Togetherness (2015–2016): Season 2, Episode 4 - Changetown - full transcript

Brett and Alex get involved in a new project; Michelle bonds with Anna, a new ally in her charter school effort; Alex is disappointed by major changes at work; Tina gets a crash course in parenting.

Coffee's up.

(Brett moans)

- Oh... thank you so much.
- Yeah.

- You make mine with agave?
- Half a teaspoon.

You're the best.

So I've been thinking about the
melange for the "Dune" play.

- Mm-hmm.
- And I'm thinking it's a mistake

to go big, bright, bawdy.

I think we should do super understated.

Mmm. What if we make a...

a sound that starts the whole play?



- Like we're in a dark theater.
- Yes.

And then the sound actually develops
for when Paul shows up on Dune.

- We don't really know what it is yet.
- Don't know what that is.

Layer on top of it... (whistles)

And then there's a little glowing thing.

- Tucked in there.
- Just tucked way back on the stage.

- It's a fully...
- Christy: Guess what?

Night shoots are way harder when
you have to wrangle 100 extras

who all claim that they
know how to ride horses,

and then when you get there, half of
them have never seen a horse before,

and at the end of the day,
all they ever want is food.

Bert. Ernie.

- There's that reference again. Twice.
- Twice.

- Franky, no, stop that!
- Michelle: Okay.



Frank got oatmeal on my shirt.

Sophie, oh! Look at this now.

- Ah, geez.
- Tina: What's up, y'all?

Oh, finally!

Finally? I'm less than ten minutes late.

You're late, but you still
stopped at Starbucks?

- So?
- Well, so Sophie's going

to be late for school.

There's a schedule, thank you.

Or how about, "Thank you so much, Tina,

for canceling your entire day
so you could bail me out?

- I really appreciate it."
- Thank you. Thank you.

You're welcome. What can I do?

Okay, I need you to stay here with Frank.

He's gonna go down for his
first nap in about an hour.

And then you go pick Sophie up at 12,

and I'm gonna be a little late tonight,

uh, so can you get dinner
started, like, around five?

There's stuff in the freezer, okay?

- Hello?
- What? Yes, I got it.

- Get out of here.
- Okay.

- Ten-four.
- All right. Great. All right.

(sighs) Where are my keys?

Franky, did you hide Mommy's keys again?

Michelle: Okay. Everyone, split up. Look low.

Not here!

Not in here, Mommy!

Tina, I'm just gonna take your car
and we can figure it out later.

I'm ready to go.

What's going on?

Nothing.

Sophie.

Excuse me. Come on.

What?

Are these my car keys?

Do you have any idea
how they got out here?

I am going to need an answer, Sophie.

Why isn't Daddy sleeping in your bed?

(door opens)

- Hi.
- Hey.

Oh!

(sighs)

- Thank you for meeting me.
- Yeah, of course.

- How are you and...?
- I'm doing pretty good. How are you doin'?

I'm okay.

This is so weird. (nervous laugh)

You know, like, we haven't really
had a conversation since...

Yeah.

Um, was there... was there something
specific you wanted to talk about?

Um... su... sure.

Um...

It's been a couple of
weeks and I think, um,

I just wanted to kind of

see where you're at.

Where I'm... at?

Well, I mean what... what are we doing?

It's just confusing and...

Yeah, it's definitely confusing.

- Um... yeah.
- Okay.

Okay, um...

Well, you know, like, Sophie asked
me why you're not sleeping at home.

But you're supposed to tell
her I'm working nights.

That's what we talked about.

- That was the...
- Yeah.

- No, I've been telling her that, but...
- So what's the problem?

For, like, two weeks. Well,
she's smart is the problem.

I've been, like, spending a
ton of time with her and I...

I spend more time with her than when I
was even working. I don't understand...

I know, but she just is noticing that
you're not sleeping at our house

- and sh... I just...
- Okay. All right.

I will... I will figure
out a plan and I'll...

I'll make that work with her.
Okay? I'll take care of it.

Don't you think at a certain point

we're going to have to... decide?

Like, are you gonna come home,
or if you are then when?

I really don't want to be told right now

when and how I need to
decide what's going on.

- I'll just...
- I'm not telling you.

Okay, just...

Can we just keep it to logistics, please?

Okay. Um...

Money is gonna be tricky at
a certain point, you know.

Like, we have some savings,
but if you're not working...

I got a job.

- Oh, I didn't know.
- I'm an Uber driver.

Why... yes. Yes, I'm an Uber driver.

Look, it's...

A lot of people are doing it.

- I'm just surprised...
- Yeah, no. It's...

- for a second. Okay.
- It's, you know, the profit margins

when you have an electric vehicle
are actually pretty good.

It's got flexible hours,
so I can be with the kids,

and it's kind of a mindless
job, so I can work on my show,

um, with Alex that I'm working on.

What kind of... what's...

- It's not... Look, I'm just...
- I'm interested.

I... I understand, I'm just
saying the point is...

I care about your life. I'm not like...

Can...

I'm sorry if money's put
stress on you. I don't...

Did you take your ring off?

(sighs)

Um, so then I'm just...
I'm gonna go to work.

Okay. Who's got the kids?

Tina.

Great.

"Park off Lomita, walk
through front entrance.

Sophie's classroom just
inside down to the left."

Look at this.

Whoo-hoo! You ready to go
get your sister, buddy?

I need some help, guys,
because the Kickstarter

didn't do what we hoped it would do

and I'm just kind of out of ideas.

Doesn't David have a connection
that he was working?

David... did, um,

and it did... didn't work out, so...

(woman clears throat) Okay.

- Hi. Hello.
- Oh, hi.

Uh, my name's Anna and I really
was just coming to listen,

but my good, good friend from
college actually founded

a crowd-sourcing site that works
specifically with nonprofits.

- Oh.
- And I know that she would

give you guys fantastic placement

- on the front page.
- Awesome. Thank you.

- Can I talk to you after?
- Absolutely. I'd love to.

- Great. Okay. Anna, right?
- Yeah.

- Okay. Michelle.
- Great.

Um, okay.

Hey, Miss Janie, lookin' good.

Oh. Oh.

- Hello.
- Shh!

(whispers) I got a sleeping baby here.

All right, lanyard, please.

- What?
- Lanyard, please.

I... I don't know what that is.

It's a carpool security lanyard.

Oh, yeah. You know what?
I'm Sophie Pierson's aunt.

Is there any way someone could just run
in and grab her and bring her to me?

No, no, no. You need a lanyard for
this lane. Everybody has one.

- I don't have one.
- Okay, you know what?

You're going to have to use
the main foot traffic gate.

Oh, no, no, see, 'cause if I go to
the gate, he's going to wake up,

and trust me, you don't want me to
wake him up before the end of his nap.

I hear you. (cars honking)

Okay! Hang on, everybody!

- You're starting a war here, lady.
- Shh!

Can I just give you my license
or something so I can...

You know what? License doesn't help.

- A license isn't a lanyard.
- I know, it's just...

(cars honking) Thank you so much. Hang on!

- Please, pull out of this...
- Could you let me through this one time?

- Lady, lady.
- He's sound asleep.

You need a lanyard. Okay? Thanks.

- Woman: Move it!
- Thank you.

(Frank sobbing)

Yeah, I know. That is my fuckin' hair.

Sophie! Sophie, we gotta go! Sophie!

(Frank crying) I'm working on my turtle.

I know, but we gotta go. Frank's
gotta go down. Come on.

Leave the turtle.

- Alex: Thanks for the ride.
- Christy: Yeah, dude.

Um, what time do you
want me to pick you up?

Brett's going to get me,
so you don't have to.

Oh. Okay. Are you going
to use your Uber app?

Does he do it for free
because you guys are lovers?

- We're not lovers.
- Does he have water in it?

Do you sit in the front or in the back?
(laughs)

No, Lord Huron's doing an
acoustic set tonight at The Echo,

- so we're just gonna, um...
- Okay.

I mean, you're working nights,
so I figured you couldn't come.

Yeah, but I mean, technically, I'm just
day playing, so I could get time off.

Oh. Okay, I'm sorry.

Uh, do you want to come? It'll be fun.

No, you guys... No, that's cool.
You guys do your thing.

Okay. Yeah.

All right, I got to get in there.
All right?

- Okay. Bye.
- Bye, sweetie. Mwah!

(sighs) (car starts)

No, when I was in New York,
I was a trial lawyer,

and then I got pregnant with Hattie

and, you know, my husband
was moving up in the ranks,

and I was just like, you know what?
I'm going to stay home.

- Yeah.
- And I did and it's been

amazing and I have loved it.

- Yes.
- I'm getting a little antsy.

- But it's been great.
- I get that.

Well, I mean, I'm trying to do

55 things at once right now,
and I'm losing my mind,

so if you're interested in
helping that would be...

- You know what I'm super good at?
- What?

Doing 55 things at once. (laughs)

Thank God. What about 56?

No, honestly, Michelle,

I would love to be a part of this.

That would be great. (laughs)

- Yay.
- Yeah.

- Yay!
- Yay! Good job.

(Russian accent) Demetri, there
is nothing I can teach you.

The knowledge is... Come in!
(knock on door)

- Hey, Alex.
- Hey!

- Here's your change for the first scene.
- Cool.

Uh, wait, is that for me?

- Yeah.
- I don't think that's right.

- No, it's right.
- Uh, I don't...

(knock on door) Are you... Yeah?

- Hey, Alex.
- Yes?

New sides for you. And gold chain options.

What? These are... Why do I have...
What are the gold...

- Man: Alex!
- Big C!

(both laugh) Hey, buddy!

What's happening, brother?

- How you doing?
- Good lookin'.

(both roar) Oh, shit, Mayweather!

Got everything? Do you need anything?
Got the new sides and shit?

I just got them and haven't
had a chance to look.

Yeah, buddy, welcome to Change Town.

- Change Town?
- Yeah, nothing big.

Just some real fun stuff.

We're going to pump up your character
a bit. I hope that's okay.

- I love that, dude.
- Cool.

- Yeah.
- Because the thing is...

I'm sitting behind video village...

- Uh-huh...
- and I'm looking at you

like shitting out gold. Great job.

- Thank you. I appreciate it.
- That's what you do.

But now I'm thinking you're not a vampire.
Buddy, you're a pimp.

- Are you... thanks, dude.
- Yeah.

You know, I mean the character though,
right? The character's now a pimp.

Are you... are you... Dude,
you mean literally?

- You're a lovable pimp.
- (laughs) Wait, I just...

Hey, who's a lovable pimp?
Yeah, they're yelling Pappas.

Uh, but didn't we shoot, um,

- three episodes with me playing...
- Oh, shit!

That's the best part. We're going
to do it all in voice-over.

Maybe, like, a day or two of reshoots.
Not a big deal.

'Cause you played it so
fuckin' perfect, man.

You did your thing where you're ambiguous,

so it could go this way,
it could go that way.

We're going to get the whole arc, man.

It's a done deal. Dude, keep this up,

we're going to have to make you
a series regular, swear to God.

Pappas!

(Frank crying) Okay, buddy.
Okay. Okay. Okay.

Oh, no, no, no. Please, buddy.
Please stop crying. I know.

(crying) (honks horn)

Calm down, buddy. We're almost there.

(tires screeching) Sophie: Oops!

- Sophie!
- What?! You're a bad driver!

(Frank crying)

Yep. Please, don't cry anymore. Please!

(Frank crying) Sophie: I'm hungry!

Uh, read the room, Sophie!
I can't do it right now!

Sophie: What does that mean?

Uh, just get it yourself, dude!

Sophie: Okay!

Yeah, yeah, I know. Yeah.

Sophie: Tina! Orange juice!

Yeah, Sophie, just a second!

(crying)

I'm mad at you too.

Sophie, what happened?!
Sophie, what is this?!

Oh, God! Can you not put the carton back?

Oh! Oh!

Ow! Ow!

(Sophie crying) Ow, ow, ow!

(Frank crying) Oh, God! Oh!

(Sophie, Frank crying) Oh...

Sophie: My elbow hurts!

Tina, my elbow!

(Sophie, Frank crying) Ahh! Shut up!

Both of you! Just be quiet!

(stops crying)

Oh, my God.

(inhales) I mean, you
got to be kidding me!

I mean... (laughs)

(both laughing) Look at my shoes!

Look at my shoes! This is real leather.

This is... these shoes,
you know how much...

(laughs)

Are...

All right, you know what? Hey, hey!

(laughing) I'll get you, missy.

(singsong) Your mom's gonna
kill me, yes, she is.

Your mom's gonna kill me, yes, she is.

Oh, your mom's gonna kill me, yes, she is.

Hey, your mom's gonna kill me...

(speaking indistinctly)

It just really bothered me. Have
you ever had that experience?

Man: (on iPhone) What has a world
to do with the spice melange,

he asked himself.

(indistinct chatter)

Suck my dick, bitch.

(door opens)

Hi! Hi!

- Got a delivery for you here.
- Thank you.

All right. Come here, you.

I love you. I love you.

See you guys later.

- Bye, Daddy!
- Bye!

Did you take the money?

(loud smack) Man: Cut!

Yeah, man, you nailed her!

Hey, buddy.

Hm? What do you think?

- Hey, Tin.
- Well, hello.

- Hello.
- Hello.

You started without me. Good.

- So how bad was it?
- You know, it was actually kind of great.

- Really?
- Really.

Do you think that it's wrong
that I'm in love with my nephew?

- And on occasion, we make out.
- Ew!

(laughs) Not in a gross way. He's a baby.

Oh, all right. (Tina laughs)

Well, that's great, I guess.

He's so adorable, it's crazy.

I'm thinking of staying
on as kind of like a...

auntie nanny.

Well, that's... great.

Yeah, you're saying that's
great, but you're looking at me

like I just told you I
found a unicorn in my ass.

(laughs) No, look, I'm just surprised.

- Why is that so surprising?
- Just 'cause it's different

from the way you usually talk
about sitting for the kids.

Well... it's different now.

I know what I'm doing, and, um,

maybe I've changed my mind.

You're not saying you want kids?

Are you or...?

(laughs) You should see
yourself right now.

- It's like sheer panic.
- No.

Yes, it is! No, I'm not
saying I want kids,

but would it be so horrible
if I did want them someday?

No, of course not.

You know, I don't exactly know what to say

in these moments when you get like this

'cause the feeling I have is
there's absolutely nothing

I could say that would be right
right now, so what would you...

What would you like me to
say right now? Just tell me.

"I think it's lovely that
you could see yourself

"having a family and having children

and I think you'd be really
fucking great at it."

Well, I really think it's lovely

that you can see yourself
having kids someday and...

- Pfft!
- Well, look, look. If I'm being honest,

everything you've said about kids
up until now would not lead me

to believe that you would be...

- That I'd be good at it.
- Well, yeah.

I mean, yeah.

Well, I don't even know if we're
having this conversation right now

or we're not having this
conversation right now, but...

Fuckin' Larry, I'm not asking you to
have a fucking kid with me right now!

I just came and said I enjoyed my day!

Why are you talking to me like this?

Because you're making me feel like shit.

(door slams) What the fuck?

I don't know, I don't want to sound
like I'm being a little bitch about it

'cause I'm grateful just to

- have an acting job.
- Yeah.

- But, uh...
- Is it maybe not everything

you hoped it was going to be?

I mean, I wouldn't say that, but, um...

Dude, I'm so excited to
hear you say that. (laughs)

I thought you were going Hollywood on me.

I'm just so... Dude, I'm
just psyched we get to do

our thing together, all right?
It's all good.

We're talking about puppets,

but we don't want our puppets

to look like puppets. That's the thing.

We got to find our own voice, man.

I want our "Dune" show to be, like, fresh.

- Yeah!
- Like melange-y.

(both laugh)

This is what we need. We need
the spice from the planet Dune.

That's it. (laughs)

It's like there's no movement going on.

It's like I will fuckin' wake up convinced

that I'm going to call
Michelle and be like,

"Fuck you, how dare you

"be this reckless with our
marriage and our family.

I'm fucking done." And then
literally five minutes later,

I'm like, "It was... It was a mistake.

Everybody makes mistakes. Be
the bigger man. Get over it."

And I get all down on myself and I'm literally
in the 50/50 spot. It's not changing.

- Yeah.
- And then I got this

whole other added stress

with the fucking kids. I
thought I had a system

that would make them not feel weird
about the fact that I'm not there,

but it's not really working and it's...

Dude, I don't know if I can do this.

(Brett, Alex imitating drums)

(laughs) It's more fill.

It's only fill. (laughs)

(stops laughing) Hey!

- I thought you had work today.
- They didn't need me tonight.

(burps) You should have called.

- I did, like, five times.
- Oh.

Oh, shit. Sorry, my phone died.

Right. Hi, Brett.

What's up, Christy?

So anyways, Alex, I was calling
because I was thinking

we should probably fuck tonight.

(burps)

(laughs)

Okay, sorry. I was looking
for like a really fast,

positive, immediate response to that.

No! No, that's great.
That's a brilliant idea.

- Oh, cool. That's good.
- I love that. I just... I'm a little drunk.

Okay. I'm going to go to the bathroom
and then I'm going to come back

and I'm going to have an orgasm
here in the next ten minutes,

and you just let me know if
you're involved in that. Okay?

Or if your hand is just for, like,
air drumming and dumb shit.

Um, I really want to keep
talking about "Dune"...

- Mm-hm...
- but I think I have to

go have sex with my girlfriend.

(both laughing)

(door opens)

(whispers) Michelle?

You awake?

- Brett: Hello?
- (gasps) Oh!

Oh, my God! What are you doing here?

Um, I kind of live here.

Um, what are you doing here?

I just got in a fight with Larry.

Um, is everything okay?

Yeah.

He said I'd be a shitty mom.

Have you and Larry been
talking about having kids?

No.

And I guess we won't be any time soon.

But I mean, you know, you
don't just say that.

Like, you would never be with somebody

who you thought that about.

So that shows what he thinks, you know.

I just sometimes get the
feeling that, um...

it's not going to happen
for me, you know what I mean?

Like, the things that I thought were going
to happen are just not going to happen.

Look...

You don't have to say anything.

It's not my place, obviously, but...

you're really...

Psycho.

- I was gonna say...
- Mess.

A... frighteningly tenacious person.

Um, and...

I think if you decided
you wanted to be a mom,

you'd probably be pretty great at it.

Really? Me?

Yeah.

Thanks.

♪ It's all here now ♪

♪ It's all here ♪

♪ Now it's all here ♪

♪ Now it's always been here ♪

♪ It's all right now ♪

♪ It's all right ♪

♪ Now it's all right ♪

♪ Now it's always been right ♪

♪ You do not have to leave ♪

♪ Or go out walking, dear ♪

♪ You do not have to reach out ♪

♪ To somebody near ♪

♪ You do not have to hold it ♪

♪ In your fingertips ♪

♪ It's always been there with you ♪

♪ You are what it is ♪

♪ And it's all right now ♪

♪ It's always been all right ♪

♪ All right ♪