Party of Five (1994–2000): Season 3, Episode 5 - Mixed Signals - full transcript

[gasping]

Hmm.

Oh, boy. Um, you think maybe
this should go over there?

No, I don't.

Okay, so you wanna just
call it quits for the night?

No, I don't.

I was just, uh,
thinking how handy it is

to have your own
private attic.

Yeah.

Thank you, Bailey.

Yeah.



Thank you, Bailey.

[chuckles]

Come on.

Much better.

Hmm.

Cooper.

Wait. Cooper, wait.

[sighs]

I don't wanna wait.

Do you have anything?

Hmm?

Stop.

Come on.

Cooper, I said stop.



Um, what don't you
understand about stop?

I just... You...

You brought me up here
and I figured that...

Yeah, well,
you figured wrong.

Okay. Okay.

Okay, I got it.
I got it.

Third date's too soon, right?

Right.

Okay.

So, uh, how soon can we
schedule date number four?

[giggles]

[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 ♪

Hey.

Out of clean underwear?

And quarters.

Hey, how you feeling?

I bet everybody
keeps asking you that.

It's probably
driving you nuts, right?

I mean... I mean,
I don't mean "nuts."

I'm feeling okay,
actually.

You know, keeping busy.

My doctor's got me on this new
medication and so far...

Good. That's good.

Uh, actually, would you mind?
I just spent the whole morning

rearranging here.

Corn Pops in between Cocoa Puffs
and Count Chocula.

You alphabetized the cereal?

Hey, Bay, can I get
a lift to Jody's?

Yeah, as long as you don't
mind sitting through

a few loads of laundry.

[Bailey]
So, what do you say now?

Out of underwear, huh?

Very funny.

Kirsten, do you know
where the checkbook is?

Uh, living room desk,
third drawer down

next to
the bank statements.

Trying to overdose
on multivitamins, are you?

Just thought
I'd keep a supply on me.

Jody doesn't take them
in the morning.

Where are we
keeping the baggies?

Uh, second drawer
to your left,

behind the wax paper.

Hey, haven't you been,
like, gone lately?

What, are you
living at Jody's now?

I sort of remember saying
you could sleep over there
a few days ago.

I haven't seen you since.

Yeah, so,
what's your point?

My point is
cut that out, okay?

You can sleep
in your own bed

for a few nights
starting tonight.

Starting tomorrow night.

Jody's
already expecting me.

Her mom's making dinner
and everything.

Okay, fine.
Tomorrow night.

But I'm serious
about this, Claud.

And you know what,
Jule took the attic.

So her room's available
now if you want.

-Are you serious?
-If you want, I can give you
a hand with the move.

You know,
help you get organized.

"V."

[man]
Why? Why can't I?

-Just for a few minutes.
-[Callie] Gary, come on.

I got an early class.
I'll call you tomorrow, okay?

[Gary] Promise.
[Callie] Yes.

[Gary] You got my number.
[Callie] Memorized.

[Gary]
All right.

Not.

Bailey,

I didn't know you were home.

So I guess another one
bites the dust, huh?

What's that supposed to mean,
"another one"?

Nothing, nothing.

-So who are they from?
-No one.

[clicks tongue]

My dad, okay?

Guess your dad really
enjoyed the anatomy lesson
yesterday, huh?

Hey, it's not
what you think.

Darrel's premed.

All I did was, uh, help
quiz him on
the lymphatic system.

[phone rings]

Hello.

May I ask who's calling,
please?

Well, T.J.,

I'm afraid she's not here
right now, T.J.

Yeah. In fact, she's out.

She's... She's...

She's aerobicizing
is what she's doing.

Right.

I sure will.

T.J. says he's
left you six messages

and you haven't
returned any of them.

T.J.

T.J.

Was T.J. the one
who broke the coffeemaker?

Oh, no, wait. That was...
That was Boyd.

Just trying to keep track.

Okay, okay.
For your information,

I'm not sleeping
with all of them.

I'm not even sleeping
with most of them.

Whatever. It's none
of my business.

What can I say? There's a lot
of available men at this school

and there's only
one of me.

Hey, I get it.

Supply and demand.

Wow.

It's gotta be, um...

So are you guys...

We split up.

I mean, some stuff,

it's just kind of hard
to get past.

[sighs]

Anyways, I...
I don't tell people.

I mean, I didn't
really wanna tell you

so soon.

It is kind of
a big deal.

But after
last night...

I get it.

I'm the first guy
since the miscarriage.

I get it.

Anyway, obviously,
last night was,

uh, whatever,

but then you kept talking about

the fourth date and then the...
The fifth date.

And the truth is,
I don't know if there's really
such a thing
as the right time.

Because I don't want
to go through that again.

So what?
You... You mean never?

Like, you're never
gonna be ready?

I don't know.

Well, what are you
dating a college guy for?

What does that mean? You...

You date a college guy,
you have to have sex?

-No, I... I--
-And anyways,

I didn't say I wasn't ready. I... I didn't say I'm too young.

I said I don't know
if it's right

to have sex.

Until you're ready to live
with the consequences if...

If you get pregnant.

[sighs]

But the thing is

I'm having
a really good time with you.

I like being with you.

And I don't want this
to matter.

Does it matter?

I don't know.

Yes, it matters.
Of course it matters.

I mean, it...
It's not the only point.

I'm...

Ah, I, uh...
I gotta think about this.

Well, it's not official
or anything.

He hasn't even
actually asked her yet.

-But she thinks any day now.
-[laughs] Wow.

They haven't been going out
very long, have they?

Four months.

He moved in after two.

Guess my mom just really
wants to be married again.

What do you
think of him?

Of Kenny?

I don't know.
I mean, he seems nice.

He's got a really
loud swallow.

No one at this house
respects anyone's privacy.

Tell me about it.
Tomorrow night's gonna be

the first time in forever
I've even had a door to shut.

Thought you
were gonna stay here.

Can't. Charlie's
kinda pulling the plug
on sleepovers for a while.

What do you mean?
You can't stay past tonight?

It's just this thing he does.

I mean, he tries to act
all concerned and dad-like

for a few days but it'll pass.

Could you tell him we have
a school project or something?

So, what's the biggie?
We don't bunk together
for a few days.

Well, I think it's
incredibly rude

to let a person think
you're gonna come over

-then you just blow her off.
-Hey, wait a sec.

I'm not blowing you off.

Jody, what's your problem?

Is something going on?

Jody?

[whispering]
You can't tell anyone, okay?

Tell anyone what?

You have to swear,
Claudia, okay?

Okay, okay. I swear.

What?

He comes into my room
at night.

He who?

Oh... Oh, you mean...
You mean Kenny?

He sits at the edge
of the bed

and he talks to me

with his face,
like, really close to mine.

And...

[sighs]

...last week he...

He kissed me.

On the lips?

Like a boyfriend
or something?

I don't know. Kind of.

I don't know.

Well, I mean,
did you tell your mom?

You gotta tell her, Jody.

Claud, what am I
supposed to do?

I mean,
she really loves him.

She's gonna marry him.

Claudia,
you can't tell anyone, okay?

You swore.

[Callie]
Morning.

-Did you hear the phone ring?
-Mmm? Well, it just rang
and it was T.J.

Remember T.J.,
the guy who keeps calling?

Well, he, like,
really wants to go out.

I mean,
like, psycho really.

He totally won't take no
for an answer.

And there's this thing...

This art gallery...
This opening thing

where I kind of
posed for some photographs.

And I sort of I have to go.
Because I promised
the photographer.

And it's this afternoon.
And T.J. knows about it

because I kind of
let it slip out somehow.

Are you following?

-Mmm, no, I'm sleeping.
-Look, I just...

I just... I can't...
I can't go
with him, okay?

I just can't.
It's just... Ugh.

It's too horrible.
Trust me.

Okay? So anyway...

So I told him that...
That I was seeing someone.

You know, well, like,
living with someone, actually.

And, um, I said it was serious.

You know, like, uh,
love serious.

I told him it was you.

You're up now, huh?

Uh-uh.

-Mmm-mmm, I'm not doing this.
-No, okay, okay.

I just need you
to go with me
this afternoon

-as my boyfriend, okay?
-Mmm-mmm.

My very serious,
fully committed,

never-to-break-up-
and-leave-me-available

for-jerks-like-T.J.
boyfriend, okay?

Hey, I'm the roommate,
remember?

I'm just the roommate.
I pay rent.

[sighs]

There's nothing
that you can say.

So forget it.

Okay, fine. [sighs]

I'm, like, totally nude
in all the photos.

[crashing]

Bailey, God.

-Sorry. I'm sorry.
-I'm sleeping here.

I know. I'm just...
I gotta find my sports coat.

What do you
need a sports coat for

on a Saturday anyway?

You got, like,
a date in court or something?

Worse. I got roped into going
to this art thing

with my roommate.

I saw your boyfriend
this morning.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah.

-Did you two talk?
-No, just waved at each other
across the quad.

There you are.

So, what phase
are you guys in?

The kissy-kissy phase?

The cute-nickname phase?

You know, Cooper Wooper,

Julia Wulia?

We're in the I-don't-think-
we're-seeing-each-other-
anymore phase.

Really?

Wow.

Wait, you... You're...

You're not seeing each other
or you think you're not?

Oh, I don't know.
We kind of left it vague.

Well, what...
What, did you guys
have a fight?

No. Look, it's complicated.

What, that's it?

That's all
you're gonna say?

Pretty much.

Hey, no fair.

After the hell you put me
through when you got together,

I have a vested interest
in you guys.

Come on.

-Hey.
-Hey!

At least give me an idea
what's screwing up the works.

[sighs]

Okay, um,
it's the fact that...

That I don't wanna go
to bed with him that's gumming up the works.

Who's that?

That's Linus.

Linus.

And you know who that is.
Right? That's...

-Snoopy.
-Snoopy, yeah.

Charlie, can I
ask you something?

What color is this?

White.

Uh, white.

White.
Uh-huh. I see.

And this one?

-Uh...
-White.

I'm gonna go
out on a limb here.

I'd have... I'd have to
say white also.

No. It's off-white.

You can't see that,
Charlie?

White, off-white.
White, off-white?

-Okay.
-I mean,

what was the point
of my organizing
the linen closet by colors

if you're just gonna
shove stuff in every which way?

Well?

Oh, I thought that was
rhetorical.

Uh, the point.
Um, I don't know.

I'm sorry, I didn't know
it mattered so much.

Well, it does. It matters a lot.
I mean, I'm trying to...

I'm trying to make a dent
in all this... This mess and...

And if no one's gonna make
the slightest effort...

If no one's
gonna appreciate... [violin playing]

What the hell? Claudia.

[sighs]

We thought the moment
needed a little ceremony.

Okay. Phase one complete.

Phase two, the move.

Jeez, Claud, I didn't know
you had so much stuff.

Oh, most of this is Jody's.

She's gonna be staying
for a while.

-Books first or knickknacks?
-Whichever.

Okay.

What do you mean,
staying over for a while?

What, are you afraid
she'll eat too much?

Take up too much room?

No, of course not.
I just don't see why.

I know you don't
and it's part of your charm.

Can't they spend
a single night apart?

I mean, God,
they're not Siamese twins
for crying out loud.

This is getting ridiculous,
don't you think?

That's just Charlie being,
you know, Charlie.

Oh, God. Come on, Claud.
He wants me out.

No, look, I'm telling you
you can stay.

I mean, you can't
stay here forever, but...

Can't you live with
your dad for a while?

Oh, God. No, Claud.

-He's just...
-Claudia, you gotta get
this junk out of the hallway.

-Charlie!
-What...

Jody, what's going on?

God, can't you just...

What?

Claudia.

Okay,

I mean,

she has a problem...

with...

With her boyfriend.

See, he kind of dumped her

and she's real embarrassed
about it, you know?

I think she just kind of needs
a little time to herself.

So if you could just
not mention it...

it'd be good.

[sighs]

You know, I never realized
that you were so...

So...

Uninhibited?

Limber. You're a very limber girl.

Mmm.

Jeez, you'd...
You'd think they'd have
air conditioning in here.

Why don't I go get us
something to drink.

-Don't disappear on me.
-Okay.

-Tom?
-Hmm?

Mr. Digman?
I'm Bailey Salinger.

I'm in your
Economics ten section.

-Oh, yeah, hi.
-How are you?

Hey, I... I really enjoyed
Friday's lecture a lot.

All that, um...
That supply-side stuff.

Whew, that's...
That's fascinating.

-[laughs]
-Hmm, that... That's funny

because I had the impression
that you were dozing off.

-Me?
-Yeah.

No, sir. No. No.

When I get really focused,
sometimes my eyes

get really small
like that.

Oh.

[sighs]

Here you go.

Hey, Callie,

uh, I want you to meet, uh,
my Economics section leader.

-This is Tom--
-Hello, T.J.

-Callie.
-[clears throat]

...Digman.

You guys know each other?

They only had nasty
Chardonnay, sweetie. So I got you a spritzer, okay?

Wait, is... Th... This is...

He's your...

Huh, I have to say
I'm surprised.

A... A...
A freshman, Callie.

I wouldn't
have figured.

-Really?
-Mmm.

Well, Bailey
just happens to be

one of the deepest men
I've ever met.

-Are you gonna drink that?
-No, go ahead. So I... I take it
you never found my watch.

T.J., look,
please don't start, okay?

Look, I'm sorry
things didn't work out with us.

But what can I say?

Bailey and I never
expected to fall in love.

-It just happened.
Right, honey?
-Right.

So can we just...
Could we just try to be adults
about this, please?

Please?

Well, I guess
I'll see you in class.

Callie. Lasagna?

You always complain about
the food in the dining hall.

Julia, you said
this was important.

It... It is important.

A good dinner
is very important.

It's the most important
meal of the day.

Or is that breakfast?

Julia.

So... So I made you salad too.

See, and... And dessert.

Apple pie.

I'm not that great at pie.

Look, you know what?

What?

I'm trying here.

And I... I know
you weren't gonna call.

Julia...

Maybe... it's kind of like
learning how to ride a bicycle.

After you fall off, you just
gotta get right back on.

I mean, my last experience

was really bad, obviously. So that's all I think about.

But...

maybe if I tried it again.

and it was really nice

and nothing went wrong...

See, now, that makes sense.

And I do really like you.

[whispers]
Me too.

So yes?

So let's see how it goes.

[sighs]

[whispers]
Yes.

Wow, you've
straightened up.

[Cooper]
Yeah, uh, sorta.

Not really.

[both laugh]

I'm afraid that's
a major point deduction.

Well, I washed the sheets.

I even stole Monty Trigger's
fabric softener.

Come here, feel it.

Mmm. Nice. Soft.

Mmm.
Static-free.

[both laugh]

You know, if neatness counts,
I can hang this up for you.

Could you maybe just
close the blinds?

Mmm-hmm.

You didn't
have to do this,
you know.

Not a problem, I've gotta run
some errands near here.

So you're
right on my way.

So your mom's friend's
birthday, huh?

Ken? That his name?

Your mom
figured you forgot.
Join the club.

I'm terrible at
remembering birthdays.

Did you get him a present?

Look, you can just
drop me here.

This is close enough, okay?

No way. You get door-to-door.

Which one is it?

Third one on the right.

Thanks for the lift.

Sure.

Have fun tonight.

[breathing heavily]

Look, I'm ready, okay?

Are you ready too?

[sighs]

Okay, I got it.

This'll just
take a second.

Wait.

Cooper, don't.

Don't what? Don't this?

-Are you kidding?
-No.

I can't.

You can't?
Wait, wait, wait.

I thought you had this
all sorted out.

I mean, you wanted this
to happen, right?

-I know.
-Okay.

Well, you came after me.

I would have
just walked on by.

-I... I know, I just...
-Okay?

I thought maybe if I...
I started the ball rolling

then I'd be able
to go through with it.

Oh, well, that's great.

That's great.
I mean, I'm here, right?

I'm all... You know.

And we're this close
and, like, bam.

Too bad, pal. Huh?

Forget this.
Forget it.

Okay?
Who needs this, right?

I sure as hell don't.

-Cooper, I'm sorry.
-[panting]

Let me tell you something,
Julia.

Next time,
try being a little less sorry

and a lot more sure
of what the hell you want.

[phone rings]

I wanna change sections.

[sighs]
In what course?

-Ec. ten.
-Yeah, all right.

Leave a note for
the department secretary.

What's your name?

Bailey Salinger.

And my section leader
is Tom Digman.

[Tom]
What's the problem?

Oh, this guy wants to transfer
out of your section.

Really?

Why is that?

Um,

I'd just prefer
a different section,

-that's all.
-Uh-huh.

Well, uh,
unless you have

some specific
scheduling conflict,

uh, we don't
change sections.

Is it a specific
scheduling conflict?

-No, but--
-Uh, well, then,

uh, I'll see you
next Tuesday.

Oh... Uh... Eh...

Let me give you
a little piece
of advice, Bailey.

Worry a little less
about what section you're in

and a little more
about the quality
of work you're doing.

C-minus?

No, there's no way.
I studied for this.

It's gonna be a very long
semester for you, Bailey.

[boy]
See you after class.

Hey, Bailey.

-Bailey.
-Hey.

Hey, you know what?

I ought to
beat the crap out of you.

-What?
-I'm telling you,

you do anything...
You touch her...

You force her to do anything...
Anything she doesn't wanna do...

-Get out of my face.
-I'll kill you.

Get your finger
out of my face
before I break it off.

Oh, like I'm scared.

So hey, what is it?
What do you do?

Is it... Is it
the "I'm a college guy.

You wanna date a college guy,
you're gonna have to put out"?

Is that the line?
Is that what
she said to you?

No, she didn't have to.

I'm finally figuring out
what kind of guy you are.

-What's that supposed to mean?
-It means a sleaze is a sleaze.

One day you're stealing meal
cards and cheating on exams.

The next day, you're
trying to get into some
high-school girl's pants.

You didn't have
a problem with me

when you were
getting free meals

and acing your
computer requirements, huh?

Yeah, I know.

I guess I just have lower
standards for a friend

than I do for
a boyfriend for my sister.

Stay away from Julia.

Tell you what,
I'll stay away from both of you.

Deal.

[glass shatters]

Kirsten?

Oh, my God.

It's just Mercurochrome.

I was cleaning
the medicine cabinet.

Well, are you okay?
Did you cut yourself?

No.

-[sighs]
-Your hands.

[sobs]

I keep trying
to clean up the mess.

Hey, it's okay,
don't worry about it.
I'll clean it up.

No, the mess.

The whole mess, Charlie.
I... I...

I keep thinking if I just put
everything in its place, if...

If I could just put everything
in some kind of order,

then maybe... Then maybe...

Then maybe what?

-I don't know.
-[phone rings]

I don't know.

Then... Then maybe my mind
will stop racing.

Then... Then maybe
the panic will disappear.

Maybe I can
wake up one morning

and not have this list
of things that I have to do

-running through my brain.
-[phone continues ringing]

Would somebody please
get the damn phone?

Look, you're getting better.

And... And the fact that
you're being productive

and doing all this stuff
around the house...

Those are...
Those are good things.

Charlie, I spend my days
making lists.

And then I I make lists
of lists that I have to make.

And then lists
of lists of lists.

-And... And I can't stop.
-[phone continues ringing]

My mind won't stop!

-[gasps]
-Someone! I'm going off
the medication, Charlie.

It's not helping.

Just answer it, please.

[phone ringing]

Yes?

Who?

Oh, yes. I'm sorry. Um, Jody?

No, I dropped her off
at your house this morning.

Yes, I'm sure.

I don't know what to tell you.

Yes, of course I will.

Okay.

[sighs]
Claudia!

-What?
-Sit down.

-Charlie.
-I said sit down.

Now, I wanna know
what's going on

with your friend Jody
and I want to know now. Is that what
that call was about?

Did you know that Jody
wasn't planning
on going home

when I dropped her off
this morning?

Did you?

Kind of.

Do you know where she is?

Claudia!

Look, if I tell you,

will you promise
not to tell anyone?

I am not making deals.
And I'll tell you
what else, Claudia

You are not too old
to be punished. Why has she been hanging out
here all the time?

And why have you
been over there every day?

And don't tell me that
she has boyfriend troubles.

She has this problem with

her mother's boyfriend.

He...

He sort of

kissed her.

-And nothing happened, but--
-What?

And you kept that a secret?
Claudia...

Well, I mean,
Jody asked me to.

I mean, her mother's
practically gonna marry him

and Jody doesn't know
what to do.

So, I mean, I just figured
if she had some time,

maybe she
could figure it out.

You know? What...
What are you doing?

Charlie, you can't call her mom.

Charlie, what...
What do I tell Jody?

Sit down.

Hello, Mrs. Lynch?
This is Charlie Salinger.

[Callie]
Listen, you son of a bitch,

I've got a gun
and I'm not afraid to use it.

What?

Oh, God.
Thank God it's you.

-What the hell's
going on here?
-He's a maniac.

Turns out T.J.
is a total psycho.

-You're telling me?
-[sighs]

I tried to switch out of
his section this afternoon.

Only he wouldn't let me.

-Bailey...
-In addition to which,

he hands me back my paper
with a C-minus.

C-minus!

The first of many sucky grades

I should expect
to be receiving this semester

as long as my professor
thinks I'm diddling his ex.

-Bailey...
-No, no, no.

You... You gotta
talk to him,
Callie, okay?

Set him straight right now.

You explain to him that
you concocted this whole thing

just because you wanted
to let him down easy.

And stress that I am
a very conscientious student

who has never
laid a hand on you ever.

Really emphasize that part.

It's only gonna
sound like a lie.

Look, Callie, I'm sick of
playing games with you, okay?

I did you a favor
and as a result

my Econ grade's
totally screwed.

That's not all.

What do you mean?

I mean, he went
off the deep end tonight.

He followed me out of the
library into the parking lot.

I mean, I managed
to get in my car

and get the hell out of there,
but it was a close call.

-Are you serious?
-Yeah.

You know, and I was afraid to
come home to an empty apartment.

So I called
to see if you were here,

and when I beeped in
for the messages,

there were 18 hang-ups
on the machine.

Eighteen?

Just one after the other.

Just "click, eee, click, eee,
click, eee..."

Okay, okay, okay.
I get the idea.

[sobbing]
And, then, um...

I can't believe this.

I can't... I... I can't believe
he would do something like this.

I drove into the garage
downstairs,

and, uh...

lying there dead

was...

Peggy.

Oh, my God. [sighs]

Who's Peggy?

My cat.

He must have gotten
into the garage somehow.

He killed her, you know.
And he just...

He left her in a box
right next to my parking space

so there was no way
that I could miss her.

I'm really scared, Bailey.

You just can't face the fact
that it's over, can you?

Uh, well,

it was a fairly productive
tutorial,

and we do meet again
on Wednesday.

I wasn't really
planning on going home

and crying my eyes out.

I... I'm sorry.
Do we have an appointment?

I want you to know that I'm
reporting you to the police.

You just better hope
no one saw what you
tried to do to Callie

in the parking lot
last night.

What, you mean
return her wallet?

Yeah, I can see how they're
really gonna string me up

by my thumbs for that one.

Right.

Her wallet. Good one.

You really think
on your feet,
don't you?

Bailey, look,
we bumped into each other

at the checkout desk in the
library last night. She freaked.

She dropped her wallet,
and she took off.

I grabbed it, I ran after her.
I couldn't catch her.

Why, what is she, uh...

Is... Wait, wait. Is she...

Is she saying that I
attacked her or something?

You ask her
where her wallet is.
Ask her.

Okay. Okay, then, what about
all those threatening hang-ups

on the answering machine?

Well, if they're hang-ups,
how do you know who left them?

And how could
they have been threatening?

Okay.

Okay, then... Then...

See, the thing is obviously...

Look, you killed her cat.

I... I what?

Yeah.

Yeah, her cat turned up dead
last night.

You wanna take a crack
at explaining
how that happened?

Wait a second.
Are we talking about

her 17-year-old, half-blind,

asthmatic cat
with a heart condition?

Don't tell me, uh, you found her
in a pot of boiling water

on the stove, right?

It was in a cardboard box
in the garage.

Damn, I'm good, aren't I?

Making it look like
the poor thing just curled up

and died a natural death.

Anything else you wanna
accuse me of?

Oh, how about
that, uh, C-minus I gave you,

because that was
totally undeserved, right?

Because, gee,
at this moment, Bailey,

you sure seem like
an A-plus student to me.

Hey.

Go away.

Look, I'm sorry.

Really sorry.
I just...

[stammers]
I didn't know how...

When... When your mom
called and said
you were missing, and...

I had to tell Charlie.

Yeah.

So, what happened?

Nothing. Okay?

I'm fine. I'm great.

-Forget it.
-No.

I, um...

I think she really loved him.

But she kicked him out.

Oh.

Wow.

And, uh... he was crying.

He was apologizing,

and he said
he'd get some help.

And she was crying too.

What's gonna happen?

I don't know. My mom
talked to some social
service-type person and [sighs]

I have to go
for some counseling crap.

That's a good idea.

[whimpers]

They also said my dad
has to know.

And I know exactly
what he's gonna say.

He's gonna say that my mom
can't handle things...

and that I have
to go live with him.

[sobs]

[indistinct shouting]

[Julia]
Hey.

Hey.

Hey.

-What are you doing here?
-I need to talk to you.

That's why I kept calling
last night

and hanging up on your machine.
I didn't wanna leave a message.

Oh, God.

[sighs]

I cannot tell you
how sorry I am to hear that.

[keys jingling]

[sighs]

So, what's up with you?

What couldn't you say
on the machine?

Well, for starters,
you're an incredible jerk.

Wait, what?

What were you doing
going after Cooper like that?

I was looking out for you,
that's what.

When some friend of mine...

When some ex-friend of mine
starts getting all peeved

because my sister
won't put out... Look,

Julia, no idiot is gonna play
those kinds of games with you.

Cooper wasn't playing games.
I was.

What happened with us
is my fault.

Don't do that to yourself.

You're allowed to say no.

I don't care how hot and heavy
it gets, you can say no.

Well, I... I said no, and then
I said yes, and then no again.

I probably would have gone back
and forth a few more times.

Except Cooper said,
"Hey, you know what?
I'm outta here."

The... The truth is, I...
I don't know what I want
from a... A guy.

I don't know what I'm ready for,
and I was kind of using Cooper
to try and figure that out.

So he...

But you...

[sighs]

I mean, I thought... I just
figured he's the guy, so...

[sighs]

I'm having a very bad day.

I just think you forgot
what it was like before.

You... You cried all the time.

You never even wanted
to get out of this bed.

Yeah, but at least
when I was sad and tired,

I felt sad and tired.

-I felt real.
-Okay, but...

-Charlie.
-Not now, Claud.

Let's... Let's go talk
to Dr. Leto again.

-Really nice going.
-Claudia, come on.

I mean, maybe he just
needs to...

To adjust your dosage
or something.

-Charlie, it's not...
-[Claudia] You know
what you did?

You... You wanna know
what you did?

Claud, this is not the time.

You wanna know what they're
gonna make Jody do?

They're... They're
gonna kick her
out of her house.

They're gonna make her live
with her father.

Claudia, I am not gonna
do this with you right now.

I am taking care of something
else right now, okay?

Listen, Kirsten...

I know you don't
even care, but you
ruined everything, okay.

I mean, you... You pretty much
screwed up Jody's whole life

and now she blames me, and I
begged you to stay out of this.

I... I begged you.

[Charlie]
I did not screw up her life,
okay? I got her help.

Now, I do not wanna hear
another thing about it.

You were
in way over your head.

You do not know everything
about everything. That's it.

End of discussion.

Now, get out of here.

[sighs]

I'm sorry.

Look...

-[sighs]
-...all I'm saying is,

is I don't think it's right

to go off the medication
entirely.

I have to.

I can't do this.

It's not helping.
It's making it worse.

I just...

[inhales]

...I just wanna
feel like me again.

[door unlocking]

[sighs]

You've been gone
all afternoon.

Thought you were afraid
to leave the apartment.

Yeah, I know. I had... I had
to go to the animal hospital

to make arrangements
for Peggy.

Only when I went to write
a check, I couldn't find my...

Your wallet?

Hey, where you did find it?

Tom stuck it in the mailbox

after an unsuccessful attempt
to return it to you

-in the parking lot last night.
-Wait. You went to see him?

And that's what he told you?

He's not a psycho, Callie.

He's just a guy
who was miffed

when you gave him
the cold shoulder.

He would have liked it if you'd
returned a phone call or two.

That's it.

The rest of it
was all in your head.

The stalking, the hang-ups.

Even Peggy.

Your cat...

No offense, but your cat
just up and croaked.

Huh.

[sighs]

Did it ever occur to you

that maybe you're juggling
so many guys at one time

that you don't know where you
stand with any of them?

And neither do they?

Have you ever thought
of trying the...

The "I really think
you're a nice guy,

but I'm just not interested"
approach?

I'm just... I'm not...
I'm not good at that, you know?

Like saying no like that.
It's just...

But you're real good at saying
"maybe" when you mean no.

Why do you think that is?

I think I'll pass
on the psychoanalysis, okay?

But thanks for the insight.

Hey.

I have a feeling you're
one of those girls, aren't you?

One of those
never-a-dull-moment girls.

Don't tell me.

It's the type
you're desperately
attracted to?

Nope.

Well, used to be, maybe,
but [clears throat]
at any rate, recovered.

Recovered or just...
non-practicing?

[sighs]

I'll see you
in the morning, Callie.

[chuckles]

Yeah.

See you in the morning.

[door opens]

[footsteps approaching]

[sighs]

Is that the last
of the turkey?

No. No, there's more
in the fridge.

Pickles too.

So how's it going up there?

How's she doing?

It's like...

It always feels like it's a
couple tiny little steps forward

and a whole lot of steps
backwards, you know?

Yeah.

Like you think you're past
the worst of something,

but you're not?

You got it.

How do you know

that you've, like,
got a problem licked

and it's never coming back?

I mean, because I know you
worry about that with Kirsten.

You... You said you do.

I don't know.
I'm realizing that if I keep looking down the road
six months or a year

and asking myself if it's
always gonna be like this,

I'm just gonna
drive myself crazy.

So now it's...

It's more of a
one-day-at-a-time
kind of thing.

Right.

[chuckles]

Wow, that's kind of
amazingly together.

Yeah, I don't know.

She wants to go off her
medicine, which is pretty bad,

but... I'm hanging in.

I can handle it.

I'm gonna be okay.

Well, can I...

I wanna help.

Can I at least bring her up
some dinner or something?

It's okay. I got it covered.

Yes, hello?
Um, Mr. Bennett?

This is Claudia Salinger.

Hi.

I'm calling about your daughter.

No, uh-uh.
Everything's not okay.

Kirsten's...

She's...

Something's going on,

and something's pretty bad.

The thing is,

I kind of don't think
Charlie can handle it.