1 00:00:02,805 --> 00:00:04,130 So, how was your week, Jesse? 2 00:00:04,817 --> 00:00:06,313 Anything out of the ordinary happened? 3 00:00:07,410 --> 00:00:08,373 Yes. 4 00:00:10,918 --> 00:00:12,151 We got prank-called. 5 00:00:12,454 --> 00:00:13,567 It was Nate. 6 00:00:13,775 --> 00:00:14,823 Do you feel like he's stalking you? 7 00:00:15,239 --> 00:00:16,903 He wanted to see where I lived. 8 00:00:17,117 --> 00:00:19,046 I'm gonna call Karen. 9 00:00:19,391 --> 00:00:20,695 Your birth mother? 10 00:00:20,814 --> 00:00:23,354 She owes me, I mean, she's like really owes me. 11 00:00:23,654 --> 00:00:25,975 Have you spoken about her phone call to your parents? 12 00:00:26,110 --> 00:00:27,102 I'll call Marisa right now. 13 00:00:27,303 --> 00:00:28,183 What is she going to say? 14 00:00:28,303 --> 00:00:29,318 She'll probably be relieved. 15 00:00:29,422 --> 00:00:30,599 You know, what's hard though is, like 16 00:00:30,695 --> 00:00:34,905 pretending my whole life isn't just one giant mistake. 17 00:00:35,087 --> 00:00:36,070 Whose are these? 18 00:00:36,231 --> 00:00:37,319 My son's. 19 00:00:37,670 --> 00:00:39,159 He's headed for a world of pain. 20 00:00:40,622 --> 00:00:41,975 It takes one to know one. 21 00:00:42,519 --> 00:00:43,486 Jesse! 22 00:01:27,255 --> 00:01:29,790 She came, 23 00:01:29,825 --> 00:01:31,459 Just like you wanted. 24 00:01:34,930 --> 00:01:37,097 Mrs. D'amato. 25 00:01:37,132 --> 00:01:40,000 Hello, Dr. Weston. 26 00:01:45,407 --> 00:01:48,242 Jesse, why don't you come in first? 27 00:01:48,276 --> 00:01:50,177 - Why? - So that we can talk 28 00:01:50,212 --> 00:01:53,013 About how to proceed with the session. 29 00:01:54,115 --> 00:01:56,450 It's cool, Paul. 30 00:01:56,485 --> 00:01:58,419 I know you wanted her to come. 31 00:02:01,456 --> 00:02:03,190 I'm fine with that. 32 00:02:05,660 --> 00:02:07,461 Please. 33 00:02:26,711 --> 00:02:30,540 Sync by n17t01 www.addic7ed.com 34 00:02:48,737 --> 00:02:51,572 So, Jesse, what... what happened with the...? 35 00:02:53,241 --> 00:02:55,576 He got beat up at school. 36 00:02:58,246 --> 00:02:59,914 Jesse? 37 00:02:59,948 --> 00:03:02,783 Somebody beat the shit out of me. 38 00:03:02,817 --> 00:03:05,953 So would you like to tell me about it? 39 00:03:05,987 --> 00:03:08,022 Not particularly. 40 00:03:08,056 --> 00:03:10,090 He was jumped 41 00:03:10,125 --> 00:03:12,092 In the men's bathroom of the Whitney museum 42 00:03:12,127 --> 00:03:13,827 While they were on a class trip 43 00:03:13,862 --> 00:03:16,130 By some rich kid who doesn't even go to their school. 44 00:03:16,164 --> 00:03:17,932 Marisa. 45 00:03:21,369 --> 00:03:23,938 Paul has something to tell you. 46 00:03:33,181 --> 00:03:36,216 The school suspended Jesse 47 00:03:36,251 --> 00:03:38,085 For defending himself from attack. 48 00:03:38,119 --> 00:03:40,588 Is that not just the most absurd thing you've ever heard, doctor? 49 00:03:40,622 --> 00:03:42,890 - It wasn't exactly an attack. - Don't mumble, Jesse. 50 00:03:42,924 --> 00:03:44,892 I said it wasn't exactly an attack. 51 00:03:44,926 --> 00:03:46,660 I'm sorry, but when a stranger 52 00:03:46,695 --> 00:03:48,462 Starts hitting you in a public bathroom 53 00:03:48,496 --> 00:03:50,097 For absolutely no reason, that is an attack. 54 00:03:50,131 --> 00:03:53,300 - That certainly qualifies as an attack. - I knew him. 55 00:03:53,335 --> 00:03:55,336 For goodness sake, we can't hear a word you're saying. 56 00:03:55,370 --> 00:03:57,705 I said I knew him. 57 00:03:57,739 --> 00:03:59,807 He wasn't a stranger, okay? 58 00:03:59,841 --> 00:04:02,109 Are you getting this, Helen Keller? 59 00:04:03,845 --> 00:04:05,946 You knew him? 60 00:04:08,483 --> 00:04:10,784 You didn't tell me that. 61 00:04:14,189 --> 00:04:16,223 Well, who is he? 62 00:04:16,257 --> 00:04:18,959 Nobody you know. 63 00:04:21,429 --> 00:04:22,863 Was it Nate? 64 00:04:28,670 --> 00:04:31,405 My art class took a trip to the Whitney. 65 00:04:31,439 --> 00:04:34,875 And Nate lives, like, right across the street, 66 00:04:34,909 --> 00:04:36,377 Right on 75th. 67 00:04:36,411 --> 00:04:38,579 So I just thought I'd call him 68 00:04:38,613 --> 00:04:40,614 And leave him a message, you know, because he's been 69 00:04:40,649 --> 00:04:43,550 Leaving me so many lately and, I don't know... 70 00:04:43,585 --> 00:04:45,986 He picked up. 71 00:04:46,021 --> 00:04:48,022 The fucker didn't have school that day. 72 00:04:48,056 --> 00:04:49,923 And he was like, "where are you?" 73 00:04:49,958 --> 00:04:51,859 And I was like, "at the Whitney." 74 00:04:51,893 --> 00:04:55,029 And he was like, "meet me in the men's room on the third floor." 75 00:04:55,063 --> 00:04:56,730 And I was like, "fine," because I didn't want 76 00:04:56,765 --> 00:04:58,666 To go back to class and spend the morning 77 00:04:58,700 --> 00:05:03,203 Staring at those Georgia O'keefe flower vaginas. 78 00:05:03,238 --> 00:05:05,506 Those things give me the creeps. 79 00:05:07,375 --> 00:05:10,878 She doesn't even know who Georgia O'keefe is. 80 00:05:10,912 --> 00:05:14,014 So anyway, we, like, go into one of the stalls 81 00:05:14,049 --> 00:05:16,250 And we're kissing. 82 00:05:16,284 --> 00:05:19,553 And he's like, "you look hot." 83 00:05:19,587 --> 00:05:22,289 And I'm like, "then suck my dick." 84 00:05:22,323 --> 00:05:25,626 What? 85 00:05:25,660 --> 00:05:28,495 So he gets down on his knees, 86 00:05:28,530 --> 00:05:30,564 Which, I have to admit, was like 87 00:05:30,598 --> 00:05:32,666 The hottest thing that's ever happened to me. 88 00:05:32,701 --> 00:05:35,436 And I'm, like, rock hard. 89 00:05:35,470 --> 00:05:37,538 And all of a sudden he starts talking... 90 00:05:37,572 --> 00:05:39,573 "I've been thinking about you. 91 00:05:39,607 --> 00:05:41,975 I've missed you. I've been trying to call your house." 92 00:05:42,010 --> 00:05:44,611 And I'm, like, not about to have this conversation. 93 00:05:44,646 --> 00:05:47,848 So I'm just like, "yeah well, I didn't get those messages 94 00:05:47,882 --> 00:05:51,285 Because we're living in a shelter for the time being." 95 00:05:51,319 --> 00:05:54,021 And he looks at me like he doesn't believe me. 96 00:05:54,055 --> 00:05:55,889 And I'm like, "what?" and he's like, "nothing." 97 00:05:55,924 --> 00:05:57,958 And then he tries to suck my dick but he can't, 98 00:05:57,992 --> 00:06:00,894 Because I've lost my fucking boner. 99 00:06:00,929 --> 00:06:03,430 So I, like, start to pull up my pants 100 00:06:03,465 --> 00:06:05,332 And he's like, "what the fuck just happened?" 101 00:06:05,366 --> 00:06:08,001 And I'm like, "you can't suck dick for shit." 102 00:06:08,036 --> 00:06:10,437 And that's when he hit me. 103 00:06:10,472 --> 00:06:12,573 He, like, 104 00:06:12,607 --> 00:06:15,142 Just kept hitting me and hitting me 105 00:06:15,176 --> 00:06:19,747 Until the guards came in and took him off me. 106 00:06:19,781 --> 00:06:22,182 It felt kind of good actually. 107 00:06:22,217 --> 00:06:25,419 - You'll only make... - don't touch me. 108 00:06:34,429 --> 00:06:37,097 If I may, doctor... 109 00:06:37,132 --> 00:06:39,199 I'm worried the school overreacted 110 00:06:39,234 --> 00:06:43,470 Because Jesse is, well... 111 00:06:44,372 --> 00:06:46,774 - Gay? - Yes. 112 00:06:46,808 --> 00:06:48,442 Why can't you say the word? 113 00:06:48,476 --> 00:06:50,177 I just wonder, if he was straight 114 00:06:50,211 --> 00:06:52,212 And got caught fighting with another boy... 115 00:06:52,247 --> 00:06:54,047 Do you see what I'm getting at? 116 00:06:54,082 --> 00:06:56,283 Yes, I do. I think it's a valid point. 117 00:06:56,317 --> 00:06:58,285 No, it's not. It's a ridiculous point. 118 00:06:58,319 --> 00:07:00,354 I was fighting. Fighting is illegal. 119 00:07:00,388 --> 00:07:02,055 You get suspended for fighting. 120 00:07:02,090 --> 00:07:04,858 But you weren't fighting so much, darling, as being abused 121 00:07:04,893 --> 00:07:07,094 - By this older, bigger... - did you listen to a word I just said? 122 00:07:07,128 --> 00:07:09,229 - I don't care... - I said I told him to suck my dick. 123 00:07:09,264 --> 00:07:11,832 I don't care if you told him to go paddle a duck. 124 00:07:11,866 --> 00:07:13,367 Words are one thing. 125 00:07:13,401 --> 00:07:15,736 Physical violence is something very different. 126 00:07:15,770 --> 00:07:17,371 - Paddle a duck? - Come on, Jesse. 127 00:07:17,405 --> 00:07:18,972 No, that's good. I'll have to remember that one. 128 00:07:19,007 --> 00:07:20,941 God, you are sick, Marisa. 129 00:07:20,975 --> 00:07:23,477 I'm sick? You're the one who... 130 00:07:26,548 --> 00:07:28,148 Likes cock? 131 00:07:28,183 --> 00:07:30,818 It's not a fucking disease, Marisa, 132 00:07:30,852 --> 00:07:32,953 No matter what they teach you iv bible study. 133 00:07:32,987 --> 00:07:34,488 That is not what I was going to say. 134 00:07:34,522 --> 00:07:37,191 - Oh, what were you going to say then? - I... 135 00:07:37,225 --> 00:07:39,259 You... 136 00:07:39,294 --> 00:07:41,228 - Never mind. - Say it. 137 00:07:41,262 --> 00:07:42,863 I don't know what I was going to say. 138 00:07:42,897 --> 00:07:44,531 You are such a fucking liar! 139 00:07:44,566 --> 00:07:46,567 - Jesse. - What? 140 00:07:46,601 --> 00:07:48,569 If you have to talk to your mother like that, 141 00:07:48,603 --> 00:07:51,305 You it outside my office. 142 00:08:01,282 --> 00:08:03,250 Thank you. 143 00:08:03,284 --> 00:08:05,986 We'll discuss what happened with Nate in a minute, 144 00:08:06,020 --> 00:08:07,487 But can I ask you, Mrs. D'amato, 145 00:08:07,522 --> 00:08:09,890 Why you came here with Jesse today? 146 00:08:09,924 --> 00:08:11,859 He said you asked me to. 147 00:08:15,196 --> 00:08:17,331 Well, as long as you're here, 148 00:08:17,365 --> 00:08:21,468 Is there anything that you would like to say to your son? 149 00:08:21,502 --> 00:08:22,636 What do you mean? 150 00:08:22,670 --> 00:08:25,772 Well, this room is a safe place, 151 00:08:25,807 --> 00:08:27,741 So if there was any conversation 152 00:08:27,775 --> 00:08:30,844 That you wanted to have that might be difficult... 153 00:08:30,879 --> 00:08:32,813 Wait, isn't there something 154 00:08:32,847 --> 00:08:35,015 That you want to tell me? 155 00:08:39,087 --> 00:08:40,454 Jesse? 156 00:08:48,596 --> 00:08:51,064 How long is the suspension? 157 00:08:51,099 --> 00:08:53,867 - Oh. - It's just a week. 158 00:08:53,902 --> 00:08:56,503 - So you'll be at home for a week? - Yeah. 159 00:08:59,107 --> 00:09:00,641 Why? 160 00:09:00,675 --> 00:09:02,876 'cause it might be an opportunity 161 00:09:02,911 --> 00:09:05,812 To discuss certain things with your parents. 162 00:09:05,847 --> 00:09:08,916 What are we gonna tell your father? 163 00:09:08,950 --> 00:09:11,118 - You haven't told him? - No, not yet. 164 00:09:11,152 --> 00:09:13,420 What the fuck are you...? 165 00:09:13,454 --> 00:09:16,189 I mean, why the hell...? 166 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:20,694 Why not? 167 00:09:20,728 --> 00:09:23,463 He's been gone, Jesse. 168 00:09:23,498 --> 00:09:26,400 - Where is he? - He's on some job in Trenton. 169 00:09:26,434 --> 00:09:28,268 - And when will he be back? - Tomorrow. 170 00:09:28,303 --> 00:09:29,903 Maybe you should call him tonight. 171 00:09:29,938 --> 00:09:31,705 - Yeah, not a fucking chance. - Why not? 172 00:09:31,739 --> 00:09:33,774 Because I don't want him to rip out my ballsack. 173 00:09:33,808 --> 00:09:35,776 Jesse! 174 00:09:35,810 --> 00:09:37,778 Is that what you're telling him? 175 00:09:37,812 --> 00:09:39,279 Is that what he's telling you? 176 00:09:39,314 --> 00:09:41,615 Jesus, Marisa, take a fucking joke. 177 00:09:41,649 --> 00:09:45,052 Roberto will be upset, of course, 178 00:09:45,086 --> 00:09:48,922 But he's not violent. 179 00:09:48,957 --> 00:09:51,558 He's just worried 180 00:09:51,592 --> 00:09:54,728 About Jesse getting into college. 181 00:09:54,762 --> 00:09:57,297 We both are. 182 00:09:57,332 --> 00:09:59,866 And now that he's suspended... 183 00:10:01,135 --> 00:10:03,403 I thought this might be the one place 184 00:10:03,438 --> 00:10:06,473 He wouldn't feel like he had to lie. 185 00:10:06,507 --> 00:10:08,775 They said maybe if he came here, 186 00:10:08,776 --> 00:10:10,610 If he talked to a professional person... 187 00:10:10,645 --> 00:10:12,179 Well, don't sweat it, okay? If he came here, 188 00:10:12,213 --> 00:10:14,181 I'll be out of your hair long before all that. 189 00:10:14,215 --> 00:10:16,016 - Oh really? - Yeah, really. 190 00:10:16,050 --> 00:10:18,285 - Where is your royal highness going? - To Westchester. 191 00:10:18,319 --> 00:10:20,087 Westchester? Why not Paris? 192 00:10:20,121 --> 00:10:22,689 Because Karen doesn't live in Paris. She lives in Westchester. 193 00:10:22,724 --> 00:10:24,992 - Who is Karen? - My birth mother. 194 00:10:27,061 --> 00:10:30,364 She called me. And she wants me back. 195 00:10:47,949 --> 00:10:50,384 This is why you wanted me to come here today... 196 00:10:50,418 --> 00:10:53,754 To tell me this? 197 00:10:53,788 --> 00:10:55,789 You couldn't have just called me on the phone? 198 00:10:55,823 --> 00:10:58,558 I think that Jesse wanted you to come 199 00:10:58,593 --> 00:11:00,460 Because this would be a safe place... 200 00:11:00,495 --> 00:11:02,396 A safe place? Safe for who? 201 00:11:02,430 --> 00:11:04,398 When did she call? 202 00:11:07,435 --> 00:11:09,536 No. 203 00:11:09,570 --> 00:11:11,304 You know what? 204 00:11:11,339 --> 00:11:13,974 I don't want to know. I don't want to. 205 00:11:14,008 --> 00:11:15,475 - Mrs. D'amato. - No. 206 00:11:15,510 --> 00:11:17,944 You two clearly have much to discuss. 207 00:11:17,979 --> 00:11:21,481 This is a major psychological event for Jesse. 208 00:11:21,516 --> 00:11:24,117 I'm sure you'll be very helpful, Dr. Weston. 209 00:11:24,152 --> 00:11:25,819 - I'd just be in the way. - Mrs. D'amato, 210 00:11:25,853 --> 00:11:27,621 I'd really appreciate it if you stayed. 211 00:11:27,655 --> 00:11:29,723 I'm sure Jesse would as well. 212 00:11:37,965 --> 00:11:40,067 Thank you. 213 00:11:58,820 --> 00:12:00,353 See? 214 00:12:00,388 --> 00:12:01,888 See what? 215 00:12:01,923 --> 00:12:05,425 I told you she doesn't give two shits about me. 216 00:12:05,460 --> 00:12:07,427 That's what you just saw happening? 217 00:12:07,462 --> 00:12:09,296 Yeah, she couldn't wait to get out of here. 218 00:12:09,330 --> 00:12:11,998 Is that the way you and your mother normally interact? 219 00:12:12,033 --> 00:12:14,367 - What do you mean? - I mean, that dynamic, 220 00:12:14,402 --> 00:12:16,470 The conversation that just took place. 221 00:12:16,504 --> 00:12:18,839 Would you say that that was normal? 222 00:12:18,873 --> 00:12:22,275 I don't normally tell her about calls from my birth mother. 223 00:12:22,310 --> 00:12:24,377 No, I'm not talking about the content. 224 00:12:24,412 --> 00:12:26,746 I'm more curious about the tone. 225 00:12:26,781 --> 00:12:29,783 - Tone? - You were angry. You were abusive. 226 00:12:29,817 --> 00:12:31,718 No, I wasn't. 227 00:12:34,122 --> 00:12:36,890 I am angry. I mean, what the fuck? 228 00:12:36,924 --> 00:12:38,558 She can't handle anything. 229 00:12:41,129 --> 00:12:44,397 Were you hoping is that I'd help her handle to the news about Karen? Ay? 230 00:12:44,432 --> 00:12:46,299 Dude, Ms. U. Made me bring her. 231 00:12:46,334 --> 00:12:49,536 She said it was a contingent term of my suspension. 232 00:12:49,570 --> 00:12:52,606 They wanted to expel me. 233 00:12:58,279 --> 00:13:00,480 Why are you always on her goddamn side? 234 00:13:00,515 --> 00:13:02,449 You clearly wanted me 235 00:13:02,483 --> 00:13:04,584 To tell Marisa about Karen's phone call. 236 00:13:04,619 --> 00:13:07,187 Yeah sure, but not so that you could become besties. 237 00:13:07,221 --> 00:13:09,623 Okay, then why? 238 00:13:10,992 --> 00:13:12,826 Last week you were telling me about some pictures 239 00:13:12,860 --> 00:13:14,895 That you took when you were younger 240 00:13:14,929 --> 00:13:17,030 At a family reunion. 241 00:13:17,064 --> 00:13:19,866 You said that you showed the pictures to your mother 242 00:13:19,901 --> 00:13:23,103 And she hated them. 243 00:13:23,137 --> 00:13:25,705 What was in those pictures? 244 00:13:25,740 --> 00:13:27,007 Why? 245 00:13:27,041 --> 00:13:29,809 I'm just wondering if there's a pattern here 246 00:13:29,844 --> 00:13:32,812 In the way that your mother responds to certain things. 247 00:13:37,685 --> 00:13:40,287 We had to do this family tree at school. 248 00:13:40,321 --> 00:13:42,322 And the teacher said that I could do mine in pictures 249 00:13:42,356 --> 00:13:44,324 Because I had this new camera. 250 00:13:44,358 --> 00:13:46,960 Where did you get the camera? 251 00:13:49,530 --> 00:13:51,498 Roberto. 252 00:13:51,532 --> 00:13:54,134 For my birthday. 253 00:13:54,168 --> 00:13:56,236 So yeah, anyway, 254 00:13:56,270 --> 00:13:58,738 I took a bunch of pictures of, like, my cousins 255 00:13:58,773 --> 00:14:00,674 And my grandparents and shit. 256 00:14:00,708 --> 00:14:02,676 And then we were all hanging out at the beach, 257 00:14:02,710 --> 00:14:05,612 So I started taking pictures of other people. 258 00:14:05,646 --> 00:14:08,915 And there were these two older guys 259 00:14:08,950 --> 00:14:11,451 In the lifeguard tower. 260 00:14:11,485 --> 00:14:13,186 One of them was the lifeguard, 261 00:14:13,221 --> 00:14:15,555 But the other one was his friend or something. 262 00:14:15,590 --> 00:14:18,358 And I watched them 263 00:14:18,392 --> 00:14:20,393 Go into the water. And I followed them. 264 00:14:20,428 --> 00:14:23,496 I pretended I was taking pictures of the waves. 265 00:14:23,531 --> 00:14:27,033 When they came out of the water, 266 00:14:27,068 --> 00:14:30,303 I found a Rusty nail 267 00:14:30,338 --> 00:14:32,272 And I stepped on it. 268 00:14:32,306 --> 00:14:36,576 You deliberately stepped on it? 269 00:14:36,611 --> 00:14:40,614 Yeah, it went right through my foot. 270 00:14:40,648 --> 00:14:42,882 And the lifeguard, like, freaked out. 271 00:14:42,917 --> 00:14:46,486 But the other guy was cool... 272 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:48,588 Peter. 273 00:14:48,623 --> 00:14:53,493 He had me sterilize my foot in the salt water 274 00:14:53,527 --> 00:14:56,696 And he removed the nail. He said he was pre-med. 275 00:14:56,731 --> 00:14:58,798 And then we went to the hospital together... 276 00:14:58,833 --> 00:15:01,601 Peter and me. 277 00:15:03,237 --> 00:15:06,006 We spent the whole day together... 278 00:15:09,477 --> 00:15:11,711 Until Roberto finally found me. 279 00:15:11,746 --> 00:15:14,180 What do you mean, he found you? 280 00:15:14,215 --> 00:15:16,750 You didn't call him? 281 00:15:16,784 --> 00:15:19,719 I told Peter I was an orphan. 282 00:15:19,754 --> 00:15:21,888 An orphan? 283 00:15:23,724 --> 00:15:27,627 Was that the first time you'd made up a story about your parents? 284 00:15:27,662 --> 00:15:32,165 Yeah, actually. 285 00:15:32,199 --> 00:15:34,301 It was. 286 00:15:36,604 --> 00:15:39,172 Anyway, we had to do this, like, 287 00:15:39,206 --> 00:15:41,107 Show-and-tell thing at school 288 00:15:41,142 --> 00:15:42,942 And a bunch of parents came, 289 00:15:42,977 --> 00:15:45,245 And I showed my pictures. 290 00:15:45,279 --> 00:15:48,515 And Marisa 291 00:15:48,549 --> 00:15:50,950 Asked the teacher to take them down. 292 00:15:50,985 --> 00:15:54,554 She said those men weren't a part of our family. 293 00:15:56,057 --> 00:15:58,291 But that was true, wasn't it? 294 00:15:58,326 --> 00:16:01,227 I'm adopted. Peter could have been my fucking brother. 295 00:16:01,262 --> 00:16:04,464 I mean, look, they weren't, like, crotch shots or anything. 296 00:16:04,498 --> 00:16:07,167 They were really fucking good... those pictures. 297 00:16:07,201 --> 00:16:09,302 Even the teacher said so. 298 00:16:09,337 --> 00:16:10,804 - She did? - Yeah. 299 00:16:10,838 --> 00:16:14,774 When she handed them back she, like, pulled me aside 300 00:16:14,809 --> 00:16:17,811 And she was like, 301 00:16:17,845 --> 00:16:19,913 "stick with this." 302 00:16:24,385 --> 00:16:26,753 Did your father ever see the pictures? 303 00:16:26,787 --> 00:16:28,421 No. 304 00:16:28,456 --> 00:16:32,258 But I think Marisa told him about them. 305 00:16:32,293 --> 00:16:34,461 Why do you think that? 306 00:16:37,398 --> 00:16:39,366 He changed. 307 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:43,870 In what ways did he change? 308 00:16:45,106 --> 00:16:48,742 He got really busy all of a sudden. 309 00:16:48,776 --> 00:16:50,777 Um... 310 00:16:50,811 --> 00:16:54,514 He used to, like, take me to Coney island 311 00:16:54,548 --> 00:16:56,516 Almost every other weekend, 312 00:16:56,550 --> 00:17:00,887 And suddenly it was too far. 313 00:17:00,921 --> 00:17:04,891 He used to drive me to school every morning... 314 00:17:06,527 --> 00:17:09,496 Suddenly I was old enough to take the bus. 315 00:17:17,071 --> 00:17:19,072 He hasn't really spoken to me 316 00:17:19,106 --> 00:17:21,174 In four years. 317 00:17:26,781 --> 00:17:31,184 So he shut you out. 318 00:17:33,387 --> 00:17:35,121 Why do you think he did that? 319 00:17:35,156 --> 00:17:37,056 Seriously? 320 00:17:37,091 --> 00:17:39,058 Do you think it had something to do 321 00:17:39,093 --> 00:17:41,127 Maybe with your sexuality? 322 00:17:41,162 --> 00:17:43,763 No, I think he got abducted by aliens. 323 00:17:43,798 --> 00:17:45,799 Listen Jesse, I've never met your father, 324 00:17:45,833 --> 00:17:47,634 So I'm just speculating, 325 00:17:47,668 --> 00:17:51,704 But maybe you suddenly seemed very different to him. 326 00:17:51,739 --> 00:17:54,474 I mean different from him. 327 00:17:54,508 --> 00:17:56,176 Yeah, 'cause I'm gay. 328 00:17:56,210 --> 00:17:58,278 That could have been a part of it, 329 00:17:58,312 --> 00:18:01,881 But also you're clearly a very creative person. 330 00:18:01,916 --> 00:18:03,883 You're an artist. 331 00:18:03,918 --> 00:18:06,853 The pictures from the beach made that clear. 332 00:18:12,326 --> 00:18:15,128 I know... I know a little about this 333 00:18:15,162 --> 00:18:18,932 Because my son 334 00:18:18,966 --> 00:18:20,934 Is an artist also. 335 00:18:20,968 --> 00:18:25,338 And sometimes I... 336 00:18:25,372 --> 00:18:28,875 I don't understand him, you know? 337 00:18:28,909 --> 00:18:32,378 I feel so... 338 00:18:32,413 --> 00:18:36,015 Distant from him. 339 00:18:36,050 --> 00:18:38,985 And sometimes, honestly, I feel a little intimidated by him. 340 00:18:39,019 --> 00:18:42,622 Well, Roberto is not intimidated by me. 341 00:18:42,656 --> 00:18:45,425 Well, like I said, I don't know your father. 342 00:18:45,459 --> 00:18:49,729 And I've only spent these 20 minutes with your mother. 343 00:18:49,763 --> 00:18:53,533 But from what I observed, she... 344 00:18:53,567 --> 00:18:55,268 She's defending you, Jesse. 345 00:18:55,302 --> 00:18:56,836 She's trying to make sure 346 00:18:56,871 --> 00:18:59,873 You're not being discriminated against because you're gay. 347 00:18:59,907 --> 00:19:01,875 - It's bullshit. - You think she's pretending? 348 00:19:01,909 --> 00:19:05,078 Of course she's pretending. She wants you think she's a good mother. 349 00:19:05,112 --> 00:19:08,548 So it was a performance for me? 350 00:19:08,582 --> 00:19:10,416 She's catholic. 351 00:19:10,451 --> 00:19:13,353 I mean, as far as they're concerned, I'm, like, Satan's spawn. 352 00:19:13,387 --> 00:19:16,289 She hates me. How can you not see that? 353 00:19:16,323 --> 00:19:19,125 I didn't see a woman who doesn't love her son just now. 354 00:19:19,159 --> 00:19:21,227 But I did see a woman who doesn't know 355 00:19:21,262 --> 00:19:23,930 How to talk to her son. 356 00:19:25,866 --> 00:19:29,636 I think your parents let you down a long time ago. 357 00:19:29,670 --> 00:19:32,038 You tried to tell them something when you were 12, 358 00:19:32,072 --> 00:19:34,207 When you tried to share a part of yourself 359 00:19:34,241 --> 00:19:36,209 That made you different from them, 360 00:19:36,243 --> 00:19:40,547 And they... they reacted badly. 361 00:19:40,581 --> 00:19:44,617 You felt they'd abandoned you. 362 00:19:45,686 --> 00:19:47,654 Are now here you are again, 363 00:19:47,688 --> 00:19:49,656 With a call from your birth mother... 364 00:19:49,690 --> 00:19:52,125 Another piece of evidence, you feel, 365 00:19:52,159 --> 00:19:55,962 That separates you from Roberto and Marisa. 366 00:20:00,067 --> 00:20:02,769 I think you're terrified, Jesse. 367 00:20:03,904 --> 00:20:05,705 Of what? 368 00:20:05,739 --> 00:20:08,608 That the same thing is gonna happen again 369 00:20:08,642 --> 00:20:13,546 And that they're going to pull away even further. 370 00:20:16,517 --> 00:20:19,419 Why are you acting like this is all in my head? 371 00:20:19,453 --> 00:20:21,087 She left. 372 00:20:21,121 --> 00:20:22,922 You saw her leave. 373 00:20:22,957 --> 00:20:24,857 I think you're really upset that she left. 374 00:20:24,892 --> 00:20:26,826 Where do you think... where do you imagine she went? 375 00:20:26,860 --> 00:20:29,929 How the hell should I know? 376 00:20:34,368 --> 00:20:38,371 I spoke to Mrs. Usich this morning before your session. 377 00:20:38,405 --> 00:20:41,741 You said she wanted your mother to join us in therapy. 378 00:20:41,775 --> 00:20:44,143 But when I spoke to her, she didn't mention 379 00:20:44,178 --> 00:20:46,913 Anything about that at all. 380 00:20:46,947 --> 00:20:48,915 I just want you to recognize 381 00:20:48,949 --> 00:20:52,952 That you invited Marisa to come to therapy with you. 382 00:20:52,987 --> 00:20:55,722 You wanted her here. 383 00:21:06,700 --> 00:21:08,801 Jesse, 384 00:21:08,836 --> 00:21:12,338 What's happening in your head? 385 00:21:13,807 --> 00:21:15,908 Static. 386 00:21:28,822 --> 00:21:31,124 I bet she's at church. 387 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:35,461 When I was little, she loved church. 388 00:21:35,496 --> 00:21:38,097 She went every Sunday. 389 00:21:38,132 --> 00:21:41,034 I would go with her and get all dressed up 390 00:21:41,068 --> 00:21:44,370 In my little jacket and clip-on tie. 391 00:21:47,007 --> 00:21:51,544 I remember falling asleep against her in the pews. 392 00:21:58,852 --> 00:22:01,688 She stopped going after I came out. 393 00:22:03,257 --> 00:22:06,559 She was too ashamed to go back. 394 00:22:06,593 --> 00:22:09,128 Is it not possible that she no longer wanted 395 00:22:09,163 --> 00:22:11,197 To support an institution 396 00:22:11,231 --> 00:22:13,566 That didn't have room for her son? 397 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:15,902 - No. - You don't think that's possible? 398 00:22:15,936 --> 00:22:17,970 She was here for 15 minutes. 399 00:22:18,005 --> 00:22:21,474 You think now you know her better than I do? 400 00:22:21,508 --> 00:22:23,776 No, of course I don't. 401 00:22:23,811 --> 00:22:27,313 She looks at that church every time we pass it. 402 00:22:27,347 --> 00:22:29,215 It's, like, right on the corner of our block. 403 00:22:29,249 --> 00:22:32,251 And we have to walk by it anytime we go anywhere. 404 00:22:32,286 --> 00:22:34,887 And every time... 405 00:22:34,922 --> 00:22:38,925 Every time, she looks and she sighs. 406 00:22:45,232 --> 00:22:49,268 She sighs, okay? 407 00:22:50,971 --> 00:22:55,641 I mean, I bet she went straight there. 408 00:22:55,676 --> 00:22:57,944 She's, like, begging the priest 409 00:22:57,978 --> 00:23:00,847 To take her back as we speak. 410 00:23:14,261 --> 00:23:16,996 Have you heard anything more from Karen? 411 00:23:19,967 --> 00:23:23,002 Have you given any thought to calling her back? 412 00:23:23,036 --> 00:23:26,439 Uh, that's all I ever think about. 413 00:23:26,473 --> 00:23:29,208 Well, then we should talk about your options next week. 414 00:23:29,243 --> 00:23:31,477 Whatever, Paul. 415 00:23:45,626 --> 00:23:49,311 Sync by n17t01 www.addic7ed.com