Party of Five (1994–2000): Season 3, Episode 9 - Gimme Shelter - full transcript

[electric saw buzzing]

[Charlie]
How about this one?

"Salinger's:
Family-owned, family-run,

family-style, family fun."

Kind of makes it sound
like a theme park, huh?

-Yeah.
-We don't want that, do we?

-No, sir.
-No, sir.

[footsteps approach]

Still looking for a slogan?
'Cause I've got one.

"Salinger's, our jerk chicken
is served by a real live jerk."

Hey, any time you wanna
put an end to this cold war



would be fine with me.

Yeah, and any time
you wanna let me go

to the conservatory
would be fine by me.

Claudia, you know,
being a pain in the ass

isn't getting you any closer
to what you want here.

But if you wanna
talk about this--

Why bother?

You're not gonna
change your mind.

Okay.

"Salinger's,

big portions
because size matters."

I think no.

[door opens]

Don't talk to me.
No one talk to me.



I can't talk to anyone
about anything

for the next four days.

-Don't you wanna know why?
-Yeah, why?

I screwed up.

I've got four days to finish
my college applications

and decide where I'm applying
for early admissions.

I thought they said
December 1st.

For the next four days,

I need complete order
in the house.

Complete order and quiet and...

[electric saw buzzing]

-[men talking]
-[hammering]

What was that?

That's the roof repair guys.
They're up in your room.

Evidently, the--the roof leaks

rotted out most of the wood
up there, so...

No! Charlie, get 'em out.
Tell 'em to come back next week.

Can't. The roof warranty
runs out on Saturday.

God, Charlie, have you even
heard of the word "supportive"?

Ugh!

[loud hammering continues]

[sighs]

I got a deal for you.

I'll go to preschool
and sleep with Cookie Bear,

and you can be the man
of the house. How's that sound?

[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 ♪

[indistinct chatter]

[Coach] Listen up, guys,
come on, put it together.

Put it together.
I'm talking here. Come on!

All right, listen up.

The final roster's
gonna be posted tomorrow.

If your name is on that list,

I want you to check
your uniform info

in at the cage
before practice.

-[Coach] Okay?
-[boy 1] Yeah.

[boy 2]
Yeah, Coach.

[indistinct chatter]

Hey, Salinger, how long
you been playing hockey?

Since I was a kid.

You know,
peewees, bantams--

But no high school, huh?

No. Just junior high.

-Why? Does that--
-Well, your form's good,

-but, uh, you're rusty.
-Oh.

So, what I want you to do
is play intramurals this season.

Intramurals?

Yeah. Get your game back.

And then come back out
again next year

after some of
these guys graduate.

Well, what if I get
my game back right away?

Couldn't you just put me on
the team and see how it goes?

I've been doing this
a long time.

I know how it's gonna go.

I'll see you next year.

[hammering]

Hello?

H-hello!

Did you guys move
my stuff around?

'Cause I had piles of papers...

Yeah, it's, uh,
it's over there.
It's all safe.

I had seven stacks of documents
labeled and everything.

Would you stop hammering?

What did you do?
Did you shuffle these?

Listen to me.
I have four days left.

Four days to write,
like, 15 essays

on the single most
defining moment of my life

o-or the three
historical figures

I'd most like to invite
for breakfast.

So I don't have time
for setbacks like this.

-My name's Sam.
-[papers rustle]

This is my brother Alec.

It's nice to meet you...

Julia.

This is my room.

It's nice.

When can you guys be outta here?

Oh, no more than a week.

I-I'm sorry, a week?

You got a lot of damage
in the rafters here.

That, plus access
to the roof and, uh--

You know what?
Just... do the work.

[Sarah hums cheerfully]

Oh, my God, Bailey,
so exciting.

Remember how I told you
that I was gonna audition

for that backup vocalist stuff
for that producer lady?

-Yeah.
-Well, I did. Today.

I went to her studio,
and she put me in this booth

with earphones and a mike
and all, and I sang a song.

-[laughs]
-Really?

-Cool.
-Oh, it gets even cooler.

Turns out, in addition
to the backup singers,

they were also looking

for the lead voice
in a carpet jingle.

And out of all
the singers they know,

guess who they picked.

♪ Me, oh, me, oh, me ♪

Ah! Can you believe it?
I wasn't even trying out.

-Ow!
-[giggles]

Ow. Ugh.

I'm just...
I'm a little sore.

Oh. Oh, God, right.
Hockey. Hockey.

How did it go?

Do I need to buy new mittens
for your games?

[sighs] Not--not exactly.

The coach said
I wasn't good enough,

and he wants me
to play intramurals

and try out again next year.

Oh.

Well, that'll be fun.

Right? You know, and then
when you try out next year--

I'm not gonna
try out next year. Not if it means
wasting this year

tossing a puck around
with a bunch of losers.

Forget it.

Well, I'm sorry.

-I know how much you--
-Hey, it's no big deal.

College stuff, huh?

Yeah.

Doesn't that, like,
fry your brain

to think of one thing
for so many hours?

Don't you have
work to do or something?

Yeah, I'm taking a break,

to, uh, hit on you.

[chuckles softly]

Go finish your work.

What, is this, like,

a thing you have against guys
who do manual labor?

Yeah. That's it exactly.
You have me pegged.

Hey, why don't you
take a break for a minute?

I wanna show you
something cool.

Really, y-you can see Marin
from up on your scaffolding.

[dogs barking distantly]

You can't see Marin at all.

No kiddin'.

Huh.

[sighs exasperatedly]

[sighs]

So college, huh?

Mmm.

How much does
something like that cost?

It must be a lot,
four years of college.

Your folks springing for it?

Scholarship, hopefully.

Yeah?

I wonder if I could
get one of those.

You graduated high school?

Yeah, I
graduated high school.

I didn't mean it
that way.

Right.

You know, I'm only working
'cause I have to work.

Some of us have to work.

-Oh, for God sake--
-No.

My folks said to me

a couple months ago
on my 18th birthday,

They said, "That's it.

We took care of you
for 18 years, Al.

Now it's up to you.

Get a job, pay for school,
whatever.

It's your life now,
and we're done."

So... now
I'm my brother's problem.

No kidding?

Nope.

No kiddin'.

Hmm.

Uh-huh.

You know what?
I... gotta go.

Well, uh, do you have
a problem with this?

Just don't do it
on the job, okay?

Hey.

I thought this was
going pretty good.

I just have work to do.

[sighs]

[rock music playing]

I'd like to know what nimrod

came up with
the cheeseless pizza.

That's one of
the stupidest things

I've ever heard of in my life.

[waitress]
How are y'all doing here?

Mmm. I'll have another.
You want another soda?

No. [chuckles]

Makes about as much sense

as a-a breadless sandwich
or a bubbleless soda.

What?

Nothing. Nothing.

Are you sure
you're okay?

'Cause you seem kinda...

aggressive...

like you're bugged.

What? No. You're not bugging me at all.

[sighs] I didn't say I was.

Look, just don't get down
on yourself, okay?

'Cause your thing's
gonna come along, you know?

What are you talking about?

So it wasn't hockey. So what?
It'll be something else.

Sarah, I told you I don't care
about the hockey thing...

Not at all.

-What makes you think that...
-[waitress] Here.

Thanks.

Oh, is it 'cause I'm drinking?

You think I'm drinking because
I'm pissed off or something?

-Well--
-I'm celebrating.

That's what we're doing here,
Sarah. We're celebrating.

We're taking a moment
to raise our glasses

and give thanks
for the good things

life's brought our way,
like your great new jingle job

and my... my great new fake ID.

And the winner is...

Fanfare, please.

[imitates fanfare]

"Salinger's,
'cause you gotta eat."

Simple, but kinda funky.

Yet eerily subversive.

Right. Anyway, I'm just glad
I found one that worked,

and this whole thing
wasn't the bust

I thought it was gonna be.

Thank you very much,
Mr. Jim Seely.

Oh, my God,
that's Jim Seely over there.

You know this guy?

He's a very important
performance artist.

How could you
not know his work?

Believe it or not,

I'm not a huge
performance art fan.

He's pretty hot
right now.

So if he's famous,

this could be
kinda big, right?

If Jim Seely's eating here,

I might actually start
telling people where I work.

[chuckles]

Hi. Welcome to Salinger's.
I'm Charlie.

-Jim Seely.
-Yeah, I know.

Um, I'm a...
I'm a big fan of yours.

Anyway, uh...
I loved your slogan.

Well, of course I did or you
wouldn't have won, right?

[laughs] I guess not.

Anyway, uh, the award,
as you know,

is 52 coupons for dinner
for two here at Salinger's.

Um...

Uh...

the idea was that you could
come once a week for a year,

but, uh, they're good,
um, anytime.

Stuart, could you...

Great. I'll use six now.

I brought some friends.

[soulful music playing]

After you.

[scraping and hammering]

[indistinct chatter]

Claudia!

Claudia!

-[door opens]
-What?

What the hell is
going on in your room? -You like?
-No. No, I--I don't.

When did you do this?

I did it.

-This morning.
-I asked him to.

What? Where
do you get off?

It's my room, Julia.

That doesn't matter.

People don't paint their
rooms black. It's disgusting.

You know what?
You don't have to live in it,

and no one's asking you.

I don't know what you think
you're gonna accomplish,

with this rebellion stuff,

but I really wish you would
cut it out. Claudia!

-[door slams]
-It's just paint.

What?

I'd let it go if you were you.

Oh? Oh, you would, huh?

Yeah. Live and let live,
you know? That's my philosophy.

That's not a philosophy.
That's a greeting card.

Just paint it back.

Fine.

Pay me, and I'll paint it
polka dots if you want.

[hammering continues]

Okay, so it goes:

♪ Lester Manning
Buy your base for carpeting ♪

♪ Come to Les
For more ♪

Well, that's a jingle
all right.

You wanna
get some coffee?

Mmm. Can't. I have
AP English in half an hour.

D-don't you have Geology?

Yes. I also have
a huge headache.

Quite frankly,
a cup of coffee

is more important
to me right now

than identifying igneous.

[scoffs] Huh.

What's that?

A letter from some
Coach Petrocelli guy,

wrestling coach, I guess.

Hmm, what's it say?

He's got my name
from the hockey coach.

He wants me to try out
for the team.

-[paper crinkling]
-Yeah, right.

Bailey, what are you doing?

You can't just throw this away.
It might be really cool.

Sarah, they're recruiting guys
that they've never even met.

That's generally not
a good sign of coolness.

Bailey, excuse me.
What's the plan here?

I mean, are you just gonna
blow off everything

for the next four years?

Didn't you just say
something about AP English?

Bailey, it's
a great opportunity.

You gotta
at least check it out.

[chattering]

[bell rings]

Hi, Charlie.
Grace Wilcox.

Oh, right.

Sure. Harvest Program.

How you doing?

Not great, actually.

A man I know told me he was
kicked out of here last night

'cause he was homeless.

I said, "That can't be true.

I know the guy
who owns the place.

He's one of the good guys."

I was right, wasn't I?

Look, I gave them all
a good meal to take with them.

A doggy bag.

Doesn't that seem just
a little dehumanizing to you?

[sighs] Look,
I serve food here.

Cleanliness is a major issue,

and those people hadn't
bathed in a long time.

Yeah. It's a little
hard to shower

when you don't have a home.

If I could give every one
of those people homes, I would.

But I can't, okay?
I run a restaurant.

My customers come here

to get away from it all
and to have a nice meal.

If I can't provide that,
I'm out of business.

What if you found out
those customers were racist?

Would you kick out
all the blacks and latinos?

-Would you kick me out?
-That's not the same thing.

Yeah, it is, Charlie.

Those people aren't
allowed in here

because your customers
don't wanna look at them.

And you know what?

Unless someone like you
takes a stand on their behalf,

it's just gonna get
worse for them.

Don't talk to me like
I'm completely ignorant

on the subject, okay, Grace?

I give your organization
a lot of food every week, free.

You might wanna remember that
before you start talking to me

like I'm the problem here,
'cause I'm not.

Fine.

Fine.

[whistle blows]

What'd you play
in high school?

Football. Quarterback.

-[boy] Hut.
-Didn't wanna do it here?

-[boy grunts]
-No, uh,

it just didn't work out.

Different game, isn't it?
College ball?

I made it through
one practice at UCLA.

Man, were those guys big.

Yeah. That was
before steroids.

You're saying I'm old? Oh, no.

-I just meant--
-Mm-hmm.

Reversals and escapes.

I'm gonna set you up
with, uh, Jimmy here.

Okay? You go
with your instincts.

You pick up what you can.

Eddie, you come with me.

All right. Ones down,
on the whistle!

-[whistle blows]
-[grunting]

Hey. Hey.

[whistle blows]

[Coach] Twos down.

Come on, come on.
Move. [grunts]

[Coach]
Again.

-[whistle blows]
-[grunts]

-[Coach] Switch.
-[whistle blows]

[grunts]

[pants]

[grunts]

[panting]

Sorry.

Too much resistance?

[whistle blowing]

Hello.

Oh, hey.

You've got olives.

Nobody keeps olives
around anymore.

I love olives.

What are you doing
in our fridge?

A late lunch.

What? Alec,
this is not your house.

You can't just come
into our kitchen

and take whatever you want.

Well, I didn't think you'd mind.

I mean, we're
kind of friends now.

Do you think
that little red thing

grows in the olive

or someone shoves it
in there after?

-[laughs]
-What?

I want that job.

Olive red thing
shover-inner guy.

You're stoned,
aren't you?

Who, me?

[giggles]

Alec, this is not funny.

Do you wanna get fired?
Is that what you want?

[scoffs]

It's just weed.
Man...

I don't care.

I told you yesterday
you can't smoke pot

-while you--
-Yeah. I heard. I heard.

[imitates Julia]
Don't get high.

Ugh!

-[chattering]
-[Petrocelli] See you tomorrow.

Hey.

Well, thanks for looking me up.

I'd say this was a big success.

Don't be so hard
on yourself.

Considering you had no idea what
you were doing, you did okay.

Once we give you a few skills,
who knows?

Wait a minute.

You're not actually saying
you want me back, are you?

Why not? You're a good athlete.
You got the right body type.

You give me a month,
I'll make a wrestler out of you.

We got a meet tomorrow night.
Be there.

[hammering]

Where have you been?

You mind
not talking to me like that?

Tell your brother
not to smoke pot in the house.

There's kids here.

There's my sister
and my baby brother Owen.

I really doubt
he's getting high at work.

Yeah, w-well, I saw him.

We were sitting on
the scaffolding last night, -and he pulled out a joint.
-W-wait.

You're sitting on
the scaffolding together...

at night?

That is not the point.

Mm-hmm.

Look, y-your brother
is completely high today.

Talk to him and you'll see.

You know what? [sighs]

He gets his job done.

If he wants to kill brain cells,
that's his business.

My advice?

You're hanging out together
and he offers you a joint

and you don't like it,
hang out with someone else.

Your brother
gets high every day.

And your little sister
paints her room black.

And you wanna tell
everyone how to live.

I just wanna
get this job done

in time to start my next one.

There's a very small
profit margin

in the roof trade.

So if it's not
a problem for you,

I'm just gonna
get this over with.

[hammering continues]

[footsteps approach]

[sighs]

Hard day, huh?

[Charlie] Yeah, actually.

[sighs]

Thanks for asking.

I don't see how you do it.

I mean,
put in a 12-hour day

and still find the energy

to throw starving people
onto the street.

I mean,
that's stamina.

What? How did you know about--

The evening paper. [sighs]

"Homeless Ejected from Eatery."

What?

Oh, and my favorite part.

"According to Eric Payne,
a 62-year-old transient,

Mr. Salinger forced
him bodily out the door."

The guy sat on the floor
and refused to move.

I just helped him up.

That's not what he says.

Oh, and don't miss
the editorial page.

The Harvest Program
is calling for a boycott.

[sighs]

And you're making
decisions in my life?

[sighs]

[Julia] God.
I can't believe this.

I can.

I thought I threw that away.

I bought extra copies
for posterity.

[door shuts]

Hey, Char.

You know that
whole thing about

"there's no such thing
as bad publicity"?

-[throws paper down]
-Not true.

Okay.

Hold up, everyone.

This stuff, it's garbage,
okay? It's not true.

Oh, so they just
made it up out of the blue?

Yeah, papers are
always doing that.

Yes, okay?
There was an incident.

It got a little bit
out of control,

but it wasn't like that.

All right? I didn't...

I handled it just fine.

Yeah. That much
is pretty clear.

Look, I'm gonna straighten
this whole thing out.

But until then, I wouldn't mind
just a little support here.

[door opens]

[Sam]
Well, pal,

at least they spelled
your name right.

[whistle blows]

-[grunting]
-[indistinct shouting]

-[boy 1] Come on.
-[boy 2] Wrap 'em up.

Wrap 'em up.

Proud of you, Mark.
Come on, wrap 'em up.

Where is everybody?

This is it, man.

-You mean nobody comes to meets?
-Yeah.

Funny thing
about losing streaks.

What's our record?

0 and 4 so far.

Last season,
we were 0 and 20.

[grunting] You see how he's
shooting for the legs?

That's good. Don't lock up!

Damn.

You see how he
opened himself up for that?

Huh?

And that's the star
of our team.

-[grunting]
-[whistle blows]

[door opens]

Do you mind?
These are my applications.

It's my table, too.

Since when do you get F's?

Since I stopped
doing my work.

Claudia, this is serious.

Look, Claud, it matters.

I don't care.

I cared about music.

I cared about the violin.
I don't care about this.

What do you want?
You wanna fail Social Studies?

Do you wanna apply
to a great school

with a great music program
with crappy grades?

Look, I--I know
this is a long way away,

but you have to think
about stuff like this.

Maybe Charlie should have
thought about it first.

Oh. Oh, so this is
all to hurt Charlie.

Is that...
Is that the big plan here?

[footsteps receding]

[sighs]

I'm going back to work.
Leave me alone.

I overheard what you said
to Sam last night.

Are you trying to
get me fired? Is that it?

No, Alec. I'm just
trying do my work.

Just so you know, what you did,

total waste of time,
'cause Sam doesn't care.

So he isn't
gonna do anything.

I mean, you could've told him
anything you wanted about me.

Doesn't matter.

He doesn't care.

So I thought about it,

and I don't think that I can

in good conscience
take your paychecks.

You're quitting?

Effective immediately.

Come on, you'll leave me
short-handed.

Can't you at least work today?

[phone rings]

Hang on a second.

Salinger's.

Yes, hello, Mr. Raft.

Looking forward
to seeing you tonight.

Are you sure?

Right, I...

I'm sorry to hear that.

[sighs]

I really feel I have to go
with my morals on this one.

Gee, Stuart, it must be nice
to have that luxury.

[Coach]
Listen up.

Okay, we're still
looking at a goose egg

which is never any fun.

But I will say this:

Most of you...

Most of you showed
some real improvement.

Much better
on the concentration.

Just keep doing the work.

I guarantee you,
it will pay off.

[boys murmur]

You're one of those

power of positive thinking
types, aren't you?

Optimist? Yeah.

So, listen, we gotta
get you in shape, huh? So I'm gonna put you
on this high-protein diet.

Gotta work
on your conditioning.

Now, the team
ends every practice

with a five-mile run.

East gate, 5 p.m. sharp.
Be there, huh?

You know what?

All this stuff,
this whole...

this whole wrestling thing.

I don't think
I'm gonna do it.

What?

It's just...

It's not for me.

Okay. "Okay"?

Yeah.

Okay.

[electric saw buzzing]

It's your brother.

Yeah, what?

What?

No.

No, no, I-I'm in the middle
of a job here.

Yeah, you shoulda
thought of that.

No. You--you work it out.

Work it out.

What's that about?

Cops pulled him over
for speeding.

Found some beer
in the back of the truck.

Now they're thinking
of keeping him in overnight.

Well, aren't you
gonna do something?

Yeah. I'm gonna
finish my work.

[chuckles]

Wow. Alec's really
got you down cold.

He said you wouldn't
lift a finger.

Alec can learn
to take care of himself.

That's what I did.

Oh. Oh, I get it.
"No one took care of me,

so I'm not gonna
take care of anyone else"?

Like you're the only one
who had it tough growing up.

Like that's some kind of excuse
for being a jerk.

-Well, let me tell you--
-You know what?

Go upstairs and pull your
power princess routine
on your sister.

[scoffs]

You think I'm a princess...

for caring about
what happens to Claudia?

Boy, y-you've really got
a whole thing going, don't you?

The ripped shirt,
the kind of quiet voice,

the whole laid-back
"live and let live" crap.

Like--like that's some
kind of a cool thing

to not care about
anything or anyone?

Like it's cool
to ignore your brother

who obviously needs your help.

That--that is not
easygoing or cool.

That is selfish and mean.

I think you've made your point.

I just... I really
don't like you.

Yeah, well,
I'm just the roof guy.

You don't have to like me.

Yeah, well, I don't.

[hard rock music
playing on stereo]

[door closes]

There you are.

God, I got worried when you
didn't come to the studio.

Oh, sorry.
The meet went long.

[music stops]

So how'd it go?

It--it was weird.
It was weird.

There was this guy there,
and his whole job

was to get me water. [giggles]

Wow. Sorry I missed that.

Oh, it's okay.
You'll get another chance.

They asked me to do another one

for this children's
furniture store. Ready? [mimics baby]
♪ Cribs and beds
And tables and chairs ♪

♪ Mom buys them
At Baby Bear's ♪

What's with the voice?

Well, they
wanted it that way.

I guess I'm supposed to sound
like Baby Bear himself

or something, I don't know.

Huh.

Why "huh?" You don't like it?

No. I just...

I guess I didn't realize
you were gonna be doing more. Yeah, well, neither did I.
But they asked.

Huh.

Okay.

If that's what you
wanna be doing.

Why wouldn't I?

Well, it's not exactly making
the most of your talent.

I mean, you're not even using
your own voice in this next one.

Yeah, but it's--it's paying.
[giggles]

-Paying pretty well too.
-So?

There's a lot of things
you can get paid to do

you shouldn't be doing.

I mean, prostitutes get paid.

Excuse me?
[scoffs]

God, Bailey, are you
comparing me to a prostitute?

-[rock music playing]
-No.

No, no, no.
That's--that's not...

[sighs]

I just think you should
give it some more thought

before you commit to anything.

'Cause think about it.

What would you rather
have people say?

"There's Sarah, the musician",

or "There's Sarah, the girl
who sings about spot remover"?

I mean, one's really...
impressive.

And the other's...
kind of embarrassing, right?

Yeah. Let me
give you our hot line.

They can tell you
where the nearest kitchen is.

800-392...

Right. Okay. Good luck.

[sighs]

If you're here to argue
about what I said in the paper,

don't bother.

I'm not.

I, uh...

Look... [sighs]

I'm in trouble here.

I need a truce or something.

I need your help here.

You want my help?

I'm an advocate
for the poor, Charlie.

I don't go out on a limb
for people like you.

People like...

[scoffs]

What's that supposed mean?

Salinger's. It's been there
a couple of decades?

Who started it? Dad?

Yeah, it was my father's. Why?

So how'd it work?

You got to be 22. Daddy called
you into the study and said,

"Son, I think it's time
you take over the business."

And boom, you're set for life?

Sorry, who do you think you are?

This may be news, Charlie,
but the world is full of people

whose lives weren't
handed to them on a silver platter.

Most have to struggle
for what they have.

And a lot of times
in order to make it,

they need people
taking care of them.

And you can tell
just by looking at me

that I don't know anything
about taking care of people?

Yeah, I can.

[scoffs] What, you gonna
tell me I'm wrong?

God, no. No.
You're never wrong.

Did you...

Did you honestly say this?

Beats me.
What does it say I said?

"Claudia Salinger
disavowed her brother's action.

'If my father were alive,

I doubt he would have
handled it this way.'"

[whispers] Wow.

That sounds really...

Well, I mean, I guess I said
something like that, but not--

What is going on here?

You think
this is constructive?

Does this make you feel better

about not going
to the conservatory?

Since when do you care
about how I feel?

Oh, give me a break.
You know I care.

But you know what?

Pulling stuff like this,
stupid stuff like this,

really does not make me
more sympathetic.

If anything, it only makes me
more sure I made the right call.

So grow up already.

Okay?

[pop music playing]

Hey. There you are.

I left a message
with your mom earlier.

I wanted to catch a movie
or something.

I have that recording session.

Wait, you're doing that?
I thought we talked about it.

No, you talked about it

and tried to talk me out of it,
which is really weird.

Wait a second.

I was just giving you
a point of view.

You know, this is a really
great opportunity, Bailey.

Which is why I can't understand

why you wouldn't wanna
be supportive, unless...

I don't know. You're--you're
jealous or something?

Jealous? [scoffs]
Please.

It's nothing to be
embarrassed about.

Really. I mean,
if the situation were reversed

and--and you were the one with
something exciting going on,

you know, I'd be
as jealous as all hell.

But I don't think
I'd deal with it

by trashing what you
were excited about.

I hope I'd deal with it
by--by working really hard

at making something exciting
happen for myself.

But I guess you don't
do that anymore, huh?

Work?

Excuse me?

What the hell
is that supposed to mean?

You know, maybe it's Callie
rubbing off on you.

'Cause--'cause ever since
you moved in,

you've sort of adopted
her whole life philosophy.

It's sort of this
immediate gratification thing.

You know, "If it's not fun
right now, blow it off. Bag it."

Hey, Callie has nothing

to do with anything. Okay?

Well, you didn't
used to be this way.

You used to work
for stuff you wanted.

We both did.

[Sam] Hey,
where have you been?

[Alec] Big night.
[chuckles]

[Sam] I did not
bail you out

so that you could
go out and party.

I did it
so that you could work. I slept late, Sammy.
Give me a break.

You're fired.

[chuckles] Right.

I'm serious, Alec.

I'm not gonna
let you keep doing this.

It's not doing you any good.
So, yeah, you're fired.

If you wanna
get your act together,

cut out the drugs, the drinking
and all the other crap,

then you can have
a place back with me.

But if you can't...

forget it. No job.

So how am I supposed
to pay rent and stuff?

You work it out!

[hammering]

I don't need you
to work your shift tonight.

No, I'm just cutting back
on staff this weekend.

Hopefully, we'll be back up
to full speed by next week.

[door shuts]

Right.

Thanks a lot.

[phone beeps]

I feel really stupid.

First thing I read when I was
pouring my coffee this morning:

"Mr. Salinger took over
management of the restaurant

after his parents
Nick and Diana Salinger

were killed in a car accident
in March of 1994."

You coulda told me I was wrong.

Yeah, you're easy to interrupt.

I'm sorry, I just...

I jumped to conclusions.

[sighs]

So, four little sisters
and brothers, my God.

Yeah, as much as I'd love
to milk your sympathy, Grace,

I have to lay off
a few employees, so...

You're laying people off? Why?

Because with half
my customers boycotting,

I can't afford to pay
a full staff right now.

[dialing phone]

Listen, you don't
need to do that.

I think I know a way
we can smooth this thing over.

Oh, okay.

I get it.

Now that my parents are dead,

now that I'm tragic
as opposed to privileged,

it's okay for you to care?

[laughs] Well, forget it. I don't want your help.
I don't wanna talk to you.

And you know what?
I don't wanna give any more food

to your organization either.
I'm sick of this.

Oh, that's good.
That's definitely

the right way
to deal with this:

Take food away
from people who need it

because you're mad at me.

[sighs]

Man, Grace, you make it really
hard to do the right thing.

You know that? I know.

I know.

Listen, is this place always
this quiet between meals?

Yeah.

Why?

How about if, instead of handing
out doggy bags to the homeless,

you serve 'em a meal here...

once a week
between shifts?

Couldn't hurt your image.

I can't afford to pay
the staff to do that.

I have a file
full of volunteers.

[sighs]

You couldn't have
thought of this

the day before yesterday?

[sighs]

[sighs]

Did you know that black is just
a miserable color for a room?

I mean,

even with all the lights on,
it's still really depressing.

Professional painter
shoulda mentioned that,

don't you think?

Definitely.

You, uh...
You want some help?

I mean, I could go change.

Yeah. Some help would be nice.

Okay.

[indistinct chatter]

Hi, fellas.

The thing about wrestling
is it's not really what I want.

Yeah. Yeah, so you said.

No, I mean,
it's not my first choice.

It'd be maybe
my fourth or fifth.

Only the first
three or four things,

they don't want me.

So?

So I was wondering,

is it worth being on a team
when you think that?

When you'd rather
be somewhere else?

Hey, Bailey, half the guys
in any sport feel the same way.

How do you think I felt
when they offered me this job?

This is the worst team
in the school.

Then why'd you take it?

I took it... [sighs]

'cause I needed the money.

That's inspiring.

I stayed because
I realized I liked it.

Yeah, but if the
University of Iowa calls--

Hmm. I kinda make it
a philosophy

not to wait for phone calls
that aren't gonna come.

So you gonna run
with us or not?

Put on some sweats. I'll wait.

[people chattering]

[man] Looks real good, don't it?

No dessert?

Allergic to strawberries.

My throat closes up,
and I can't breathe.

Man, if I'd only known
that a couple of days ago,

I'd have slipped you a couple,
put an end to this whole mess.

Is there any more
fruit salad?

Um, yes, sure.

Oh.

[Charlie]
Is that enough?

So it looks like we're
gonna be done pretty early.

Yeah. Another hour or so.

The, uh, theater
down the street's

showing The Wild Bunch.

I was thinking of going.

You like Westerns?

Oh, sure. Good versus evil
and all that.

Wow, I gotta say, that's...

That's not what I would've
guessed. [chuckles]

You, uh...

wanna go?

To the movie with you?

Yeah, to the movie with me.

Um... yeah.
Sure, why not?

Definitely the weirdest
version of...

dinner and a movie
I've ever experienced.

[soft music playing]

[chuckles]

What did you do?

Steal my job?

Yup.

We got some
on the walls, too.[giggles]

So, um...

that was good today.

Didn't feel good.
I don't...

I'm not good
at that sort of thing.

You were good today.

Yeah, I got this, um...

sick-feeling thing
going on, you know?

That's just 'cause you love him.

It's okay to struggle
with it, you know.

Remind me to tell you
about my brother Charlie,

'cause you
kind of remind me of him.

Is that a good thing?

[chuckles]

Yeah, that's a good thing.

'Cause I gotta tell you,

in the two years that
I've been doing this job,

I've had my
fair share of complaints.

Um, delays, noise,

but never the kind of

violent, negative response
that I've gotten on this job.

[laughs] What, most people
don't tell their roofers

they hate them?

Then again, I haven't had
many heart-to-hearts, either.

This is a weird job.

[sighs]

I'm not a... princess,
you know.

If you knew
anything about me,

you w-would know
I'm not a princess.

So can you see Marin
from my roof?

On a clear night, yeah.

Can you take me up there? Take you up on the roof?

Yeah. Come on,
I wanna see what you see.

[laughs nervously]

I don't know. It's, um...

dangerous.

It's awful high.
What if you fall?

Well, um,