I want you to meet my granddaughter, Haddie.
Alex is the volunteer coordinator here.
ALEX: I'm an alcoholic.
Romantic relationships, just aren't good for me right now.
There was a woman up north.
Oh, Mom.
I know that you cheated on Mom!
How could you do that to her?
We did it to each other, Adam.
That's Matthew. He's amazing.
CAMILLE: We went back to Matthew's place.
And?
ZEEK: How come you don't know her password? DREW: It's loading.
How would I know her password?
ZEEK: Didn't you overhear it one time?
I don't understand how everything we do is wrong.
AMBER: What are you guys doing?
I'm officially not a part of this.
They were trying to get me to look up your SAT scores.
What? Jeez, Drew, what are you, a narc?
I'm not a narc.
This is really a new low for you guys.
ZEEK: You got to tear off the band-aid,
you know, see what's underneath.
What is this? Okay, all right, hang on.
SARAH: You got anything? Yeah.
Yeah, here it is. SARAH: Yes?
All right, but we have to add these, though. Let's see.
They don't add it for you?
Okay, somebody add! Somebody add!
Do you have a calculator or, you know...
770, 770, 710.
So, you got to carry the three, and add the 40.
70...
ZEEK: Huh?
2250? SARAH: I said it once.
DREW: Really? Wait. What?
What's that mean? 2400 is a perfect score.
So... ZEEK: Amber...
Wait, it might be a mistake.
She literally is a genius.
Stop. Oh, my God!
No way! SARAH: Oh, my God!
Come here. DREW: You're really brilliant!
(ALL CHEERING)
Everyone, get off me.
KRISTINA: Yeah, Janet, a carpool sounds like a really good idea.
I just... Be careful, okay, buddy?
I don't know anything about an invitation.
Which Emily? Berger? Martin?
Yeah, Max likes her.
Hey, bud, be careful.
Get a bowl. I told you, I need egg cartons.
Yes, I'm going to check his backpack, and I'll call you back.
Okay. What you got going on there, buddy?
Let's be careful there. I need a...
Hey, Max! I need...
ADAM: Hey! Oh!
Oh, come on. I need... I need
four egg cartons for Green Week. ADAM: I got it. I got it.
Thank you, honey.
ADAM: Max, can you hand me that bowl? Hey, Max?
Max?
KRISTINA: Hey, babe, did you by chance...
Did you happen to get an invitation?
MAX: It's Emily Berger's birthday party this Saturday.
KRISTINA: I know. She didn't invite me.
You're not invited? You guys are buddies, though.
You play in the yard all the time.
She doesn't really seem to like me anymore.
Look out, Max.
MAX: Can we go to school now? Yeah. Yeah.
I need to get these egg cartons there. It's Green Week.
Here, go around it. Max.
MAX: Let's go to school.
ADAM: I think maybe that the lesson here
is that if you're playing tennis with Steve Jobs,
you let him win. (LAUGHING) I can't. I couldn't.
Lose the bragging rights? No. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry to interrupt.
Amber got 2250 on her SAT's. 2250!
That is awesome. It's amazing!
I'm so excited, I didn't know what to do. Hey...
So, I just went and bought a bunch of donuts.
Hi, I'm Sarah. Hi.
I'm so sorry. Hi.
Nice to meet you. Would you like a donut?
She works with the design team. Carly Barrow.
My daughter's just, you know, her grades aren't great,
so 2250 on her SAT's, it just means...
You telling them how I kicked your butt
all over the squash court?
Not at all. I would never say that,
because you didn't beat me. I beat you as I recall.
I don't think so. I think so.
GORDON: Look at you. CARLY: I know. Look at you.
We should go talk in my office, yes? Okay, yes. Please, yes.
It was nice to meet you. Congratulations. Nice to meet you.
I'll talk to you in a bit. Yeah, good to see you, Carly.
CARLY: You, too.
That is awesome. Scorching score. Oh, God! I know.
Have a donut. Don't say no. Stellar.
All right, to celebrate Amber's SAT score, of course.
So, who is that?
That's just a friend of Gordon's from college.
Hmm. She's tall.
Hey, babe.
Hi.
How was art class?
It was good.
It was, um,
really good, actually.
But, there's something I have to tell you.
The teacher who was scheduled
to teach this course had a conflict,
and is not going to be able to be there
for the first few sessions,
and the substitute teacher is Matthew.
Matthew Boscalli.
Uh-huh?
So, I just wanted to be open about it.
Of course, there's nothing going on.
It's all very professional.
Yeah, professional, huh?
Look, Zeek, I need to take this course.
It's the only time all year they're offering figure studies.
This is life drawing.
You know, with live models. It's what I've been struggling with.
So, I just didn't want to hide anything,
but at the same time, I didn't want to make a big deal out of it, either.
So, um, I want to take the class. And...
And I'm gonna take the class. Okay?
Yeah.
Great, thanks.
Eureka.
There's golden in these hills!
Whoa, did you guys see that?
That was intense.
All right, guys, just a couple of technical things.
We only have...
CROSBY: Hey, Principal Taylor. Thoughts?
Oh, no, I'm just watching.
JOEL: Talk to your parents. Have them pretend to be the other characters, okay?
I think this one is shaping up to be a real stinker.
JOEL: Right? You do? Yeah!
TAYLOR: I have nothing against Joel,
but he directed the play last year.
The longest 47 minutes of my life.
(LAUGHS)
And here's a thought...
Well, great...
TAYLOR: You're a creative guy. You're funny.
Wanna help out?
With the play? Yeah.
Hey, what do you guys think?
Yeah, it's a little rough. Right.
Joel, I've just been talking Crosby,
and he is eager to get involved
with our parent community here...
Is he? ...at Sycamore.
TAYLOR: And pitch in. (MOUTHING WORDS)
That sounds great. I believe in him.
What if Crosby became your assistant director?
That would be. That...
I have been dying to be your assistant, since we met.
Perfect. Okay cool.
So, we'll talk about scheduling and all that junk.
Awesome. Yeah.
I'd better get back to it. All right.
Okay. Okay.
How about your line? I'm counting on you, kid.
Spice it up.
JABBAR: Eureka.
There's golden in these hills!
JOEL: Close enough. All right?
You have way too much time on your hands.
Excuse me, what do you mean?
This is important.
I'm just saying, all the labels don't have to be facing
the exact same way. Yeah, but it's...
It's convenient if they are.
You can tell that it's Mexican Stewed Tomatoes.
Whenever you want to talk about OCD,
let me know. I'm for you, okay?
Okay. Thanks.
Um...
What are you doing this week?
This week? Actually, I'm going to the library.
I have a hot date, with this guy from Romania.
We play Scrabble,
online.
Don't talk to me like I'm the weird one. That is weird.
What about you? Any big plans?
Um, actually, this weird, weird guy at my school...
Everybody's going to go to his house for a party. He made a movie
on his cell phone or something, and,
it's not going to be good, but it might be...
It sounds very tempting and entertaining,
but I think I'm gonna have to decline.
But thank you. No, yeah.
Anytime. Well, get back to work.
What are you doing? Just giving you something else to do.
You're just like trying to be annoying.
Uh-huh.
DR. SCHECTER: People listen in different ways.
Your face doesn't always read the way you might imagine.
And that's why it's important
to have verbal cues.
Can I... Think of it this way...
Can I say something here?
Sure.
I messed around.
I had an affair.
But, she did, too.
She slept with somebody else.
And now she to take an art class
from the guy that she slept with!
Same guy.
So, I don't know,
why don't we talk about that?
I told you about the class.
I was open about it. I didn't try to hide anything.
I want you to drop it.
Okay, Zeek, can you tell her why?
Why what?
Tell her how it makes you feel.
(SIGHING)
I'm hurt.
I'm angry. I'm...
I'm jealous.
Okay.
That's a good job.
Camille, is there anything you'd like to say to Zeek?
I understand how you feel.
I do.
And I will think about it.
KRISTINA: I mean, Miss Orkand
specifically said that Max and Emily get along, you know?
They're a perfect match for each other. Yeah, I was there.
I mean, they sit at the same table together.
They do their class projects together.
Yup. They get along really well.
I just think it's weird that Emily's mom
would single him out like that, you know?
Maybe it's just an oversight or something.
Maybe I should call her, let her know.
Look, Kristina, I... You know, mom to mom.
It probably just got lost in the mail.
Yeah.
It happens. Yeah.
Honey? AMBER: Yeah?
Can I come in and tell you how proud I am of you?
I'd rather you didn't. Okay, thanks.
Here you come.
Honey,
can you just be happy for yourself?
I just don't want to do this anymore.
Come on! Look at you.
This time last year who knew if you were even going to take this test,
and now you've done so well.
Thank you very much. That's enough.
Listen, something happened at work today.
A woman came in, who was a classmate of Gordon's at Berkeley,
and still a really powerful alum there. Alumnus... Alumni.
Anyway, I asked Gordon if she would sit down with you, and he said yes.
But why? Why would you do that?
Because it's a connection. And if she likes you,
maybe she can make a phone call,
or, you know, write a letter to somebody.
It's just something that could be really helpful. And...
So, I thought you'd sit down with her.
I don't want to.
It's such an amazing opportunity.
Don't just say, "I don't want to do it."
I don't want to do it. Why?
I don't want to put myself in an uncomfortable position.
Why is it uncomfortable? Because...
It's one meeting. Don't say no to everything. It's like I have to go
sit there and prove myself, and... Give it a shot.
I don't want to.
It's a great opportunity. Mom, that's easy for you to say.
You don't have to go in there and try to prove yourself,
and I might not be good enough. Please don't say no.
You always say no. I don't want to. No.
JOEL: All right, guys, I need you to focus up here and pay attention
and really just try and get those lines out, okay?
Jabbar, let's hear it. Eureka!
There's golden in those hills.
Okay, that's close enough.
And, Sienna, do you know what happens right now?
She says, "Does this look like gold?"
I don't like that line.
KID: I want a new one, too.
You don't like that line?
Joel, she... I mean,
even she knows that's a bad line. Hey, take five. Let's take 10.
Wait, okay, forget it. Dude, this is pretty slow going.
It doesn't seem to be getting there.
Yeah, it's early. You shouldn't memorize these lines.
They're boring.
They got to do something,
so it's not just kids running around. What if I wrote something...
Something musical like a Broadway?
Yeah.
Hey, do you guys like music?
I don't know... ALL: Yeah!
No. See how excited they are.
Yeah, I know. They haven't been that excited since we started.
Yeah, Crosby. Since I... Yeah?
Just... I'd love them to just memorize these lines first.
And then we think about adding something up.
Okay, but do you like the music idea?
Yeah, I think it's a great idea, just time permitting.
All right, you're the boss. Okay.
But, did you see that explosion of enthusiasm?
Yes. I saw it. Noted, thank you.
You guys like music? ALL: Yeah!
(SCHOOL BELL RINGING)
Oh, hi, Andie?
Yes? Hi, how are you?
I'm Max's mom. I was just in the classroom.
Yeah, Kristina, hi.
Hi. We met at Back to School Night.
Of course, sorry.
You know, Max didn't get an invite to Emily's birthday party.
So, I was just wondering if by chance
it was lost or maybe it was an oversight?
Oh.
No.
No?
Oh! No.
It wasn't... Oh, gosh! Okay.
I guess I just don't understand
because, you know, they're in the same class together,
and they sort of have the same challenges and struggles. And I...
I feel like it's a little cruel for Max to be singled out like that.
Well, it wasn't just Max. You know, there were two other kids in the class.
Emily specifically told us she doesn't want them at her birthday.
We didn't mean for it to be cruel.
Well, it is cruel.
It's a little cruel. I mean, you know, the school says
if one kid is invited to a birthday party,
that everybody should be invited, you know.
The handbook actually states that if you don't pass out invitations in class, then...
Right. It does say that... not everyone has to be included.
But, the spirit of this school is inclusion,
and that's basically all they ever talk about.
That's why here... Look, my husband and I talked about it.
We both feel
that one day out of the year, one single day,
Emily deserves to have exactly the kind of party that she wants.
She works...
She works very hard to learn things that come easy for almost everyone else.
So, I just want to listen to her.
(SOBBING) And I'm sorry. It's okay.
But as the mother of an Aspy kid, I would hope you can just understand that.
I do.
Howdy, partner.
(SNICKERS) Hi.
All right, I got a question.
Are you going to be leaving that class
taught by your fling, or what?
I'm not going to dignify that with an answer.
Okay, we got off to a bad start there.
How about, are you going to drop the class?
(SIGHING)
Do you trust me?
Yeah.
Yeah, I do.
Good,
because this is about trust.
We have to start trusting each other again.
There is absolutely nothing between me and Matthew,
absolutely nothing.
And, no, I don't want to drop the class.
You know, I think is something that you have
to get past.
We both do.
Yeah, I got it.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Community Center.
HADDIE: Hey, is this Alex?
Yeah. Hi. Haddie?
Yeah. Oh, you recognize my voice.
(LOUD MUSIC PLAYING) I'm just... (HESITANTLY)
Actually I'm at that party at that weird guy's house and, I was just wondering,
did I put down that I'm going to come into work tomorrow?
I just wanted to be sure and that there was no confusion.
Yeah. Let me... Let me check real quick. Hold on.
Okay.
Yep, I've got you down.
(STAMMERING) Oh, okay. Great, then, I'll just be there.
You're lucky, too.
I have a huge compost pile out back with your name written all over it.
Oh. I know how much you like to be dirty.
I mean, dirt. Yeah. Well, thank you, you're exaggerating a little bit.
A little bit. Yeah.
All right, I'll see you tomorrow then.
Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow. Okay, bye.
Bye.
(POUNDING ON DOOR)
Is Bedouin real or a Star Wars?
I don't know. It was a stupid party. I wish I hadn't gone.
SARAH: I'm sorry the party was stupid. Do you want tea?
But, I'm not sorry you had fun with your cousin.
Me, too, but do you want tea?
Um, sure.
Hey! Hey.
AMBER: Hi. Hey, Amber.
Hey, do you want some tea?
Yeah, please. Thank you.
Thanks, Amber. Okay.
Um, so, I'll go get that, uh...
Book.
All right.
I hope pomegranate is okay.
That's all we've got, apparently.
So, your mom tells me that your SAT scores are off the charts.
Yeah. That's great.
Thank you. Yeah.
You're a regular prodigy.
Mmm-hmm. Yeah.
And, she also mentioned that you might want to talk to my friend, Carly Barrow,
who went to Berkeley. There it is.
There is what? Look at you, bringing it up so casually.
What? This is ridiculous.
This is a set-up.
It's not a set-up. I'm being ambushed. Yes.
No, you're not. But yes.
Come on, look at you. You're getting all nervous.
This is not... This was orchestrated by my mom.
No, no, no, this is not orchestrated.
Okay, that's great, but... Okay?
It change the fact that I don't to have this meeting.
This isn't a big deal to you?
No, it's not a big deal. Okay?
Okay, since it's not a big deal,
then why don't you just go talk to this woman and see what she to say?
Since it's not a big deal, why don't I just not talk to her?
Or if it's not a big deal, why don't you just sit down
with the woman who went to Berkeley,
loved it, and, you know, so have a conversation.
(SIGHS) I just don't want to. I don't why people keep pushing me to do it.
You don't get it. Listen...
Every time there's like a big thing like this,
I always mess it up, and I'm so tired of messing up.
Amber. (SIGHING LOUDLY)
Life will knock you down more time than you can possibly imagine.
Don't knock yourself down.
Don't avoid feeling embarrassed because you're afraid something's
not gonna go well. So what if it doesn't go well? So what?
Amber, you are
a wonderful, talented, and a really smart young woman.
All right?
Put yourself out there.
Give yourself a chance.
The thing I resent is that your brother has no idea how much time it takes
to put anything with kids together.
He's just like, "Hey, we'll sing some songs. It's no big deal."
Well, he's new to the dynamic with kids.
When the kids don't know their lines. This guy.
I'm sure he knows who's the boss.
It's going to be fine.
CROSBY: I'm gonna rock this play.
I mean, this might be the first elementary school play that wins a Tony.
That's so cool that you're taking this on.
So, is Joel cool with it?
Oh, well, the director is a bit defensive,
but I think it's going to make us closer.
Oh, hey, have seen my box of harmonicas?
JASMINE: Maybe in the front closet.
Because you know what takes a play
from like kind of good to like Broadway good?
BOTH: Harmonicas.
Dad, let's go to school!
Um, okay. I'll take you to school.
Oh, wait, one quick question. JASMINE: Mmm-hmm?
Who's kicking ass at parenting so that their fiancée
can kick ass as a visiting artist at Berkeley?
Who is that person? That's you, baby.
Oh, that's me. That's you!
(CHUCKLING)
Hug on, mommy! All right.
Have a good day at school.
Okay. We are off. Dance your heart out.
Got your backpack. Shoes are tied. Hair looks great.
JABBAR: Yep. Yep. CROSBY: Let's do it.
Bye.
Come on, pick up the pace.
JABBAR: You have a hat on.
CROSBY: I always have a hat on when I'm feeling good.
Here you go, baby.
Hi. Emily, right?
Here you go. I brought you some more markers.
I'm Kristina. I'm Max's mommy.
Hi.
So, I heard that you have a birthday coming up. Are you so excited?
I'm having a party. Mmm-hmm.
I didn't invite Max.
Yeah, honey, was he... Was he mean to you?
He won't lose.
What do you mean?
Every time we play a game, he gets really mad when he loses,
he says we have to play over and over again.
Sometimes I don't want to, then he gets mad again.
Yeah, who likes that?
I don't. So, he can't come to my party,
because we're going to play games.
Hmm.
Hi, I'm Carly. Nice to meet you. Hey, how are you?
Ahhh! What?
What is that? Please, you're so dramatic.
That is really too... Show time.
Hi. I'm sorry.
It's just funny that you actually said that.
Hey, hey, hey. I'm sorry.
Gordon, who set the meeting. Right.
I appreciate it. How are you? Good to see you.
Yeah. Oops. Oh!
What? Firm. (CHUCKLING)
Well, yeah, I mean it's... It's just a normal... I'm not going to do this.
Why don't we go to my office? We'll talk to Carly there, please.
Okay. Okay, before you go, do you have any tips for her?
Maybe, you know, anything about Carly she should know.
Um...
She loves The Rolling Stones.
(GASPS) She loves The Rolling Stones! I can't use that.
Yes, you can. How can I use that?
It's a college interview. You can work that in.
There you go. That's a little life boat.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hmm?
Here we go. Oh, no, right.
Okay. All right.
Just a minute, okay? Okay. Bye-bye.
Carly, this is my friend, Amber, and we were hoping...
Hey, don't just stand there. Keep moving.
Act normal. Act normal. Just take it easy.
Come on. CARLY: Tell me why you're interested going to Berkeley.
It's a great school.
Yeah, it is. I mean, I don't know
as well as you do,
but it's supposed to be, you know, very nice.
That's why, you know, I would want to go.
It is. Yeah.
Yeah.
(EXHALES LOUDLY)
The Rolling Stones are so great.
Oh, you like The Stones? You think so too, right?
Yeah. I'm a huge fan. Yeah. Who doesn't, you know?
Yeah, they're awesome.
By the way, sorry about this whole thing, you know.
My mom asking you to do this.
I mean, I guess you probably get that a lot,
being successful, you know, people wanting your help and making you,
you know, meet their children, and... It's just.
No, it's fine. It's fine. Listen, if you never ask for what you want,
you'll never know if the answer is gonna be yes or no.
You got to take the risk.
(CHUCKLING NERVOUSLY) Yeah, that makes sense.
Yeah.
I'm just a little nervous. I'm sorry.
It's okay. You don't need to be.
It's uncomfortable 'cause I'm like...
Do I just be completely myself, and like
maybe say something that's very stupid, which I've probably already done.
(CHUCKLING) You haven't. Or should I be like
acting very smart and mature or, you know, I don't know.
You just gotta be yourself, which you're doing adorably, and it's fine.
Okay. I bombed my first college interview.
Really? Yeah.
What happened? Well, I was afraid
to show them that I cared,
and, so I acted way above it and too cool, and kind of obnoxious
and it was a disaster.
How do you know that?
Because the interviewer got up go to the bathroom,
and I looked at his little notebook that he'd been scribbling in
to see what he writing. And he had simply written in all caps, "Annoying."
That's like the worst thing. I know.
I was, though. I was annoying.
What did you do? Nothing.
He came back, and I continued acting cool,
and finished the annoying interview that I was doing.
You kept going? You stuck with it? I had to, yeah.
Well, I had to stay.
That's amazing. That's pretty extreme. I had to stay.
Yeah. Cool.
(BOTH CHUCKLING)
Well, I don't think you're annoying. I just don't see that.
Well, thank you. I don't think you're annoying, either.
Well, let's wait till the end of the interview.
(CHUCKLING) All right.
CROSBY: Okay, everybody, on the count of three,
everyone's going to take your noisemaker,
and go crazy.
All right. One, two, three.
(CHAOTIC TUMULT)
(SIGHS)
ZEEK: Hey, excuse me.
Yes?
You're the guy that teaches that finger painting class in there?
Figure drawing.
Yes, for next couple of weeks.
I'm Matthew, can I help you?
Right. I'm Zeek Braverman,
Camille's husband.
Oh.
I want you to stay away from my wife, Matthew.
You understand me?
Yes, sure. I get it.
All right.
Andie, is that you?
Oh, hey, how are you? I'm not stalking you. I was here.
It's Kristina, how are you? Hi.
Good? Yeah.
Listen, can I ask you a question? Okay.
I was thinking about something.
I know that Max and Emily have some issues, okay.
And I know that there are things that they need to work obviously.
But I had a great idea.
What if you guys, you and Emily, came over for a play-date
with Max and I?
And they could, you know, log some hours and sort of see how it goes.
I know Max has to work on being a sore loser and things like that.
So, I thought maybe if you guys came over, we saw how it went,
and Max could maybe come to the party.
Okay, I am going to be honest. Yeah.
I really don't want to get into this again. I know.
I know that this is so awkward and...
Yeah, but you're not getting the fact that I actually said, "No."
I know. I heard you say no, but what I'm saying is that
I think we need to help each other.
I really do. Oh, my God, I'm so sick of this whole
"it takes a village" thing. Look, I'm in this community. I show up.
I am here. You are, and I know that.
And I can see that.
You know, I know that you are your daughter biggest advocate as I am for my son,
otherwise I wouldn't be pushing this hard.
I mean, Andie, have you ever done something
so stupid, and asinine, and desperate like this,
you know, just wanting to be a champion for your kid?
If you haven't, then I'm really embarrassed
and I will leave and walk away,
and I won't ask you again if Max can come to the party.
I promise you.
I have done some crazy things for Emily.
See, it's good to know.
I just think it could be a wonderful thing.
You know, I have this amazing behavioral aide. She'll sit with them
and facilitate the play-date and have a great time.
And, you and I, we can talk...
Right... or have sushi or something. I mean,
it could be really fun.
(SIGHING) Matthew?
Matthew?
Could you tell me what I'm doing wrong here with the hand?
I don't know. It doesn't look like anything that resembles a hand.
Camille,
I think it's better if we don't talk.
About the drawing?
No, about anything.
Your husband was very clear about that.
You talked to Zeek? When?
I don't want to be in the middle of anything.
Seriously.
Let's agree that you'll wait for the feedback on your work
until Marcie returns to class, okay?
Yes, very good.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Hello?
Hey.
What are you doing right now?
Hey.
Got a minute? Hey.
What's going on?
Uh...
I just wanted to say thanks,
for setting up that meeting with...
Carly. Carly. Right.
Thank you for making that happen. I...
It's no big deal.
No, it's a big deal.
I worry a lot, you know, that all the choices I made
haven't helped my kids, and so,
I want them to have possibilities.
I want Amber right now, to have
whatever she wants.
I think Amber's a really cool kid.
Yeah.
You know why?
Because you are an awesome mom.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
I mean that.
A sexy one, too.
(CHUCKLING)
What are you doing tonight?
Me? Hmm. Mmm.
Hmm. Dinner?
Okay.
07:00? Okay.
Great.
HADDIE: Anyways, mobster.
Really? Yeah.
You can't use mobster, because "rf" is not a word.
Okay. R-F? Is it a word?
(MOCKS BARK) I... (CHUCKLES)
All right, how about...
"Begaze." "Begazed."
What?
"Begaze" is not a word.
Are you jealous at my word right now? I'm not jealous.
What? I'm just saying
that there's no such thing as "begaze."
Look at me for a second, just look at me.
See that, what you're doing?
You're "begazing." Oh.
(CHUCKLING) You're "begazing" me.
No, thank you. No way.
That's what that is.
No! That's not fair. I'm looking it up in here.
So, what'd you say to him?
Say to who?
Yeah, don't play dumb with me.
You know exactly what I'm talking about.
What did you say to my art teacher?
I told him to stay away from my wife.
And I told you nothing was going on.
Yeah, well,
I wanted to tell him myself.
That is so humiliating.
It's humiliating for you. What you think it is for me?
Humiliating for me, Camille!
You ask me and you ask me and ask me to share my feelings with you!
And when I do, I tell you how I'm feeling,
this situation makes me feel like crap!
You say, "So what?"
So, I went to your little Portuguese pound cake
and I told him to stay away from what's mine!
What's yours?
You know what I mean. (BANGS)
Yeah, I know what you mean.
Do you? I know exactly what you mean.
All this time in therapy!
Talk about change! You haven't changed.
You don't change.
You haven't changed a bit. Really?
Yeah, really.
(LOUD CRASH)
(KICKING TABLE)
Hi.
Hey.
What are you doing?
Reading.
In the dark?
It's not that dark.
I should get a book light, though. (CHUCKLING)
That's a good investment.
What's going on? How was your dinner?
Good. This is cute.
Also, I just wanted to let you know that the whole Carly meeting thing...
Mmm-hmm?
Was pretty good.
Here's the part where I tell you that if you cry, I'm going to have
to discontinue the story immediately. Okay?
It's like ice in there. Yeah.
I'm fine. I think I'm gonna be all right.
I don't know, I... I was nervous at first, like,
you know, like I didn't belong there or something, and like I was gonna
not do well and disappoint you.
Then, you know, I got in there and I was like, "I can do this."
Like, we were kind of similar and we were like on the same wavelength,
and it was surprising and I just felt like,
"Okay, yeah, maybe I can,
"maybe I can do this. Maybe I can, you know,
"be smart and successful."
And, it felt good.
Hmm.
So, I know it was probably a big deal for you to get the meeting,
and I just wanted to say thanks.
Really, a lot.
(GRUNTING) You're welcome.
Are you crying? You're crying.
I did the best I could.
(CHUCKLING) Oh, God, Mom, please.
No!
Max, it looks like she might win this one.
Max, what do we say someone else wins a game? Do you remember?
Nice game. Right.
Which might actually make you want to play again, right, Emily?
Maybe.
Spicy.
(CHUCKLING) Yeah. For like three years,
she was wearing the same pair of sweatpants.
Until literally they started to evaporate.
And I have two older boys, and finally I had a girl could I dress her up
in these cute little dresses but, no, she just walked around in those sweatpants,
looking like a homeless person.
Max wore a pirate costume for two years.
Oh, my God. (CHUCKLING) Two years.
Patch, everything. Whole thing.
It was cute, though.
What about obsessions?
Mine or his?
(CHUCKLING) That's good. Yeah.
Cheers.
That's good, right? I made this one myself.
You did not. Mmm-hmm.
(PLAYING TUNE ON PIANO)
(ALL SINGING DISCORDANTLY)
Hey, let's take a break, guys. You know what, let's just...
Let's just take a break and collect our thoughts. Just go work...
Good job, you guys. Sit back there.
Why did you stop it, man? Magic was happening.
Crosby, we got to... We got to get back to the play, man.
We got to get back to the play. Why?
Because it's the play.
Because, it's what we came here to do.
Because they got to memorize their lines.
I mean, Crosby, yesterday we spent rehearsal blowing into harmonicas.
And now you got them... I don't know what this is.
It's called music, Joel. It's also known as having fun.
And it's disorganized...
What is cuter than little kids singing?
Seriously, why would you not want them to sing?
Because it's the history of California. It's not Wicked.
Who cares about the history of California.
Listen, Principal Taylor asked me to come here and spice it up,
and that's what I'm trying to do. He what?
He told me to come in here and make sure this thing is good.
And trying to do that, but I'm not going to do it with
the history of California. I got to use music and...
Okay.
All right.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait. Joel, you're not leaving, are you?
Listen, man, we'll put the boring stuff back in, too.
You don't like how I'm directing the play, Crosby?
That's fine. You just... You know what, you take it.
That's yours. You spice it up however you like.
Joel, I don't dislike how you're directing it. I dislike this.
Joel!
(SIGHING) Places!
You ready to head home?
Yeah.
Boy, those little bugs
on the tomato plants are driving me crazy.
Yeah. Tenacious little buggers.
I know. I've tried every trick.
No, yeah. Alex said, last year a bug like got into his shoe,
and went home. It was just a terrible story.
You've been hanging out with Alex quite a bit lately, haven't you?
Yeah.
Yeah, you have.
What's going on there?
Can I tell you something?
Sure.
And you'll keep it just between us?
Of course.
I like Alex.
(CHUCKLES)
I like coming here and seeing him here,
and he's an amazing person. He's like... I mean, you know,
he's had all of this terrible stuff happen to him
and he's not bitter, which is unbelievable.
Like, he... (LAUGHING)
He just is a good guy.
I think it's wonderful.
It's wonderful.
Well, you introduced him to me. Thank you.
You're so beautiful. You're such a beautiful girl.
I'm so happy for you.
Thanks.
(BOTH CHUCKLING)
Wow, look at us.
(SNIFFLING)
Getting all emotional over happy stuff, right?
Yeah.
(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)