The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008–2013): Season 4, Episode 4 - One Foot Out the Door - full transcript

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to tell your mothers

when you decide to make
a big decision like this?

Big decision like what?

That you three
were living together?

I can't tell her I want to go.
And I can't stay.

Geez, she just
lost a baby.

So did I.

I'm here to ask you if you could
please come back to work.

It is too late.
I need you.

I can't live
with your mistakes.

I guess this is it.



You can't be
in Florida already.

We're at Toby's
grandmother's house.

Grace would never
cheat on me.

And I would never
cheat on her.

She's on a medical mission.
Who would she cheat with?

I don't know what
I was thinking.

You can't just sleep
with every guy you meet.

Is Grace home?
Are you Daniel?

Jack really doesn't want
to go to Arizona to school.

Well, thank you for letting me know, Madison.

I met somebody else.
Obviously.

Stay with me.

I can't.

Of course you can.



Thanks for coming over.

I'll see you two.

Daddy!

Hey, little man,
you want to help Daddy cook?

Hi, Amy.

Hi.

I think your little man
may have a fever.

I hope not,

but I'm going to call the doctor's
office just to see if they're still open.

He just seemed
cranky at the nursery.

I didn't realize that he might not have been feeling well.

He's probably just teething.

I don't think he has a fever.
He doesn't feel warm to me.

He felt warm to me.

Ugh, I'm getting a recording.
They've already closed.

So take him in the morning.
If he's sick.

He is sick,
the question is just how sick.

We should probably just take
him to the emergency room now

because the later it gets,
the worse it gets.

What, are you one of those
Munchausen mothers?

He's fine.
Aren't you, John?

I don't think he's fine.

Look at him.
This is not an emergency.

This does not require
an emergency room.

Do you have a thermometer?

I don't know if I brought the thermometer over here,
did I?

I don't have one, no.

Well, I could go get one or go
get it from my house, but...

I know he has a fever,
just a slight fever,

but he has a fever.
I can feel it.

Maybe, but I really don't think he's all that sick, Amy.

He'll be fine.
I'm going to finish dinner.

You want me to go
get a thermometer?

I can go get
a thermometer.

I'll go over to your dad's
house after we eat.

It's just that
if he has an ear infection,

it could get worse
really quickly.

Has he ever had an ear infection?
Yes.

You never told me anything about an ear infection.

When did he have
an ear infection?

I'm sure I mentioned it.

I don't think so.
I think so.

If you had
mentioned it to me,

I would have gone with you to the
doctor or emergency room or whatever.

Okay,
the first year, no, you wouldn't have,

and then last year, maybe.

But I wouldn't have
wanted to take you with me

because I get stared at
enough at those places.

Why?

Why? Because
I'm not married

and obviously I'm a teenager and I have a baby

and people don't think teenagers
can take care of sick babies.

People stare at me and ask me stupid questions and...

You know how it is.
People do that anyway.

No, I don't
know how it is.

They don't stare at me or ask me stupid questions.

Of course,
I've never been to the emergency room as a parent.

I'm going to finish dinner.

Is it possible that
they're staring at you

and asking you stupid questions like,
"Is the kid really sick?"

I'll go get the thermometer.

And if he doesn't
have a temperature,

are we still going to
the emergency room?

No.
He's fine.

Fine, then if he gets worse,

you can take him
to the emergency room.

Fine, I'll be
happy to do that.

Not happy,
but I'll do that.

You can take him
all by yourself if you want.

If he needs to be taken
to the emergency room,

I will take him.
All by myself.

Have fun.

Ow.

Come on, Ricky.
I'll go with you.

"Ow" does not mean we need
to go to the emergency room.

I'll handle it.

What's the doctor's name?
Dr. Hightower?

Yes.

I've already called her.

That's why you're
getting the message,

because they've already
closed for the night.

Hi. This is
Ricky Underwood,

my son might have
an ear infection

and I'm wondering if you can call in
a prescription for him or something.

My number is 555-0199.

I don't know if
they know who you are.

I think you have to call back and say John's name.

And maybe my name.

You don't have my name on his medical records?

Yes, Ricky, your name
is on his...

Hi. This is Ricky Underwood.

My son's name is John and he's also my wife Amy's son,
Amy Juergens, so...

I don't think
he's all that sick,

but she thinks he has an ear infection,
so I'm trying...

I got cut off.

You can't leave a long message at this doctor's office?

Um, I think they leave a number for the service

you're supposed to call if you have an emergency.

I'll call back and get that.

And...
And what? I'll call back.

What?

You said,
"My wife Amy's son."

No, I don't think so.
Uh-huh.

I did not call you my wife.
You're not my wife.

We have an agreement
that no one here

is going to be
husband and wife.

Ow.

Yeah. Ow.

♪ Falling in love is such an easy thing to do

♪ Birds can do it
We can do it

♪ Let's stop talking
Let's get to it

♪ Let's fall in love ♪

He sleeping.

I got a thermometer.

Come on,
talk to me.

I'm studying.

Take a break.
Talk to me.

I'm studying.

I brought you
a candy bar.

Amy, I didn't mean anything
when I said that.

- Yeah, I know.
- Well, good.

Then if you know,
why are you so upset?

I don't care if
you don't marry me.

I don't want to
marry you either.

Then why are you so upset?

Because I'm upset.

Ow!

I'll get him.

Yeah, you will get him,

and if he has a temperature,
you will take him to the emergency room.

If his temperature
is so high

that he needs to go
to the emergency room.

Thank you.
Sure.

I thought you'd come by the house this weekend.

I couldn't.

You could.
You just didn't.

I didn't
because I couldn't.

Well, why couldn't you?

We had a very
busy weekend.

Oh, yeah?
What'd you do?

Things that we
probably shouldn't have.

Or I shouldn't
have, anyway.

Then I guess things
aren't so bad after all.

Good. That's good news.

No, that's not good news.
Things are worse than ever.

Worse how?

Dad, I haven't changed my mind.
I still want out.

Doesn't sound
like you want out.

If you wanted out you wouldn't have
done whatever you did all weekend.

I couldn't say no.

You could. You just didn't.

If you want to add
to the list of reasons

why you can't get
out of your marriage,

add this weekend.

You're really
not going anywhere now.

Why not?

Did you not understand the
vows you took when you got married?

That was then.
This is now.

That was forever.

I do not want
to be married.

I don't have to be married.
I don't.

Yeah, you do.

Dad,
don't you understand?

I'm just so unhappy.

I understand. Believe me.

But you have some control over that.
You just choose to be happy.

Choosing to be happy is choosing to leave Adrian.
It's one and the same.

Choosing to be happy
has nothing to do

with leaving or
not leaving Adrian.

You are not going to leave Adrian.
I'm not gonna let you.

I can't be married to Adrian and be happy.

I disagree.
It's just a matter of making up your mind

you're going to be happy
no matter what.

That's insane.

And what is this?

You're not happy.
You don't want to be married either.

No, I'm happy.

I'm a happy man.

Now, would I be happier
if Betty suddenly decided

that she didn't want to be
married to me anymore?

Yes. Is she going
to do that? No.

So am I going to be unhappy the rest of my life?

Yes.
No.

It's just
mind over matter.

I'm not going to make myself miserable,
or more miserable,

by being unhappy.

Would you have married Betty if you had realized

Camille was
in love with you?

You live in some
fantasy world.

I talked to Camille.
Camille is definitely not in love with me.

I don't believe that.
Did she say that?

Yeah. Pretty much.

Did you call her
or did you go see her?

I talked to her.

On the phone or in person?

None of your business.

So you went to go see her?

I can't believe
I ever listened to you.

I could have made a complete idiot out of myself.

Camille is not
in love with me

and I'm not in love
with anyone but my wife.

Me neither.

But that doesn't mean I want to
be married and neither do you.

You may not want to be,
but you are and so am I.

I don't want to
be married, okay?

I don't have to be married.

I can get a divorce.

No, you can't.

What about an annulment?

After last week?

I seriously doubt it.

Do we have to do this?

He barely, barely
has any fever at all.

He obviously has
an ear infection.

He keeps holding
his ears and saying, "Ow."

So we can take him
to the doctor tomorrow.

The doctor who hasn't bothered calling me back.

You never called back and got
the number for the service

that you have to call
if there's an emergency.

Oh, yeah, well,
there's not an emergency.

There will be if we wait.

I never knew you were so
nervous about this stuff.

Are you just
insisting on doing this

because I said
I didn't want to marry you?

I take it back.

I do want to marry you.

Not now.
Not any time soon.

But I want to
want to some day.

Maybe some day after we've both finished college.

Yeah, well, maybe when
we've both finished college,

you can ask me then and I'll see if I want to or not.

Ow.
Let's go.

What have I gotten
myself into?

Look, Grace,

you have to stop
justifying having sex

by saying that you're going
to marry every guy you meet.

I can't. I can't
stop thinking that.

If I stop thinking that,
I'm gonna feel too guilty to have sex.

Then stop having sex.

Or start telling
yourself the truth.

You just like having sex with guys
you're attracted to that you care about.

That doesn't
sound as good.

I mean, it might be true
but it doesn't sound as good.

And I like to believe
that any guy I sleep with

is gonna stick around.

Even though I know it's wrong to sleep
with a guy to get him to stick around.

Mmm, I don't know.

I had sex with Ben
this weekend.

All weekend, 'cause I wanted to make
sure he was gonna stick around.

And I still don't know
that's gonna do it.

I may have to come up
with something else.

Do you have any reason to doubt
that he won't stick around?

It's my gut feeling that he's having
some doubts about this marriage,

even though he swears
he's not going anywhere.

So...

I think maybe I should
do what you did

and just tell Ben I'm thinking about going away.

To Africa?
No.

To New York.
To cosmetology school.

What?

Why would you do that?
Why would you go to cosmetology school?

I'm not really gonna go.

I'm just gonna see what his
reaction is to my going away

and doing something stupid
that wouldn't be good for me.

Okay, wait a minute.
That's not what I did.

I went away
and I did something

that was good for me
and helped others.

Well, you certainly helped
Daniel, didn't you?

Daniel.
Oh, geez, I have to go.

I told him
I'd meet him for coffee.

Adrian,

I think maybe you've been
watching too much daytime TV.

I don't think you should
intentionally try to trick Ben

into telling you how he
really feels about you.

I think I'm gonna have to.

Because after all that
sex last weekend,

I'm still not sure.

What if he tells you to go to New
York and study cosmetology?

Then I'll know I have
to come up with something

better than sex
to keep him here.

Should I ask
what that would be?

No.

No.

You're the father. She's the mother.
It's her insurance.

Yeah.

We don't have
you on record.

You're not on the paperwork that was
filled out when the baby was born.

You know there's paperwork
that's filled out ahead of time

so if John comes in
with an emergency,

no one has to stop
and fill this stuff out.

I don't even think
it is an emergency.

And why am I filling out all
these forms if I don't have to?

'Cause you didn't check
"preregistered."

'Cause my wife didn't tell me
we were preregistered.

So now she's your wife?

Oh, geez,
did I say wife again?

You said wife.

She's not my wife. We just...

We're both his parents.

I don't know
what's wrong with me.

I've got a few guesses.

It's your sister.

Hey, Dad, I just
wanted to let you know

that Toby's grandmother
sprained her ankle

in some belly dancing class.

Hmm. Well, I guess it's good that you
and Toby are there to help her out.

It's good for you to do something useful.
It's good to be needed.

Yeah, about that...

She's not here.

She's there, which means she's probably
not going to be here for a while.

How long is a while?
And you better not be lying to me about this.

I'm not. I'm not lying.

And I called you
as soon as I found out.

So what's the plan now?

Well, I think we're just going to hang around for a while.

Hang around and do what?

Well, there's lots to do.

There's a pool and there's a big multiplex near here.

That's great.

And I have my own room
and my own TV.

There's lots to do here.

Uh-huh.
This is getting less educational day by day.

I tell you what.
I think the best way for you to learn something

is to get a job,
so get a job.

But we're minors.

You can work there.
I looked it up.

You can use your real IDs and
get a job at 16 in that state.

You might need
a copy of your GED though.

You got a copy of that?
Of your phony diplomey?

Yeah, but...

You agreed to put money
into my account every week.

Yeah.
That's when I thought you were seeing America.

But now that you've retired to the Sunshine State,
I'm not doing that.

So if you and Toby want to stay at his Grandma's house

without his Grandma there,
which I'm none too happy about, then get a job.

Doing what?

I don't know,
but you send me a picture or a video of you working,

or a copy of your pay stub

and I'll let you continue
down this dead-end road.

If not, you're coming home.

Hopefully with an education in how an
education helps you to get a better job

and more opportunities
in life.

All right, all right.
We'll get jobs, geez. Goodnight.

We're going to get jobs?

We have an allowance.
We have a free house.

What do we need jobs for?

Eh, it's boring here.
Let's just go back on the road.

No, we're lucky we didn't get arrested driving out here.

Our parents are idiots.

Well, they must really be idiots
if they think we can get jobs.

I mean...

Especially you.

Why would you come back to live here?
You love Arizona.

I have a job
opportunity here.

They've never found anyone
to take my job at the church,

and I do miss that,
pontificating to the masses.

But I've also been asked
to come into a high school

where there's been a lot of trouble
and teach a class in philosophy.

Sort of like the one I've been teaching at the university.

At first, I didn't
even consider it

but then the more
I thought about it,

that kind of teaching
really interests me.

It has such an immediate
and practical purpose.

It's not about
pie in the sky.

It's not about
life after death.

It's about the
here and now.

What school?
Mt. Xavier.

Yeah, here and now,
you'll get beat up or mugged

or shot in the hallways
or the parking lot.

I could be beat up
or mugged or shot

in any hallway
or parking lot.

Yeah, but the chances
are better at Mt. Xavier.

You don't want
to do that, Dad.

Don't move back
here to do that.

I'm looking forward to moving
to Arizona and going to school

and living closer
to you and Mom.

You can't stay late.
I told my mom we were...

Reverend Stone, hi.
What are you doing here?

I missed my son so much
I couldn't stay away.

Hi there, young fella.

Dad, this is Daniel.

Daniel, this is my dad,
Reverend Stone.

Hi. Nice to meet you.
Hi. Nice to meet you.

Jack. Good to
see you again.

Yeah.

Oh, my. Yes.
Now I get it.

Get what?

Nothing.
Nothing at all.

So very nice to meet
your new, uh, friend.

Boyfriend.

Oh, I didn't know
if it was...

If I'm your boyfriend?

We'll just be
in the living room.

Bye.

What do you get?
What's going on?

A little bird told me
you were unhappy here

and you wanted me and your mother to move back here

because you didn't want
to go to school in Arizona

and you wanted to live at home with
us next year and go to school here.

A little red bird?

This is why we love Madison.

She's so unpredictable.

But it's obvious
she cares a lot about you.

And I suspect she senses that
you still care about Grace.

Yeah, well, Grace
has a new boyfriend.

Has it ever occurred to you
that Grace is a very fickle girl?

Yes. It has.

I didn't know you
were my boyfriend.

No?

Well, I didn't know if now that you were back home

you were seeing
other girls or not.

You mean,
if I'm having sex with other girls?

You and other girls?

No. I don't do that.

Do you do that?
No.

How'd things go
today at school

with your old boyfriend,
with Grant?

It was fine.
We're just friends.

Yeah,
I know how that works.

Wait, how does that work?

He doesn't want
to be just friends.

He's just giving you a little shot of rejection with that,

hoping you'll come back.

You think?

You look a little
too happy about that.

No, I just...

I did feel kind of rejected but I should
feel rejected after what we did, I guess.

I don't think that what we did has
anything to do with you and Grant.

It has to do
with you and me.

Yeah, but I did have
a boyfriend at the time, so...

Yeah, and?

When do you think we are going to
have the chance to be alone again?

I don't know.

I don't think we need to rush back into anything.

I think we should get to know each other better.

Do we have to?

No.

Daniel, do you think our relationship is gonna last?

What, will I marry you?

No! God no, no,
I was not asking you that. No.

What were you asking?

I don't know!
I was not asking you that!

I think it's a little too early for us
to be making any plans together.

We've got a lot more
talking to do.

Yeah. Don't be ridiculous.
I did not just ask you if you wanted to marry me.

I think you did.

Just shut up and kiss me.

Why don't you try worrying about
something else for a change?

Something other than getting out of your marriage.

Like where you're
going to go to college,

how you're going
to earn a living.

College.

Why didn't I think of that?
I can get into college out of state.

Or maybe even
out of the country.

You're married.
She'll go with you.

Yeah. Probably.

So, how'd things
go at work today?

How's the butcher shop?
How's business? It's okay.

You know, if you wanted,
you could work at the office,

get more into the business
side of things.

Oh, you mean work as your assistant after school?

No thanks.

It wouldn't hurt for you to see what
things look like from the top down.

You might like the view.

Dad, honestly,
I just don't want that kind of responsibility.

I don't want to be the head of a large corporation.

Sausage or no sausage.

Are you hoping to just inherit my
money instead of earning your own?

No.

Then what are you
interested in?

Getting out
of my marriage.

Ben, if Mercy had lived,

would you still be trying
to get out of your marriage?

No.

You'd have stayed
married for her, right?

For your daughter?
Yeah.

That's the reason
I got married.

Then stay married
a while longer.

For you and for Adrian.

Just stick it out until
maybe after high school.

Give the mother of your child that much respect.

I understand you
don't want to be there,

but we all gotta do
what we gotta do.

And I'm serious here.

You could have told me
to bring my books.

Some things you just have to learn on your own.

Really, Amy? He's tired.

Once he goes to sleep,
we're gonna take him in there

and have a doctor poke around in
him just so you know he's okay?

He's okay.
He's obviously okay.

Ow.

I'm going to use the restroom.
Keep an eye on him.

Fine.

Is that your son?
Why?

Oh, you're such
a cute family.

Is that your wife?

Just mind your own
business, all right?

He's holding both
his ears, saying, "Ow,"

so yeah, I'm sure
it's an ear infection.

What's his
temperature?

It's not that bad.

Well, what is it?
99.9.

Oh. Well.

So, maybe it's not
an emergency.

Don't say that.
We've been down here all night.

Yeah, but Amy,
the emergency room is for emergencies.

Have you called
the doctor?

Ricky tried to
call her and...

Oh. They're calling us.
I have to go.

Dr. Hightower
tracked me down.

She said we could bring him in
tomorrow morning if we want.

Or, as long as we're here,
we could get him checked out,

but it doesn't sound
like anything serious.

Yeah, well maybe
I should have talked to her.

Maybe.

What'd that woman
over there want?

I saw her come over
and sit next to you.

She wanted to know if this was
my son and if you're my wife.

I told her we're never getting married,
so now she's not speaking to me.

Not funny.

Do you know that Amy's
at the hospital with John?

She thinks he might
have an ear infection,

but I think she might have just
panicked because we weren't there.

No, I didn't know.
You want me to go down there?

No.

Did you know that Toby's
grandmother is still in New York

and not with
Toby and Ashley

because she sprained her ankle belly dancing?
No.

You sure I shouldn't go down to
the hospital and check on Amy?

Ricky's with her.

Oh. Good. Good for Ricky.

Maybe he'll learn there's
a lot more to being a parent

than sleeping with
the baby's mother.

Okay, well, I just
wanted you to know.

'Cause of course you knew
and I didn't.

Well, you knew about
Ashley and I didn't.

Do you ever think those two could be
the reason our marriage didn't work out?

Did you ever think that maybe we
just never really loved each other

and that's why our marriage
didn't work out?

No. We did. At one time,
we loved each other. We absolutely did.

Yeah, I guess you're right.

I was just reacting
to what you said.

It sounded like you were
blaming the girls and not us.

You mean not me.

No. I blame myself, too.

Goodnight, George.

Goodnight, Anne.

Darn it, Moose.

I wish I had it all
to do over again.

Oh. Sorry.
I was just going to brush my teeth.

You go ahead.

Thank you. I will.
I mean, it's my house.

Please do.

Still got company, or...

You know Daniel went home.

Yeah, that's right.

I like your pajamas,
or whatever that's called.

Whatever that's called
is none of your business.

But thank you, I guess.

So, what was your dad
really doing here?

They're thinking
of moving back.

Excellent.
You won't be needing the room for that much longer.

It won't be any time soon,

if they do that,
if they move back.

And I doubt
they'll move back.

He got offered a job
at Mt. Xavier.

What, do they need someone
there for last rites?

Funny, even if he
doesn't do last rites.

I know. I was just
making a joke.

You know, we went to the same church,
your dad's church.

I remember.
I remember a lot of things.

Goodnight, Jack.

Hi there.
Oh, hi there.

You're up late.

Not really. It's 9:30.

I like to stay up
until 11:30.

Or 12:30.

Sometimes, I like
to watch the news,

sometimes I like to
stay up for Letterman.

I know. I remember.

I cannot do that anymore.

No, you have
responsibilities.

Tom, is anything wrong?

Not anything wrong.
Anything wrong over here?

No.

You and Rachel didn't have an argument,
did you?

I want to watch TV!

Well, honey, the children
have school tomorrow.

I mean, they need
to get their sleep.

They can sleep
with the damn TV on.

Tom!
What?

You asked for Rachel and Ronnie
and Bonnie to move in with you.

Okay, now you need
to be a grown-up

and realize you can't do
everything you want to do.

You have to think
about this little family

that you brought
into your life

and do what's best
for the kids.

I thought it was
going to be fun.

But it's not that fun.

Not always, no. It isn't.

But sometimes it can be
very rewarding, honey.

And sometimes rewarding
trumps just having fun.

I don't think so.

Hey, that's okay.
You can watch whatever that was.

No, I want to hear
all about Ben.

How is he?
And how's Adrian?

He's all right.

You want a drink?
I'm think I'm gonna have a cognac.

Oh, I thought cognac
season was over.

You're right.
I usually leave that stuff to the winter months,

but it's a little nippy out,
so maybe a short one.

Sure. Why not?

Yeah. Why not?

Is it me or have you been drinking a little more lately?

I don't think so.
Do you think so?

Maybe.

Maybe just a little.

But you've had so much
going on lately,

with Ben and Adrian

and Camille.

There's nothing going on
with Camille.

Well, cheers.
Yeah. Cheers.

Can I ask you something?

Sure, Betty, you can
ask me anything you want.

Are you happy, Leo?

I'm happy.

I was just saying that to Ben tonight.
I'm a happy man.

Good.

Are you happy
you married me?

Of course, Betty.
Of course I am. Why?

I don't know.

Are you happy
you married me?

Marrying you was the best thing
that ever happened to me.

If something even better
could have happened to you,

what do you think
that would have been?

Just imagine that something even
better could have happened.

What would that be?

I can't imagine
something better.

This is like
a fairy tale come true.

That's nice. That's nice
you feel like that.

It makes me feel good.

Of course, I do have
some regrets in my life.

Oh?
Yeah, I...

I regret leaving my parents
for my boyfriend.

I wish I'd listened to them.

He was the biggest
mistake of my life.

I didn't get to go
to high school or college

and then, as you know,
I ended up doing what I felt like I had to do.

Although I really didn't
even have to do it.

I just couldn't think
of any other options.

Yeah, I feel bad that that's what happened,
but things happen.

And what you did then has nothing
to do with who you are now.

You see?

That's why I love
you so much, Leo,

and I'm going to love you
for the rest of my life.

And I'm going to start
by loving you all night long.

Or we could just talk.

No!

Let me help you with that.
No, I'll get it.

I made the mess,
or Grace and I did. I'll clean it up.

No, let me help you.

I've got it.

Did you and Grace
have a good time?

You look like
you're in a good mood.

I'm in a pretty good mood.

Yeah, I guess I am.

I must be hungover
from our weekend together.

Yeah, me too.

Look, while you're
still in a good mood,

I'd like to talk to you
about something.

All right, well,
let me finish up here

and then we can go sit on the patio and talk.
I'd like that.

Ms. Juergens and Mr.
Underwood with John Juergens?

She did that on purpose.

You're right.
It's a hostile environment.

We can still leave.
We don't have to go in there.

Are you kidding me?
After waiting here all night?

We're going in there.
Get your son.

I made you brownies.

Well, you and me.

That was very nice
of you. Thank you.

You're welcome.

So, what'd you want
to talk to me about?

Uh... Let me just eat this brownie first.
It looks really good.

Okay.

Well, while I'm waiting to hear
what you have to talk to me about,

there's actually something that
I wanted to talk to you about.

I was wondering
if I could tell you

about my plans to go to school next year.

So you are gonna wait until the fall to go back to school?

Let me finish.

I don't want to go back to school
with you and Amy and Grace.

I want to go to
another school.

I want to do something useful and practical and fun.

I want to go to
cosmetology school.

So, what do you think?

I think that's a lot different from law school,
isn't it?

That doesn't mean that I can't always
go back to high school and finish later.

College later,
law school later.

Yeah, but you
probably wouldn't.

You'd probably
end up doing what?

Hair and makeup?
Working in Hollywood?

In the TV or film industry?

Or cosmetics. Maybe even being a
representative for some cosmetics firm...

Or coming up with your
own line of cosmetics.

Or doing nails.

What?

Just, you never
cease to amaze me.

I mean, just when I thought that you
couldn't get past what we've been through,

you come up with this new

and very creative plan.
Wow, I'm...

I'm totally for it.

Yeah, if that's what you want to do.
Go into cosmetology.

Are you?

Again, if that's
what you want to do.

If that's what you want to do,
I totally support you.

And...

What if I would need to go
to New York to study?

New York? Are you kidding me?
That'd be great.

I mean, of course,
it wouldn't be for very long, right?

It would be for just what,
a year? Two years?

I don't know.
I'm just starting to look into it.

I could start here

and then maybe if you get into a college in New York,

we could both
go together

to New York to study.

Yeah.

But I mean, you wouldn't
want to start here

and then change
schools or anything.

Maybe you should
just start there, you know?

Get out of here.

We could sell this place and just
buy you something over there.

Buy me...

Buy me a place?

Don't you mean
buy us a place?

Yeah.
I was just so excited thinking about the future.

Isn't it great?
It's just so...

It's so freeing.

You know, I think I'm gonna
have another brownie.

Oh, no, no,
don't get up.

I'll get it for you, Benny.

Buy me a place, huh?

Education is the way out.

Did you say something?
No, nothing!

No, I said nothing at all.

Hey, shut up
down there!

I'm going to miss that.

So he wouldn't mind
if I went to New York.

I came down to the kitchen
where no one can hear me.

Fine.
I don't care if you're upset with me or not.

I know you, Jack.

I know what you're thinking
even before you're thinking it.

And you're thinking
if Grace dropped Grant,

then she'll drop
this guy too.

And then finally,
at long last, she'll be free

and you'll be in
the house with her.

Madison, look,
I am tired of being accused

of always trying
to be with Grace.

If I wanted to be with Grace,
I could be with Grace.

But I don't want
to be with Grace.

Yeah, right.

Look, she just came into the kitchen.
Can I call you back?

No. You can talk
to her anytime.

We have a phone curfew,
in case you've forgotten.

Well, then,
I'll talk to you at school tomorrow.

No!

Look, Madison,
I love you.

And I love that we don't have to have
sex to prove our love to each other.

I'll talk to you
at school tomorrow.

I wish we'd never had sex!

Goodnight, Madison.

Ditto.

I wish we'd never had sex.

I know what ditto means.

Do you wish you'd never had sex with Grant, too?

Yeah.

And you wish you'd never
had sex with Daniel too?

Or do you just wait to wish that
until the next guy comes along?

I wait until the next
guy comes along.

I just came down
to get my book, so...

That's not your book.

How do you know?

You don't even look like a doctor.
Maybe you're not a doctor.

Got me.
I'm just a resident.

Which means, legally,
I am a doctor.

But hey,
kids don't like doctors who look like doctors,

so there you go.

There's no ear infection.

But he's holding his ears and saying,
"Ow" and he has a fever.

No, he doesn't.
He only had a fever when you took his temperature.

Maybe you didn't
read it right.

I read it right.
I know how to take his temperature.

Ow.

See! I told you!

He doesn't have
an ear infection.

He has to! Why would
he be doing that?

Um... I'm going
to take a guess.

Because the two of
you can't quit arguing?

You haven't noticed that when you raise your voices,
he doesn't like it?

Yeah. You two better
get a handle on that.

Especially if you're
going to live together.

Bye, John.
Bye.

You know,
I have some things of yours I should return.

That's all right.
We're friends.

I'm not worried about you having any of my things.

I have your hospital
bracelet from med camp.

Really?

I thought you would have
thrown that away by now.

I threw yours away.

Maybe I would
have wanted that.

We'll be back at med camp this summer.
You can get another one.

Hey, is your new boyfriend, what's-his-name,
going to med camp?

What's-his-name is Daniel.

And I know
you know that.

And no, he is not
going to med camp.

You know why?

No. Why?

Because he's
already in college.

He started in January.

He's a year older so he got into college early.

He was on spring break
when I met him.

He's a freshman
in college.

He's not in high school.
He's an adult.

Does your mother
know this?

No, she doesn't, and neither one of you
are going to tell her, and you know why?

Why?
Why?

Because we're friends and friends
don't rat each other out, do they?

Do they?

You know what, never mind.
We're not really friends.

You just said that because you
wanted me to feel rejected

and so I would come crawling back to you.
But guess what?

It's not going to happen.

It might.

She's a very
fickle girl.

Hey, Madison's
out sick today.

She wanted you to know that
she was up all night crying.

About what?
About everything.

Basically, she wishes she had never had sex with you,

never dated you,
never met you.

Is she breaking up with me?

You wish.

You're not getting
off that easy.

If you want to
break up with her

and go chasing after
your old girlfriend,

then you're going to have to do the breaking up yourself.

I'm not breaking up with her.

Yeah, she knows that.

But you and I know
that you want her to.

And you're a little weasel.

We're just going to have to find
a way to argue without arguing

or we're going to scar John for the rest of his life.

Do you have
to be dramatic?

Isn't that how we got into that
argument in the first place?

You're raising
your voice already.

No, I'm not.
I'm not raising my voice.

I know what raising
my voice sounds like.

This isn't raising my voice.

You are raising
your voice.

I know what not raising
your voice sounds like.

This is not raising your voice.
What I'm doing.

Yeah, well John's smart
enough to figure out

that even if you're talking like that that you're still angry.

He's not a dog.

Maybe we just need
a bigger place.

Maybe we just need to move
back to my house.

The three of us?
No, John and me.

You can't do that.

And I wish you'd stop threatening
that every time we have an argument.

I'm not threatening.

I'm just saying that maybe
our place is just too small,

and your voice
is just too loud.

After having been raised
the way I was raised,

I've worked really hard
to know what the line is

when it comes to expressing my
anger or frustration or emotions.

I don't think it's healthy to not
express emotions in front of John.

What's he supposed to think,
that we're all happy all the time?

Yes.
No.

It's normal to get upset and have arguments.
It's healthy.

If you don't let
things go too far.

And I'm not going
to let things go too far.

Oh, so it's up to you?

No. I know what
my "too far" is.

You have to know
what your "too far" is.

But I think threatening to go back
home to your mommy and daddy

is going too far.

Ow.

I was just joking.

I hear what you're saying.

And I guess I have
to quit doing that,

threatening to go home.

Thanks.

And I have to start
giving you more credit

for knowing a little bit
more about raising John.

You really have given
parenting a lot of thought.

Thanks, Amy.

And you're really a good dad.

And some day,
you're going to make someone a really great husband.

Someone?
Well, me.

Which is why you keep calling me your wife.
And you know it.

I think I may have
found a way out.

I don't want
to hear about this.

I don't think you
should get out.

It's too soon and
she's too fragile.

Yeah, don't you think it's a little insensitive, Ben,
to be talking like this?

But it was her idea.

Whatever it is,
you don't have to be so happy about it.

Unless...
Unless what?

Unless this is her
way of getting out.

Yeah. Maybe it is.
Maybe she wants out as much as I do.

Maybe the feeling
is mutual.

Okay, so what's
the story?

What's your way out
that was her idea?

She wants to go to
cosmetology school.

Adrian? Adrian, who
had a 4.0 average

and wanted to
become a lawyer,

now wants to go to
cosmetology school?

And how does
that get you out?

Because she could possibly go to
cosmetology school in New York.

Uh, no. This is a lie.
I'm not buying it.

Me neither.

Look, she does not
want to come back here

and without a high school diploma,
her options are limited.

So this is what she chose.

And by the way, I think
it's entirely possible

that this way she gets away
from me and I get away from her

and once we get away from each other,
there's no going back.

Dr. Ottavi, thank you
for taking my call.

I just got nervous that maybe Ben and
I should have waited a while longer.

Yeah, I'm feeling
much better.

In fact,
I have another question I want to ask you.

Is it too soon for me to try to get pregnant again?