's not teaching him.

Last time she drove the jeep,
she made the gears
sound like they were crying.

No. Gina's not teaching him.

Because, uh, Gina and me,
we kind of broke up.

What?

Why? What happened?

I don't know.

I'm sitting there
watching her mismatch an outfit,
and it hits me.

Here's this girl
I'm crazy about.

So how can I go away and, like,
tie her to the telephone?

That's not what college
is supposed to be about.

It's supposed to be, you know,
doing new stuff,
meeting new people.

Don't tell me you actually
said that to Gina?

Yeah, I said that
'cause it's true.

And it worked out for Tucker,
so I figured--

Tucker?
What does he have to do with it?

Nothing.
He just did the same thing
with his girlfriend.

So since you guys are roommates,
you gotta dump yours too?

No.

I don't know.
Maybe it's rough,
but it's the right thing to do.

What? That--
That makes no sense, Will.

You know what, Bay? Shut up.

'Cause it's none
of your business.

God, even Gina took it
better than you.

[slurps]

[clears throat]

Don't get mad.

I-I picked them
in Golden Gate Park.

Um, I know how you get
when I spend money on you.

Where have you been?

Uh, I've just been
staying at the Y.

I just figured you really didn't
want me around, so...

Uh, listen, uh, can we--?

Can we just start over?

[man]
Julia.

Did you pouch the Scarves
manuscript to New York?

[Julia]
Yes, Mr. Conklin.
Six copies.

And did they have all the pages?

Because the copy you gave me
has only the odd pages.

What?

I-- You should've--

[Julia sighs]

God, I-I guess the--

This is very sloppy work, Julia.

We can't afford
these kinds of stupid mistakes.

Hey, she said she was sorry,
okay?

Excuse me?

-Griffin--
-She said she was gonna

take care of it,
but you keep ragging on her.

-Why don't you lay off, man?
-Who is this idiot?

Hey. [Julia]
Griffin.

Griffin, just go home.

Okay?
I mean it.

Oh, hey,
I got news for you, pal.

You're not fooling anybody
with that hair.

I, um...

I'm glad I'm meeting him here.

I mean, he won't even
look at me
when Julia's around.

So you're just gonna dump him,
huh?

Of course I'm gonna dump him.

Not until after I tell him
what a jerk he is

and throw his jacket
in his face.

[sighs]

Man, I wouldn't wanna be
in his shoes right now.

Look, he deserves
what he's gonna get, Charlie.

I mean, I'm just--
I'm gonna tell him off
and kick him out,

and there is nothing
he can say
that's gonna change my mind.

Unless he's really,
really sweet.

And he begs,

like,

a lot.

[man on radio]
Are you ready to play
our bonus round?

[woman] Ready as can be, Chip.

[man]
There's $9500 for playing
today's game...

Hey.

Oh, you're home early. Cool.

Cool?

Okay. It's not cool.

You're mad?

What were you thinking?

I mean, what could possibly
have been going on in your brain

to think that it was okay
to talk to my boss like that?

What was I supposed to do, sit
there and watch him rag on you?

Yes. Yeah.

Well, no-- Nobody
treats you like that.

I don't care who he is.

Oh, Griffin, I got fired. Okay?

'Cause of that Xeroxing thing?

No.
No, because of you.

Wha--?

So you got fired from some
lousy job you hated anyway.

Big deal.

You don't need to be
working for that jerk.

I needed a recommendation
from that jerk.

I needed this job for college,
and y-you ruined that for me.

I am so tired of this stuff.

I'm sorry, Griffin, but I am.

I used to think it was cool,
you know,

the way that you would
show up whenever you wanted

a-and be aloof
and create all these dramas.

I used to think that that made
you this really romantic guy.

What do you mean used to?

I love you, Griffin,

but stuff has happened to me,
and I am different now.

And there are things
that I want. Only you--

You're just-- [sighs]

You're just still
hanging around.

I mean, isn't there anything
that you want?

I want you.

No. I mean, out of life.

Yeah. You.

That's not enough.

He's not comin', huh?

I kind of doubt it.

What a coward.

Would you, um--?

Would you put this
in the lost and found for me?

Do you even know
if the thing runs? Cop on the phone said
it was worth 200 bucks

to ship up north,
so I guess that's a good sign.

Well, we're gonna be here
all night.

Why don't I take
the next aisle over?

The guy said the jeep would be
in the first three rows.

So,

Tucker,
you ever--?

You ever actually meet Gina?

I was just wondering, 'cause--

'Cause she's a great girl,
a really great girl.

I thought
you didn't even like her.

Will said you weren't a fan,
as a matter of fact.

Yeah, well, I was wrong,
but my point is you shouldn't--

You shouldn't have talked him
into breaking up with her.

Will's his own man.
He makes his own decisions.

Yeah, well, maybe everyone
would be better off
if you'd just butt out.

Look, I'm just hanging out
with the guy.

I'm sorry
if that gets your goat.

Gets my goat?

What is that? What is that?
A-a Seattle thing?

Up there with hog calling and--
and-- and jerky pulling?

Oh, I'm sorry. It's not
pretentious enough for you?

Let me see, what was Will called
your little Mexican adventure?

A rite of passage?
Now, that sounds just about
phony enough for a guy like you.

Hey, you don't know a thing
about me, pal.

And you know what?
I'm happy to leave it that way.

Damn!

Damn it!

-Look at this.
-[Will] Did you find it?

Big surprise, huh?

What?

-What did you say?
-What did you expect?

You go tooling around
bad neighborhoods
in your prep-mobile.

-You're kind of asking for it.
-That's it.

Hey, hey, hey. What's going on?

What's the matter with you?

What's the matter with me?

-Don't know what his problem is.
-It's you.

This guy's a jerk, Will.
A total jerk. You know that?

Come on.

-What are you doing, Bay?
-What?

-Why are you doing this to me?
-What? He's the one--

[Bailey]
Who-- What are you--?

What are you--?
You're not taking his side,
are you?

You're taking his side?

What are you talking about
sides, Bay?

I gotta ride 3000 miles
in a car with this guy.

I gotta live with him.
What do you want me to do, huh?

What the hell
am I supposed to do?

You just got back?

It's 11:15. A truck jackknifed.

It took 45 minutes
to go three miles.

Right.

And tomorrow
it'll be foggy again.

And the next day
it'll be traffic.

It'll always be something.

It's just--
This isn't working, Kirsten.

No, it isn't. You're right.

It's not fair to you or me,
which is why I'm not gonna make
the drive anymore.

I'm gonna take one
of the apartments they keep
for non-resident faculty.

For a really cheap price,
I can get a room
for three nights a week.

So you'd--? You'd live there?

I've gotten them
to schedule my classes
Tuesday through Thursday,

which is great
'cause it's part-time.

And then the rest of the week
is totally mine, and--
And I can spend it with you.

-Four days?
-Yeah.

That's, uh--

That's part-time too.

Wow. Heh.
I thought you weren't moving.

I just cleared out
all this crap I don't need.

Just old junk. What's that?

New junk. Heh.

I thought since the dorm
can't be your home

that maybe your home
could be the dorm.

I got you some empty beer cans,

swimsuit calendar, and, uh,

one of those
Nerf football thingies.

[both chuckle]

Cute.

Pathetic actually,
but I didn't know
what else to do.

You know what?

Everybody else--

Everybody else is moving on.

I mean, that's what college
is all about, right?

Starting over
and all that stuff?

So that's what I'm gonna do too.

I never really settled in
up here, because I always--

I always thought it was
temporary, but now I'm here. -Right.
-Absolutely.

So now it's out with the old--

What's the matter?

Nothing. Just, um,

this.

Will forgot his hat.

We said things
would never change, like--

Like, last week.

How stupid is that?

Nothing changes
until it changes, right?

You really need all this stuff
in Monterey?

I mean, this is all your CDs.

Three days ago you said
this stuff was a fire hazard.

All I'm saying is you don't have
to move everything you own.

I'm not, Charlie.
And I'm not forwarding my mail.

And I'm not gonna give out
my number down there,
'cause I still live here, okay?

[both sigh]

Oh, God, I still have
a bunch of boxes left.

Wait. Wait. Wait.
Could you just--?

Could we just sit for a minute?

You don't wanna
get this done first?

No. No.

All we ever do
is get stuff done.

That's not enough.

I mean, I-- I--

I actually-- I miss you.

These last few days I miss you.

Charlie--

And I don't get it. I--

I thought you said you were
happy with the way things were.

We both said it. That--

That things were
really clicking for us.

Yeah, they are.

Then why would you change
everything?

Because I really want this job.

And I want all of this too.

I want you.

Yeah, well, it's--
It's not that simple.

Okay. Then, we'll work on it.

We'll talk about stuff,
about problems,

and we'll figure it out, okay?

I just...

I keep thinking that
none of this would've happened

if we just decided
to get married.

I don't know. Maybe.

Maybe if we were married,

I would be able to
look at the job and say
I can give that up.

But we're not married.

And-- And--

And that kind of sacrifice,
Charlie, I-I-I just...

This is who we are right now.
Th-this is where I am right now.

I-I know it's not perfect,

but I like it like this.

It's okay.
I'm not gonna yell at you.

I'm kind of tired
of yelling at you.

Yeah, that's good,
'cause I'm kind of tired of you
yelling at me.

So anyways, I--
I saw some stuff in the paper
that doesn't look too bad.

There's a messenger job
downtown, so you could ride
your bike all day,

and there's a storage place
that's looking for
a live-in manager, so--

I've, uh--

Yeah, sort of got that covered.

Oh, you do?

That's-- That's great.

Yeah. That buddy of mine, uh,

made a few phone calls, and, uh,

I'm gonna catch up with the boat
down in San Diego.

Wait, uh,

you're gonna leave?

Yeah. I-I've just been thinking
about what you told me

about needing something else
in my life that matters to me.

Yeah, but I-I didn't say
anything about leaving.

Griffin, I-I thought we were
gonna figure this out together.

And now you're just--
You're gonna run away?

I'm coming back.

I mean, that's the whole point.

It's just things are so screwy
with us right now.

It's kind of my fault.

I mean, you're starting
to hate me.

I don't hate you. You know what I mean.

I mean, that's exactly
what I was afraid of,
that I was gonna screw this up.

If I keep hanging around here,

it's only gonna get worse.

So it's up to me.

And I gotta do something
about that.

About me.

That make sense?

We do this a lot, huh?

Say goodbye?

Yeah.
It's kind of weird.

Well, I fixed your mirror.

The door still kind of sticks.

Well, I'll think about you
every time I crawl across
the front seat.

And, um, you can fix it

when you get back.

I found your pencil. You know, the--
the one you loaned me.

I just-- I thought you,
you know, might want it back.

You want some?

Yeah.

Jule, can I ask you something?

I mean, obviously,
you've got a lot more experience
at this stuff.

It was really great
having a boyfriend.

And then it was just over.

And I can't help wondering, man,

what if this is, like, it?

It can't always
be like this, right?

It--? It does get better, right?

Nope.

Get used to it, Claud.
Guys can be a total drag.

Thanks for the, uh,
sisterly heart-to-heart.
I'm just gonna go

lie down on the freeway.

No, wait, Claud.

That sounded...

Hmm. Come sit.

God, you know, I--

I wish I could tell you
that it'll be easier next time,

or it'll be forever.
he'll be "The One"
in capital letters.

But the truth is,

you never know until you know.

So then what's the point?
I mean, it really--

It doesn't seem worth it.

You know that feeling you got
when you first met Byron,

and then whenever you saw him
or thought about him?

Yeah.

You mean, like--?

Like butterflies
in my stomach?

[giggles]

Yeah. Exactly.

It's worth that.

You know, it's worth
the butterflies.

I told Owen that you'd
be home in a few days.

And he didn't get the concept,
so I said it was like
85 episodes of Muppet Babies.

[Charlie]
It freaked him out.

Tell him I'll bring him
a present.

So did I get any good mail?

Um,

well,

you may have won
a vacation home in Guadalupe.

Ha. Great.

I'm still getting issues
of Modern Macramé

from the last time
I almost won.

What's for dinner?

Kung Pao chicken with extra MSG.
You?

Um, aspartame
and Red Dye No. 2.

So how'd it go
with the stucco guy?

Um, he wanted to
make it into a remodel,

but I eventually got him
to talk him out of his vision

and patch the hole.

[speaking indistinctly]

[car door opens]

-Hey.
-Hey.

So you're ready to roll, huh?

Yeah, in a few.

So, um, how's the--?
How's the jeep?

Ah, it drives.

It has a bit of a shimmy
if you get over 60,

but that's probably
a good thing.

That it?

I just wanted to say,

um,

you know, take care of yourself.

Yeah.

You too.

Okay.

So...

Later.