Party of Five s01e07 Episode Script
Much Ado About Nothing
Don't you dare.
Kate, I'm warning you.
Don't.
Aah! That's it.
That's it.
Okay, okay.
I give up.
I give up, I give up, I give up.
You know, California is still officially in a drought.
-You want a soda? -I'll get it.
It's okay.
Don't you have practice or something, Claud? I already practiced for two hours.
She knows where the glasses are? How about if we make it water instead of soda? I think you've already got enough sugar in your diet.
Bailey hates water.
He hates any liquid without bubbles or artificial flavoring.
In fact, once, he drank a whole gallon of Mountain Dew and puked all over I love water.
Water is the source of all life.
It's nature's miracle.
That's very poetic.
Really? It was completely spontaneous.
I didn't even think.
I love it when you don't think.
That's one of his best qualities.
Isn't it past your bedtime? TV ANNOUNCER: As it should be Yes! The Niners won.
I'm heading home.
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Why don't you spend the night here? -Charlie -Come on, you're tired, and you don't want to drive home.
I'll let you sleep on the good side of the bed.
The one without the cracker crumbs.
We've been over this.
Well, I don't get it.
You're worried about our relationship interfering with taking care of Owen, and it hasn't.
We're just gonna go over to your place, right? Go to bed, get up in the morning, and come back over here, so why don't we not make life easier on ourselves? I'll let you wear my pajamas with the feet in them.
What about the others? They can get their own pajamas.
You think it matters to them whether you spend the night? In fact, it'd probably make Claud happy knowing that we're both in the house I don't know, Charlie.
I mean, I start spending the night, the next thing you know, I'm practically living here.
Come on.
I'll make you breakfast in bed.
-Charlie -Stay.
I want you to.
Okay.
-What's the tally? -$32.
50.
How come nobody ever tips the band? Probably because the singer can't remember a lyric to save his life.
I had something on my mind tonight.
Right.
Five bucks says the same thing happens tomorrow.
Fine.
You're on.
Wait.
I want a piece of that.
Are you in, Julia? Oh, what the hell.
Easy money.
It's a lot harder than it looks.
Yeah, right.
I know more lyrics than you do, and I'm a barmaid.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Okay, Martin, pop quiz.
You ready? Go for it, baby.
Here we go.
(STRUMS A TUNE) I know it.
Going faster than a roller coaster A love like yours will surely come my way A-ay, a-ay Second verse.
Every day (HUMMING) A love like yours Will surely come my way Go on, girl.
Every day seems a little longer Every way love's a little stronger Come what may Do you ever long for true love from me? Every day Is getting closer Going faster than a roller coaster A love like yours will surely come my way A love like yours will surely come my way All right! See? You almost got the words.
That's how you're supposed to do it.
What's the matter with you? Everybody wants to live like they want to live And everybody wants to love like they want to love Everybody wants to be closer to free Everybody wants to live like they want to live Everybody wants to love like they want to love Everybody wants to be closer to free (TV PROGRAM PLAYING) Very hip shades.
There's a partial solar eclipse in exactly 24 minutes.
-Have you seen Bailey? -Can't say that I have.
We're going to the exploratorium to watch through the big telescope.
-It's a special event.
-Great.
I want to see as much of the umbra as possible.
Umbra's the shadow of the moon over the sun.
If we get there early enough, we'll be able to see every phase of light and shadow.
Hmm.
You want me to take you? I promised Bailey.
We could still see the last crescent phases If he gets here right now.
Or in the next minute.
In ancient times, people thought eclipses were an omen, a sign that something bad was about to happen.
You know, like locusts or something.
I hope something awful didn't happen to him.
To Bailey? He's out with Kate somewhere.
Can I be honest with you? I mean, totally, completely, 100% honest? I'm not a big one for poetry readings.
It's not a poetry reading.
It's more like performance art.
Is there nudity in it? Because if there isn't What's this? Uh, isn't that yours? "Nearly nude.
" Nope.
You sure? I think it's yours.
Trust me on this one.
If it's not hypo-allergenic, I puff up like a blow fish.
So, what woman was reapplying her lipstick in the cab of your truck, Charlie, huh? Would you look at the way this clown is driving.
Not one of your old girlfriends.
Not Rebecca.
You know, maybe it was Rebecca's.
I was kidding.
What was she doing in your truck? That time we had dinner.
I gave her a lift home.
Really? Where was her husband? I mean, I gave both of them a lift home.
He left his, like, his map light on, and his battery drained down, so I gave them both a lift home.
Both of them.
Three people in the cab of this truck, huh? Should I take Grant or Columbus? Don't you always carry jumper cables? Why are you making such a big deal of this? Don't you Always carry jumper cables, Charlie? What? You slept with her.
What are you talking about? You did, didn't you? You find lipstick in the car, and that automatically means that I You actually Yes! Well, I don't know what to say to that.
I swear, I did not sleep with her.
You know what? It wasn't the battery.
It was some kind of ignition thing.
So I forgot the specifics.
God, that was That was two weeks ago.
That doesn't mean I -Stop the car.
-What? I said, stop the car! Are you crazy? Come back here.
Kirsten! Where are you going? Kirsten, get back in the car.
Jeez (CAR HORNS HONKING) (LOUD POP MUSIC PLAYING) -Whatever's on tap.
-Yeah.
-Hey, you got a phone? -Over there.
You're crazy! Come on.
It'd be great.
I mean, when Martin screws up the lyrics, you'll be right there singing backup.
Forget it.
I'm not getting up on that stage.
Listen, are you there? Would you pick up, please? Come on, Kirsten.
At least talk to me.
Look, I just think Just call me at home, okay? -You sure? -No way! Can you stand in front with big, like, cue cards or something to help him? No.
Just go away.
Julia! Charlie, what are you doing here? You're asking me that? Look, I'm just here with friends, okay? Julia, screwdriver, right? -Yeah.
-No! A screwdriver? You're drinking? Charlie, just don't embarrass me, okay? Come on.
We're going home.
-No! -Julia! -Let go of me! -Are you okay, Julia? -She's fine! -Hey, what's going on here? -None of your business.
-The hell it ain't, pal.
Come on, let's take a walk.
Julia, come on.
Let's go.
Julia! Come on! ACTOR ON TV: to have a husband.
If she'll fool her husband, I figure she'll fool me.
Now, New York is not as big a city as it pretends to be, so I spent the next day (TURNS TV OFF) Julia? I'm tired, okay? I'm going to bed.
I want to talk to you.
So, um, how'd you get home? I got a ride.
From who, someone who was drinking? No.
Look, Charlie, I don't want to fight with you, okay, and I don't need a lecture.
That's not what I'm doing.
Look, I'm trying not to get angry.
I'm just a little freaked.
Everyone there knew you, Jule.
Everyone.
They knew what you drank.
So? You don't have to overreact.
It's not like I'm living there.
You know what I mean.
You're underaged.
What did you do? Get a fake I.
D.
or something? Yeah.
At that passport place on Market Street, where you got yours.
You could get in trouble, Jule.
Going to clubs, running around with a fake I.
D.
, you could get us in trouble.
Yeah? Who's going to find out? I don't know.
Mr.
Graham.
Mr.
Graham? Come on.
Something tells me most estate executors aren't too into the club scene.
He could find out.
Just like he could find out you blew that money.
That 12,000 bucks.
He'd be upset about that, too, wouldn't he, Charlie? (KNOCKING) It's Claudia.
I need my hairbrush.
-Okay.
Just make it fast.
-You've been in here for hours.
What are you doing? What does it look like I'm doing? Well, you're certainly not staring at the sun without protective glasses.
No.
I don't know Maybe it's just a cosmic phase I'm in, but the way your head's blocking the sun, it kind of makes your hair look like the color of burnt umbra.
Claud, are you in some kind of play or something? Bailey, you Oh, can you do me a favor? When Kate calls, tell her we're meeting at the Clament at 3:00.
Think you can remember that? The Clament.
At 3:00? Yeah.
Got it.
You always eat breakfast.
Don't you want anything at all? I wasn't sure you'd show up.
I have a job to do.
Busy still the same.
Listen, can we talk? I really don't want to hear any more of your stories, Charlie.
Look.
No more stories.
I did sleep with her, with Rebecca, in my truck that night, one night.
You were right, okay? Okay.
That's not what I meant.
Just go away.
God! What I meant to say is that I am really, really sorry, and What's the matter, sweetheart? Would you leave him be for a minute? No! Look, I've been trying to figure out why I did such an incredibly stupid thing.
Maybe it's because things were starting to, you know, kind of get intense with us.
I got scared, maybe, you know? See, I do that to myself.
I sabotage things, good things.
So, inin a weird way, if I cheated on you, it wasn't because things were bad between us, because they were so great! This is an apology? I I can't take back my mistake.
It's over with Rebecca, and actually it wasn't really anything at all.
It was just one time, and since then, I've wanted to be with you.
I mean, I've only wanted to be with you.
I mean, I even asked you to stay the night.
That is a big step for me.
That's got to mean something.
Yeah.
I think it means you haven't found any women -to screw around with in the past two weeks.
-No.
Would you just wait a minute? This isn't about us, Charlie, or about Rebecca.
It's about you and what kind of guy you are.
Right! That's what I'm saying! My mistake.
Don't I get a chance to change? You really do think like a kid.
You make a mistake, you say I'm sorry, and then it's a clean slate every time, right? What is it, then? One strike, and I'm out with you? I guess so.
Yeah.
Because that's what happens when you cheat on me, and when you lie to me, while you make me fall in love with you.
I really wish you hadn't done that.
(PLAYING THE VIOLIN) Hey! What did you think you were doing sending Kate to the wrong theater? Gee, did I do that? Cut the crap, Claud.
You did it on purpose.
Maybe.
Or maybe I just forgot.
You of all people should know how easy it is to forget things.
What is that supposed to mean? If you thought about something other than what's-her-name for 30 seconds, maybe you'd figure it out! Kate.
Her name is Kate, and she waited outside the movie theater for an hour and a half! So? I waited.
So can she! What are you talking about? Waited for what? For you, you moron! Yesterday.
The eclipse.
And if you're thinking of making it up to me, forget it.
You can't.
This kind of eclipse won't happen again till 2020.
I'll be 37! -I'm sorry, Claud, but you could have reminded me.
-I shouldn't have to.
You should remember about it by yourself.
You used to remember everything before what's-her-name.
Kate! Kate, Kate, Kate! Kate, Kate, Kate! You know, Kate's a really stupid name.
Yeah, well, get used to it! Okay, look.
This obviously isn't about me missing the eclipse.
This is about the fact that I have a girlfriend.
So you have a girlfriend.
Big whoop.
Yeah, and I'm going to spend as much time with her as I can, Claud, whether you like it or not.
-Oh, yeah? -Yeah.
So why don't you stop acting like such a little baby? Hey, guys, we've got to talk.
Where's Julia? I have no idea.
Julia! Look, what's going on now? We'll take care of it.
If this is another lecture Make it fast, Charlie.
Yeah, you'd better hurry up, Charlie, before Bailey has to go out on another date.
-Claudia -Listen! Things aren't working out for Kirsten.
Personal stuff, and, uh She's going to be leaving us.
-What are you talking about? -She can't! What kind of personal stuff? It's personal.
Well, does she want a raise? Are her hours too long? What did you do this time, Charlie? Hey, why do you automatically assume it was something I did? Right.
Sorry.
Could it possibly have been something that you did, Charlie? We're just having relationship problems.
You cheated on her.
God, I knew you would do that! Just go for the girl and the hell with everyone else, right, Charlie? You should talk! -Oh, give me a break, Claudia.
-Look, we'll fix this! Kirsten's not leaving immediately.
We just need to start looking.
What? You're not going to help? I dare you to give me one more lecture on personal responsibility ever.
Let's just Talk about what we're going to do.
You know what, Charlie? She's right.
I found Kirsten, and you screwed it up, so why don't you take care of things for a change? I'm getting a life.
Where are you going? Give it a rest, Claud.
We're supposed to have dinner together as a whole family.
Yeah? Well, I'm a little sick of the whole family right now.
I'm sorry.
I'll fix this.
I know Kirsten was great.
I'm sorry.
I think I think I'm going to go call Ross.
Maybe he's free.
I can take you to dinner.
I don't know why you do this stuff, but I wish you'd just stop.
(OWEN CRIES) It's okay, it's okay.
It's okay, it's okay.
Poor sweetie.
You're burning up.
We're going to give you a nice warm bath.
Would that make you feel better? That'll make you feel so much better.
(WHISPERS) Oh, God.
Okay.
Okay.
Come on.
Yeah.
Come on.
Bailey? Julia? Hello? Yeah.
I just took his temp, and it's 105.
No, he hasn't been eating.
Yes, extremely irritable.
And now he's Uh-huh, very lethargic.
Does that sound bad? Okay.
Okay.
All right.
I'll meet you at the hospital.
Thank you.
P.
A.
: Dr.
Walden to oncology.
Dr.
Walden to oncology, please.
Charlie! -You got my note.
-Yeah, of course.
Where's Owen? -They're examining him.
-What happened? I don't know.
He was hot and They just took him in five minutes ago.
Okay.
Okay.
Are you okay? Thanks for doing this.
What? Of course.
NURSE: Salinger.
P.
A.
: Dr.
Bergen.
ICU.
Stat.
-Are you the father? -Yes.
No.
I'm his guardian.
Okay.
I need you to fill out all these admission forms along with a brief medical history.
Has Owen had all his immunizations? Yes.
He's up to date.
Any known allergies? No drug reactions that I know of, but he does have some food allergies.
Okay.
Could you fill out these forms, for me, please? Maybe you should call the others.
(RINGS) Hello? Hey.
Just out driving.
I needed to get away from everyone for a while.
No, it's not okay.
She can be a miserable little creep sometimes.
Forget it? We are not all doing anything together.
She's got friends.
Let her bug them for a change.
I get to go out with you alone.
It's not a family thing.
Hang on a second.
I got another call.
I'll be right back.
Hello? Remember, you can have anything you want.
We're comp'd.
Well, what's good? Everything.
Manicotti? Yuck.
Okay.
Everything except the manicotti.
Hey, Claudia.
Where's the rest of the gang? Oh, it's just us two.
You can clear the other places.
Okay.
You know It's really nice not having a big, loud crowded dinner for once.
When you think about it, a family dinner Every week? It's pretty lame.
Well, you always said you loved it.
I was just humoring the others.
Oh.
Okay.
I mean, it's a big deal to them.
Forget about them tonight.
Tonight we'll just talk about whatever you want.
Okay.
It would be a nice change.
Everyone is so messed up right now.
Are they? In a big way.
And I finally figured out why.
Sex.
Excuse me? Think about it.
Why can't Bailey stay away from Kate? Sex.
Why is Kirsten mad at Charlie? Sex.
Why is Julia acting so weird? Sex? Well, not yet.
But give her time.
Don't ever have sex, Ross.
It really messes people up.
Thanks for the tip.
Claudia? Charlie's on the phone.
He says he needs to talk to you.
Tell him I'm busy.
He said it was an emergency.
It's about Owen.
Hey.
What's going on? How is he? Don't know yet.
Doctor came out a little while ago and she said that he still had a fever.
They think it might be meningitis.
But they're not sure? They're running some tests, blood, urine, something called a Gram stain.
Meningitis.
What is that? Is that dangerous? She said it could be.
Said something about deafness, seizures.
What are the chances of that? I'm not sure.
Charlie, didn't you ask anybody anything? Next time, be here when the doctor's here, okay? NURSE: Mr.
Salinger.
Right here.
Yeah? How is he? This is my brother.
There's no change.
In order to rule out meningitis, we'd like your permission to admit him to the hospital and do a lumbar puncture.
A spinal tap.
Is that dangerous? Well, generally, no.
There's a remote chance of some bleeding or an infection or, in the rarest cases, neurological impairment.
Maybe we should get a second opinion.
Our regular doctor's out of town.
Look, if it were my child, I'd do it.
Do it.
Do the test.
Good.
And we'll know by morning.
Okay.
Where's Claudia? Uh, Ross is bringing her.
What about Julia? I don't have a clue where she is.
Is she working at that burger place tonight? I'll find her.
Uh, she's kind of busy right now.
He says important.
Look, I know what you think and you know what I think, so why don't you leave me the hell alone? (SIRENS APPROACHING) So we should probably go to admissions first.
They'll tell us where he is.
I'll probably stay here.
What? In the car.
You go in without me.
I'm not going to leave you here.
Please.
Oh, Claudia.
Is this where they brought your parents when they I can't go in there.
Let go of me! Charlie, stop it! -It's Owen! -What happened? He's in the hospital.
Come on, get in! -Was there an accident? -No.
What happened, Charlie? Is he sick? Did he swallow something? He's always putting things in his mouth.
Come on, Charlie, talk to me! They think he might have meningitis.
Oh, my God.
Is he going to be okay? How the hell should I know? If I was at the hospital instead of looking for you -What? -Damn it! Now we're stuck! What are you doing down here in the first place? I called you! I said it was important! I didn't know.
I thought you were calling me to yell at me.
You'd just better hope there aren't any problems at the hospital I should be dealing with right now.
What's going on, Claud? How is he? We don't know yet.
We're waiting to hear.
Come inside.
I'm just going to sit out here.
All night? Come on.
It's getting cold.
I don't mind.
You don't mind? Look, I got to get back inside, so I can't Fine.
So don't.
I'd rather be alone anyway.
I'm sorry about this.
Oh, don't worry about it.
Um It's hard for her.
Look, uh, could you just take her home? Do you mind? Of course, yeah.
Okay.
Could you stay with her till one of us gets home? Yeah, sure.
No problem.
Okay.
Thanks.
Any good tips? What? Oh.
I wasn't really Thanks.
I was just thinking He was born here.
A couple years ago, I was sharing this place in Potrero with some guys.
Mom came to see me.
I'd just dropped out of school, so I figured she came by to give me a hard time.
She didn't.
She said "You'll never guess, Charlie, not in a million years.
" She was pregnant.
On purpose? Are you kidding? She was 44.
And at first I thought, jeez, after all these years, they're still, you know Getting it on.
It's kind of nice to know that about your folks, isn't it? Then I thought, why did they want to go through it all again? I mean, the diapers and teething and sleepless nights.
But she did.
They did.
She was wearing this green dress that day.
Standing in that crummy hallway.
She just looked so Happy.
Hey.
I didn't know he had a fever.
I mean, I wouldn't have left if I'd known something was wrong.
I know that, Jule.
Hospitals, huh? The worst.
You think it's always gonna be like this for us? I don't know.
Maybe these are the good old days.
Yeah, it just doesn't get much better than this, does it? It's all downhill from here.
I was thinking maybe I should go.
Really? I mean Uh, sure.
I guess if If you want to.
I'm just not sure it's right for me to be here, you know? It's not like I'm a member of the family or anything, so It helps having you here.
I mean it.
I want you to stay.
You know Don't go, please.
Okay.
(MONITOR BEEPING) Scary seeing him with that thing in his arm.
I didn't deserve those things you said to me.
Just because I was at some club when Owen got sick.
If I'd known, you honestly think I'd have been there? I don't know, Julia.
It's hard to know what you care about these days.
Why? Because I went to a club? Because I told you not to, and you went anyway.
Like you never had a drop to drink before you were 18.
Like you never disobeyed Mom and Dad.
This is different.
-How is it different? -You know.
No, I don't.
Tell me.
It's different because they're dead, Julia.
You think I want to be in this position? You think I don't know I sound like a damn hypocrite telling you what to do? What choice do I have? Someone's gotta.
You could make things so much easier on me, but you won't.
Instead, you've got to fight me every step of the way.
I just don't get you.
I don't know what matters to you anymore.
How can you say that? I'm the same person I always was.
I still care about the same things.
Do you? Yes.
Yes.
Knock, knock.
What are you doing here? Owen's asleep.
Tests aren't back yet.
And I wanted to see how you're doing.
Is this Owen or me? I think that's you.
He had more hair.
Claudia Do you believe in omens? What do you mean? Signs that bad things are going to happen.
No.
I don't.
I think people need to look for reasons that bad things happen, but Sometimes there just aren't any.
Look I know why you're here.
You think I should go to the hospital.
No, it's not But I'm not going to.
I can't.
Yeah.
I know.
I know what you're remembering, Claud.
We all are.
But you think it's bad that I'm not going, don't you? No.
I mean, Owen is sick, and I Claudia, I think it's okay.
Really.
You don't have to go.
You mean that? It's okay.
Don't feel bad.
Everyone understands, and Owen knows that you love him.
You probably have to get back, huh? No, I got a few minutes.
You can go.
Don't worry about me.
Come on.
I do.
I worry about you.
And I know that I haven't been too great about it the last few weeks.
It's okay.
I just bug you, right? I mean, I'm kind of just a big pain.
No.
You're not.
I just I'm just I'm I'm trying to figure out how to work things, Claud.
I mean, Kate's the first girlfriend I've ever had First real girlfriend.
But I'm not forgetting about you.
I'm not.
I promise.
Whenever you need me, you come first.
Really? You're my sister.
-It's pretty, the lights.
-Yeah.
I heard about what happened, Kirsten What Charlie did.
That's between the two of us, Julia.
I know.
I know it's none of my business.
I just wanted to ask if, uh Well, if there's any way that you could maybe forgive him? You see, some people, they know the right things to do, and others, they have to figure it out by doing the wrong things first.
That's Charlie.
Don't hate him for it.
Last year, he was on his own, living his own life, and now he's got the four of us, and it hasn't been easy.
He's trying.
I know he is.
But But it still hurts.
I swear to God, I wish I knew how to get past this, but But I don't.
I can't.
You're going to leave? Excuse me.
Um, are those Is that from the lab? Yes.
I'm waiting for test results for Owen Salinger.
Can you tell me, are they in there? I'm sorry.
I'm not permitted to give out test results.
Only a doctor can do that.
You mean they're here, but you just can't give them out to me.
I'm afraid it's policy.
Policy? Look, the doctor will be in in a few hours, and as soon as she gets settled Look, you don't understand.
A few hours isn't good enough, okay? I'm his brother.
I'm responsible for him, and if he's in real trouble or if whatever he has could have been prevented, I I just I need to know, okay, because it's up to me.
I mean, his being okay is up to me.
And I know your job You have your job to do.
I know that's real important.
I understand that, but I just don't think it's more important than me knowing if my brother's okay.
You know how to read a test result, right? I mean, you know what that means.
Salinger? Yeah.
Owen.
The culture came back negative.
Which means Which means he'll be fine.
Doctor said we did the right thing bringing him in.
Keep getting the machine.
Really? That's weird.
Claudia.
Pick up if you're there, Claud.
Claudia.
Owen's okay.
They want to keep him here for 48 hours, but he's going to be fine.
CLAUDIA: He is? Really? Really.
Gosh, that's That's just You know, Claud, you didn't have to.
I know.
Well, you guys are just in time for breakfast.
Did you call Kate? You should.
She's probably worried.
Okay, we've got tuna, we got turkey, we've got egg salad, we've got Anyone's guess.
Hey, you guys.
CHARLIE: Anyone for coffee? Ross? ROSS: Sure, if you're getting some.
Well, it sure ain't Salinger's.
It'll do.
Dibs on the tuna.
What is that? A tofu burger.
Kate's very big on tofu.
God knows why.
Hey.
Hi.
I won't leave you in the lurch, Charlie.
I'll stay until you find someone else.
I mean, for Owen.
I'm sorry.
God, I am.
I'm so sorry.
I wish I could take it all back.
But I can't.
I know I can't.
The thing is, I really do care about you, Kirsten.
I know you might not believe that No, I do.
So we're going to have to work out a schedule for the next few days until the doctor says we can take him home.
I'll take days if it means I get out of English.
I'll come by after school.
Well, I can come back and give you a dinner break.
Actually, I'd kind of like to be here in the evenings.
Well, there's no reason we can't overlap.
Claudia, I can bring you by first thing in the morning.
Is that okay? Claudia? (PLAYING LULLABY ON THE VIOLIN)
Kate, I'm warning you.
Don't.
Aah! That's it.
That's it.
Okay, okay.
I give up.
I give up, I give up, I give up.
You know, California is still officially in a drought.
-You want a soda? -I'll get it.
It's okay.
Don't you have practice or something, Claud? I already practiced for two hours.
She knows where the glasses are? How about if we make it water instead of soda? I think you've already got enough sugar in your diet.
Bailey hates water.
He hates any liquid without bubbles or artificial flavoring.
In fact, once, he drank a whole gallon of Mountain Dew and puked all over I love water.
Water is the source of all life.
It's nature's miracle.
That's very poetic.
Really? It was completely spontaneous.
I didn't even think.
I love it when you don't think.
That's one of his best qualities.
Isn't it past your bedtime? TV ANNOUNCER: As it should be Yes! The Niners won.
I'm heading home.
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Why don't you spend the night here? -Charlie -Come on, you're tired, and you don't want to drive home.
I'll let you sleep on the good side of the bed.
The one without the cracker crumbs.
We've been over this.
Well, I don't get it.
You're worried about our relationship interfering with taking care of Owen, and it hasn't.
We're just gonna go over to your place, right? Go to bed, get up in the morning, and come back over here, so why don't we not make life easier on ourselves? I'll let you wear my pajamas with the feet in them.
What about the others? They can get their own pajamas.
You think it matters to them whether you spend the night? In fact, it'd probably make Claud happy knowing that we're both in the house I don't know, Charlie.
I mean, I start spending the night, the next thing you know, I'm practically living here.
Come on.
I'll make you breakfast in bed.
-Charlie -Stay.
I want you to.
Okay.
-What's the tally? -$32.
50.
How come nobody ever tips the band? Probably because the singer can't remember a lyric to save his life.
I had something on my mind tonight.
Right.
Five bucks says the same thing happens tomorrow.
Fine.
You're on.
Wait.
I want a piece of that.
Are you in, Julia? Oh, what the hell.
Easy money.
It's a lot harder than it looks.
Yeah, right.
I know more lyrics than you do, and I'm a barmaid.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Okay, Martin, pop quiz.
You ready? Go for it, baby.
Here we go.
(STRUMS A TUNE) I know it.
Going faster than a roller coaster A love like yours will surely come my way A-ay, a-ay Second verse.
Every day (HUMMING) A love like yours Will surely come my way Go on, girl.
Every day seems a little longer Every way love's a little stronger Come what may Do you ever long for true love from me? Every day Is getting closer Going faster than a roller coaster A love like yours will surely come my way A love like yours will surely come my way All right! See? You almost got the words.
That's how you're supposed to do it.
What's the matter with you? Everybody wants to live like they want to live And everybody wants to love like they want to love Everybody wants to be closer to free Everybody wants to live like they want to live Everybody wants to love like they want to love Everybody wants to be closer to free (TV PROGRAM PLAYING) Very hip shades.
There's a partial solar eclipse in exactly 24 minutes.
-Have you seen Bailey? -Can't say that I have.
We're going to the exploratorium to watch through the big telescope.
-It's a special event.
-Great.
I want to see as much of the umbra as possible.
Umbra's the shadow of the moon over the sun.
If we get there early enough, we'll be able to see every phase of light and shadow.
Hmm.
You want me to take you? I promised Bailey.
We could still see the last crescent phases If he gets here right now.
Or in the next minute.
In ancient times, people thought eclipses were an omen, a sign that something bad was about to happen.
You know, like locusts or something.
I hope something awful didn't happen to him.
To Bailey? He's out with Kate somewhere.
Can I be honest with you? I mean, totally, completely, 100% honest? I'm not a big one for poetry readings.
It's not a poetry reading.
It's more like performance art.
Is there nudity in it? Because if there isn't What's this? Uh, isn't that yours? "Nearly nude.
" Nope.
You sure? I think it's yours.
Trust me on this one.
If it's not hypo-allergenic, I puff up like a blow fish.
So, what woman was reapplying her lipstick in the cab of your truck, Charlie, huh? Would you look at the way this clown is driving.
Not one of your old girlfriends.
Not Rebecca.
You know, maybe it was Rebecca's.
I was kidding.
What was she doing in your truck? That time we had dinner.
I gave her a lift home.
Really? Where was her husband? I mean, I gave both of them a lift home.
He left his, like, his map light on, and his battery drained down, so I gave them both a lift home.
Both of them.
Three people in the cab of this truck, huh? Should I take Grant or Columbus? Don't you always carry jumper cables? Why are you making such a big deal of this? Don't you Always carry jumper cables, Charlie? What? You slept with her.
What are you talking about? You did, didn't you? You find lipstick in the car, and that automatically means that I You actually Yes! Well, I don't know what to say to that.
I swear, I did not sleep with her.
You know what? It wasn't the battery.
It was some kind of ignition thing.
So I forgot the specifics.
God, that was That was two weeks ago.
That doesn't mean I -Stop the car.
-What? I said, stop the car! Are you crazy? Come back here.
Kirsten! Where are you going? Kirsten, get back in the car.
Jeez (CAR HORNS HONKING) (LOUD POP MUSIC PLAYING) -Whatever's on tap.
-Yeah.
-Hey, you got a phone? -Over there.
You're crazy! Come on.
It'd be great.
I mean, when Martin screws up the lyrics, you'll be right there singing backup.
Forget it.
I'm not getting up on that stage.
Listen, are you there? Would you pick up, please? Come on, Kirsten.
At least talk to me.
Look, I just think Just call me at home, okay? -You sure? -No way! Can you stand in front with big, like, cue cards or something to help him? No.
Just go away.
Julia! Charlie, what are you doing here? You're asking me that? Look, I'm just here with friends, okay? Julia, screwdriver, right? -Yeah.
-No! A screwdriver? You're drinking? Charlie, just don't embarrass me, okay? Come on.
We're going home.
-No! -Julia! -Let go of me! -Are you okay, Julia? -She's fine! -Hey, what's going on here? -None of your business.
-The hell it ain't, pal.
Come on, let's take a walk.
Julia, come on.
Let's go.
Julia! Come on! ACTOR ON TV: to have a husband.
If she'll fool her husband, I figure she'll fool me.
Now, New York is not as big a city as it pretends to be, so I spent the next day (TURNS TV OFF) Julia? I'm tired, okay? I'm going to bed.
I want to talk to you.
So, um, how'd you get home? I got a ride.
From who, someone who was drinking? No.
Look, Charlie, I don't want to fight with you, okay, and I don't need a lecture.
That's not what I'm doing.
Look, I'm trying not to get angry.
I'm just a little freaked.
Everyone there knew you, Jule.
Everyone.
They knew what you drank.
So? You don't have to overreact.
It's not like I'm living there.
You know what I mean.
You're underaged.
What did you do? Get a fake I.
D.
or something? Yeah.
At that passport place on Market Street, where you got yours.
You could get in trouble, Jule.
Going to clubs, running around with a fake I.
D.
, you could get us in trouble.
Yeah? Who's going to find out? I don't know.
Mr.
Graham.
Mr.
Graham? Come on.
Something tells me most estate executors aren't too into the club scene.
He could find out.
Just like he could find out you blew that money.
That 12,000 bucks.
He'd be upset about that, too, wouldn't he, Charlie? (KNOCKING) It's Claudia.
I need my hairbrush.
-Okay.
Just make it fast.
-You've been in here for hours.
What are you doing? What does it look like I'm doing? Well, you're certainly not staring at the sun without protective glasses.
No.
I don't know Maybe it's just a cosmic phase I'm in, but the way your head's blocking the sun, it kind of makes your hair look like the color of burnt umbra.
Claud, are you in some kind of play or something? Bailey, you Oh, can you do me a favor? When Kate calls, tell her we're meeting at the Clament at 3:00.
Think you can remember that? The Clament.
At 3:00? Yeah.
Got it.
You always eat breakfast.
Don't you want anything at all? I wasn't sure you'd show up.
I have a job to do.
Busy still the same.
Listen, can we talk? I really don't want to hear any more of your stories, Charlie.
Look.
No more stories.
I did sleep with her, with Rebecca, in my truck that night, one night.
You were right, okay? Okay.
That's not what I meant.
Just go away.
God! What I meant to say is that I am really, really sorry, and What's the matter, sweetheart? Would you leave him be for a minute? No! Look, I've been trying to figure out why I did such an incredibly stupid thing.
Maybe it's because things were starting to, you know, kind of get intense with us.
I got scared, maybe, you know? See, I do that to myself.
I sabotage things, good things.
So, inin a weird way, if I cheated on you, it wasn't because things were bad between us, because they were so great! This is an apology? I I can't take back my mistake.
It's over with Rebecca, and actually it wasn't really anything at all.
It was just one time, and since then, I've wanted to be with you.
I mean, I've only wanted to be with you.
I mean, I even asked you to stay the night.
That is a big step for me.
That's got to mean something.
Yeah.
I think it means you haven't found any women -to screw around with in the past two weeks.
-No.
Would you just wait a minute? This isn't about us, Charlie, or about Rebecca.
It's about you and what kind of guy you are.
Right! That's what I'm saying! My mistake.
Don't I get a chance to change? You really do think like a kid.
You make a mistake, you say I'm sorry, and then it's a clean slate every time, right? What is it, then? One strike, and I'm out with you? I guess so.
Yeah.
Because that's what happens when you cheat on me, and when you lie to me, while you make me fall in love with you.
I really wish you hadn't done that.
(PLAYING THE VIOLIN) Hey! What did you think you were doing sending Kate to the wrong theater? Gee, did I do that? Cut the crap, Claud.
You did it on purpose.
Maybe.
Or maybe I just forgot.
You of all people should know how easy it is to forget things.
What is that supposed to mean? If you thought about something other than what's-her-name for 30 seconds, maybe you'd figure it out! Kate.
Her name is Kate, and she waited outside the movie theater for an hour and a half! So? I waited.
So can she! What are you talking about? Waited for what? For you, you moron! Yesterday.
The eclipse.
And if you're thinking of making it up to me, forget it.
You can't.
This kind of eclipse won't happen again till 2020.
I'll be 37! -I'm sorry, Claud, but you could have reminded me.
-I shouldn't have to.
You should remember about it by yourself.
You used to remember everything before what's-her-name.
Kate! Kate, Kate, Kate! Kate, Kate, Kate! You know, Kate's a really stupid name.
Yeah, well, get used to it! Okay, look.
This obviously isn't about me missing the eclipse.
This is about the fact that I have a girlfriend.
So you have a girlfriend.
Big whoop.
Yeah, and I'm going to spend as much time with her as I can, Claud, whether you like it or not.
-Oh, yeah? -Yeah.
So why don't you stop acting like such a little baby? Hey, guys, we've got to talk.
Where's Julia? I have no idea.
Julia! Look, what's going on now? We'll take care of it.
If this is another lecture Make it fast, Charlie.
Yeah, you'd better hurry up, Charlie, before Bailey has to go out on another date.
-Claudia -Listen! Things aren't working out for Kirsten.
Personal stuff, and, uh She's going to be leaving us.
-What are you talking about? -She can't! What kind of personal stuff? It's personal.
Well, does she want a raise? Are her hours too long? What did you do this time, Charlie? Hey, why do you automatically assume it was something I did? Right.
Sorry.
Could it possibly have been something that you did, Charlie? We're just having relationship problems.
You cheated on her.
God, I knew you would do that! Just go for the girl and the hell with everyone else, right, Charlie? You should talk! -Oh, give me a break, Claudia.
-Look, we'll fix this! Kirsten's not leaving immediately.
We just need to start looking.
What? You're not going to help? I dare you to give me one more lecture on personal responsibility ever.
Let's just Talk about what we're going to do.
You know what, Charlie? She's right.
I found Kirsten, and you screwed it up, so why don't you take care of things for a change? I'm getting a life.
Where are you going? Give it a rest, Claud.
We're supposed to have dinner together as a whole family.
Yeah? Well, I'm a little sick of the whole family right now.
I'm sorry.
I'll fix this.
I know Kirsten was great.
I'm sorry.
I think I think I'm going to go call Ross.
Maybe he's free.
I can take you to dinner.
I don't know why you do this stuff, but I wish you'd just stop.
(OWEN CRIES) It's okay, it's okay.
It's okay, it's okay.
Poor sweetie.
You're burning up.
We're going to give you a nice warm bath.
Would that make you feel better? That'll make you feel so much better.
(WHISPERS) Oh, God.
Okay.
Okay.
Come on.
Yeah.
Come on.
Bailey? Julia? Hello? Yeah.
I just took his temp, and it's 105.
No, he hasn't been eating.
Yes, extremely irritable.
And now he's Uh-huh, very lethargic.
Does that sound bad? Okay.
Okay.
All right.
I'll meet you at the hospital.
Thank you.
P.
A.
: Dr.
Walden to oncology.
Dr.
Walden to oncology, please.
Charlie! -You got my note.
-Yeah, of course.
Where's Owen? -They're examining him.
-What happened? I don't know.
He was hot and They just took him in five minutes ago.
Okay.
Okay.
Are you okay? Thanks for doing this.
What? Of course.
NURSE: Salinger.
P.
A.
: Dr.
Bergen.
ICU.
Stat.
-Are you the father? -Yes.
No.
I'm his guardian.
Okay.
I need you to fill out all these admission forms along with a brief medical history.
Has Owen had all his immunizations? Yes.
He's up to date.
Any known allergies? No drug reactions that I know of, but he does have some food allergies.
Okay.
Could you fill out these forms, for me, please? Maybe you should call the others.
(RINGS) Hello? Hey.
Just out driving.
I needed to get away from everyone for a while.
No, it's not okay.
She can be a miserable little creep sometimes.
Forget it? We are not all doing anything together.
She's got friends.
Let her bug them for a change.
I get to go out with you alone.
It's not a family thing.
Hang on a second.
I got another call.
I'll be right back.
Hello? Remember, you can have anything you want.
We're comp'd.
Well, what's good? Everything.
Manicotti? Yuck.
Okay.
Everything except the manicotti.
Hey, Claudia.
Where's the rest of the gang? Oh, it's just us two.
You can clear the other places.
Okay.
You know It's really nice not having a big, loud crowded dinner for once.
When you think about it, a family dinner Every week? It's pretty lame.
Well, you always said you loved it.
I was just humoring the others.
Oh.
Okay.
I mean, it's a big deal to them.
Forget about them tonight.
Tonight we'll just talk about whatever you want.
Okay.
It would be a nice change.
Everyone is so messed up right now.
Are they? In a big way.
And I finally figured out why.
Sex.
Excuse me? Think about it.
Why can't Bailey stay away from Kate? Sex.
Why is Kirsten mad at Charlie? Sex.
Why is Julia acting so weird? Sex? Well, not yet.
But give her time.
Don't ever have sex, Ross.
It really messes people up.
Thanks for the tip.
Claudia? Charlie's on the phone.
He says he needs to talk to you.
Tell him I'm busy.
He said it was an emergency.
It's about Owen.
Hey.
What's going on? How is he? Don't know yet.
Doctor came out a little while ago and she said that he still had a fever.
They think it might be meningitis.
But they're not sure? They're running some tests, blood, urine, something called a Gram stain.
Meningitis.
What is that? Is that dangerous? She said it could be.
Said something about deafness, seizures.
What are the chances of that? I'm not sure.
Charlie, didn't you ask anybody anything? Next time, be here when the doctor's here, okay? NURSE: Mr.
Salinger.
Right here.
Yeah? How is he? This is my brother.
There's no change.
In order to rule out meningitis, we'd like your permission to admit him to the hospital and do a lumbar puncture.
A spinal tap.
Is that dangerous? Well, generally, no.
There's a remote chance of some bleeding or an infection or, in the rarest cases, neurological impairment.
Maybe we should get a second opinion.
Our regular doctor's out of town.
Look, if it were my child, I'd do it.
Do it.
Do the test.
Good.
And we'll know by morning.
Okay.
Where's Claudia? Uh, Ross is bringing her.
What about Julia? I don't have a clue where she is.
Is she working at that burger place tonight? I'll find her.
Uh, she's kind of busy right now.
He says important.
Look, I know what you think and you know what I think, so why don't you leave me the hell alone? (SIRENS APPROACHING) So we should probably go to admissions first.
They'll tell us where he is.
I'll probably stay here.
What? In the car.
You go in without me.
I'm not going to leave you here.
Please.
Oh, Claudia.
Is this where they brought your parents when they I can't go in there.
Let go of me! Charlie, stop it! -It's Owen! -What happened? He's in the hospital.
Come on, get in! -Was there an accident? -No.
What happened, Charlie? Is he sick? Did he swallow something? He's always putting things in his mouth.
Come on, Charlie, talk to me! They think he might have meningitis.
Oh, my God.
Is he going to be okay? How the hell should I know? If I was at the hospital instead of looking for you -What? -Damn it! Now we're stuck! What are you doing down here in the first place? I called you! I said it was important! I didn't know.
I thought you were calling me to yell at me.
You'd just better hope there aren't any problems at the hospital I should be dealing with right now.
What's going on, Claud? How is he? We don't know yet.
We're waiting to hear.
Come inside.
I'm just going to sit out here.
All night? Come on.
It's getting cold.
I don't mind.
You don't mind? Look, I got to get back inside, so I can't Fine.
So don't.
I'd rather be alone anyway.
I'm sorry about this.
Oh, don't worry about it.
Um It's hard for her.
Look, uh, could you just take her home? Do you mind? Of course, yeah.
Okay.
Could you stay with her till one of us gets home? Yeah, sure.
No problem.
Okay.
Thanks.
Any good tips? What? Oh.
I wasn't really Thanks.
I was just thinking He was born here.
A couple years ago, I was sharing this place in Potrero with some guys.
Mom came to see me.
I'd just dropped out of school, so I figured she came by to give me a hard time.
She didn't.
She said "You'll never guess, Charlie, not in a million years.
" She was pregnant.
On purpose? Are you kidding? She was 44.
And at first I thought, jeez, after all these years, they're still, you know Getting it on.
It's kind of nice to know that about your folks, isn't it? Then I thought, why did they want to go through it all again? I mean, the diapers and teething and sleepless nights.
But she did.
They did.
She was wearing this green dress that day.
Standing in that crummy hallway.
She just looked so Happy.
Hey.
I didn't know he had a fever.
I mean, I wouldn't have left if I'd known something was wrong.
I know that, Jule.
Hospitals, huh? The worst.
You think it's always gonna be like this for us? I don't know.
Maybe these are the good old days.
Yeah, it just doesn't get much better than this, does it? It's all downhill from here.
I was thinking maybe I should go.
Really? I mean Uh, sure.
I guess if If you want to.
I'm just not sure it's right for me to be here, you know? It's not like I'm a member of the family or anything, so It helps having you here.
I mean it.
I want you to stay.
You know Don't go, please.
Okay.
(MONITOR BEEPING) Scary seeing him with that thing in his arm.
I didn't deserve those things you said to me.
Just because I was at some club when Owen got sick.
If I'd known, you honestly think I'd have been there? I don't know, Julia.
It's hard to know what you care about these days.
Why? Because I went to a club? Because I told you not to, and you went anyway.
Like you never had a drop to drink before you were 18.
Like you never disobeyed Mom and Dad.
This is different.
-How is it different? -You know.
No, I don't.
Tell me.
It's different because they're dead, Julia.
You think I want to be in this position? You think I don't know I sound like a damn hypocrite telling you what to do? What choice do I have? Someone's gotta.
You could make things so much easier on me, but you won't.
Instead, you've got to fight me every step of the way.
I just don't get you.
I don't know what matters to you anymore.
How can you say that? I'm the same person I always was.
I still care about the same things.
Do you? Yes.
Yes.
Knock, knock.
What are you doing here? Owen's asleep.
Tests aren't back yet.
And I wanted to see how you're doing.
Is this Owen or me? I think that's you.
He had more hair.
Claudia Do you believe in omens? What do you mean? Signs that bad things are going to happen.
No.
I don't.
I think people need to look for reasons that bad things happen, but Sometimes there just aren't any.
Look I know why you're here.
You think I should go to the hospital.
No, it's not But I'm not going to.
I can't.
Yeah.
I know.
I know what you're remembering, Claud.
We all are.
But you think it's bad that I'm not going, don't you? No.
I mean, Owen is sick, and I Claudia, I think it's okay.
Really.
You don't have to go.
You mean that? It's okay.
Don't feel bad.
Everyone understands, and Owen knows that you love him.
You probably have to get back, huh? No, I got a few minutes.
You can go.
Don't worry about me.
Come on.
I do.
I worry about you.
And I know that I haven't been too great about it the last few weeks.
It's okay.
I just bug you, right? I mean, I'm kind of just a big pain.
No.
You're not.
I just I'm just I'm I'm trying to figure out how to work things, Claud.
I mean, Kate's the first girlfriend I've ever had First real girlfriend.
But I'm not forgetting about you.
I'm not.
I promise.
Whenever you need me, you come first.
Really? You're my sister.
-It's pretty, the lights.
-Yeah.
I heard about what happened, Kirsten What Charlie did.
That's between the two of us, Julia.
I know.
I know it's none of my business.
I just wanted to ask if, uh Well, if there's any way that you could maybe forgive him? You see, some people, they know the right things to do, and others, they have to figure it out by doing the wrong things first.
That's Charlie.
Don't hate him for it.
Last year, he was on his own, living his own life, and now he's got the four of us, and it hasn't been easy.
He's trying.
I know he is.
But But it still hurts.
I swear to God, I wish I knew how to get past this, but But I don't.
I can't.
You're going to leave? Excuse me.
Um, are those Is that from the lab? Yes.
I'm waiting for test results for Owen Salinger.
Can you tell me, are they in there? I'm sorry.
I'm not permitted to give out test results.
Only a doctor can do that.
You mean they're here, but you just can't give them out to me.
I'm afraid it's policy.
Policy? Look, the doctor will be in in a few hours, and as soon as she gets settled Look, you don't understand.
A few hours isn't good enough, okay? I'm his brother.
I'm responsible for him, and if he's in real trouble or if whatever he has could have been prevented, I I just I need to know, okay, because it's up to me.
I mean, his being okay is up to me.
And I know your job You have your job to do.
I know that's real important.
I understand that, but I just don't think it's more important than me knowing if my brother's okay.
You know how to read a test result, right? I mean, you know what that means.
Salinger? Yeah.
Owen.
The culture came back negative.
Which means Which means he'll be fine.
Doctor said we did the right thing bringing him in.
Keep getting the machine.
Really? That's weird.
Claudia.
Pick up if you're there, Claud.
Claudia.
Owen's okay.
They want to keep him here for 48 hours, but he's going to be fine.
CLAUDIA: He is? Really? Really.
Gosh, that's That's just You know, Claud, you didn't have to.
I know.
Well, you guys are just in time for breakfast.
Did you call Kate? You should.
She's probably worried.
Okay, we've got tuna, we got turkey, we've got egg salad, we've got Anyone's guess.
Hey, you guys.
CHARLIE: Anyone for coffee? Ross? ROSS: Sure, if you're getting some.
Well, it sure ain't Salinger's.
It'll do.
Dibs on the tuna.
What is that? A tofu burger.
Kate's very big on tofu.
God knows why.
Hey.
Hi.
I won't leave you in the lurch, Charlie.
I'll stay until you find someone else.
I mean, for Owen.
I'm sorry.
God, I am.
I'm so sorry.
I wish I could take it all back.
But I can't.
I know I can't.
The thing is, I really do care about you, Kirsten.
I know you might not believe that No, I do.
So we're going to have to work out a schedule for the next few days until the doctor says we can take him home.
I'll take days if it means I get out of English.
I'll come by after school.
Well, I can come back and give you a dinner break.
Actually, I'd kind of like to be here in the evenings.
Well, there's no reason we can't overlap.
Claudia, I can bring you by first thing in the morning.
Is that okay? Claudia? (PLAYING LULLABY ON THE VIOLIN)