The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008–2013): Season 1, Episode 15 - That's Enough of That - full transcript
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Don't do anything stupid,Ricky.
Don't hit the guy. It's okay.
-It's never gonna be okay.
-Yeah,probably not.
My father is not
a law-abiding citizen.
He doesn't care if
there's a restraining order.
Here's my dad's number.
He'll help you.
I want to consider adoption.
I'd appreciate you going along with that.
I found something for you to do
for your community service.
How'd you like to mentor a kid?
Yeah,I'll do it.
You know how much some families
would pay for a healthy,Caucasian baby?
I gotta go.
No-- Whoa,whoa.
No,you can't just have sex like
that and leave me here alone.
Sorry. Then again,I think you say
that every time I leave your house,
so maybe you can just
not say anything for once.
Are you angry with me?
After that?
I'm not angry with you.
You're angry.
Yeah,well,I'm angry with someone else.
Good night.
No,wait,please,just wait.
Who are you angry with? Grace?
No,not Grace. Good night.
No. Ricky.
Ricky.
How can you be angry with anyone
after what we just did?
I just can,all right? I have to go.
Ricky,please.
This is as close as
I've ever felt to you.
Tonight. In there.
Just talk to me,please.
I don't feel like talking to you.
It's personal.
More personal than sex?
Yeah,a lot more personal than sex.
Come on,Ricky.
Look,just don't run away tonight,okay?
Just talk to me.
Just tell me what this is about.
You can tell me.
I can't.
You can if you want.
I'm not gonna tell anyone.
Whatever it is,
I'm not gonna say anything.
Don't you know me
better than that by now?
No. And you don't know me either.
Well,then let's get to know each other.
Okay,you want to get to know me?
You want to know who I am?
The reason I'm in foster care
is not just because my dad
smacked me around
and smacked my mom around.
It's not just because
they were both drug addicts,
and abandoned me over and over again.
It's because my dad used to come
home after a long day of hanging out
and getting high to
teach me a little lesson
in how hard it is
to be a man in this world.
That's what he called it:
"A little lesson."
Every night,I'd be in bed
with my door closed,
just begging God that
he wouldn't come in my room
for one of his little lessons.
But night after night after night,
there he was.
And when I couldn't take
it anymore, when I hated him enough,
when I really didn't care
if I lived or died,
I told my teacher at school
and she told someone,
and then they told someone else.
And eventually,but believe me,
not quickly,eventually,
he went off to prison.
But guess what? He's back,
and he's hanging around.
Yeah.
He went to see Amy and
then he came around
when I was with Grace,
so lock your doors,
because he'll probably show up here too.
Not that he's interested
in you or Grace or Amy.
No,he's just interested in me.
In hurting me.
He actually wants me to make
someone pay for my baby
and then give him the money.
Then he'll leave me alone.
Nice,huh?
Ricky,I'm so sorry.
Let me help you,okay?
I-- I can talk to my dad.
He can help you.
No one can help me.
Adrian?
Everything okay?
No.
What's wrong?
Ricky was just here.
And?
Did you know?
Did I know what?
That his father was in prison
for sexually abusing him
and for drugs and for
God knows what else?
I can't discuss that.
But you knew.
I knew.
Then put him back in prison.
Honey,I can't.
He's on parole.
And as long as he follows
the conditions of his parole,
there's nothing I can do.
I don't believe that.
Have the cops follow him around.
Make him break the
conditions of his parole.
As an officer of the court,
I cannot mandate any
law-enforcement agency
to spend an exorbitant amount
of resources on one individual
who,if he's following
the parole agreement,
he's not an apparent danger to anyone.
Really? You believe that?
He's not an apparent danger to anyone?
Dad,please.
I'm doing the best I can,honey.
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What are you doing?
What's it look like? I'm shaving.
I can see that,but why are
you shaving in my kitchen?
I'm tired of shaving
with the garden hose.
My skin's getting chapped.
George,there are three
bathrooms in this house.
Yeah,and three women.
[SIGHS] Good morning.
- Morning,Buttercup.- Good morning.
do you think it's okay if I go
to a friend's house after school?
A friend's house after school?
You have a friend?
George.
You're not thinking the same thing?
I think it's wonderful
that you have a friend
and that you're getting
out of the house
and doing something with
someone outside the family.
So,what's her name?
What makes you so sure it's a her?
Oh. So it's a boyfriend friend?
No,it's a gender-non-specific friend.
What's going on?
Your sister has a friend.
Really?
Yes,really.
Why is it such a surprise
that I have a friend?
I'm a very,very friendly person.
All right,well,um,
I'll just-- I'll be in the car.
So I'll pick you up after
last period,okay?
Yeah. Sounds good.
- I can pick her up. - No,you can't.
You're working,George.
At least I hope you are.
I can still pick her up.
I have a doctor's appointment.
She said I might be able to find
out the sex of the baby today.
Really? And then you'll tell me.
I'd love to have a boy.
I got two girls,
so a grandson would be great.
You know,or a granddaughter.
Bye.
What?
She's leaning towards adoption.
You know that.
That's already been decided?
No,it hasn't, but I think
it's what she wants.
What she wants or what you want?
I think it's really
what she wants,George.
She isn't sure she wants to
know if it's a boy or a girl.
Is this because of Ricky?
She doesn't want Ricky and
his dad coming around?
Did you scare her with that?
No. I didn't.
It's about nothing except for
the fact that Amy thinks
that this might be the best
choice for her baby.
Let's go,let's go.
I got things to do today.
Oh,yeah. Me too.
What's with the camera?
We're finding out
the sex of the baby.
And according to the information
I got from the Internet,
this is a moment that should
be recorded for history.
- By? - By...?
Amy's borrowing your camera,right?
No. I'm gonna be there with her.
You're gonna be there when she
finds out the sex of the baby?
Yeah. Of course.
You know how they find that out?
Yeah. It's called a sonogram.
Yeah. And she's gonna be
laying on a table
with her whole stomach exposed.
Have you seen Amy's stomach before?
Well,that's kind of
a personal question,isn't it?
Not as personal as you being
there and seeing her stomach.
-They can cover it.
-They don't cover it.
It-- It'll be fine.
I mean,it's-- It's just a stomach.
No,it's not.
It's a very intimate moment
between the mother and the baby,
and usually the father of the baby.
And it's very emotional.
I mean,given Amy's situation,
I would think she'd feel really
vulnerable at a moment like that
and would be much more comfortable
with her mother there than you.
- She wants me to be there.
- You sure?
- Yeah,I'm sure.
- I don't recommend it.
It'll be fine.
I'm not worried about
you as much as Amy.
I can't imagine that
she would want you there.
She's my wife. I know,I know.
We're not married legally,
but we might as well be.
We're in love and we're
in this relationship for life.
And this is a big part
of that relationship,today,
finding out the sex of the baby.
I have to be there.
Amy wants me to be there.
Just like she wants
me there for the birth.
Yeah,okay,Benjamin.
We'll see about that.
We'll see about what?
Come on. Let's go,already.
Be there for the birth.
Come on.
What do you call this again?
Earl Grey.
It's not bad.
I have coffee.
No,no,no. That's okay.
When in Rome...
Well,I'm very happy you stopped by.
I wish my wife were
here to talk to you.
She's,uh-- Well,she's
been wanting to talk to you.
But neither of us wanted
to intrude on the situation.
I don't know why not.
The whole world has intruded.
It's not like it's a secret.
So,what do you think Amy is going to do?
Is she thinking about adoption?
Ricky said she's thinking about it,
but I'm not sure he's totally
onboard with that right now,
especially since his
father has been coming around
looking for money from the adoption.
Bob the child molester is
looking for money for the baby?
Maybe Ricky didn't tell Amy,but yes.
Bob said he'd help out financially.
Bob has no money.
Bob the child molester
is also Bob the drug addict.
That son of a-- I want to--
We do too.
But we all know we can't.
Do we? Maybe that's
just the tea talking.
Adrian's father--
Do you know Adrian?
I know him. What about Adrian?
Is her father a child molester too?
No,no.
He's the DA.
He got us a restraining order,
and he's asked the police
to keep an eye out.
What,in case anyone kills Bob?
Let's not resort to violence.
Let's not put ourselves on Bob's level.
Let's put Bob down a level.
Like six feet under.
He wanted money for the baby?
Mr. Juergens,Bob will not
last long in the real world.
Sooner or later,he's gonna do something
that will violate his parole
and he'll go back to prison.
Should we do something to Bob
before Bob does something
to go back to prison?
There's nothing we can do.
No? There's gotta be
something we can do.
I'm not gonna sit around
drinking Earl Grey,
waiting for Bob to go back to prison.
Don't do anything stupid,George.
Yeah,story of my life.
So that's why he showed up
at the batting cages.
He wants money from the adoption.
So you and Amy have decided
to have the baby adopted?
No,at least I haven't.
I don't want anything
to do with an adoption,
which is only gonna make Bob angry.
I mean,he's an angry man already.
Look,I wouldn't want
to ruin your morning,
so I'll spare you the details
of what my father did to me.
Ricky,you can tell us anything.
Don't worry about our morning,okay?
It's not okay.
I was sexually abused,
and Bob got sent
to prison because of me,
so I don't think Grace
should be around me.
I don't think it's safe.
...Ricky,uh,
Bob was sent to prison because of Bob.
Didn't have anything to do with you.
You know that,don't you?
Yeah,I know that.
Intellectually,I know that.
But still,sometimes it gets
turned around in my head somehow.
Look,I'm working on my problems.
I'm in therapy.
I've been in therapy for years.
And I know I'd never
do anything to hurt Grace.
But I can't say the same about Bob.
I can't say he wouldn't hurt
her if he had the chance.
I think he just wants
to get back at me.
I just don't know how
he plans to do that.
So I'm not gonna come
around for a while
and I was wondering if you
could explain that to Grace.
I can't. I just can't.
I really love her,but I don't
want her to get hurt.
But Bob is very unpredictable.
Ricky,are you sure you can't
tell Grace this yourself?
We can tell her,
but she can hear what you have
to say without any judgment. She can.
Yeah,because she's a Christian.
You're all Christians.
I wish I could be a Christian.
I wish I could believe
what you believe.
I wish Jesus would just take
away my pain and suffering,
but I spent too many
nights praying
for Bob to leave me alone to believe
that prayer ever works.
No,I think you better tell Grace
that I can't see her anymore.
Not right now,anyway.
Look,I have to go.
I'm sorry. I have to go.
No pity,okay?
I don't need pity.
It'll change the sex.
I'm not-- It's not pity.
It's just that--
I don't know,I just--
I think I understand you
a lot better now.
I doubt it.
Besides,I'm not looking
for understanding.
I know what you're looking for.
And you're not gonna
get that from Grace.
I'm not seeing Grace.
I went over to her house
and told her parents that
I'd stay away from her.
And I'm gonna stay away from her.
Because of your dad,
or because she really
isn't what you want?
Or because rejection in any form
is just gonna make her want you more?
I'm not that complicated.
Yes,you are.
Hey,don't make too much out of
what I told you about my dad,okay?
Okay.
Tonight?
He wants to make money off the adoption.
He wants Ricky to give him
a commission on selling Amy's baby.
What?
That's why he showed up.
He wants to get a cut of the money.
Nobody's getting any
money for Amy's baby.
Apparently people do that.
They pay for hospital costs
and taking care of the mother.
Sometimes there's some sort
of cash bonus involved,
disguised as an expense.
Reverend Stone didn't say
anything about that.
That's not gonna happen.
How do you know it's not gonna happen?
How do you know that
there's not gonna be money
under the table to Ricky?
With Bob in the picture,
adoption is a dirty business.
You're the one who wanted
her to do this,not me.
It doesn't have to be
a dirty business.
It's not supposed to be
a dirty business.
It's supposed to be a wonderful
way of providing a child
with a-- A stable and loving family
and giving two people a chance
to have a child who would ordinarily
not be able to have one.
It's just people like Ricky's father
that make it into a dirty business.
We won't have anything to do
with him or anyone like him.
How are we gonna know?
We'll know.
George,don't do anything stupid,please.
Amy is gonna need you.
You need to be here for Amy.
Don't do anything stupid.
What kind of a man
abuses his own son? Pervert.
A very sick man.
Someone who needs some help.
Oh,I'll help him.
George,let the authorities
handle this,please.
You know,if Bob did
what he did to Ricky,
then Ricky could do what he did
to the baby.
That's not fair.
And it's not true.
It doesn't have to be that way.
Just because Ricky was abused
doesn't mean he's gonna
do the same thing.
Ricky can be different from his father.
Get out your dreamcatcher,
because you're dreaming again.
*dreamcatcher*
So,what time is your appointment?
Same time as usual. As soon as
I can get there after school.
So am I riding with you and your mom,
or should I have my dad's
driver drop me off,
or how does that work?
Oh,and I have a digital
camera,but don't worry,
I won't take pictures
unless you want me to.
Uh,you want me to be there,right?
You said you wanted me
to be there,didn't you?
No,I said I wish
you could be there.
Well,I can.
N-no,I wish you could be there.
Like--
Like I wish we were
married,legally.
Like I wish this was our baby.
Like I wish a lot of things.
So you--
You don't want me to be there.
It's kind of personal.
Yeah,I-- I know. But still...
But still think you should go?
Yeah. Ben,I
-- I don't know.
I mean,you've never even
seen my stomach before.
I know. It'll be the first
time I see your stomach.
I'm sure it will be awkward,
but I want to be there for you.
I want to see the baby.
I want to be there with you when
you find out whether it's a girl or a boy.
And,yeah,at first,it'll be awkward,
but we'll work through
the awkwardness.
We love each other.
I don't think so,Ben.
I-I don't even know if I want
to know if it's a boy or a girl.
I'm not even sure
I want to be there.
I know it's gonna be a
very emotional moment for you,
and that's why I want
to be there for you.
But just think about letting me go.
Just think about it.
No. I don't want to think about it.
I don't want to hurt your feelings,
but I don't want you
to be there.
Sorry.I just think
it would be awkward.
Are you gonna let me go
to birthing classes?
Again,I think that would be awkward.
So you don't want me there
when the baby is born.
In the room when I'm completely
exposed to the world?
No. I-- I'm not even sure
I want my mother to be there.
We don't have to make
these decisions now.
I mean,we have months
to think about it.
But please,just consider
the possibility
of letting me be there
when the baby is born.
I-- I mean,I can stay up by your head,
all the way up by your head
and I won't look at anything
you don't want me to see.
Yeah,okay. I'll--
I'll think about it.
I love you.
I love you too.
Coming.
Coming.
Hi. I knew if I called,
you'd tell me not to come over.
Yeah,I probably would.
- Since you're here...
- Really?
I always wondered what this house
would look like on the inside.
It's very you.
Yeah. Well,I bought my own
furniture this time around.
That's a great rocking chair.
Where'd you get that?
My husband bought it
for me when I had Grace.
This would be a great
idea for a baby gift.
What's up,George?
Oh,we gotta talk.
About?
Ricky's dad.
Yeah. I want to kill that guy.
- Me too. - No,George,
I don't mean that literally.
Oh. I do.
What do you mean,literally?
I mean,I hate what
he did to that kid.
Yeah,and Ricky could
do that to his kid,
and his kid is my grandson
or granddaughter,
and I can't ignore the fact
that his father is circling around.
Ricky came by to say that he can't
go out with Grace anymore.
He doesn't want to put her in jeopardy.
Your daughter could be
my daughter's baby's stepmother.
We're a long way from that.
A long,long way.
Grace is going to college
and then to medical school.
George,what do you want?
I want to know how
we're getting rid of Bob.
Don't you two have a plan
to get rid of him?
Rid of him? No. We're gonna
leave that up to the authorities.
I won't do that.
Uh,yeah. We have to.
You're no better than Anne.
I hope your next wife
shares your point of view.
Well,I can only hope so.
Thanks for nothing.
Hey,there.
Don't get out.
All right.
I want to talk to you.
Great.
I'm taking Amy to the doctor today
to find out the sex of her baby.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
And I also found out that you're
trying to get money for Amy's baby.
So,uh,I don't know.
Maybe it's the doctor's appointment,
or everything else that's happening,
but that news just kind of upset me.
Well,it's not just her baby.
There's a father,and that's my son.
So it's actually your daughter's
baby and my son's baby.
So who knows? Maybe someday,
we'll be in-laws.
We are never gonna be in-laws.
And you're not gonna
go anywhere near my daughter
or your son or their baby.
You got that?
Because if you do,
if you go near her or him or the baby,
you're gonna regret it.
Really?
Regret it,you say?
Listen to me.
I'm a woman on the verge.
My 15-year-old daughter
is having a baby.
My husband is having an affair.
I'm getting a divorce after
16 years of marriage.
I gotta get a job.
And my mom has Alzheimer's.
And I can't take it anymore.
I can't take it if one more
bad thing happens to me,
like if I find out that you're
sending couples over
to try to adopt the baby and
you're somehow making money off of it.
So,what are you saying,Anne?
Are you saying--?
I don't know.
Are you threatening me?
Not nice to threaten people.
I'm not threatening you.
I don't even know how
to threaten a man like you.
But I figure you're afraid of me.
I figure you're afraid
of everything and everyone,
because what kind of a man
hits his own wife and child?
I'll tell you what kind.
A coward.
What kind of a man preys
on innocent children?
A coward.
Yeah,that's right.
You're a coward.
I bet you get high
so you can forget that.
That you're a coward.
Am I right?
Just don't go near them,
any of them.
Just go away.
Go far,far away.
Hey,were you looking for me?
Yeah.
I've been looking for you all day.
I'm sorry,Grace.
I just don't think we should
be seeing each other right now.
Okay,but that's just
for right now,right?
It's for as long
as my dad is around.
My parents told me.
They told you?
Everything.
Really,I appreciate that you
don't want me to get hurt,
but I'm not scared to be around you.
Well,you should be.
Well,I'm not.
Ricky,I love you.
I love you.
What do you want me to do?
Say I love you?
I don't love anyone.
I don't even love myself.
But you said you
were in love with me.
I say a lot of things,Grace.
But you're in love with me.
I know you're in love with me.
Aren't you in love with me?
Okay,well,even if you're
not in love with me,
I hope that we can
at least be friends.
I'm gonna pray for that.
That we can be friends.
And,Ricky,I'm gonna pray
that nobody ever hurts you again.
Bye.
call me
So your sister has a friend?
Yeah,she probably has lots of friends.
Do you know who the friend is?
She gave me an address
and a phone number
but it's probably fake.
Should we find out?
No,probably not.
I trust her.
Really?
Well,not completely,
but I don't think she'll
get into any trouble. Ever.
Not after what I did.
I kind of ruined her life too.
You didn't ruin her life.
Or yours.
Your life's just gonna be different.
And so is hers and so
is mine and-- And your dad's,
but not ruined.
Don't do that to yourself.
Or the baby.
Life's just a big adventure.
And yours is a really big
adventure right now.
But that's okay.
Everything's gonna be fine.
I think it's a girl.
You do?
Well,I think I want
the baby to be a girl.
Why's that?
Bob abused Ricky and Ricky's a boy so--
So maybe if the baby's a girl
and Bob and Ricky are here
then they wouldn't touch her.
Oh,honey,it doesn't work that way.
So even if the baby's a girl--?
Let's just hope that whether
it's a boy or a girl
that no harm comes to it.
And anyway,maybe Ricky
can break the cycle of abuse.
Well,Ricky's father
was probably abused
and his father's father but...
But anyway,maybe Ricky
will agree to the adoption.
Maybe he'll just wanna stay
away from the baby.
Maybe we should both stay away.
Maybe we should just let
the parents be parents
and do what's best for the baby.
I don't think I want to know,Mom.
Not right now,anyway.
It's okay.
A lot of people don't wanna
know the sex of the baby,
for various reasons.
Just make sure that you
tell the doctor that.
And I think I want
to do this alone.
Oh,okay.
Whatever you feel comfortable with.
But I'm there if...
Hey,Jack.
That's Jesus.
Oh,is it?
Is it a photograph?
I thought it was some
painting by some Caucasian
who wanted to see the son of
God as light-skinned with blue eyes.
Yeah,you're right.
He kind of looks like me,
don't you think?
Or you look like him,
depending on the ego.
You waiting to see my dad?
I am,but some crabby old woman
in support stockings
told me that he's stuck
in traffic on the freeway.
That's the church secretary.
Stuck in traffic,huh?
I needed to see him too.
You know,I can't
wait around,can you?
You want a ride home?
No,I think I'll wait.
Must be important.
Yes,it is.
Well,if you must know,
I wanted him to stop my
parents from getting divorced
and now something else
has become a priority.
Okay,Ricky's dad got out of prison
and he showed up at our house
in his lime green muscle car.
I just don't want anything
to happen to Amy,
the baby or even Ricky.
So I just thought he might
have a hotline to,you know,
that guy,or know
a judge or something.
A lime green muscle car?
What was he in prison for? Car theft?
I don't know but it's very
important that he go back to prison.
Okay,it was for abusing children,
but that's all I can say.
I don't know if my dad can help
you with something like that.
Yeah,I just thought I'd ask.
Because,you know,I'm just--
I'm just scared my dad is
gonna do something stupid.
All right,some kid over in
gangland is waiting for me
to show up to mentor
him into success,
so,uh,I better get going.
Good luck with that.
Good luck with my dad.
You know,my ex-husband
looked a lot like that.
Think that's why I married him.
I thought he was that good.
Turns out he's not.
You know,um,Reverend Stone
isn't here. He's stuck in traffic.
That guy is always stuck
in traffic. He drives like a turtle.
Will you tell him that
Veronica stopped by to see him?
Don't know if
I'll see him,but okay.
I can't wait around.
I'm a cocktail waitress
over at Kevin Ryan's
and we're short on help this
week and I need the tips.
Can't get my ex-husband
to cough up the child support.
Rev. Stone was supposed
to help me with that.
So are you hiring?
Are you looking?
Well,I am looking for a job.
But I don't know if I'd be
too hot at cocktails.
I mean,I'm not really
a people person and I don't drink.
That's perfect. Are you over 21?
What,you wanna see my ID?
No. I'll-- I'll get you in.
Come on,let's go.
Goodbye.
Hey,kiddo.
Oh,right.Restraining order.
Probably shouldn't be this
close to a school either.
But I wanted to ask you something.
Girl or boy?
The baby.
Is it a girl or is it a boy?
Because I got a line on
a couple
who would pay 100 grand
for a healthy white male infant.
So I'm hoping it's a boy.
I bet you do.
Look,I'm under no misconceptions here.
I know I'm not getting your
vote for father of the year.
But that's all water under
the bridge as far as I'm concerned.
I can't change the past.
You want me to go away,
I want to go away,
but I can't.
I don't have the funds.
So think of it as a finder's fee.
You give me what I want,
I'll get out of your life.
It's the only way
I can get out of your life.
Can't get out of your
life without the money.
And keep me posted on whether
it's a boy or a girl.
I think Amy has her
doctor's appointment today.
See you.
Adrian,I'll have to call you back.
He was there,Dad.
He was there in the parking
lot at school.Ricky called me.
Honey,I'll call you back.
No,talk to me. Do something.
Five minutes.
I heard that.
Well,then you know I'm working on it.
You're not working on it fast enough.
I'm working on it.
There has to be something you can do.
I want something done right now.
I understand that.
And I sympathize.
But sometimes we just have to
let the situation play itself out.
And if someone gets
hurt in the process?
We can't arrest a man for no reason.
The man abused his own son.
And he went to prison for that.
Look,how frustrating
do you think it is
for all of us in law enforcement?
We work hard to send
these guys away
and then the prisons
can't hold them all.
They just get turned out again and
then we have to go after them again,
while we also go after all the other
guys out there who are yet to be caught.
But I do my job.
I'm trying to do my job anyway.
Well,you better do your job as a father too,
and keep that Ricky away
from Adrian. She's a nice girl.
I know she's a nice girl.
And so is her mother.
We're here,okay?
Jack Pappas?
Yeah.
Are you Duncan's,uh...?
His...
Mother.
Are you?
No,I'm his sister.
I'm Shawna.
Duncan! Jack's here!
You don't look like the kind of guy
who would get in trouble for fake IDs.
They told you that?
Yeah.
They also told me you probably
had nothing to do with it.
Oh,I had something to do with it.
Either way,um,thanks,Jack.
Duncan's not allowed to have
friends in the neighborhood
and he needs to get
out once in a while.
It's no problem.
Duncan!
Sorry,I was on the phone.
Hey,Jack. Hey.
You was expecting someone
about this high,huh?
Well,kind of,yeah.
You still wanna do this?
Yeah. Let's roll.
See you in a sec.
Hey,man.You don't wanna do that.
I don't wanna do what?
Look,don't mad dog the dealer.
Just drive away.
Dude.
Don't be stupid.
I gotta make a phone call.
No,no,no,no,no,not with me in the car.
Look,you drive out the neighborhood
before you make any phone calls.
Better yet,mind your
own business.All right?
Now,let's ride.
Hey,so how'd it go?
I didn't go.
Good.
She didn't let me.
Good.
She doesn't want me
there for the birth.
That's good too.
This isn't funny,you know?
I'm trying to be a man
but it's hard when
people won't let you.
Lots of ways of being a man,son.
Every book that
I've read has said that
the husband,father,partner,whatever
should be there for all these things.
Well,that's when the husband,
father,partner,whatever
is intimate with the woman
who's giving birth.
As far as I know you're not
intimate with Amy.
I hope.
Look,she's a 15-year-old
girl having a baby.
You're a 15-year-old guy.
You're not a married couple.
You haven't seen each other naked.
You haven't made love to each other.
You haven't been with
each other for years.
You're just getting to know each other.
And it's just not appropriate for
you to participate in certain things.
What certain things?
Certain things like anything that
may make your Amy feel uncomfortable.
I'll tell you what,
next time you go to doctor's
office for a checkup,
ask Amy if she wants
to go with you.
Hello.
Leo. It's George Juergens.
What are you doing for dinner?
I don't know,George.
What are you doing?
You feel like grabbing a steak?
Have some drinks?
You got plans for dinner?
I'm just gonna wait for Amy to call.
Okay,well,you can
do that on your own.
You're on,George.
What the heck are you doing?
Um,I'm just,uh,looking
for some loose change.
All right,well,get back out there.
You're doing great,kid.
Yeah,we might have a...
tiny... tad little problem.
Amy,I'm so sorry. I got tied up
with a difficult delivery.
But mother and baby are just fine.
Sorry to keep you waiting.
They told me I could go home but
I just want to get it over with.
Get it over with? This isn't
an "over with" kind of visit.
This is easy.
This might be your favorite
visit ever,in fact.
Just so you know,um,
Amy might not wanna know
what she's having.
If it's a boy or a girl.
Oh. Okay,well,come on back
and we'll talk about it.
Okay.
Why would you get a job?
Just trying to do my part.
Your part in what?
I don't know,supporting the baby?
Oh,Ashley. You don't have
to support the baby.
Your mother's just trying to teach
Amy a lesson about being responsible.
Now,she's gonna be so responsible
she'll probably have the baby adopted.
I know,I just don't
really want that to happen.
So I was just trying to earn
some extra cash,you know?
Yeah,I know. But you're underage.
You could have
this business shut down.
I-- I didn't realize that.
You know,I've only been
here a couple hours
and I've already made
a hundred in tips.
Really?
Well,you can't earn money
because you don't have a work permit.
So you're gonna have to pass
those tips along to Veronica.
Really?
Well,I don't know what to do here.
I don't want anyone to get in trouble.
Here,just take it.
Oh,well,I-- I can't just...
Wow. Thank you.
You know,I should give
you something in return.
How about a free dinner?
Then I'd have to tell my boss
and then I could lose my job...
I can't afford to lose
my job right now,so...
Hey,George. Ashley.
Hey. Good to see you.
I didn't expect to
see my daughter here.
She used her fake ID to get a job.
Well,at least it went to good use.
How about a steak?
Oh,I called her mother
to come and get her.
She should be here in a bit.
Well,in the meantime,
can I get you two gentlemen a drink?
Joking.
What's going on?
I want to talk to you,Ricky.
Okay,I know I hurt Grace's
feelings and I'm sorry.
I can't help it.
You can't help a lot
of things,Ricky. Sit down.
You can't help it if your
father is a sick man.
You can't help it if he
did horrible things to you.
You can't. It's not your fault.
You didn't ask for it.
You would never ask for it.
You never wanted it to happen,Ricky.
But I imagine sometimes you doubt that.
So you keep going to therapy.
You work at it every day.
And then you realize
that sometimes you're just
like every other guy.
You wanna have sex
because you're attracted
to some woman and you love her.
Then you realize that sometimes
you want to have sex
because your father violated
you and you want to act out.
You want to abuse
somebody else, anybody else,
any other woman,any other girl
that you can convince
to have sex with you.
But you don't do that,Ricky.
Because you know that
if you did do that,
you would just be doing to somebody else
what your father did to you.
Till you learn to love yourself,
because you're a good person.
Ricky,deep down inside,
you are a good person.
What happened to you
was not your fault,
but what you choose to do to other
people, that's your responsibility.
Son,you have it within yourself
to change yourself
and to stop the cycle.
You can stop the cycle.
I believe that. I believe in you.
Now,that's not to say that
I'm not a little nervous
with you hanging around my daughter,
but I believe that you can stop
the cycle of violence in your family
if you make the decision to do that.
What makes you think you know
anything about this?
What makes you think you know
anything about my life?
Is this something you
learned in med school?
Something you read in a book?
No offense,but I don't think
you know anything about it.
No offense,but I know
everything about it,Ricky.
I know everything about this.
You see,my brother was
a big baseball fan
and our next-door neighbor somehow
always had extra tickets.
Well,our next-door neighbor was
sexually abusing my brother
and one day he killed himself.
How'd you find out
about the neighbor?
On the suicide note.
That was the first time any of
us knew anything about it.
You see,my brother was afraid
that if we knew about it,
we wouldn't love him anymore.
So that is why I am glad
that you have chosen
to talk to somebody.
And if you ever need to talk to
anybody about this,you can talk to me.
You can talk to Grace.
No judgment ever.
I promise.
Even though you know about me,
you'd still let me go out with Grace?
Yeah.
I would.
You just don't do anything stupid.
So you don't know anyone who could
even scare the guy a little bit?
Nope.
I just want someone to sneak
up behind him in a dark alley
and beat the stuffing out of him.
- I don't know anyone.
- No one?
Nope. And even if I did,
that's not the answer.
Well,come on,we have to do something.
Unfortunately,George,we have to wait
for the authorities to do something,
you know,otherwise we're
just criminals, just like he is.
We're not criminals
who abuse our children.
No,we're not.
We're not criminals,period.
We've got our children
to think about,Ben and Amy.
I mean,the kid wants to be in the
room with her when she gives birth.
Oh,no,I-- I-- I don't think so.
No,I don't either.
He's sitting around
the house pouting about it.
I just hope he comes
to his senses and realizes
there's only so much he can do.
Everything okay?
Yeah.
Well,I'll be darned.
Oh,hey,hold it down a little bit,
I'm getting a glare.
Yeah,that's good.
I'm Amy.
I'm your mother.
Your birth mother.
And,uh,this is your grandmother,
the mother of your birth
mother,my mother.
She was with me when we got
to see you on the sonogram.
And,uh,we love you.
I love you and--
And my mother loves you.
My boyfriend and
someday-husband,Ben,
he loves you.
He's making this for you right now.
My dad loves you
and my sister loves you
and my whole family loves you.
And all my friends love you.
And that's why we wanna make sure
that you have the best home possible,
with the best family possible.
And,uh...
I'm gonna do whatever I have to do
to make sure that happens for you.
To make sure that you get all
that life has to offer.
Because that's what
my parents did for me.
And because...
well...
you're my son.
*it's a boy*
I've been calling you.
I know. I had a visitor.
Did you check your messages?
No.
You didn't check your messages?
No.
They got him. Your father.
He's been arrested.
For?
A possession of drugs.
Jack saw him buying drugs.
He called me,I called my dad.
They got him.
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Don't do anything stupid,Ricky.
Don't hit the guy. It's okay.
-It's never gonna be okay.
-Yeah,probably not.
My father is not
a law-abiding citizen.
He doesn't care if
there's a restraining order.
Here's my dad's number.
He'll help you.
I want to consider adoption.
I'd appreciate you going along with that.
I found something for you to do
for your community service.
How'd you like to mentor a kid?
Yeah,I'll do it.
You know how much some families
would pay for a healthy,Caucasian baby?
I gotta go.
No-- Whoa,whoa.
No,you can't just have sex like
that and leave me here alone.
Sorry. Then again,I think you say
that every time I leave your house,
so maybe you can just
not say anything for once.
Are you angry with me?
After that?
I'm not angry with you.
You're angry.
Yeah,well,I'm angry with someone else.
Good night.
No,wait,please,just wait.
Who are you angry with? Grace?
No,not Grace. Good night.
No. Ricky.
Ricky.
How can you be angry with anyone
after what we just did?
I just can,all right? I have to go.
Ricky,please.
This is as close as
I've ever felt to you.
Tonight. In there.
Just talk to me,please.
I don't feel like talking to you.
It's personal.
More personal than sex?
Yeah,a lot more personal than sex.
Come on,Ricky.
Look,just don't run away tonight,okay?
Just talk to me.
Just tell me what this is about.
You can tell me.
I can't.
You can if you want.
I'm not gonna tell anyone.
Whatever it is,
I'm not gonna say anything.
Don't you know me
better than that by now?
No. And you don't know me either.
Well,then let's get to know each other.
Okay,you want to get to know me?
You want to know who I am?
The reason I'm in foster care
is not just because my dad
smacked me around
and smacked my mom around.
It's not just because
they were both drug addicts,
and abandoned me over and over again.
It's because my dad used to come
home after a long day of hanging out
and getting high to
teach me a little lesson
in how hard it is
to be a man in this world.
That's what he called it:
"A little lesson."
Every night,I'd be in bed
with my door closed,
just begging God that
he wouldn't come in my room
for one of his little lessons.
But night after night after night,
there he was.
And when I couldn't take
it anymore, when I hated him enough,
when I really didn't care
if I lived or died,
I told my teacher at school
and she told someone,
and then they told someone else.
And eventually,but believe me,
not quickly,eventually,
he went off to prison.
But guess what? He's back,
and he's hanging around.
Yeah.
He went to see Amy and
then he came around
when I was with Grace,
so lock your doors,
because he'll probably show up here too.
Not that he's interested
in you or Grace or Amy.
No,he's just interested in me.
In hurting me.
He actually wants me to make
someone pay for my baby
and then give him the money.
Then he'll leave me alone.
Nice,huh?
Ricky,I'm so sorry.
Let me help you,okay?
I-- I can talk to my dad.
He can help you.
No one can help me.
Adrian?
Everything okay?
No.
What's wrong?
Ricky was just here.
And?
Did you know?
Did I know what?
That his father was in prison
for sexually abusing him
and for drugs and for
God knows what else?
I can't discuss that.
But you knew.
I knew.
Then put him back in prison.
Honey,I can't.
He's on parole.
And as long as he follows
the conditions of his parole,
there's nothing I can do.
I don't believe that.
Have the cops follow him around.
Make him break the
conditions of his parole.
As an officer of the court,
I cannot mandate any
law-enforcement agency
to spend an exorbitant amount
of resources on one individual
who,if he's following
the parole agreement,
he's not an apparent danger to anyone.
Really? You believe that?
He's not an apparent danger to anyone?
Dad,please.
I'm doing the best I can,honey.
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What are you doing?
What's it look like? I'm shaving.
I can see that,but why are
you shaving in my kitchen?
I'm tired of shaving
with the garden hose.
My skin's getting chapped.
George,there are three
bathrooms in this house.
Yeah,and three women.
[SIGHS] Good morning.
- Morning,Buttercup.- Good morning.
do you think it's okay if I go
to a friend's house after school?
A friend's house after school?
You have a friend?
George.
You're not thinking the same thing?
I think it's wonderful
that you have a friend
and that you're getting
out of the house
and doing something with
someone outside the family.
So,what's her name?
What makes you so sure it's a her?
Oh. So it's a boyfriend friend?
No,it's a gender-non-specific friend.
What's going on?
Your sister has a friend.
Really?
Yes,really.
Why is it such a surprise
that I have a friend?
I'm a very,very friendly person.
All right,well,um,
I'll just-- I'll be in the car.
So I'll pick you up after
last period,okay?
Yeah. Sounds good.
- I can pick her up. - No,you can't.
You're working,George.
At least I hope you are.
I can still pick her up.
I have a doctor's appointment.
She said I might be able to find
out the sex of the baby today.
Really? And then you'll tell me.
I'd love to have a boy.
I got two girls,
so a grandson would be great.
You know,or a granddaughter.
Bye.
What?
She's leaning towards adoption.
You know that.
That's already been decided?
No,it hasn't, but I think
it's what she wants.
What she wants or what you want?
I think it's really
what she wants,George.
She isn't sure she wants to
know if it's a boy or a girl.
Is this because of Ricky?
She doesn't want Ricky and
his dad coming around?
Did you scare her with that?
No. I didn't.
It's about nothing except for
the fact that Amy thinks
that this might be the best
choice for her baby.
Let's go,let's go.
I got things to do today.
Oh,yeah. Me too.
What's with the camera?
We're finding out
the sex of the baby.
And according to the information
I got from the Internet,
this is a moment that should
be recorded for history.
- By? - By...?
Amy's borrowing your camera,right?
No. I'm gonna be there with her.
You're gonna be there when she
finds out the sex of the baby?
Yeah. Of course.
You know how they find that out?
Yeah. It's called a sonogram.
Yeah. And she's gonna be
laying on a table
with her whole stomach exposed.
Have you seen Amy's stomach before?
Well,that's kind of
a personal question,isn't it?
Not as personal as you being
there and seeing her stomach.
-They can cover it.
-They don't cover it.
It-- It'll be fine.
I mean,it's-- It's just a stomach.
No,it's not.
It's a very intimate moment
between the mother and the baby,
and usually the father of the baby.
And it's very emotional.
I mean,given Amy's situation,
I would think she'd feel really
vulnerable at a moment like that
and would be much more comfortable
with her mother there than you.
- She wants me to be there.
- You sure?
- Yeah,I'm sure.
- I don't recommend it.
It'll be fine.
I'm not worried about
you as much as Amy.
I can't imagine that
she would want you there.
She's my wife. I know,I know.
We're not married legally,
but we might as well be.
We're in love and we're
in this relationship for life.
And this is a big part
of that relationship,today,
finding out the sex of the baby.
I have to be there.
Amy wants me to be there.
Just like she wants
me there for the birth.
Yeah,okay,Benjamin.
We'll see about that.
We'll see about what?
Come on. Let's go,already.
Be there for the birth.
Come on.
What do you call this again?
Earl Grey.
It's not bad.
I have coffee.
No,no,no. That's okay.
When in Rome...
Well,I'm very happy you stopped by.
I wish my wife were
here to talk to you.
She's,uh-- Well,she's
been wanting to talk to you.
But neither of us wanted
to intrude on the situation.
I don't know why not.
The whole world has intruded.
It's not like it's a secret.
So,what do you think Amy is going to do?
Is she thinking about adoption?
Ricky said she's thinking about it,
but I'm not sure he's totally
onboard with that right now,
especially since his
father has been coming around
looking for money from the adoption.
Bob the child molester is
looking for money for the baby?
Maybe Ricky didn't tell Amy,but yes.
Bob said he'd help out financially.
Bob has no money.
Bob the child molester
is also Bob the drug addict.
That son of a-- I want to--
We do too.
But we all know we can't.
Do we? Maybe that's
just the tea talking.
Adrian's father--
Do you know Adrian?
I know him. What about Adrian?
Is her father a child molester too?
No,no.
He's the DA.
He got us a restraining order,
and he's asked the police
to keep an eye out.
What,in case anyone kills Bob?
Let's not resort to violence.
Let's not put ourselves on Bob's level.
Let's put Bob down a level.
Like six feet under.
He wanted money for the baby?
Mr. Juergens,Bob will not
last long in the real world.
Sooner or later,he's gonna do something
that will violate his parole
and he'll go back to prison.
Should we do something to Bob
before Bob does something
to go back to prison?
There's nothing we can do.
No? There's gotta be
something we can do.
I'm not gonna sit around
drinking Earl Grey,
waiting for Bob to go back to prison.
Don't do anything stupid,George.
Yeah,story of my life.
So that's why he showed up
at the batting cages.
He wants money from the adoption.
So you and Amy have decided
to have the baby adopted?
No,at least I haven't.
I don't want anything
to do with an adoption,
which is only gonna make Bob angry.
I mean,he's an angry man already.
Look,I wouldn't want
to ruin your morning,
so I'll spare you the details
of what my father did to me.
Ricky,you can tell us anything.
Don't worry about our morning,okay?
It's not okay.
I was sexually abused,
and Bob got sent
to prison because of me,
so I don't think Grace
should be around me.
I don't think it's safe.
...Ricky,uh,
Bob was sent to prison because of Bob.
Didn't have anything to do with you.
You know that,don't you?
Yeah,I know that.
Intellectually,I know that.
But still,sometimes it gets
turned around in my head somehow.
Look,I'm working on my problems.
I'm in therapy.
I've been in therapy for years.
And I know I'd never
do anything to hurt Grace.
But I can't say the same about Bob.
I can't say he wouldn't hurt
her if he had the chance.
I think he just wants
to get back at me.
I just don't know how
he plans to do that.
So I'm not gonna come
around for a while
and I was wondering if you
could explain that to Grace.
I can't. I just can't.
I really love her,but I don't
want her to get hurt.
But Bob is very unpredictable.
Ricky,are you sure you can't
tell Grace this yourself?
We can tell her,
but she can hear what you have
to say without any judgment. She can.
Yeah,because she's a Christian.
You're all Christians.
I wish I could be a Christian.
I wish I could believe
what you believe.
I wish Jesus would just take
away my pain and suffering,
but I spent too many
nights praying
for Bob to leave me alone to believe
that prayer ever works.
No,I think you better tell Grace
that I can't see her anymore.
Not right now,anyway.
Look,I have to go.
I'm sorry. I have to go.
No pity,okay?
I don't need pity.
It'll change the sex.
I'm not-- It's not pity.
It's just that--
I don't know,I just--
I think I understand you
a lot better now.
I doubt it.
Besides,I'm not looking
for understanding.
I know what you're looking for.
And you're not gonna
get that from Grace.
I'm not seeing Grace.
I went over to her house
and told her parents that
I'd stay away from her.
And I'm gonna stay away from her.
Because of your dad,
or because she really
isn't what you want?
Or because rejection in any form
is just gonna make her want you more?
I'm not that complicated.
Yes,you are.
Hey,don't make too much out of
what I told you about my dad,okay?
Okay.
Tonight?
He wants to make money off the adoption.
He wants Ricky to give him
a commission on selling Amy's baby.
What?
That's why he showed up.
He wants to get a cut of the money.
Nobody's getting any
money for Amy's baby.
Apparently people do that.
They pay for hospital costs
and taking care of the mother.
Sometimes there's some sort
of cash bonus involved,
disguised as an expense.
Reverend Stone didn't say
anything about that.
That's not gonna happen.
How do you know it's not gonna happen?
How do you know that
there's not gonna be money
under the table to Ricky?
With Bob in the picture,
adoption is a dirty business.
You're the one who wanted
her to do this,not me.
It doesn't have to be
a dirty business.
It's not supposed to be
a dirty business.
It's supposed to be a wonderful
way of providing a child
with a-- A stable and loving family
and giving two people a chance
to have a child who would ordinarily
not be able to have one.
It's just people like Ricky's father
that make it into a dirty business.
We won't have anything to do
with him or anyone like him.
How are we gonna know?
We'll know.
George,don't do anything stupid,please.
Amy is gonna need you.
You need to be here for Amy.
Don't do anything stupid.
What kind of a man
abuses his own son? Pervert.
A very sick man.
Someone who needs some help.
Oh,I'll help him.
George,let the authorities
handle this,please.
You know,if Bob did
what he did to Ricky,
then Ricky could do what he did
to the baby.
That's not fair.
And it's not true.
It doesn't have to be that way.
Just because Ricky was abused
doesn't mean he's gonna
do the same thing.
Ricky can be different from his father.
Get out your dreamcatcher,
because you're dreaming again.
*dreamcatcher*
So,what time is your appointment?
Same time as usual. As soon as
I can get there after school.
So am I riding with you and your mom,
or should I have my dad's
driver drop me off,
or how does that work?
Oh,and I have a digital
camera,but don't worry,
I won't take pictures
unless you want me to.
Uh,you want me to be there,right?
You said you wanted me
to be there,didn't you?
No,I said I wish
you could be there.
Well,I can.
N-no,I wish you could be there.
Like--
Like I wish we were
married,legally.
Like I wish this was our baby.
Like I wish a lot of things.
So you--
You don't want me to be there.
It's kind of personal.
Yeah,I-- I know. But still...
But still think you should go?
Yeah. Ben,I
-- I don't know.
I mean,you've never even
seen my stomach before.
I know. It'll be the first
time I see your stomach.
I'm sure it will be awkward,
but I want to be there for you.
I want to see the baby.
I want to be there with you when
you find out whether it's a girl or a boy.
And,yeah,at first,it'll be awkward,
but we'll work through
the awkwardness.
We love each other.
I don't think so,Ben.
I-I don't even know if I want
to know if it's a boy or a girl.
I'm not even sure
I want to be there.
I know it's gonna be a
very emotional moment for you,
and that's why I want
to be there for you.
But just think about letting me go.
Just think about it.
No. I don't want to think about it.
I don't want to hurt your feelings,
but I don't want you
to be there.
Sorry.I just think
it would be awkward.
Are you gonna let me go
to birthing classes?
Again,I think that would be awkward.
So you don't want me there
when the baby is born.
In the room when I'm completely
exposed to the world?
No. I-- I'm not even sure
I want my mother to be there.
We don't have to make
these decisions now.
I mean,we have months
to think about it.
But please,just consider
the possibility
of letting me be there
when the baby is born.
I-- I mean,I can stay up by your head,
all the way up by your head
and I won't look at anything
you don't want me to see.
Yeah,okay. I'll--
I'll think about it.
I love you.
I love you too.
Coming.
Coming.
Hi. I knew if I called,
you'd tell me not to come over.
Yeah,I probably would.
- Since you're here...
- Really?
I always wondered what this house
would look like on the inside.
It's very you.
Yeah. Well,I bought my own
furniture this time around.
That's a great rocking chair.
Where'd you get that?
My husband bought it
for me when I had Grace.
This would be a great
idea for a baby gift.
What's up,George?
Oh,we gotta talk.
About?
Ricky's dad.
Yeah. I want to kill that guy.
- Me too. - No,George,
I don't mean that literally.
Oh. I do.
What do you mean,literally?
I mean,I hate what
he did to that kid.
Yeah,and Ricky could
do that to his kid,
and his kid is my grandson
or granddaughter,
and I can't ignore the fact
that his father is circling around.
Ricky came by to say that he can't
go out with Grace anymore.
He doesn't want to put her in jeopardy.
Your daughter could be
my daughter's baby's stepmother.
We're a long way from that.
A long,long way.
Grace is going to college
and then to medical school.
George,what do you want?
I want to know how
we're getting rid of Bob.
Don't you two have a plan
to get rid of him?
Rid of him? No. We're gonna
leave that up to the authorities.
I won't do that.
Uh,yeah. We have to.
You're no better than Anne.
I hope your next wife
shares your point of view.
Well,I can only hope so.
Thanks for nothing.
Hey,there.
Don't get out.
All right.
I want to talk to you.
Great.
I'm taking Amy to the doctor today
to find out the sex of her baby.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
And I also found out that you're
trying to get money for Amy's baby.
So,uh,I don't know.
Maybe it's the doctor's appointment,
or everything else that's happening,
but that news just kind of upset me.
Well,it's not just her baby.
There's a father,and that's my son.
So it's actually your daughter's
baby and my son's baby.
So who knows? Maybe someday,
we'll be in-laws.
We are never gonna be in-laws.
And you're not gonna
go anywhere near my daughter
or your son or their baby.
You got that?
Because if you do,
if you go near her or him or the baby,
you're gonna regret it.
Really?
Regret it,you say?
Listen to me.
I'm a woman on the verge.
My 15-year-old daughter
is having a baby.
My husband is having an affair.
I'm getting a divorce after
16 years of marriage.
I gotta get a job.
And my mom has Alzheimer's.
And I can't take it anymore.
I can't take it if one more
bad thing happens to me,
like if I find out that you're
sending couples over
to try to adopt the baby and
you're somehow making money off of it.
So,what are you saying,Anne?
Are you saying--?
I don't know.
Are you threatening me?
Not nice to threaten people.
I'm not threatening you.
I don't even know how
to threaten a man like you.
But I figure you're afraid of me.
I figure you're afraid
of everything and everyone,
because what kind of a man
hits his own wife and child?
I'll tell you what kind.
A coward.
What kind of a man preys
on innocent children?
A coward.
Yeah,that's right.
You're a coward.
I bet you get high
so you can forget that.
That you're a coward.
Am I right?
Just don't go near them,
any of them.
Just go away.
Go far,far away.
Hey,were you looking for me?
Yeah.
I've been looking for you all day.
I'm sorry,Grace.
I just don't think we should
be seeing each other right now.
Okay,but that's just
for right now,right?
It's for as long
as my dad is around.
My parents told me.
They told you?
Everything.
Really,I appreciate that you
don't want me to get hurt,
but I'm not scared to be around you.
Well,you should be.
Well,I'm not.
Ricky,I love you.
I love you.
What do you want me to do?
Say I love you?
I don't love anyone.
I don't even love myself.
But you said you
were in love with me.
I say a lot of things,Grace.
But you're in love with me.
I know you're in love with me.
Aren't you in love with me?
Okay,well,even if you're
not in love with me,
I hope that we can
at least be friends.
I'm gonna pray for that.
That we can be friends.
And,Ricky,I'm gonna pray
that nobody ever hurts you again.
Bye.
call me
So your sister has a friend?
Yeah,she probably has lots of friends.
Do you know who the friend is?
She gave me an address
and a phone number
but it's probably fake.
Should we find out?
No,probably not.
I trust her.
Really?
Well,not completely,
but I don't think she'll
get into any trouble. Ever.
Not after what I did.
I kind of ruined her life too.
You didn't ruin her life.
Or yours.
Your life's just gonna be different.
And so is hers and so
is mine and-- And your dad's,
but not ruined.
Don't do that to yourself.
Or the baby.
Life's just a big adventure.
And yours is a really big
adventure right now.
But that's okay.
Everything's gonna be fine.
I think it's a girl.
You do?
Well,I think I want
the baby to be a girl.
Why's that?
Bob abused Ricky and Ricky's a boy so--
So maybe if the baby's a girl
and Bob and Ricky are here
then they wouldn't touch her.
Oh,honey,it doesn't work that way.
So even if the baby's a girl--?
Let's just hope that whether
it's a boy or a girl
that no harm comes to it.
And anyway,maybe Ricky
can break the cycle of abuse.
Well,Ricky's father
was probably abused
and his father's father but...
But anyway,maybe Ricky
will agree to the adoption.
Maybe he'll just wanna stay
away from the baby.
Maybe we should both stay away.
Maybe we should just let
the parents be parents
and do what's best for the baby.
I don't think I want to know,Mom.
Not right now,anyway.
It's okay.
A lot of people don't wanna
know the sex of the baby,
for various reasons.
Just make sure that you
tell the doctor that.
And I think I want
to do this alone.
Oh,okay.
Whatever you feel comfortable with.
But I'm there if...
Hey,Jack.
That's Jesus.
Oh,is it?
Is it a photograph?
I thought it was some
painting by some Caucasian
who wanted to see the son of
God as light-skinned with blue eyes.
Yeah,you're right.
He kind of looks like me,
don't you think?
Or you look like him,
depending on the ego.
You waiting to see my dad?
I am,but some crabby old woman
in support stockings
told me that he's stuck
in traffic on the freeway.
That's the church secretary.
Stuck in traffic,huh?
I needed to see him too.
You know,I can't
wait around,can you?
You want a ride home?
No,I think I'll wait.
Must be important.
Yes,it is.
Well,if you must know,
I wanted him to stop my
parents from getting divorced
and now something else
has become a priority.
Okay,Ricky's dad got out of prison
and he showed up at our house
in his lime green muscle car.
I just don't want anything
to happen to Amy,
the baby or even Ricky.
So I just thought he might
have a hotline to,you know,
that guy,or know
a judge or something.
A lime green muscle car?
What was he in prison for? Car theft?
I don't know but it's very
important that he go back to prison.
Okay,it was for abusing children,
but that's all I can say.
I don't know if my dad can help
you with something like that.
Yeah,I just thought I'd ask.
Because,you know,I'm just--
I'm just scared my dad is
gonna do something stupid.
All right,some kid over in
gangland is waiting for me
to show up to mentor
him into success,
so,uh,I better get going.
Good luck with that.
Good luck with my dad.
You know,my ex-husband
looked a lot like that.
Think that's why I married him.
I thought he was that good.
Turns out he's not.
You know,um,Reverend Stone
isn't here. He's stuck in traffic.
That guy is always stuck
in traffic. He drives like a turtle.
Will you tell him that
Veronica stopped by to see him?
Don't know if
I'll see him,but okay.
I can't wait around.
I'm a cocktail waitress
over at Kevin Ryan's
and we're short on help this
week and I need the tips.
Can't get my ex-husband
to cough up the child support.
Rev. Stone was supposed
to help me with that.
So are you hiring?
Are you looking?
Well,I am looking for a job.
But I don't know if I'd be
too hot at cocktails.
I mean,I'm not really
a people person and I don't drink.
That's perfect. Are you over 21?
What,you wanna see my ID?
No. I'll-- I'll get you in.
Come on,let's go.
Goodbye.
Hey,kiddo.
Oh,right.Restraining order.
Probably shouldn't be this
close to a school either.
But I wanted to ask you something.
Girl or boy?
The baby.
Is it a girl or is it a boy?
Because I got a line on
a couple
who would pay 100 grand
for a healthy white male infant.
So I'm hoping it's a boy.
I bet you do.
Look,I'm under no misconceptions here.
I know I'm not getting your
vote for father of the year.
But that's all water under
the bridge as far as I'm concerned.
I can't change the past.
You want me to go away,
I want to go away,
but I can't.
I don't have the funds.
So think of it as a finder's fee.
You give me what I want,
I'll get out of your life.
It's the only way
I can get out of your life.
Can't get out of your
life without the money.
And keep me posted on whether
it's a boy or a girl.
I think Amy has her
doctor's appointment today.
See you.
Adrian,I'll have to call you back.
He was there,Dad.
He was there in the parking
lot at school.Ricky called me.
Honey,I'll call you back.
No,talk to me. Do something.
Five minutes.
I heard that.
Well,then you know I'm working on it.
You're not working on it fast enough.
I'm working on it.
There has to be something you can do.
I want something done right now.
I understand that.
And I sympathize.
But sometimes we just have to
let the situation play itself out.
And if someone gets
hurt in the process?
We can't arrest a man for no reason.
The man abused his own son.
And he went to prison for that.
Look,how frustrating
do you think it is
for all of us in law enforcement?
We work hard to send
these guys away
and then the prisons
can't hold them all.
They just get turned out again and
then we have to go after them again,
while we also go after all the other
guys out there who are yet to be caught.
But I do my job.
I'm trying to do my job anyway.
Well,you better do your job as a father too,
and keep that Ricky away
from Adrian. She's a nice girl.
I know she's a nice girl.
And so is her mother.
We're here,okay?
Jack Pappas?
Yeah.
Are you Duncan's,uh...?
His...
Mother.
Are you?
No,I'm his sister.
I'm Shawna.
Duncan! Jack's here!
You don't look like the kind of guy
who would get in trouble for fake IDs.
They told you that?
Yeah.
They also told me you probably
had nothing to do with it.
Oh,I had something to do with it.
Either way,um,thanks,Jack.
Duncan's not allowed to have
friends in the neighborhood
and he needs to get
out once in a while.
It's no problem.
Duncan!
Sorry,I was on the phone.
Hey,Jack. Hey.
You was expecting someone
about this high,huh?
Well,kind of,yeah.
You still wanna do this?
Yeah. Let's roll.
See you in a sec.
Hey,man.You don't wanna do that.
I don't wanna do what?
Look,don't mad dog the dealer.
Just drive away.
Dude.
Don't be stupid.
I gotta make a phone call.
No,no,no,no,no,not with me in the car.
Look,you drive out the neighborhood
before you make any phone calls.
Better yet,mind your
own business.All right?
Now,let's ride.
Hey,so how'd it go?
I didn't go.
Good.
She didn't let me.
Good.
She doesn't want me
there for the birth.
That's good too.
This isn't funny,you know?
I'm trying to be a man
but it's hard when
people won't let you.
Lots of ways of being a man,son.
Every book that
I've read has said that
the husband,father,partner,whatever
should be there for all these things.
Well,that's when the husband,
father,partner,whatever
is intimate with the woman
who's giving birth.
As far as I know you're not
intimate with Amy.
I hope.
Look,she's a 15-year-old
girl having a baby.
You're a 15-year-old guy.
You're not a married couple.
You haven't seen each other naked.
You haven't made love to each other.
You haven't been with
each other for years.
You're just getting to know each other.
And it's just not appropriate for
you to participate in certain things.
What certain things?
Certain things like anything that
may make your Amy feel uncomfortable.
I'll tell you what,
next time you go to doctor's
office for a checkup,
ask Amy if she wants
to go with you.
Hello.
Leo. It's George Juergens.
What are you doing for dinner?
I don't know,George.
What are you doing?
You feel like grabbing a steak?
Have some drinks?
You got plans for dinner?
I'm just gonna wait for Amy to call.
Okay,well,you can
do that on your own.
You're on,George.
What the heck are you doing?
Um,I'm just,uh,looking
for some loose change.
All right,well,get back out there.
You're doing great,kid.
Yeah,we might have a...
tiny... tad little problem.
Amy,I'm so sorry. I got tied up
with a difficult delivery.
But mother and baby are just fine.
Sorry to keep you waiting.
They told me I could go home but
I just want to get it over with.
Get it over with? This isn't
an "over with" kind of visit.
This is easy.
This might be your favorite
visit ever,in fact.
Just so you know,um,
Amy might not wanna know
what she's having.
If it's a boy or a girl.
Oh. Okay,well,come on back
and we'll talk about it.
Okay.
Why would you get a job?
Just trying to do my part.
Your part in what?
I don't know,supporting the baby?
Oh,Ashley. You don't have
to support the baby.
Your mother's just trying to teach
Amy a lesson about being responsible.
Now,she's gonna be so responsible
she'll probably have the baby adopted.
I know,I just don't
really want that to happen.
So I was just trying to earn
some extra cash,you know?
Yeah,I know. But you're underage.
You could have
this business shut down.
I-- I didn't realize that.
You know,I've only been
here a couple hours
and I've already made
a hundred in tips.
Really?
Well,you can't earn money
because you don't have a work permit.
So you're gonna have to pass
those tips along to Veronica.
Really?
Well,I don't know what to do here.
I don't want anyone to get in trouble.
Here,just take it.
Oh,well,I-- I can't just...
Wow. Thank you.
You know,I should give
you something in return.
How about a free dinner?
Then I'd have to tell my boss
and then I could lose my job...
I can't afford to lose
my job right now,so...
Hey,George. Ashley.
Hey. Good to see you.
I didn't expect to
see my daughter here.
She used her fake ID to get a job.
Well,at least it went to good use.
How about a steak?
Oh,I called her mother
to come and get her.
She should be here in a bit.
Well,in the meantime,
can I get you two gentlemen a drink?
Joking.
What's going on?
I want to talk to you,Ricky.
Okay,I know I hurt Grace's
feelings and I'm sorry.
I can't help it.
You can't help a lot
of things,Ricky. Sit down.
You can't help it if your
father is a sick man.
You can't help it if he
did horrible things to you.
You can't. It's not your fault.
You didn't ask for it.
You would never ask for it.
You never wanted it to happen,Ricky.
But I imagine sometimes you doubt that.
So you keep going to therapy.
You work at it every day.
And then you realize
that sometimes you're just
like every other guy.
You wanna have sex
because you're attracted
to some woman and you love her.
Then you realize that sometimes
you want to have sex
because your father violated
you and you want to act out.
You want to abuse
somebody else, anybody else,
any other woman,any other girl
that you can convince
to have sex with you.
But you don't do that,Ricky.
Because you know that
if you did do that,
you would just be doing to somebody else
what your father did to you.
Till you learn to love yourself,
because you're a good person.
Ricky,deep down inside,
you are a good person.
What happened to you
was not your fault,
but what you choose to do to other
people, that's your responsibility.
Son,you have it within yourself
to change yourself
and to stop the cycle.
You can stop the cycle.
I believe that. I believe in you.
Now,that's not to say that
I'm not a little nervous
with you hanging around my daughter,
but I believe that you can stop
the cycle of violence in your family
if you make the decision to do that.
What makes you think you know
anything about this?
What makes you think you know
anything about my life?
Is this something you
learned in med school?
Something you read in a book?
No offense,but I don't think
you know anything about it.
No offense,but I know
everything about it,Ricky.
I know everything about this.
You see,my brother was
a big baseball fan
and our next-door neighbor somehow
always had extra tickets.
Well,our next-door neighbor was
sexually abusing my brother
and one day he killed himself.
How'd you find out
about the neighbor?
On the suicide note.
That was the first time any of
us knew anything about it.
You see,my brother was afraid
that if we knew about it,
we wouldn't love him anymore.
So that is why I am glad
that you have chosen
to talk to somebody.
And if you ever need to talk to
anybody about this,you can talk to me.
You can talk to Grace.
No judgment ever.
I promise.
Even though you know about me,
you'd still let me go out with Grace?
Yeah.
I would.
You just don't do anything stupid.
So you don't know anyone who could
even scare the guy a little bit?
Nope.
I just want someone to sneak
up behind him in a dark alley
and beat the stuffing out of him.
- I don't know anyone.
- No one?
Nope. And even if I did,
that's not the answer.
Well,come on,we have to do something.
Unfortunately,George,we have to wait
for the authorities to do something,
you know,otherwise we're
just criminals, just like he is.
We're not criminals
who abuse our children.
No,we're not.
We're not criminals,period.
We've got our children
to think about,Ben and Amy.
I mean,the kid wants to be in the
room with her when she gives birth.
Oh,no,I-- I-- I don't think so.
No,I don't either.
He's sitting around
the house pouting about it.
I just hope he comes
to his senses and realizes
there's only so much he can do.
Everything okay?
Yeah.
Well,I'll be darned.
Oh,hey,hold it down a little bit,
I'm getting a glare.
Yeah,that's good.
I'm Amy.
I'm your mother.
Your birth mother.
And,uh,this is your grandmother,
the mother of your birth
mother,my mother.
She was with me when we got
to see you on the sonogram.
And,uh,we love you.
I love you and--
And my mother loves you.
My boyfriend and
someday-husband,Ben,
he loves you.
He's making this for you right now.
My dad loves you
and my sister loves you
and my whole family loves you.
And all my friends love you.
And that's why we wanna make sure
that you have the best home possible,
with the best family possible.
And,uh...
I'm gonna do whatever I have to do
to make sure that happens for you.
To make sure that you get all
that life has to offer.
Because that's what
my parents did for me.
And because...
well...
you're my son.
*it's a boy*
I've been calling you.
I know. I had a visitor.
Did you check your messages?
No.
You didn't check your messages?
No.
They got him. Your father.
He's been arrested.
For?
A possession of drugs.
Jack saw him buying drugs.
He called me,I called my dad.
They got him.