Full Circle (2013) s01e08 Episode Script

What did he say to you? Sweetie? - Tell me.
- Nothing.
No, it wasn't nothing.
It's not important.
Kid stuff.
All right.
I'm here to be with you.
This is because of my essay, and it's my special day, so I'd rather not ruin it, if that's okay with you, Mrs.
Campbell.
Those guys are jerks.
Even if they wrote winning essays, too, they're still jerks.
True.
Well, not jerks, but you know.
Yes.
Thank you.
- I just don't want anyone picking on you.
- They weren't.
Are you sure? Lots of kids do, so I'm very aware of what that is when they're picking on me, but he wasn't doing that, I promise.
Fine.
This was something else.
Okay, then.
Uh Did you want to talk about it? Not really.
I I feel like I can handle it without any interaction on your part, if that's acceptable to you, Mrs.
Campbell.
That's very adult of you, Robbie.
Thank you.
Absolutely.
No, really, I I very much do appreciate it.
It feels great when your gift and/or abilities are recognized by a peer, parent, or guardian, so thank you very much.
Sure.
Yeah.
That's fine, sir.
Thank you.
Mm-hmm.
Tell you what.
Give me two tickets on the floor.
He's a comedian.
Yes, I recognize him from TV.
My mother doesn't think he's funny, but I do.
He's kind of dirty his jokes are.
But he has a certain amount of insight into what people think and feel what you've called the human condition in your class.
Mm, very good! At least somebody's been listening.
Well, I think lots of people are, even if they pretend not to.
You're a very good teacher, Mrs.
Campbell.
Thank you, Robbie, and you're a good student.
- I'm your best student.
- Well I mean, on paper.
My grades.
That's true.
You are, on paper.
Am I not otherwise? Am I not? W well, you're a very good student, Robbie, but i it's just not a nice thing to say who's best.
Well, why can't we? Just because.
But if it's the truth, I I don't Well, it's just not okay to brag.
I I wouldn't brag about it.
I just wondered if I was or not.
I see.
Well, then, you are.
On paper.
Right.
On paper.
But you're saying I'm the best today with this meal and me winning the contest with my essay.
That's kind of saying I'm the best, isn't it? Kind of, yeah.
I guess so.
Yes.
All right.
I just wondered.
Anyway.
Yes, let's let's change the subject.
I think you'd rather, so let's do that.
Go ahead.
You can.
That's not your real name, is it? - I'm sorry? - Campbell.
No, I um, no, it's my married name.
I thought so.
Your real name is LePage, isn't it? Yes.
How did you know that? - I don't know.
I just do.
- But how? I just knew it.
It was in my head, so I said it.
Robbie.
I just knew it, that's all.
- But, still, how - It's it's not a trick.
Honestly, Mrs.
Campbell, do you know me to be a liar? - I mean, in your class.
- No.
You can call my mother if you want to.
She'll tell you the same thing.
I hope you don't, though.
She's at work right now.
I see.
What does she do? Originally, she's a linguist, but right now she teaches French at a preschool.
Preschool? - French? - Yes, in Los Feliz.
Wow.
Yes.
Interesting, isn't it, what rich people will pay for? That's what my mother says, anyway.
No, she's she's right.
It's fascinating.
Money it's a strange thing.
My grandpapa had a lot of money, but apparently he wasn't a very happy man, so I don't know what good it did.
Hmm.
That's what they say.
Who? Oh, um, you know, just people, you know? They say it in quotes and things like that, songs.
Do you think it's true? I mean, you have money.
It seems like it, anyway.
- Oh.
- Are you happy, Mrs.
Campbell? I am Uh We're, uh, comfortable.
That's all.
M my family and I, we're just comfortable.
Yes, but that means you have money.
Some money, right? Does it make you happy, Mrs.
Campbell? How's your, uh, appetizer? Is it okay? Yes.
I just wanted the celery sticks, but I don't think you can get them without ordering these barbecue wings, so Oh, I see.
Well, that's fine.
Next time, just try asking first.
Yes, next time I will, Mrs.
Campbell.
Are you only going to eat the condiments and not your burger, Robbie? Yes, I guess so.
Well, didn't we talk about ordering what you wanted next time, so that you can get what you really want and not waste food? Yes, we did.
Um I forgot.
I honestly I did.
I I'm sorry about that, Mrs.
Campbell.
I didn't remember to, but I I will next time.
That's okay.
I know you will.
So About before.
Before? Yes, my name.
Oh.
That.
Yeah, I'm I'm curious as to how you you knew about that.
I know.
But I did tell you the truth.
Yeah, but, seriously, though, Robbie, did you, I don't know, look me up on the Internet or something, or No.
No? Then how do you know? 'Cause it's my mother's last name, too.
Her maiden name.
That's the right word for a woman before she marries, isn't it maiden? Yes, but I I still don't understand.
I just knew that it was the same as hers somehow.
I just knew.
Okay, but that's not Your father was French, I'll bet.
My grandpapa was.
He was French.
Yes.
Uh, my dad - was originally.
Yes, he was.
- Yes.
Wait, please.
Let me guess.
Okay.
I feel like he was from Deauville.
That's yes.
He was, near there.
Robbie, I really want to hear how you know all of this.
Please, tell me.
I I don't know.
Sometimes things just pop into my head things that turn out to be the truth.
Maybe we should call your mother.
If you want to.
I can give you her cellphone number.
She she has a BlackBerry, not an iPhone.
She prefers BlackBerry to iPhones.
I think it's because of the keyboard.
She's a very tactile person, like me.
Robbie, I'm not asking this to shame you or anything like that, okay? So you can tell me the truth without feeling You've never gone through my things my purse or jacket, desk drawers have you? I mean, when I've gone out of the room.
I know I've left you in charge of the class before, when I've had to go down to the office for a few minutes and things like that, so Robbie, have you ever done that? No.
I mean, if you have, it's okay.
You can tell me.
It will be okay.
No, I've never done that.
Of course not.
Or got on the computer and looked me up or things about me on on Facebook? - Do you have a Facebook page, Robbie? - No, I don't, and I've never done anything like that, Mrs.
Campbell.
I promise.
I've never Googled you.
Okay.
Okay.
That's fine.
It doesn't matter.
- It's just - I know other things, too.
- Like? - Just things.
Not just about you, but about lots of people that I meet.
My mother says I'm psychic, in in both directions.
I I'm sorry.
I don't know what that means.
Well, it's just that it's not a real term, but a way in which you can tell things about the future or you know things, feel them.
But it can also be about the past, history, like I knew about you and your father and how he left France and moved here years ago.
Okay, Robbie, you know what? I think that we should maybe save this for another day, another time.
- Oh, I I don't mind if you don't.
- Well, I do mind.
- I - I know when your father died the day.
How? How would you know that? Well, I mean I bet I do, and even I'd been digging in your purse, how would I find that out? Honestly, Mrs.
Campbell, I just know things.
When? Pardon? When did he die? November 30, 1997.
Why would you know that, Robbie? Okay, I'm starting to get upset now.
I'm not angry, Robbie, but I'm I'm I'm getting upset.
- Oh.
Please don't be.
- Well, I am.
- I - I don't know how you would know these things, - but I don't like it.
- I just knew it was on that day somehow.
Well, how? How?! 'Cause that's the same day I was born.
It's also the same day my grandpapa died.
That same day.
Do you know when he died? The hour? Yes.
Don't tell me you know that, too.
- No, I don't know everything.
- Oh, thank god.
But a lot of things.
You were there with him when he died, weren't you? Yes.
Was it in the afternoon? I'm just guessing 'cause of the time I was born.
I are you not gonna eat your hamburger? No, thank you.
- Okay, well, then maybe - I was born at 3:17 P.
M.
- That's - Okay, please, I want to stop this now, Robbie.
All right.
I won't say anything else about it.
- I - Let's I need to go to the restroom.
Are you gonna be all right here alone for a few minutes? Of course.
I'm almost 16 years old.
Can we can we can we talk? Yes.
Oh.
Sorry, there, little buddy.
Whoa, go easy on the greens, there.
Mom says they're good for you, but I'm not so sure.
Probably not.
Be careful in Ohio.
Excuse me? What'd you say? See? Now, that time you ordered what you wanted.
It was a very assertive thing to do.
Thank you, Mrs.
Campbell.
I actually prefer being assertive rather than aggressive.
I think being aggressive is bad, don't you? Well, um, I don't know, I suppose so.
I guess, yes, assertive would be the good one of the two.
Fuck you, Frank! This is fucking bullshit.
Bull-fucking-shit! Have fun in jail, asshole.
Fucking Hey, there.
Sorry you had to see that.
I just these people are just they're just pushing me.
And anyway, I just it doesn't matter.
I wanted to say I was sorry about last time.
I didn't mean to Is this your kid? - Uh, no, um, he's - Okay.
He's my student.
Um, he, uh, wrote an essay and won a contest, and this is the prize.
This is what all the kids are here for.
I'm Robbie Fontaine.
Hey, Robbie.
That's my number, so, use it, don't use it.
God, you are a beautiful woman.
And I hope you know that.
Did you know him? No.
We we met in here one time when I was Nothing.
I was I was at dinner in here, and he was here, but I I don't know why he gave me - his number.
I - Oh.
I see.
Oh, I was here with my husband for dinner, and he was, uh, singing.
I knew that.
I knew he was a singer.
Robbie.
No, not because of you know, not that.
There's a picture of him by the front door.
I saw the poster when we were waiting to be seated.
- That's how I knew.
- Okay.
Okay.
- No, that's how.
Really.
- All right.
And that's fine.
Wow.
This has been quite a lunch, hmm? I'm sorry.
I'm sorry about that.
Oh, that's that's all right.
Well, I should probably we should probably be heading back to class soon, huh? Okay.
I I only have gym next, so I don't really care, but I I know we have to go soon.
You don't like gym? No, not too much.
Some sports, but not a lot of them.
Which do you like? Tennis, I guess.
Weightlifting's okay.
Should I get the check? Uh, yes.
All right.
Okay.
C can I just tell you one more thing about your father? Uh N not if you don't want me to.
It's No.
Go ahead.
I think I'm him.
Does that sound too crazy? Maybe it's it's just that Ever since I joined your class last fall, I felt like I knew you and knew about you, and This is a very strange feeling, Mrs.
Campbell.
I'm not trying to be weird.
Lots of kids think I am.
They just think I'm weird, but I'm not, really.
I'm just a smart person and interested in learning.
That's not a bad thing, is it? No, Robbie.
That's not bad.
All right, well I've always felt old.
You know what I mean when people say "an old soul"? Well, I've always felt that way, like I'm me, but I'm also a bunch of other people inside, and that's why I said that earlier, that I'm your father.
And I mean that in the sense of reincarnation.
Have you ever heard of that before, when someone is reincarnated from another person or a long line of people? Well, that's what I'm talking about.
And if if it wasn't true, why would I feel this way? The second that I met you, and then knowing all of these things that I do about you without having any actual way of knowing them, it just doesn't make sense to me if I'm not your father his spirit, anyway.
I mean, does it to you? Not to me, it doesn't.
Please, please, just stop talking now.
- Am I making you angry, Mrs.
Campbell? - No, Robbie, it's not that.
No, it's just I I know you guys weren't close.
- He told me that.
- Robbie, I told you to stop.
- But I just - This is not appropriate, okay? This is not something that we should be talking about.
- I don't see why.
- What does that mean? He told you that? Well, not directly.
Obviously I never met him, but I'm just saying that What? Are you sure? You asked me to stop talking about him, so maybe we should.
Okay, what? Go ahead and say it.
Say what you were gonna say to me.
I just meant that it was a feeling, when I met you.
What does that mean? I knew all these things about your dad, about you.
Mrs.
Campbell, your dad was very proud of you, and he loved you very much Even though you guys didn't speak again in life.
He tried talking to me at the end.
I know.
I know he did.
But he just couldn't.
With all the medication he was taking and the stroke, he was just never really able to.
But he did try to communicate in the end, didn't he with his fingers? - His fingers? - Yes.
The only thing he could do at the end was tap a finger in the palm of your hand.
That was him trying to tell you things that he was sorry and that he loved you.
He did try to tell you, Mrs.
Campbell.
He did.
It's, uh - I suppose we should go now.
- Yes.
- I hope you're not angry with me, Mrs.
Campbell.
- No.
No, I'm not.
- Are you sure? - I promise.
Good.
May I try yours? I've never had elderberry sorbet before.
Yes, of course.
Thank you.
Oh.
Oh.
- Do you like it? - Yes.
It's very good.
Tasty, actually.
Very tasty.
Yeah, I thought so, too.
Were they good? Yes, very.
Thank you.
And, so, you're the big winner, huh? Essay contest? Yes, in my class.
All of these kids have won in their respective classes.
But yours was the best one, right? I think mine was very good.
I'll bet it was.
Anyway, that's great.
Thank you.
I actually hope to turn it into a book one day.
Wow.
I bet you will.
But in French, so my mom can do all the translations and all of that.
Cool.
Good luck.
Thank you.
Good luck to you, too, with your medical studies.
Oh, thanks.
How did you know that? I don't know.
I I just guessed.
Huh.
Okay.
Well, thank you.
Wait, are you in medical school? Mm-hmm.
Medical technician.
I was doing acting for a while, like everybody else, but finally came back to my senses.
Well, that's great.
Good luck with that.
Thanks.
I'll be right back with your receipt.
I don't suppose you asked her when I was in the bathroom.
No, I didn't.
Honestly? Honestly, Mrs.
Campbell.
I I just had a feeling about her.
Okay.
Robbie.
Yes? Did he want to tell me anything else? Who? - You know.
- No, I don't.
- The man who came over at our table? - No.
- No, not - But, wait, just What? Don't call him, that man, or go where he goes.
The singer.
All right, not why? Just don't, please? Did my father want to tell me anything else? Yes.
He did? Yes, but, I mean, do you really want to know? For certain? I don't know.
Do I? I don't know, Mrs.
Campbell.
I know a lot of things, but not that.
I just know that in life, there are some things that are good to know, and some things are better left unknown.
I was talking to her my teacher asking her about her past.
No.
Robbie.
No, I don't.
I know not to do that.
- I know.
-