The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008–2013): Season 3, Episode 17 - Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner - full transcript

Previously on The Secret
Life of the American Teenager:

Ricky, what you're really looking for

me to tell you that your mom
has to get out of your apartment

because her living there is not
the best thing for you and your son.

Amy? My name's Nora.

Do you mind if I meet John?

I really wanna meet John.

Hi, Ashley. There is a law
against not going to school.

She's doing homeschooling.

Your books are in the box
along with a plan schedule.

And we'll see you at the end of the week.



Are you saying you wanna get married?

No, I'm not saying I wanna get married.

I'm saying I'm not living
with you unless we're married.

Ben, do not get any ideas.

Evidently, I have to find a place to live.

I told you I didn't want
anything to threaten

my custody agreement with Amy.

Which is why I made friends
with Amy. She likes me.

I need to find someplace for Nora to live.

And?

You don't think it would be possible

for her to live here, do you?

We are having a baby,

and I wanna be married to the baby's
mother before the baby gets here.



Wait till next year.

Just let me get married.

It's Saturday. You have to go.

We agreed you would go, and you're going.

It's a nice place. They're nice people,

and it's really nice of
them to do this for you.

I don't need parents.

I didn't either, but I got them anyway.

Oh, you needed parents.
You never had parents.

I had parents, perfectly good parents

who, by the way,

told me to stay away from your father.

Or are we calling him Bob now that
we're calling me Nora? That's nice.

I'm not calling him anything.

You don't have any
contact with him, do you?

Oh, hell, no. Are you kidding?

I want him to stay locked up for life.

Really, Ricky, this is awfully sweet of you

to try and force me
to live with supervision,

but I'm just gonna, you know,
get my own apartment, OK?

Do you have any money
to get your own apartment?

I have a job. I'll get paid.

You don't have a car.

I'll get a car.

With what?

With the money I get paid from my job.

You don't make enough money from your job

to pay rent and buy a car and insurance.

Do you have to have insurance?

Of course you have to
have insurance and a license.

Do you even have a license?

No.

You drove my car without a license?

Well, I was going to jail anyway.

OK, look, you can't drive my
car again until you have a license,

and you can't drive your own car
until you have a license and insurance.

And all that stuff, the apartment
and the car and the insurance.

All that costs a lot of money.

And while you're earning money
and saving up for all that stuff,

you can't stay here.

I'm not giving you back the
money you gave to me, OK?

I paid back Ben some
money I owed him out of it,

and every single dime left went
into an account that pays interest.

That money stays in the bank.

What if I just stay here for one month

or maybe two or three or...

No. And you know why you can't.

Why can't you stay with Amy
when you wanna go see John?

No. Our agreement is I get him weekends.

But you're still here.

Next weekend, I pick him up on
Friday night and bring him over here,

and Amy picks him up on Sunday night.

And no one else can be here. Not even you.

You mean especially me, don't you?

Oh... -

God, I haven't even showered. I...

Well, I woke you up
in time to take a shower

and get dressed and get your things ready.

So, sorry.

- Hi, sweetheart. - Hi, sweetheart.

She's having some breakfast.
She just got up. Come on in.

OK.

Hi, Nora.

Good to see you.

Uh, Ricky's been telling
me how well you're doing,

and I was so glad to hear it.

And, my, how lovely it is to see
you again, Margaret. How you been?

I'm fine. I'm just fine.

You know, we stopped
taking in foster children,

so it's been very peaceful
and quiet around our house.

And I'd love to keep it that way,

even when you're living with us.

I'll get you some coffee.

That's OK. I'm all right.

And, uh, we've got things to do today.

Not even time for coffee?

My, aren't you a busy career woman?

What are you, uh, planning on, uh,

dragging me off to
church to wash my sins off

before I step into your house?

Got any plans like that? Any surprises?

Well, you might be surprised
to know I don't go to church.

I'm a Buddhist, and so
is my husband, Shakur.

Oh, good Lord. My son
was living with nudists.

Buddhist.

Gotcha.

Yes, you did.

Are we gonna be lighting candles

and incense and anything like that?

'Cause I've got allergies, you know.

I didn't know you have allergies.

That's a surprise, because you seem to have

the immune system of a horse.

An insult like that
would just be considered

a come-on in the big house, sister.

You heard what that
woman said to me, Ricky?

I can't live with this nudist Buddhist.

Hey, I wasn't looking

for an adult to raise, believe me,

but your son asked us
if we would take you in,

and, well, yes, we will take you in

as long as you abide by the rules,

which I hope Ricky's
already told you about.

I didn't. No.

Oh, let me guess. No boys in my room?

Girls either.

What does that mean?

Uh, nothing.

I was just saying no
company in the, uh, bedroom.

Anyone who comes to
visit has to visit all of us

in the, um, kitchen or the living room.

Yeah, that's probably the easy one.

No drinking, no drugs.
That might be slightly harder.

And you do your own laundry
and clean up after yourself

and help with the cooking and cleaning up

and help with any other
work around the house

that she and Dad might need done.

All right. I have to go
downstairs. I'll let you two chat.

And I'll see you tonight.

I thought Amy and I might...
might drop by with John

just for a few minutes,
if you wanna meet him.

I thought you'd be excited
about that, but I guess not.

See you.

How did you know about the girlfriend?

I hear things.

We said we'd see her every other weekend.

I can't. I have to take
John over to Ricky's tonight.

His mom is moving in with his mom.

She's never met John.

Ricky thought it might make her feel better

since he's kicking her
out of the apartment today.

Who cares about Ricky's two
moms? What about our mom?

What about my biology project?

That's why you wanna go see Mom today?

So she can do your biology project?

Look, Ashley,

if you're gonna do school
by yourself at home,

then you're gonna have to do
school homework by yourself at home.

You're really bad at lectures.

But John's, what, 18 months?

So I guess you'll have
to work yourself up to that.

Yeah. I guess.

My point is, I can't drive you today.

I thought your point was that I'm
supposed to do my own homework.

Jeez, Amy, focus.

Everyone is supposed to do their own
homework. Is that focused enough for you?

Yeah, everyone is supposed
to do their own homework,

but they don't.

And there's no answer in the
teacher's guide for this one.

It's a project. A creative project.

So I thought our mother might be able

to help point me in the right direction,

if we went up there, and...

And pretended like we
miss her and wanna see her,

when all you really want is for
her to do your biology project.

- I miss her! - Yes, I do, too, Ashley.

That's why I will drive
you up there next weekend,

and we can both have the weekend
with her to visit, not to do your homework.

What?

OK, OK.

Maybe I can help you
do your biology project.

But just this once. Just
to support what you want

and to support your homeschooling efforts.

Remember, I'm not exactly a biologist.

Yeah, you're not exactly a sister either.

Don't help her with her biology project.

But I told her I would help.

Well, don't. She's trying to
con everyone into helping her.

If she gets tired of studying on her
own, maybe she'll go back to school.

Mom researched it and said
some students do better at home.

Especially students like
Ashley who aren't all that social.

Well, maybe you should help her be
all that social, but not as social as you.

Hmm. Teen pregnancy joke?

A "teen wanting to have
sex after being pregnant" joke.

Ah. Funny.

Really, Dad, if Ashley
doesn't want any friends,

how am I supposed to
force Ashley to make friends?

I don't know, but maybe
you could figure it out

if you stopped spending every waking minute
thinking about having sex with Ricky.

And maybe you could figure it out if
you didn't spend every waking minute

trying to keep me from
having sex with Ricky.

We're going to have
sex, Dad, like it or not.

It's just time. He's done
everything I've asked him to do,

and we're both very responsible.

We're both emotionally
and physically prepared.

So, if we wanna have sex, we
can have sex. It's our decision.

Is it gonna be tonight?
'Cause I need to get

emotionally, physically
prepared if it's gonna be tonight.

It's probably not going to be tonight.

Tonight, Ricky and I are introducing
John to his grandmother, Nora.

And after that?

And after that, I don't know.

Probably come back here
or go over to his apartment.

- But I'll be home by midnight. - Midnight?

John's bedtime is midnight now?

If we go over to his
apartment and it's late,

then I can put John to bed at Ricky's,

where he has a bed and
everything else he needs.

And then he'll stay
there, and I'll come home.

After having sex with Ricky. 'Cause if
you're not gonna have sex with Ricky,

you come back here
and put John to bed here.

Then we'll have sex here.

Ooh, I don't think so.

I don't think you'd be
comfortable doing that here.

Fine. We'll do it there.

It's so romantic.

Go to your boyfriend's
apartment and have sex

and get up and leave him and
your son and drive home late at night.

This is ridiculous, Amy.

I don't care if he passed some stupid test.

I do not want you having
sex with him. Again.

Wait until you're out of high
school and living on your own,

in your own place, in your own
bed, and not one that I paid for.

And then maybe, maybe it'll be OK.

What happened to that stupid book

that gave you tips on how to talk to
your teenage daughter about sex?

I threw it out. I'm gonna
write my own book.

You see, Dad,

the thing about writing your own book

is you have to be successful at
the thing that you're writing about

in order for it to sell.

I don't think you're
successful at parenting.

Just look at me. Or no. Look at Ashley.

And I'm sick of my whole life being
ruined because people keep having babies.

OK, well, it's good to know.

It's good to let your
feelings out like that.

It's healthy.

And you should feel free to be honest

and express your anger
and resentment toward me

for having a baby.

But I do love Robie.

And I know that you love Robie.

And even if there were no Robie,
there would still be no me and your dad

living in the same house
with you and Amy... and John.

Look, Ashley, I'm sorry that Amy

couldn't bring you up here this weekend

so we could have this
conversation face-to-face.

But we can talk about it some
more when we see each other.

We're not gonna have time to
talk like this when we see each other

because I have a big biology
project that I have to do next week,

and I haven't even gotten started on it.

So it's probably gonna ruin our weekend.

Is it something I can help you with?

No, that's OK.

I'm supposed to do it myself.

Except I can't think of anything myself.

And I just thought if you
were here, you might help me.

But since you're not
here, I just got angry.

So is that why you wanna
come up here this weekend...

to get me to help you
with your biology project?

Well, kind of. Yeah.

You know what, Ashley? I
love when you're honest with me,

no matter how painful it is to hear

what you're saying sometimes.

We're gonna be fine.
We're all gonna be fine.

Why don't you tell me what
area of biology you're studying,

and let's see if we can't
come up with something.

Ecosystems.

Interesting.

Not to me. Not really.

Well, let's think about
that... about ecosystems.

An ecosystem is all the
organisms living in a particular area,

including all the nonliving
things that they interact with,

like air, water, soil,

sunlight. What does that mean to you?

I'm sorry. You lost me at organisms.

OK, looks like I'll be going.

See you later, traitor.
And good-bye to Ben.

Where is Ben? Gotta say good-bye to Benny.

Here I am. Hi, Nora. I
heard you're leaving,

but we'll see you here
Monday through Friday?

Well, if I can master
public transportation.

I'll pick you up.

I don't know if I want you to pick me up.

Hi. Uh...

- Ah, I know you're Ricky's...
- Ricky's what?

Yeah, Ricky's what?

Margaret. Just call me Margaret.

I'm his mother. Margaret's
his other mother.

Nice going.

It's good to see you again, Ben.

The last time I saw you, I was
pretty much in a state of shock.

So I apologize for forgetting your name

and for causing anyone
any awkwardness here.

Let's see. When was that?

When she talked Adrian into have the baby?

Whoa. A whole family of traitors, huh?

I work at the clinic. I was there.

And Adrian made her own decision.

And I don't think this is
the place to talk about it,

but we can talk about this some other time.

Like a butcher shop isn't the
perfect place to talk about...

Mom! Nora.

All right. Um, since I'm the one

who got us all entangled in this weirdness,

maybe I could unravel it
with a bit of good news.

I'm thinking about getting married.

Yeah, you keep thinking
about it. That's old news.

You're gonna marry his old girlfriend?

I don't call her "his old girlfriend."

I call her Adrian.

She's had a friendship ring for months.

They're friends. They're
not getting married.

We are if she says yes.

Well, good for you.

I might be getting
married myself one day...

if she says yes.

Oh, like you weren't gonna tell him.

Bye, guys.

"If she says yes"?

What?

Your mother's a lesbian?

You know, I just don't get it,

Grace and that Grant guy.

Be honest with me, Tom.
Between me and Grant,

- who do you think... - Grant.

- You didn't let me finish. - OK, finish.

What I was going to say is,

between me and Grant,
who do you think is better

- for your sister's future? - Grant.

Her future, Tom. Your
sister's entire future.

Think about it.

- Her entire future. - Grant.

I don't believe this. How can you say that?

Do you want me to say it again?

No, I don't want you to say it again.

I just don't get how you can
like that Grant guy better than me.

He didn't have sex with my sister.

You did.

Yeah. Like he's not going to?

When he does, I'll reconsider.

Thanks a lot. You know,
after all I did for you.

Did you forget that I
moved in here for you?

No. You moved in here for you.

I took you in.

You know what your problem is?

You have to move on.

I did move on. I moved on to Madison.

She dumped you.

No, her father broke us up.

She didn't put up much of a fight.

You know what? You're not exactly
doing much for my self-esteem here, buddy.

You want self-esteem, get a book.

All right. I'll tell you one thing, though.

If he tells Grace he loves
her, look out. That's trouble.

Is that what you did?

You know, Grant told me that he loves me.

And you believe that?

Do you believe that?

I don't know. I think he could love you.

But it doesn't really matter what I think.

What do you think?

No, really, Grace, what do you think?

- Can you trust him? - Should I trust him?

I feel stupid trusting him,
because I just found out

that someone else I trusted was
totally lying and hiding things from me.

But I don't know.

I think I do trust Grant.

And that's OK. It's OK to trust him.

He seems like a really nice guy.

And he's right out there
with his feelings, you know.

- He says what he's thinking.
- Yeah, he does.

I... I really think that he does love me,

and I really think that I love him.

I think that we'd love each
other even if we didn't have sex,

so I don't know whether
we should have sex or not.

It's so confusing. Like, we wanna have sex,

but I think we'd be fine if we
didn't have sex, you know?

Yeah, I know the feeling.

What feeling? You're in love with Ben?

I love him.

I don't know if I'm in love with him.

But I love him.

With the difference being?

What I feel for Ben is... is a mature love.

It's not like what I had with Ricky.

You know, with Ricky,

we couldn't keep our
hands off of each other.

You know, we wanted to
jump into bed with each other

whenever we got the chance.

It wasn't real love.

It was just infatuation.

Yeah, I think that's what
they call it, infatuation.

Just infatuation?

Yeah.

But, you know, I really love Ben,

and I know he loves me.

He's the kind of guy
that I've always wanted.

He's there. My dad was never there.

My mom was never there. He's there.

What?

Is being there enough?

Being there is everything.

OK, what is that look?

- Nothing. - I don't like that look.

I just don't like that you think
about marrying somebody

just because they're gonna be there,

but someone you have no
strong physical attraction to.

I mean, maybe being there
is everything a child needs,

but I don't know if it's
everything a woman needs.

It's different when you're pregnant, Grace.

The whole world is different.

I can't just think about myself.
I have to think about the baby.

And, you know, when I think about the baby,

I know she loves Ben,

because Ben is her
daddy, and he's good to us.

And it just... it just makes me love him.

You're not gonna have sex
with Ben, though, are you?

I mean, I can if I want.

Do you want?

I might.

I make my decisions differently now.

I see. So, whether or not you're
attracted to somebody is a decision?

Or whether or not I act

on being attracted to
someone is a decision.

And right now, Ben and I are choosing

not to act on whatever attraction

we have towards each other.

OK, you know what? Back to you.

Are you gonna have sex with Grant or not?

I don't know. I don't know.

All right. Well, don't
wait until you're in the car

making out with the
guy to decide, all right?

All right.

And if you have any doubts, don't do it.

And if you have any
doubts, just don't do it.

Don't do anything.

- And what does that mean?
- You know what that means.

Don't get married to Ben
just because you're pregnant

and you like all the nice things
he does for you and the baby.

You have to really love
him to marry him, Adrian.

If you don't, it's just not fair.

Well, he hasn't asked me.

And he may never ask me, so I
don't have to decide that, do I?

I don't know why we keep getting up
at the crack of dawn to go to the club.

I mean, it's too early to drink,

and there's really no other reason,

because we're not playing golf.

We're playing something, but it's not golf.

And by that you mean?

You stink.

I only stink when I'm playing with you.

Honestly, every time
we go out, I keep thinking

you're gonna give me
some big news of some sort.

- Of some sort? - Yeah.

Like, uh,

Ben's gonna ask Adrian to marry him?

Yeah, like Ben's gonna
ask Adrian to marry him.

Ben's gonna ask Adrian to marry him?

I think so, Ruben. Yeah. What do you think?

What do I think?

I think that's the best news I ever heard.

Leo, are you kidding me?
Is he really gonna ask her?

Not before he asks you and Adrian's mother.

He's gotta ask both of you,
and then he can ask Adrian.

Did he ask you?

Yeah. I would like them to get married.

But here's where you and
I have to agree to disagree.

I don't think they need to get
married till a year after the baby's here.

I don't think they need to rush out

and get married before the baby comes.

That's because you're
the father of the father

and not the father of the mother.

I want them to get married
before the baby comes.

You know I want them to get
married before the baby comes.

It's too easy not to after the baby comes.

I want a commitment.

You want a commitment.

Don't you think Adrian
should want a commitment?

I'm sure Adrian wants a commitment.

Are you? 'Cause I don't want Ben to ask

if you think there's a
chance she might say no.

I mean, that could set off
a whole world of problems.

That could pull everybody apart

rather than bring everybody
together... if she says no.

She's not gonna say no.

Talk to her. You and Cindy talk to her.

And if the two of you have any doubt,

even the slightest chance
that Adrian might say no,

then you, or you and Cindy, say no to Ben.

Don't let him get the no from Adrian.

You and Cindy make up some excuse.

It's too early or whatever.
You two be the bad guys.

And if we talk to her, and
she wants Ben to ask her,

- she wants to get married?
- Then let Ben ask her.

But let's you and I agree that
they set the date, Ben and Adrian.

We'll let them get married
whenever they wanna get married

and however they wanna get married.

And if there's a wedding,

it's whatever wedding the two of them want,

and again, whenever they want it,

even if they wanna wait
till after the baby comes.

Or even if it's before the baby comes.

May the best man win.

Are you supposed to
be on the phone at work?

I'm off work. Work's over.

And I just want you to tell my mother,

Nora that...

Ricky, this is ridiculous.
She's your mother.

You can call her "Mother" or "Mom."

No, that's not fair to you.

I know how you feel about
me no matter what you call me,

and I know that you call Nora
"Mom" when you're with her

or when you're talking to her.

So? Just go with it.

She is your mother.

That's the truth.

So let's just deal with the truth, OK?

All right. Well, the truth is,

I don't really wanna
bring John by there tonight

to see my mother who gave birth
to me but was never my mother.

You changed your mind? Why is that?

It was just a bad idea in the first place.

It's too soon.

I think I should just let
her get settled in first.

You said you were coming
by with Amy and John,

and she's counting on it,

so you are coming by with Amy and John.

I said might. We might come by.

But we're not... Or I'm not.

Ricky.

Amy can bring him by if she wants.

I know what this is about.

I have to go.

She is the daughter of an alcoholic,

and alcoholics disappoint
their children over and over.

I don't want you to do the same.

You told her that you were
going to be here, so be here.

Remember, I'm the mother

who tells you what to do, and you do it.

So you get Amy and John,

and you come over tonight.

And I will tell your mother

that you will be here around 7:00.

See you then.

Bye.

- Hi. - Hi.

What time are we going
over to your mother's house?

Here's the thing. I'm
not feeling that well,

so I don't think I should be
around John tonight or anyone else.

- What's wrong? - Oh, I don't know.

It's probably the flu. But whatever it is,

I can't go tonight, so we're not going.

Oh, no. Really?

I gotta go. -

That's where I wanna go, Poppie's Tacos.

No. Let's go someplace nice.

No. I'm craving tacos.

Then we'll go to that Mexican
fusion place downtown.

Mexican fusion? What is that?

Mexican fused with something else.

I don't know. Let's go find out.

I mean, it got a great
review. It looks really nice.

What's the fusion? Mexican and what?

I really don't know. You want
me to call them? Get a menu?

No. I don't like fusion.

I don't want Mexican and something else.

I want Mexican. Poppie's Tacos.

I'm craving Poppie's Tacos with hot sauce.

Come on. You're just
trying to save me money.

No, I'm not. It's what I want.

- Really? - Really.

All right. Well, I'd take you
wherever you wanna go,

but if that's what you want,
then that's what you shall have.

I'll pick you up at 7:00.

See you then. -

- So you're not eating here?
- No. We're going out.

You know, Cindy, we should go
out, too. Feel like going out to dinner?

I'm cooking. I'm cooking right now.

Yeah, but you can stop right where you are,

put that stuff away, and we'll go out.

I don't wanna go out.

And I'm sick of eating out. I eat
out every night when I'm working.

I thought that, well, maybe we
could stick around the house tonight,

eat in front of the TV, watch a movie.

OK. If that's what you
want, we could do that.

How's that sound, Adrian?

You think you and Ben might wanna
stick around the house, eat here?

She just said she wants Poppie's Tacos.

Yeah, I do.

And you know who loves
Poppie's Tacos more than I do?

Ben. He loves tacos.

That's his favorite place, Poppie's.

You really love Ben, don't you?

Where did that come from? How
do you jump from tacos to real love?

Because she's choosing
tacos for him, not just for herself.

It's just tacos, OK?

Do you love him, Adrian?

Uh, I think so.

Yeah, he's... he's a nice guy.

You think so, or you know so?

I know so.

If Ben were to come here today

and ask you to marry
him, would you marry him?

He's not gonna ask me to marry him.

If we ever decide to get married,

it'll be a mutual decision
at some point in the future

when we both know
we really love each other.

You don't really love each other right now?

You seem like you really
love each other right now.

I don't really know. How does anyone know?

Maybe.

Oh, come on. You know. You both know.

You look really happy... and in love

Dad, promise me you'd never push Ben

into asking me to marry him.

Because if you do that,
then I'll never really know

how he feels about me, OK?

It may look like he's in love with
me, but he may not be in love with me.

So promise.

OK, I promise.

But if I were to bet on it, I
would bet that he loves you,

and he wants to be with you
and the baby the rest of his life.

Which still doesn't mean
he wants to get married.

I'm going to take a nap.

- Ow! What was that for?
- What is going on?

What do you mean, what's
going on? We were just talking.

Yeah. What did you and Leo talk
about while you were playing golf?

Nothing. It was after we played golf.

Ben wants to ask Adrian to marry him.

But he's gonna ask us first.

You know how I feel about
Ben and Adrian getting married.

He wants to meet us before
the two of them have dinner

so he can ask us if he can marry her.

And then he's gonna propose to her.

So I really do think he loves her.

I know he does. And she loves him.

So, they're getting married.

Our little Adrian's getting married.

- And what if I say no? - Don't say no.

If Adrian wants to get married,
then let her get married.

And if she doesn't, then let her say no.

But she's not gonna say no, Cindy.

When? When does Ben wanna get married?

I don't know. But Leo and I both agreed

that Ben and Adrian
should make that decision.

Of course, I think it should
happen as soon as possible.

If they're gonna get married, don't you
think it should happen before the baby comes?

- No, I don't. - Why not?

I don't think she wants to marry him.

I do.

I just thought I'd call
and see how you are.

Really? That's why you're calling?

That's why I'm calling.

I'm fine. How are you?

Am I bothering you?

You sound like you're angry or something.

I'm not angry, OK? I'm not angry at all.

Oh, well, is everything OK with Amy?

Everything is great with Amy.

I'm just dealing with
some stuff with my mother.

Ah, your mother's so nice.

I'm never gonna forget
how kind she was to me.

- My other mother. - Oh.

Yeah. You know, she spent
so many years doing drugs,

she's like a kid.

And, of course, she
married the wrong... person.

Completely ruined her life.

Yeah, that... that can happen.

Yeah, it can.

Hello?

Help. Help me. Help me, please.

Who is this?

It's Ricky's mother.

Oh. Hi. Margaret?

Not the other mother, the mother.

The one being held
captive by the other mother.

You're so funny.

Hi, Nora. I'm sorry we didn't
get to come over tonight.

He's not sick, you know.

Ricky? No, he is. He has the flu.

No, he doesn't. He just
doesn't want me to meet John.

No, really, Ricky wants you to meet John.

I know he does. He told me he does.

He's never sick. Never.

Neither of us are ever sick.

He just doesn't want me to meet John,

and I was really looking
forward to meeting John,

and, well, seeing you again, and...

No, really, Ricky told me
he wanted you to meet John.

I'm sure he wants you to meet John.

No, he doesn't. He changed his mind.

Gotta go. Warden's here. -

Nora, I'm sorry.

I am so sorry.

I wasn't thinking.

And I was really irritated with you,

and in a split second, I snapped,

and I made that remark about girls,

and I shouldn't have.

But I thought he knew.

I thought Ricky knew.

No, he didn't,

and now he does, and now he hates me.

Yeah. -

- - Hello?

- Hello? Margaret? - Yes?

Hi. It's Amy. How are you?

Hi, Amy.

I'm fine. How are you?

I think I'm OK.

Is there something going on?
Something between Nora and Ricky?

Something I should know about?

'Cause I feel really bad about
not bringing John over there.

We said we'd bring him over
there. Should I bring him over there?

Well, maybe that's a
question you need to ask Ricky.

He's not answering his phone, and
he's not replying to any text messages.

Well, I've already done
too much talking today,

but I will say that those two

are in the process

of getting to know each other.

And it's gonna be
difficult if Ricky stays home

and pretends to have the
flu instead of being over here.

But I think that Ricky should be here

when Nora sees John for the first time.

I really do.

I just want you to know I'm
really excited for you, Ben.

Yeah, well, Ruben can say no.

That's not gonna happen.

Cindy could say no.

Yeah, that could happen.

It could, but I don't think it's going to.

And if I know you, you
know it's not going to.

We really wanna wish you well.

And I really hope that she says yes,

And a year from now, you're getting married

in a small ceremony.

You know, just family
in our wonderful home.

He tell you to say that?

Who?

The big guy. The Sausage King.

No.

That's what I think.

You know, Ben,

when people really love each other,

they lie for each other.

And one day, when you're married,

you'll lie for Adrian,
and she'll lie for you.

It's fun.

I can't wait.

No, you can.

Dad, truthfully, I don't wanna wait.

I'd like to get married
as soon as possible.

But I understand your point of view.

I really understand that you'd like
me to wait until the baby's a year old.

Does that mean you're gonna
wait till the baby's a year old?

Probably not. Wish me luck.

Good luck.

He's really growing up.

Too fast, Betty. He's growing up too fast.

I know this isn't what you wanted for him.

You know, a baby at 17.

No, it's not.

It makes me feel like a... like a failure.

Oh, it really breaks my
heart that you feel that way.

You're a really good
father. You really are.

I... I just feel as if I
should've done something

that would've kept this
from happening, you know?

He's too young to be a father.

He's too young to get married, but...

Yeah, but... but he's a nice young man,

and he's kind, and he's honest,

and he's responsible,
and it's all because of you.

Thanks, Betty.

I really needed to hear that.

You can come up the back entrance.

At least you could've if I
knew you were coming.

Well, I thought if I went up there, I
wouldn't be able to get you down here.

Now that you're down
here, let's go see Nora

at your mother's and
let's let her meet John.

He's been sleeping for a long time,

and he'll be in a great mood later.

It's a perfect night to do this.

- I have the flu.
- You do not have the flu.

Prove it.

You wanna have sex?

Of course I wanna have
sex. You wanna have sex?

No. I was just proving
that you don't have the flu.

- Come on. Let's go. - I'm not going.

If you don't go, you're gonna miss your
son seeing your mother for the first time.

I was with John when he met
my mother for the first time.

And I don't care if I'm not there
when he meets Nora for the first time.

- Go ahead. Take him. - OK. I'll take him.

Come on. I talked to your moms today,

and they both really want
you to be there tonight.

I want the two of us to do this together.

Did they tell you that my mother is gay?

And she didn't even tell me.

And why do you think that is?

Hello?

Hey, Adrian. I'm so sorry.
I'm running a little late.

That's OK. It's not like Poppie's
Tacos takes reservations.

I know, but you know how
busy that place gets later on.

Oh, you know what?

Is it even open this early?

I don't think it's open this
early. It's a late-night place.

So you know what? Take
your time. I'll have a snack.

No, no. It's open. I checked.

It's open, and I'm gonna go ahead
and have my driver pick you up,

and then he'll pick me up.

What?

No, that's OK. That's not necessary.

I can come pick you up.

Nah. Come on. Let's get Mike to drive us.

It'll be fun. We can
make out in the back seat.

And besides,

he's already in the front of your house,

and apparently neither you or
your parents are answering the door.

What? They're not even
here. They went out to dinner.

Ruben talked my mom into going out
somehow even though she was cooking dinner.

All right. Well, he's out
front whenever you're ready.

OK. I'll see you in a few minutes.

- Bye. - Bye, Ben.

I think this is where we say good-bye.

Mm-hmm.

Thank you, Mom.

Ben, you are a charmer.

And Adrian is a very lucky girl.

Well, except, of course she got pregnant

when she didn't really wanna get pregnant.

But, anyway, she's lucky
to have you in her life.

Welcome to the family, son.

Thank you, Dad.

Hey, wanna go get something to eat?

Moose is hungry.

Could you just pick up something?

- I'm busy. - With?

- My biology project.
- It's Saturday night.

Yeah, it's Saturday night, and I
got really interested in doing this,

so I'm doing this.

And you can just pick up something for me.

Or I'll eat later. I'll make
myself a sandwich or something.

Whatcha doing?

Do you wanna see what I'm doing?

- Of course I do. - No, you don't.

You don't want me to do
well with homeschooling,

because if I don't do well or I
don't like it, I'll go back to school.

Only I'm not going back to school.

I can tell you that as of today,

I am absolutely certain
I'm really going to like

having my own curriculum
and assignments and teacher.

Hey, if you like it, you like it,

but I think eventually you're gonna
miss being around other people.

- Oh, you think so? - I do. I think so.

Well, I don't think so.

Here. This is what I'm doing.

It's on ecosystems.

This is planet Earth,

and this is a picture of my world,

a micro-system of the
larger planetary system.

And when you put another
life into a shaky ecosystem,

where people are fighting for
food, and water, and attention,

the system becomes vulnerable.

And when there are just too many lives

added to an already vulnerable system,

the world collapses.

And after the world collapses,
the survivors start over again,

sometimes reproducing with other species.

OK. The other species

belongs in the second picture where
John is introduced, don't you think?

Well, I don't know.

He wasn't part of the family then,

and it's not the same family now.

But I suppose we'll adapt.

That's a sign of life,
isn't it? Adaptation?

I'm choosing to adapt.

I'm choosing to survive.

I could even survive and be happy.

You're actually turning this in?

Are you kidding? It's a work of art.

That's not a good picture of me

or Amy or Ricky or your mother.

Yeah, but who's gonna see it?

Me and some teacher or
the counselor, and that's it.

Maybe homeschooling is a good idea.

I think it is.

I really think it is.

I'm excited about this.

I could never do this in just a regular
classroom with all those people I don't miss.

OK, Ashley. Maybe it will work for you.

We'll try it. And I'll try to be

a little more enthusiastic and involved.

Wanna talk about it over pizza?

Well, I'd really like to keep working.

Oh.

So what do you think, John?

Oh, he's so cute.

That's what I say all the time.

- Yeah. - You're so cute!

Was Ricky this cute?

Uh... yeah.

Uh, yeah, I guess.

He still loves you.

I mean, I know that a lot went
on for, like, a long, long time,

but you're still his
mother, and he loves you.

Well, that's the thing, isn't it?

Abused children still
wanna love their parents.

They still wanna love them
no matter what they did to them.

Sometimes it's like
punishment for the parents,

because, you know, the...
the abused kid loves you.

'Cause you're like, "I don't deserve this."

You know? And.. And...

You know, you don't want them around,
because what if you hurt them again?

How much hurt can a person take, huh?

Doesn't matter anymore, OK?

We were both hurt.

But we're not victims anymore, all right?

So let's stop acting like victims

and act like adults.

Um, just gonna let the two of you talk.

Wow.

That is a beautiful picture right there

of you and your son, my grandson.

OK, I need a drink.

No, you don't need a drink.

If anyone needs a drink, I need a drink.

Do you drink?

No, I don't drink. I'm never gonna drink.

Never. I have no interest in it.

The smell of alcohol makes
me sick to my stomach.

I was just making a bad joke.

Sometimes I do that when I
don't know what else to say.

Well, I don't know what else to say either.

Except that I'm gay.

I wish you'd have told me
before you told other people.

I'm sorry.

I just didn't want to tell you.

Other people... people know.

Are you sure you're gay?

Uh...

All right, you're gay. Whatever.

Who's the girlfriend? I
want to meet your girlfriend.

Is she your girlfriend or more than that?

She's my girlfriend.

Yeah, um...

and it's like, uh...

the first real serious relationship.

I'd really like you to meet her

because I really like her.

All right, I'll meet her.

We met when I was incarcerated.

She's a public defender. She's great.

OK. I'll look forward to meeting her.

Thank you, Ricky.

I mean that.

Thank you for everything.

Hey.

Hi, John. Hi.

I'm Nora.

Grandma Nora.

Yeah.

Hey, you know what?

If anyone ever harms you,

I will kill them,

and then my girlfriend's
gonna get me out of jail.

Yeah.

- What are you up to? - Nothing.

You're crazy, you know that?

Yeah, I know that.

Then again, I'm crazy, too.

Yeah, maybe a little bit.

So we have the place all to ourselves?

All to ourselves.

I love this.

- Ben! - I love you, Adrian.

I really love you.

You do...

you do love me, don't you?

I do. I do love you.

I'd be honored if you'd be my wife.

Yes.

You don't want to think it over?

No!

I love you, Ben.

Wait. I think you said you loved me, right?

Yeah, I did.

Yeah, OK. I love you, too.

Oh! She's moving.

Here. She's moving right now.

Oh... -