When it comes to matters of bullying.
So, Sydney's picking on Melody?
Joel, um... I'm seeing someone.
Oliver Rome freaked out and left the sound check.
You get in the car and get to the show, Oliver!
When Ruby is with you, she is with you, I don't even want Sarah around.
Do we understand each other?
Surgery went well. There were no complications.
But we'll just have to see how he responds.
(CELL PHONE ALERTS)
(SIGHS)
What?
(CLEARS THROAT)
(COUGHS)
Did I wake you?
What time is it? Oh, it's beautiful out.
Uh... We overslept. But you gotta get to that breakfast, right, for Amber.
Brunch. Also got a...
It's at 11:30. Is it brunch? Yeah? Well, you're up now.
What are you doing? I got a cleaning lady coming too.
You believe this? I forgot. (DOORBELL RINGS)
What? At 7:00? That's probably her now. She's a little early.
I'll let her do the front room. Go to sleep.
I don't know, I'm sorry I woke you. Why did I do that?
Hey! Hey. Go on in.
Hey! Thank you for... Yeah, no problem.
...taking her. Hi, Ruby!
I... I have an early thing. So...
Cool, I know you're in a rush. I got it. It's all good. Okay. Um...
Yeah. I'll take... Yeah. Take.
Uh, hi! Yeah.
I'm sor... I thought you said it was the cleaning lady. Yeah.
I apolo... Hello. Good morning, Sarah. Sorry.
No, she knows who you are. Yeah, nice.
You're Sarah. Her daughter's pregnant, so she's going to have breakfast with her.
Huh?
I'll just put some clothes on.
Rome alone?
Rome courted by Sub Modo records?
Are you kidding me right now? Body slam!
Ow! Oh!
Jabbar! Come on!
Hey, what's going on?
You can't just jump on my ribs!
Well, what happened? Are you hurt?
I... My... My ribs are just bruised. It's not a...
Why are they... I'm sorry I yelled.
Wait, why are they just bruised?
I got in a little... What, little what?
I got in a little motorcycle... What...
Whoa. What happened?
Spill. What do you mean a little motorcycle spill?
I hit some sand and kind of went down.
That doesn't look like a little motorcycle spill. It was...
Have you seen a doctor yet?
What am I gonna see a doctor about? They're just bruised!
How do you know? 'Cause you're not a doctor! Well, if they were broken,
there would be shards and stuff stabbing my lungs. You don't even know?
Why didn't you tell me this earlier? Okay.
You need to see a doctor for that. I'm sorry I yelled.
It's fine. I'm tough. It'll be okay.
No, it's more like we don't ride motorcycles. Sorry I yelled.
That's the lesson here.
Don't ride motorcycles.
(SIGHS) Right, but you're still tough.
Okay, I bet you he wasn't tough when he hit the ground.
And you didn't sound tough a few minutes ago. Didn't cry, so...
Yeah, right. You would've cried.
She would've cried.
You wanna see a traitor?
Right there, Oliver Rome.
So, here we have our common room, where most of our group activities take place.
This is where you guys all hang out and sort of converse and talk with each other.
And, uh, down here we have your core classrooms,
classrooms A and B. Cool.
And lunch is here at 12:00.
Hey, buddy. Max, this is Dylan Jones.
She's our newest student. This is Max.
ADHD and general behavioral issues.
What are you in for?
All right, uh, I got kicked out of my old school.
This makes number four. Is it as miserable here as everybody says?
Oh. Nonverbal, huh? Cool.
Actually, (STAMMERING) He's a good kid.
You know what? I don't know what you've heard about Chambers,
but I know that this is an awesome school.
And I'm really proud of it. I think this is gonna be a really good fit for you.
That's what they all say.
Okay, now you wait. I know.
I'm gonna help you. Okay.
(GROANS) Oh, God...
Hey... I said I was gonna help you. God.
Yeah. ADAM: Hey, Pop.
How are ya?
Looking good.
Gosh, Millie. No fuss here.
Hey. This is no fuss. He's here to help. You know?
Yeah, we... We got you all set up.
Mom and I've, uh, discussed it, we put your bed there in the living room.
Yeah, so you don't have to, uh... You got your own suite.
I got a suite? Yeah.
...walk up the stairs. Hmm. Yeah, how about that.
We figured it'd be best if you had your kitchen and bedroom and bathroom all on one level.
All right? Okay? You got it?
Yeah. I got it. All right.
Yeah. Okay.
Oh, God. Okay, just remember that
the doctor said you had to work up to walking around the block.
Yeah. You gotta take it easy first.
Yep. Right.
Doing great.
You okay?
Yeah. Wanna head up?
You ready? All right, let me help you up.
Okay. Here we go. All right?
Okay.
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Hey, have you seen this Oliver Rome article?
I don't know what to do.
You read Pitchfork? We're screwed, yeah.
I thought you got all your music news from Starbucks.
This is... Crosby, this isn't a joke, okay?
Yeah, obviously it's... And none of this would be happening, by the way,
if you were able to keep him on tour like you said you'd be able to.
Well, look at... I... Okay. I...
That tour is keeping the lights on here. Yes, I understand that, okay?
Well, how much can he do? We have a contract. There's only so much he can do.
Yeah, we have a contract with Ashes of Rome,
we don't have a contract with Oliver Rome, the solo artist.
Are you kidding me?
No, we have a contract with the band.
He... Oliver Rome is Ashes of Rome.
Wait, you didn't sign anything with him? It's a band.
How was I supposed to know... You negotiated the deal.
...that he'd try and go sign as a solo artist with Sub Modo.
You... How was I supposed to know that?
You screwed the pooch on this, big time. I screwed the pooch?
You didn't lock him down? You said you were gonna be able to keep him on tour.
That's like not having Michael Jackson in the...
Well... ...Jackson 5.
I tried calling him. I can't reach him. So you tell me what we're gonna do.
This is on you. It's not on me.
I think the contract is the headline of this.
We really appreciate you guys letting us come by.
Well, we really appreciate you guys coming by.
Sydney feels awful about what happened at school,
so she just wanted to apologize.
Go ahead. Syd.
I'm sorry I told everyone at lunch not to sit with you.
Syd. Try it again.
What? I clearly apologized. Now I just wanna go home.
Sydney? Sydney.
Sydney, come back here. Syd! Well, that was sincere.
Yeah. We will talk to her.
Great, you'll talk to her? So that I can get another bogus apology for my daughter? No.
What I want is your assurance that this is never gonna happen again.
Honey.
(SIGHS) Melody, would you go upstairs for a second, please?
I'm so sorry, Melody.
Your daughter is out of control.
Okay. I understand you guys are upset.
She's clearly going through a tough time right now.
I don't need to hear about your daughter's tough time.
I'm sorry, I don't care about that. I'm so sorry.
Well, maybe you need to stop being sorry and like, do something about it.
All right. I don't know what else to tell you. I am so sorry.
Truly, I'm very sorry.
I'm gonna go talk to her.
Apologies again.
Hey, honey. Look what I got!
For when I'm upstairs or round the back or something?
So you won't have to yell. Just ring. (BELL JINGLES)
Good idea?
Or not?
What about this? Have you done this? (SIGHS)
(SIGHS) Have you even moved from that spot?
Come on. I was gonna get some fresh air.
I'm watching the John Wayne marathon. It just started. Don't make me yell.
Yeah, well that's a good thing we have TiVo. Come on. Let's go. Stretch your legs.
What happened to, "Go at your own pace, Zeek.
"Just take your time"? What happened to that?
Because the doctor said we have to build up to... We...
...a walk around the block. The doctor said... The "we" has gotta stop.
It's not we. It's, it's me. All right? It's my thing.
And he said take it at your own pace, and right now
my pace is, I'm gonna watch John Wayne blow something up.
Okay, then why don't we just, um, walk here.
Somewhere... Let's walk around the couch. The what?
Take a little walk around the couch. Why the hell would I wanna
walk around the couch?
Well, because you gotta... You gotta start moving.
If you wanna run around here, you just knock yourself out.
You go right ahead. But just duck when you go by the TV.
Kiara, Justin, Edgar, Aaron, you guys rocked it today.
Is this pork or turkey? That is pork,
and, Edgar, you chopped those onions so fine,
we are gonna call you the chopper. All right.
Mr. Braverman. I want a nickname.
Just. Wait a second, Kiara. You want a nickname? Yeah.
Mr. Braverman. You are Prince of Peas. One second, Kiara.
This is succotash. I want a...
It is succotash. You're... You're Succotash Nash.
I want a nickname. Mr. Braverman?
What do you want it to be?
Gingerbread man. You're the gingerbread man.
Mr. Braverman. How about you, Kiara?
I don't want a nickname. You don't want a nickname? How come?
They promote favoritism. Okay, then you don't have to have a nickname.
Guys, grab yourselves some lunch. You guys were just on point today. Awesome.
Hey.
My kitchen is humming. I know, it looks good in there.
These guys are locked in. Locked in.
You know that? Yeah.
What's going on? DYLAN: We should be able to leave...
I'm just checking out the new girl, you know? Yeah.
I'm making sure she's adjusting okay.
Max is letting her sit by him. Yeah, I know, it's great.
Honey, this is the first time he hasn't eaten alone here. I know.
Should we maybe high five on this?
It's a great thing, it just... There's something about her.
She's very, um, abrupt. She's very blunt.
And so is Max. Her attitude.
What do you mean? I just... Maybe I should walk over there. I just...
Just to listen to what they're saying. Kristina, you can't do that.
You can't do that. Why?
Because you're Headmaster Braverman right now. Okay? Yeah.
You gotta switch off the mom mode. I'm...
You gotta treat Max like any other kid here. Okay?
Okay. He's fine.
Okay. He's okay.
I'm not gonna do it. All right.
In here. I'm not. Why don't you go back to your kitchen?
Oh, so you can walk over there and check up on him? I wasn't gonna do that.
You weren't? I wasn't.
You sure? You have trust issues.
Do I? You do.
Okay, then look me in the eye. Were you gonna walk over there? Were you?
No. No?
(BOTH LAUGH)
You know what...
That doesn't make any sense. Yes, it does.
Hi, Sarah.
Hi. I... Is Hank here?
Oh... Hi, Sandy. Um... Hank is not.
He's at a job, um...
He should be here pretty soon if you wanna wait, or...
I... Oh, thanks, that's okay. Um... Could you please just
tell him that I stopped by? Of course.
Thank you. Sure.
Hey, Sandy.
You know, if you guys could use any help, you and Ruby,
I know the area really well and I moved here myself
with two teenagers and it's a big transition, and so...
Um, listen, I know that you work for Hank and you two are...
We work together. But, I know what you mean.
Okay. I... And you two are apparently dating.
What goes on between you guys is, it's not my business,
and this is nothing personal against you.
But I moved back here so that Ruby could spend more time with her dad.
And I... I just don't feel that that time needs to include you.
And I feel like I was pretty clear about that with Hank.
Oh, you've already had that discussion with him? Yeah.
Right, okay. Um, okay, well...
Um, could you please just be sure that you tell him that I stopped by.
Mmm-hmm.
All right, thank you.
Bye.
OLIVER (ON VOICEMAIL): I'm on a journey of self discovery. Namaste.
Oh, my God. I cannot begin to tell you what an idiot Oliver Rome is.
He's on tour making a ton of money, having a blast.
That's too much for him,
so now all of a sudden he's at a spiritual healing center in Big Sur,
and he's in negotiations with Sub Modo.
I mean, if he signs with them, the Luncheonette's done, that's it.
So, I have to go to Big Sur now.
'Cause Adam's not going. He's got a school to run.
Hey, go to Daddy.
Baby, I think a spiritual healing center is a really good idea.
Go up there, get a massage... Mmm-hmm.
...seaweed wrap or something.
You can... I mean, I guess the ride there will be relaxing,
which is maybe the only upside.
Drive. The drive there.
No, no. I'm gonna ride, I'm gonna ride the motorcycle.
It's the Pacific Coast Highway. No, no.
You're gonna drive the minivan. Redwoods.
You're not riding the motorcycle. Wait.
We just had that discussion earlier today.
No, no, no. We, we discussed that the boy couldn't ride a motorcycle.
But I, as a grown ass man, am gonna ride the motorcycle.
No, you're gonna drive the minivan.
I am not driving the minivan. Really?
There is no world in which I am driving that minivan.
Anyway. Chicken for my chicken, for my little nugget.
Crosby is gonna go try and find him and talk to him.
I just don't understand how you guys don't have a contract with him.
It doesn't make any sense. It's a long...
My locker sticks on 23 and algebra sucks.
Don't say sucks. That's... That's right, don't say sucks.
It's a bad word.
Why can't you say sucks? Don't say bad words
in front of your little sister. Sucks is a verb.
Okay. Honey, sucks is a bad word.
It doesn't make sense. Max. We'll work on your locker.
Hey, I saw you sitting with Dylan today, the new girl, at lunch.
What are you doing? She seems like a very nice girl.
MAX: We had lunch. I'm his mom. I'm allowed to ask him. Okay,
I'm off the clock, right? She calls me Asperger's, not Max.
Wait. What? What?
She says she knows that I have Asperger's because I don't make eye contact
and I say weird things.
She also says my Asperger's is what makes me weird.
She doesn't call you Max, she says, "Hey, Asperger's?" Yes.
That's not appropriate. That is exactly what she says.
That's actually unacceptable. I'll talk to her.
I mentioned it, but she said she likes calling me Asperger's.
She also calls me freak.
What? And she says
that Chambers Academy is a potpourri of freaks.
Oh. She said it was a potpourri of freaks?
Those were her exact words. Okay.
(MOUTHING) And she also agrees with me
that we should be able to go off campus for lunch,
especially since there's a Chipotle two blocks away.
Not gonna happen. And that Chambers Academy is the equivalent
of a minimum security prison because they don't let us leave.
Wow. She had quite a conversation with you, didn't she?
A loudmouth. Also, since my parents are the administrators,
I should be able to get special treatment. Like lunch furloughs.
Just... And if I can't I should stick it to the man,
and you're the man, Mom, in that situation.
ADAM: You're the man.
(SIGHS)
(DOOR OPENS)
Hey! Still here?
Yeah, I was waiting for you.
Oh, huh. You didn't have to do that.
Well, you had a couple of messages while you were out
I wanted to deliver personally. Oh.
Eye doctor called.
You're due for a checkup. Oh. Yeah.
Ellie Patel is changing her shoot day.
Oh, and your ex-wife came by.
(CHUCKLES) Came by here when... You two...
Yeah, she was looking for you. Yeah, we had a nice little chat.
Huh.
That's not an image I like.
Yeah. All right, listen, listen, listen.
She's crazy. Okay?
So anything that she says you just gotta grain of salt it.
So, she didn't mean it at all when she said
that she doesn't want me spending any time with Ruby.
Um, no. She meant that. Okay.
Yeah, and it's... Why wouldn't you tell me that you had that conversation?
She said she told you that and I guess you were okay with it.
I'm just trying to keep everybody happy and, and, and separate.
I don't think you can keep things separate. It's not her business.
We're... You can't keep everyone just in their own little box.
Well, what do I gotta tell her anything for? It's my relationship.
It's our relationship. Uh, uh...
Because she seems to think I'm some sort of an assistant with special benefits.
Well, she's wrong. I mean, she's got the wrong idea about me.
Of course she has the wrong idea. 'Cause she's crazy.
Okay, well, nobody can read your mind.
So, it might be the kind of thing that is important to, to talk about.
I can't. She just... Mmm-hmm.
I, I go in, and I think I know what I want to say,
and she just keeps talking and talking
and, and suddenly I'm agreeing to things that, that I don't even understand.
I can't talk to her.
I'll talk to her.
That's what I'll do. How hard can it be?
And then when Ron said she was out of control. I know.
You think we should talk to the therapist or...
No, I don't think so. I think she is out of control though.
Because we're out of control. I mean, what are we doing?
I don't know. Are, are we stalling? Lt...
The uncertainty of us
is too much for her.
I get it. It's been hard on both the kids, but
you know, we're doing the best we can here.
I don't... I mean,
I thought that you moving out would be the hardest part of this for them.
But this is worse.
They're just in limbo. I... We, we...
We have to give them some clarity.
Okay?
What do you mean?
I...
Okay, we need to tell them we're not getting back together.
And you're ready...
You're ready to say that to them?
Yo, Asperger's. What's up?
Hey, Dylan. Can you please come here for a moment?
Is this my first trip to the office?
Can you have a seat? Oh, I'd prefer to stand.
I'm sorry?
I prefer to stand.
Really? Yeah.
Okay. Well, I'm gonna have a seat. Okay.
So. Um, here's the thing, honey.
At Chambers Academy, we don't call each other names. Okay?
We treat each other with kindness and respect... Uh-huh.
...and dignity. Okay? Do you think you can do that?
Sure. Perfect.
Um, but I didn't disrespect Max. Well, mmm...
No, your son has Asperger's, that's just a simple fact.
I mean, I thought we were supposed to celebrate our differences here.
Look, I think the real problem is attaching stigma to the word.
That's what makes it derogatory.
Asperger's by itself? That's just a DSM five diagnosis, Kristina.
Well, actually it used to be a DSM four diagnosis but it's not anymore.
And don't call me Kristina, call me Mrs. Braverman. Oh.
We go by Mr. Or Mrs. Or Miss for staff and teachers. Mmm.
Yeah, yeah. You might wanna rethink that.
The first name thing worked great at my last school.
It was totally progressive, the kids really responded.
That's not what we do here. That is not what we do here.
Okay. Okay?
Sorry. Okay.
You're dismissed.
Oh, so I can go? Go to class.
Okay, thank you, Mrs. Braverman. Thank you.
Gosh, she's beautiful. (LAUGHS)
And it's so good she doesn't have her father's nose.
Thank God for that. Yeah.
How's he doing?
He's okay. He's, uh, out of town, putting out a fire for work.
It's so cool that you have your bed in the middle of the living room, Grandpa.
(SIGHS) Yeah, it is cool. And...
Hey, Jabbar. Come here a minute.
Hop down here.
Now, have you heard about the iced tea relay thing?
No. Huh,
surprised it's been going around, 'cause Victor's been playing it with me.
What it is, see, you go to the kitchen,
you get your granddad an iced tea, and you fill, you know,
the glass full of ice and a little squeeze of lemon, just like I like it.
And then you hustle back here as fast as you can,
and the fastest grandkid gets an incredible prize.
All right, tell me when to go.
You ready? Yeah.
Go! All righty.
All right, well the last grandkid gift was a Pontiac,
so I hope you got something good up your sleeve...
Oh, yeah. ...for this one.
All right, it's coming, Grandpa. Okay. That a boy.
Oh, uh, not so fast. Oh.
He had a great time going, what are you doing?
You want iced tea? Come get it yourself.
So, what'd I win?
(CAR HORN HONKS) Oh.
Hey, hey, hey!
Is... Is this the healing center? Shh.
Huh? Oh, okay. The key's out.
I am looking for Oliver Rome. Shh, shh, shh, shh.
Is he a patient here? Is he a patient?
You want... I feel like you wanna talk. Did you wanna say something to me?
This is... This is an emergency, guys.
I don't know what this is. But I... I need to speak to Oliver Rome.
Dude, we're in the middle of a three-day silence here. We cannot talk to you.
You gotta be a guest anyway, so you're out.
Okay, great. Great. (STAMMERING) I'll check in.
(GONG SOUNDS)
Oliver, hey. Hey.
Hey, bud. Yeah!
Can I talk to you? Man.
Yeah, hey, hey, hey. You look good!
Can we talk? What?
Yeah. Let's just step out here for one second. Yeah, shh.
Not here. Okay.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
Ow, ow, man! What...
I just... I wanna talk to you for one second. Don't be so hostile, man.
Okay, I'm so sorry I interrupted your yoga retreat
here at this tented Jonestown but... Look at this, it's perfect.
I, I just... I had to express to you that I'm afraid you're gonna make a mistake.
Sincerely. No.
My brother and I helped you find your sound.
And that sound got you money. And I'm grateful. Yeah.
And it got you women. Yeah, but I'm leaving it all behind, man.
You couldn't have come at a more perfect time, man.
Stay the night.
Uh... Heal with me, man.
See I got a lot going on. Fate brought us together tonight.
Let's just talk right now. We gotta go. I can't...
We gotta discuss this. I... Come on, just heal with me, brother.
I can't spend the night here.
Oh, God.
Ugh.
(GROANS)
Oh, God.
Ugh.
(BELL CLANGING)
(GRUNTS)
Oh, God.
Zeek! Ugh.
What are you doing? You're supposed to call me.
Oh, God.
(GROANS) Oh, God.
All right, all right.
What do you need? I just wanna take a piss.
(GROANS)
God.
Mmm.
KRISTINA: And then we do yellow. Some guy who had
the hots for her back at law school or something.
Who is it? Mm, mm, mm.
Are they serious, though? I don't know. I feel bad for Joel.
I like Joel so much. I really do. What's up, buddy?
Stay. I'm gonna cut my hair.
What? What are you doing? Don't cut your hair, Max.
Your hair. Dylan says it's getting so long that it's ridiculous.
Uh, what are you doing? No, no, no. Who's...
You're not gonna cut your hair. Hey, buddy.
That's what we have professional barbers for. You're not cutting your hair.
Max, stop. Let mommy have the scissors. Adam?
Dylan says it's so long it looks like I should start a boy band.
Let go of the scissors. I told you about the thing. Let them go.
I'll practice on Otis first, so I don't mess it up.
No. Stop. Let your grip go. Give them to me.
Will you take me to a professional barber? We will discuss it.
We will take you. Dad will take you.
Will you take me to a professional barber? We will.
Let go of the sciss... Take a breath. Let go.
Let go of the scissors. Thank you.
Thank you, I'll take those. I don't want to start a boy band.
No! You don't have to start a boy band.
I don't... And you don't have to cut your hair.
I don't want to start a boy band. You're not cutting your hair.
Wow. Oh, my God.
This kid is doing it. She's clearly manipulating him, honey.
She's not manipulating him. Okay? No. She is.
Dr. Pelikan said this would happen, okay?
She's treating him like her little mascot,
telling him what to do, what to wear, how to act.
It's more complicated than that. Calling him Asperger's.
I know you're feeling protective as a mother right now.
I am protective. But she has her issues. He has his issues.
She... His issue right now is her.
I will talk to him. Listen to me,
I do not want what happened last year
to happen this year. Well, she didn't pee in his canteen.
Listen to me. Bullying, this is why we started Chambers.
Kristina, I will talk to him. I will let him know he's the boss of his own hair.
Tell him. He's the boss of his own hair. His hair's gorgeous.
I will talk to him.
(SIGHS) I don't know about you, but I feel fully sound bathed.
You know? Sonically cleansed to the max. Yes.
Hey, thanks for inviting me to spend the night. I feel really close to you now.
Especially after that weird yoga exercise we did. Right?
Which is all the more reason... Shh.
...why I wanna make sure we don't lose you.
Shh. So you gotta tell me what do Adam and I...
Gotcha. I'll be shush in one second.
You gotta tell me, what do Adam and I have to do... Shh!
...to keep you from signing with Sub Modo. Shh!
Yeah. Yeah, I hear ya. I hear you. Give us one second, okay?
You can shush all day later.
I already signed with Sub Modo, man.
You didn't sign with... You're saying you already signed with Sub Modo?
You told me you were in talks with them, are you kidding me? Shh!
Are you saying... I heard you the first 25 times. Shh, shh, shh!
Yeah. And those talks concluded right before you came here.
You'd already signed. So I just spent the night with Rip Van Winkle for no reason?
Shh, shh, shh! What are you shushing? Shut up!
You're not helping. You're making it louder, don't you realize that?
No. This is good, but you gotta let it go. This is good?
You know how I know this whole thing's crap?
Because this is one of your members! No.
This guy's a fraud!
We were the only ones that stood by you when no one else would,
we recorded you, we gave you your career,
and this is how you thank me? Let it go, man.
You're... Hey, he talked. It's gonna be good.
Okay. He talked. Give him a demerit!
Look, you're ruining this for everybody.
All right, he's talking now!
Koresh, when does the Kool-Aid come out?
Let's do it, let's light this place on fire. Okay?
You guys wanna be cleansed? I'm free! I feel free!
Whoo! This is horse crap and you know it!
Hey.
Okay, so you wanna talk? Let's talk.
I want... I... I gotta go first. Let me... Please let me go first.
If it's okay, I gotta go first.
Uh, go. Okay.
Okay, look, you...
You and I,
uh,
not you and I, not you and I. Ruby.
The... She... That's... Ruby. Would you like anything to drink?
We're okay, we're okay. Thank you. We're okay.
Um... Ruby.
I want her... I want her...
Okay, what... What... What's going on, Hank?
Sarah's what's going on.
Sarah? I, I thought we came to talk about Ruby. Please, just listen.
Sarah and I aren't just dating.
We aren't just having...
We're not just sleeping together.
We're serious, Sandy.
We're committed to each other. And, and that's the way it's gonna stay.
At least, I... I hope to God that's the way it stays.
Sarah's a big part of my life.
She's gonna be a part of Ruby's.
I want that. That's...
That's what I want.
Okay.
What? Okay?
Yeah, okay. I... I didn't know that you and Sarah were serious.
Now I know, so...
Okay.
Huh. Okay.
Good talk.
Hey, Pop. Hey.
Looking good. Yeah. What's happening?
Huh? You wanna go for a walk?
Your mother call you? No.
See, your sister Sarah was just here and she threw your mother under the bus
and that took about two seconds, so... This is my brilliant idea.
(CHUCKLES) I think we should get some blood flowing.
Can't do it, honey. I'm very, very busy.
I got a John Wayne marathon going, it's been on cable all week.
In fact, it's the second time around the horn for me. Second time?
Yeah. That is the perfect reason to get some blood flowing.
Rooster Cogburn's about to team up with Eula Goodnight.
(SIGHS)
Which one is Rooster Cogburn?
I don't... Well, yeah.
I... Well, you should.
So, what's going on with you, kid?
Oh, you know, just doing what I do.
Ruining my kids' lives.
Parents screw their kids up. That's just the way it is, honey.
It's been that way since time immemorial, I think.
Doesn't matter, married, divorced, whatever.
They just screw 'em up. That's just, uh,
the nature of it, you know? So don't think you're so special.
Honey, the only way not to screw 'em up is not to have 'em.
And what a shame that would be.
Yeah. Hmm.
I'm gonna tell you something, girl.
You're one of the best moms I know, honey. I mean, you're...
You're loving, you're compassionate,
you have such a big heart.
And Sydney and Victor, they know that. They trust you, they love you.
You've been that way since you were a little girl.
It's gonna be okay, kid.
(SIGHS) Thanks.
Could you do me a favor? Yeah.
Could you put your head on my shoulder?
CAMILLE: It's just he's so stubborn.
Yeah, well he was that way before the surgery, Mom.
I just can't get him going. Uh-huh.
Every little suggestion I make, he snaps at me.
And then, we should've left the bed upstairs.
Why? That was a good idea. It...
Because then he'd have to move.
He'd have to move. Now he goes from the bed to the couch,
back to the bed again. Mmm-hmm.
We made it too easy on him.
Just give it a little more time. He'll get there.
Oh, Adam.
All our life together, there was not
ever a physical challenge that he wouldn't tackle. Right.
Now he just sits there.
I thought the hard part of this was, was gonna be keeping him down.
Mom, he's gonna get stronger. It's just... Just taking a little longer.
I think he's afraid to try.
I'm afraid he's giving up.
Aw, Mom. Come on.
Come here.
(CRIES) Come here. Come here.
It's gonna be all right.
It's gonna be okay.
Yeah, so. It's kind of a first for me. You know?
Yeah! Nice!
I mean, I said more words than her, believe it or not. (GASPS)
And they all kind of made sense.
Hey,
good job.
Yeah, all right. Really.
Don't worry. I mean don't need to make a big deal about it. It's a big deal.
Well, I'm glad. I'm glad you're, you know,
you're out of the box now. I'm out of the box, yeah!
You know? I mean, between you and Ruby. (KNOCKING AT DOOR)
Okay.
Hey. Hey. Hi.
Hi. Hi.
Hey, Dad. Hey, kiddo. Mmm-hmm.
Nice to see you. Nice to see you, Sandy.
SANDY: Sarah. Hello.
All right, sweetie. Have fun.
All right. Okay.
Good luck. Hey, did you wanna... Yeah, help yourself.
So, um, Ruby, I thought we'd do, uh,
pizza night. You can pick any toppings you want.
You can do like, a meat lover, cheese lover, um...
I don't do dairy.
Oh, damn, still? Oh.
See, I thought... I knew that. Uh, I should've said something.
That's okay, well, there's plenty of stuff that isn't dairy.
Cheese-less. Yeah. Yeah, exactly.
Cheese-less pizza, which is really bread. Yes!
What are you wearing?
What? Is that Forever 21?
No, it's, uh, Sometimes 40, I guess.
Nice try. Thanks.
It's a valiant effort.
What is... What's Forever 21? What is that?
It's not a compliment.
I mean, you look... It looks fine to me.
Don't...
Hey, bud. Can we talk for a second?
No, this is my screen time.
I will credit you one hour. Okay?
That's fair. All right, good.
So, what's going on at school?
Why do you and Mom keep asking me that?
Well, it's... It's a new situation.
I want you to know you can talk to me about anything that is of interest to you,
or if something's bothering you at school.
Or someone.
Like, maybe Dylan?
Or if it's okay, then it's okay.
Are you here as an administrator or as a parent?
I am here as your dad, Max. Just as your dad.
Then I do have one question.
All right.
Anything, go ahead. Shoot.
What do you do when you like a girl?
Um...
Okay.
I only had two pieces.
I think I had seven. How many did you have?
Two-thirds. Dad!
What... Hey!
Hey, you, uh... Wait.
Left this in the back of the truck. VICTOR: Okay.
SYDNEY: Hey, Dad. I wanted to make sure you had it for the big game and...
Oh, by the way, I didn't see your glove in there,
so you may wanna check inside or something. Oh, okay. Cool, definitely.
Yeah. Are you staying for dinner or...
No, buddy. I'm not, I'm not staying. Okay.
When are you gonna stay, Dad?
Well, uh... Sydney, come here. Come here.
All right, listen to me.
I know it's hard not knowing what's happening with me and your dad.
We've been talking about that.
Hey, hey... And...
And we're sorry.
I wish I could just tell you right now what's happening.
But...
The truth is that we don't know.
We just really wanna make the right decision and we don't know what that is, so...
Oh, sweetheart. You and me are so alike.
I know, I hate uncertainty.
I hate feeling like I'm out of control. I...
Sweetie, but I'm sorry. It's, it's just...
It's just the way it is, bug. I'm sorry too. It's just...
I know. Hey, Syd. Syd.
But it's something the grownups are trying to figure out.
Don't run away from this, please.
I don't wanna talk about it anymore.
Okay. We don't have to talk about it anymore, I just want you to know that
if you're mad at me,
it's okay.
And if you're mad at Dad, it's okay.
All right? We're not going anywhere.
(DOOR CLOSES OUTSIDE)
(MOTORCYCLE ENGINE REVS)
Hey!
Crosby!
(SIGHS)
Oh, well, look who's here.
Boy, do you look like crap.
Yeah. Well, hey, did you leave the door open? I did.
Could you just take your ass right back out again? (LAUGHS)
I can call it like I see it, you know?
Yeah, well like you see it, you know.
I had cancer so I get a free pass.
You're a breath of fresh air, I gotta tell you that.
How you doing?
Well, Kristina, I've been... I've been better.
Sucks, doesn't it? Uh-huh.
I think the crappiest part about being sick for me was just,
the people.
I know it sounds so weird. But the people just really pissed me off.
The sad faces and all the pity.
And the false sense of cheer.
We can do this.
We, we. The we's, the we's!
Right! I know, yeah. We can walk. We can...
We can do it, right. You know what? Uh-uh.
Yeah.
(SIGHS) I think the hardest part was just
knowing how sick that I actually was
and how I felt so awful all the time
and just how...
How scared I was.
You know?
(SIGHS)
You know, you don't have to pretend to be stronger than you feel.
God. You don't.
But you have to try to get better. Mmm, God.
You have to try.
You got it? Yep.
'Cause a lot of people are counting on you. Okay.
Oh, God.
Okay.
Get me up.
Okay. Okay?
Come on. Yeah.
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