Parenthood s01e13 Episode Script

Your audition for Alvin Ailey.
You didn't tell me they were in New York.
Everybody knows they're in New York.
I didn't.
My dad is so far underwater on this thing.
The plan is to bundle your dad's holdings with a bunch of higher-end properties.
Your mother is slipping away from me.
I don't know what I'm going to do.
You know the truth? All I know is that she apparently slept with the guy once.
Oh.
But it's over.
It's over.
Amber told me to break up with Steve.
And then she had sex with him.
Is that true? Dad, that's not That's not how you do it.
That's not The cream cheese has to be on Ah, excuse me, I think I know my way around a cream cheese and jelly sandwich.
No.
You should watch Mom do it.
Here, I'll do it.
Watch.
Watch this.
Watch this.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Watch.
You can learn from her.
School me.
All right.
I will watch and learn.
- I will school.
- Learn from her.
Wait, this way.
Watch Mommy make it.
You can learn from her.
See, watch this.
Honey Watch this.
Watch how I just spread around Hey, hey.
Oh, my God! Did something happen? Haddie What did you do to your hair? Nothing.
It's not a big deal, okay? Is that permanent? It looks like a Like a panther or like Did you cut it? I'm going to school.
Um, and I'm taking the bus to school and I'm late so I got to go.
You look like a vampire.
Oh Oh Do you know Wait, wait.
Hold on a second.
Honey, your hair is black.
Your hair kind of looks like Uh Uh She looked like a vampire from Twilight.
I didn't Did you know about this? No.
I didn't tell her it was okay to do that.
I like it.
Mom, I'm dead Without this biology homework, seriously.
I know.
We'll find it.
Hey, that was the school.
Uh, have you been cutting class? What? That's crazy.
Yeah, so where are you going now? Uh, I'm just going to school, of course every day, like a good child.
Really? Yeah.
Are you sure? Yeah.
Amber, have you seen my homework? Nope.
Sorry.
Are you cutting Okay, bye.
It is definitely not in the kitchen.
Okay.
You know what? I saw a bunch of papers on the sideboard.
Seriously.
SARAH: Uh-huh.
I looked there, Mom.
Ah! I got it.
I got it.
Are you serious? Where did you find it? It was just under that notebook.
I looked there a million times.
Thank you.
Thank you.
What's that? Baseball? Yeah.
Are you trying out for baseball? I don't know.
I mean, yeah I don't know.
I was thinking about it.
You were? I think that's a great idea.
Yeah? Yeah.
Well, I mean Maybe I'll ask Uncle Adam to help me, like, train for it.
Uh-huh.
What? Bad idea? No, I'll call him.
Okay.
All right, we need to go.
Come on.
Look at that.
Mmm.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Mmm-hmm.
Look at this.
It's raining.
- I'll be there.
Oh, yeah.
Is that enough? Nope! Okay.
No, don't worry about it at all.
Yes, I'II I'll be there.
Mmm-hmm.
No, don't Don't worry about it.
Okay? Bye.
I'm in.
Come on! I'm in! I'm in Alvin Ailey! I told you you could do it.
I did it.
I did it.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I did it.
Look at this.
Give me a hug.
Yay! Oh, so proud of you.
I can't believe it! Wow! So, New York? Yes.
It means New York.
And, um, when do you have to go? Uh, they want me there, uh, right away.
Uh, right away? When right away? Like Friday.
Friday.
Hey, I'm moving in.
Bad time? Grandpa! Hey, Jabbar! Coming.
Hey, I was just looking for Adam, just real quick.
Sure.
Hey, Adam, honey.
- Yeah? Sure, I'd love to come in.
- What? Thanks.
Honey, your sister's here.
Which one? Your old one.
Hey, are you Oh, hi.
Hi.
Just heading out the door.
Oh, sorry.
Um, I just wanted to show you this.
It was in Drew's, um, homework.
Hey, that was my league.
I know.
And he asked about you helping him for tryouts.
And I think he's kind of nervous about it.
But, um, I just Oh.
was excited for him, you know, to see him get interested in something so I didn't know if Yeah.
Adam, can you open that? I can't open that.
I know you guys are busy.
Oh, what do you got, that Easy Clean? I love that stuff.
It really gets out Uh All the Uh Every Okay, so Not a problem.
Thank you.
Thanks, Kristina.
Mmm-hmm.
Great seeing you guys.
Thank you very much.
Sorry.
Tell Drew I'm looking forward to it.
Okay.
Okay? Just tell Drew.
I will.
Hi.
Hi.
How are you? I'm okay.
I just wanted to talk to you about Amber.
Um, yes.
I I know she missed the last couple days.
I was going to call you.
I just feel worried about her.
And I wanted to ask you, 'cause she does so well with you, you know.
I don't want her to, um Unravel.
How How How are you doing with all this? I mean, it can't be easy.
No, it's, um You know, it's just all made me think that I think coming here might have been a mistake.
Um, it was a mess where we were, but it didn't affect so many people.
And it didn't disrupt the family.
I think we're better on our own.
And so, we should move on.
Make a mess some place new.
Okay.
I think that's actually what I came to tell you today.
'Cause 'Cause I missed your face.
So Uh, Sarah, um For what it's worth, I I I don't think that running away from your problems is the answer.
I think that you're doing a great job with Amber.
I think you're an incredible mother and I think she's going to do just fine here.
And, um, I don't think that you should leave.
Please don't leave.
Oh, wow.
This coat is screaming "chick magnet" to me.
Isn't that cool Max gave you all this stuff? Yup.
Does it always rain in New York? Well, not always.
I don't think I'm going to like it.
Oh, you're going to love it.
It's the greatest city in the world.
Do they have bagels like at Bagel City? Do they have bagels? Dude, New York has the best bagels anywhere.
They're hot and fresh and you can smell them everywhere on the streets.
You're going to be smiling all day long.
So, how come I call you Crosby? What do you mean? I could call you Daddy, right? Yeah, of course.
I mean, it's up to you, but I would like that.
Okay.
Well, okay.
How about we go tackle this city? Just a couple of dudes in search of a science center and some pizza, what do you say? Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
I just don't understand it.
We We want to understand why you did it.
That's all.
I'm just asking that.
And I keep telling you, there is nothing to understand.
Something I've never seen before.
It's odd.
Your mother is concerned that you're trying to be somebody you're not.
Exactly.
Well, don't worry.
We got a call from school today.
You ditched chemistry.
You've never ditched a class before, Haddie.
Ever.
Why? Why did you ditch chem? We weren't doing anything.
Are Amber and Steve in your class? Is everything that I do now gonna be defined by Amber and Steve? Is that why you did it? It has nothing to do with Amber and Steve then? Nothing at all? You know what? No, it doesn't.
And even if it did, you don't get to act like you know everything about me.
I was your age once.
And I I've been through this stuff before.
I just wanted to dye my hair because I don't like my hair color.
Okay? Okay.
Okay.
That's fine.
Thank you.
Can I go? That's fair.
Okay.
Honey, I I can't believe that this is happening.
Like, what is going on here? What do you What do you think is going on here? She's just completely shut down.
I mean, she's dying her hair black.
I don't recognize her literally.
She's very bright.
I think she's going to be just fine.
She's just a teenager, she's going through some growing pains.
How do you know that? I don't know that.
She's She's a teenage girl.
You don't know what teenage girls go through, okay? No, I don't.
Okay? I was one.
I admit that I don't.
You were not one.
But I think she's going to be fine, okay? Now, listen, I'm gonna I'm gonna be late for Drew, okay? I got to go meet him.
What? Late for Drew? Why? Yeah, I promised him I would help him with his baseball tryouts.
Oh, that's so awesome, honey.
Really? What? Why don't you focus on our family right now? Just saying.
Hi.
Hi.
Uh, nice sky.
Mom, I don't know what exactly, uh, is going on, you know, right now with you and Dad or, um, that guy, Matthew, not that it's any of my business.
Well, um, it kind of isn't your business, but, um, nothing's going on.
I told him, uh, that's not happening anymore.
Okay.
I don't know.
Dad just said he was at the house, so That's the thing about your father.
He talks to everybody but me.
Look, uh, Julia's having that guy, Timm, over to her house for dinner to talk to Dad about the property.
I think you should be there, too.
Well, I should be there.
But why didn't he invite me? You see? That's what I'm talking about.
I don't know, Mom.
If you sit around waiting for him to invite you or call you or tell you what to do, you could be waiting forever.
I mean, don't be a victim, you know? Just do something.
You don't need an invitation to your own life.
You are absolutely right.
Thank you.
And I'm really glad I taught you that.
Good hearted woman in love with a good timing man She loves him in spite of his wicked ways But she don't understand Oh, my God.
The piano's breaking.
You got your sea legs now, right? Well, your skin looks great out here.
Thank you.
And your hair's got kind of some body now in that salt air.
Oh, now Thank you very much.
I could not get Adam to drink one beer with me.
No way.
If he drinks too much, the stick might fall out of his ass.
That's the good stuff.
Wait a minute.
Ahhh! This is what it's all about! There was nights like this in Saigon.
And there was this cute little thing.
And she had the tightest little Mmm-mmm! Dad, I don't need to know all the details.
Oh, God, I'm going to make myself sick.
The touch of a man Oh, that's it.
Whoo! You want another beer or are you gonna Liquor before beer? I don't even know what I'm saying half the time these days.
Huh? Nothing.
Your mother's going to forgive me, you know.
She's got to.
Yeah, this thing's going to blow over, right? Hell, yeah.
I mean, Julia'll fix all the real estate stuff.
And then you'll be right back.
You know, Crosby, this whole thing here with Jasmine going to New York and taking Jabbar.
You can't let that You got to put your foot down.
She can't be taking your son all the way across the country, because that's Dad, I don't think you understand the whole story, because They got dance troupes here.
I don't get it.
I mean What do you know about dancing? You don't know anything about dancing.
I'll tell you one thing I do know, Crosby.
You got to be there for your kid.
He's your son! And you can't let him slip away from you.
You have to man up here, Crosby.
Well, you remember Andrea Sokolov? Remember her? She dyed her hair black my junior year.
Oh, right.
And she turned into a tigress, like, overnight.
Overnight.
Well, thanks for that.
She was open for business.
That was what that signified.
Oh, God.
It's a teenage thing.
There's a lot worse things she could be doing.
Believe me.
It's true.
No, it's entirely innocuous.
No.
It's It's a phase, right? She's going to grow out of it.
Well, tell that to Andrea's parents.
She's riding a pole at the strip club by the bowling alley.
That's true.
You need to get her hair back to its natural color.
I'm worried about it.
Or she's going to become a stripper.
Seriously? Hey, what happened to your taillight? I don't know.
Some guy must've smacked into it, just drove off.
Didn't leave a note, nothing.
You know That's unconscionable.
Yeah, society is coming apart at the seams.
Hey Hey, you know what? It is unconscionable because how difficult is it to take responsibility for your actions? You know, you You bust somebody's taillight, step up to the plate.
Oh, I think I'm going to yack.
You okay? No.
What's wrong with you? I was drinking last night with Zeek.
Zeek? They've both gone insane.
- Just you and Dad? Bottomless pit.
Wait, okay, what's happening with Mom and Dad? 'Cause I was at the house yesterday.
She was very weird.
She was very negative about them getting back together.
I don't understand what she's so upset about.
Yeah, it feels like there's something else.
Are you catching this? Hey, guys.
What was that look? With the secret.
You guys have a secret or something? Go ahead.
Huh? Dad had an affair.
What? Come on.
I wouldn't joke about that.
Shh, Crosby.
Dad had an affair? We're not screwing with you.
I wouldn't lie about this, okay? It happened many years ago.
I cannot believe he did that to her.
I know.
By the way, I'm sorry, but I can't practice with Drew tonight.
Why not? Kristina I've I've got stuff to do at the house.
No, no, you know what? I'm just trying to keep the peace.
Don't worry about it.
Don't worry about it.
Sorry.
No, I'm sorry.
Mom, I can barely look at you.
Whoo! Oh, my gosh.
What are you doing? Don't hit me.
We're playing baseball.
Yeah, but, I mean, you don't know anything about sports at all Are you ready? It doesn't matter.
What's to know? Nothing about physical activity.
You throw it.
You catch it.
Adam couldn't make it.
Why couldn't he make it? I don't know.
He just couldn't.
I know.
Sorry.
It's because of me.
Did that get you on the leg? It's because of me.
I I don't know why it was.
I'm sure they think that Haddie dyed her hair black because of me, too.
It's true.
Haddie dyed her hair black.
I mean, what What isn't your fault? No, it's like I know.
Everything is.
Is that your fault? He couldn't make it because of personal Kids Please.
Dyed her hair black 'cause she's mad at me.
That's why Haddie dyed her hair black? It's nothing to be proud of but Well, I mean, maybe you should have thought about what you did before You know? I I mean Really? You're saying this now? Well, this created a lot of trouble.
No, I'm not.
I I've talked to you about this.
I know.
I feel bad.
I know.
I know.
You know how I feel.
I feel bad.
I feel I'm tired of you whining about it.
It's like, do something about it.
We're just trying to play a nice game for a second.
I'm trying to live my life.
You don't know what it's like.
All right, seriously, guys.
I've done everything I can for you guys! I've moved you back here! And I didn't want to come here! Is that what this is about? No! It's one thing if you're miserable! It's another thing if you bring us all down with you! So, I'm I'm just asking, just think one step beyond, "Oh, this feels good.
" That's what I'm asking you to do! Okay.
Amber.
Thank you.
Can I have the car? Bye.
Is that the school again? Yeah, a lot of red tape in New York.
Well, how long is it going to take to enroll him? Um, I don't know.
It'll work out.
We need to talk about the plan.
The plan? Me and Jabbar.
Absolutely.
Yeah.
Like, I don't want him to think that he's going to lose me.
Well, you'll come visit A lot of visits.
Yeah, I'II I'll visit.
And, um, you can have phone dates, like every Sunday.
Or every day.
Yeah, if it's possible.
Jasmine, it's really important to me that you're being clear with him about why you guys are going to New York, and why I can't just move there with you.
I don't want him to think that I abandoned you guys.
I want him to know that you guys And just like that, another run is in.
And we're enjoying a good 5 to Hey, Crosby, pull up a chair.
The game's getting good here.
Did you talk to Jasmine? Yeah, we talked.
We got a plan.
What is the plan? The plan is they're moving to New York.
And I'm going to visit and talk to Jabbar on the phone.
Well, that sounds like it's good for her.
Yeah.
Yeah, okay.
I'm turning in.
Suit yourself.
You know, you've got a lot of nerve giving me advice about Jasmine after what you did to Mom.
What? What? You screwed up, Dad.
You screwed up with Mom and she did nothing.
Oh, Crosby, it's pretty complicated.
Is it? Is it super complicated? I think I can figure it out.
She stood by you for 40 years.
You can't just sit here and drink beer and listen to the radio and think she's going to come over here and beg you to come home.
Is that what you think? You are going to lose her.
Do you get that? You need to take your own advice and fight for her.
You be a man, Dad.
Hey.
It's your mother.
I brought you some coffee.
I'm sorry about what I said, okay? You don't bring everybody down, you know.
You You bring everybody up.
Up with people.
This coffee is going to bring you up the way you bring me up when I see your sweet face every day.
Hey, I called but nobody answered.
Do you mind if I, uh, come in? I just was looking for a number for Steve if you have it, please.
I think I Steve who? Oh, Haddie's boyfriend? Yeah, Steve.
Steve.
Yeah, I think so.
I didn't hear that you called.
Do you have the number, Kristina? Did you call my cell phone? Mmm-hmm.
Huh.
And the house phone.
I didn't hear.
I was outside gardening.
And I need the number if it's not too much trouble.
No, it's not too much trouble at all.
If it's a giant problem, maybe I could come It's not a problem, Sarah.
I'm trying to help you.
I'm trying to be polite.
Okay, then just give me the number.
That's all I want.
I'm trying to not say something right now that I'm gonna regret later.
Oh.
Hey.
Hey.
What's going on? Hi, honey.
Oh, I'm finding Steve's number for Sarah.
What What do you need Steve's number for? Amber's missing.
Hi.
- Oh.
Hi.
Hi, Adam.
Honey, Adam Braverman's here! I'm Sarah Braverman.
Hi, listen, sorry Sorry to bother you, but we have an urgent situation on our hands here.
My daughter is missing.
Who Who is your, uh, daughter? This is my sister.
My daughter is Amber Holt.
My niece.
We don't know who Amber Holt is.
Well, that's weird because Yeah.
um, your son certainly knows who she is.
Hi.
Oh, hi, Steve.
- Hi, guys.
Have you heard from Amber? No.
I I tried calling her.
Would somebody please tell me what's going on here? Sure, I'd love to.
Um, Steve tried to pressure Haddie, my brother's daughter, into sleeping with him.
And then when she wouldn't sleep with him What? he slept with my daughter instead and now she's missing.
Wait, what are they talking about? I Steve, I want you to go upstairs.
No, I'm not going upstairs.
What are they talking about? Have you seen her? Is she all right? That's first off.
That's what we need to know.
She's missing.
Thanks for your concern.
Wait a minute.
Could someone please tell me what's going on here? Because it sounds like you're blaming Steve for your daughter running away.
Oh, that's interesting! No! No one is blaming Steve! In fact, the entire school is calling my daughter a whore! And Steve just comes up smelling like a rose.
Sarah, Sarah, Sarah.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Can I just say something? - I told you to go upstairs! Listen, Mrs.
Holt, Mr.
Braverman.
I I love your daughter.
Oh! You do, do you? You love her? I thought you loved Haddie! I thought you loved his daughter.
You've got a funny way of showing your affection, you know that? Hey, hey, Adam.
You've left both these girls feeling miserable! You are lucky you didn't have sex with my daughter! Adam! Adam! I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Steve! I forget that Fresno is so industrial.
How could you forget? You You used to visit all the time and Oh, I know.
You can't keep me away from the raisin capital of the world.
Oh, no, no, no.
Careful.
It's right up here.
Just pull over.
I never thought I'd hope to find the two of them together.
Careful.
Watch the hippie.
All right, where should I park? Right over there.
All right.
Isn't it beautiful? It's where my daughter wanted to live.
Yeah, this place gives me the willies.
Well, I think we found them.
Listen, Sarah, I think I should probably hang back on this one.
What's wrong with you? You're the muscle.
Man up.
Cover your eyes.
Come on.
Amber! It's your Oh, it's open.
Okay, we're going in on three.
All right.
Okay.
I'm with you.
Okay? All right.
Yep.
One.
Two.
Three.
It's your mother.
I need you to come home.
Mrs.
Braverman! Shoot.
I'm so sorry.
Who are you? Who are you? Uh Uh We are so sorry.
Where's Amber? I'm Amber's uncle.
Sorry.
I'm really sorry.
Does that look like Amber? This is a brand new girl.
Where's Amber? I haven't seen Amber in a week.
Well, that's what I wanted to know.
I'm so sorry.
But, you know You're very pretty Uh Okay.
Uh, all right, let's go.
All right.
Close the door! Really, close the door! My God! You're the politest person I know.
Hey, Amber, it's Mom again, again.
And, um, I'm just, uh, still looking for you with Uncle Adam.
Um, and I do wish you would call me.
Um, we stopped by Damien's house.
So, that made me feel a whole lot better.
But, um, I'm somewhat holding it together.
Uh, would love to hear from you.
And, uh And I love you.
I love the The jewelry.
Did you make that yourself? We have three coffees and two teas coming in here.
Thanks, Jules.
You got it.
Thanks, Jules.
Of course.
Hey.
You tried to take her to Paris one time.
Well, yeah, he did.
Yeah Well Yeah Well It was a business Business related.
It was a long time ago.
It was.
So, what is the deal with the two M's in Timm? Wow.
So you say it twice? Timm.
Timm.
You're just coming at me over here.
Okay.
Why don't we talk about the property? You were saying something a little earlier about timing.
Right.
Right.
Yeah.
All right.
Um, look, Zeek, I'm a straight shooter.
And I sense you are, too.
So, I'm just gonna, you know This investment is a textbook example of timing a market wrong.
I mean, the The property's a money sucking hole.
So, now we have to dig you out as best we can.
I see.
Yeah.
You know, you're gonna You're gonna take a little haircut.
Really? Like a buzz cut or I got to shave it? I had a Mohawk once.
Do you have any pictures of that? No, I was in Vietnam.
Did you ever hear of Vietnam? Dad.
Can you pass that down? Let's, uh Here.
Take a look at that.
Our investment group can roll this into a securitized fund that an entrepreneur like yourself has no access to.
And the advantages of that Just give me a second.
Oh, yeah, yeah, if I'm going too quickly for you Just I'II You know Young man, do not patronize me.
Dad.
I I'm Let's Not trying to patronize you.
Let's just focus.
Let's focus on Timm, Timm, Timm, Timm, I'm upset.
All right? I mean, hell, the whole world's in the toilet.
A lot of people are upset.
No, I know, believe me.
But, um, this is just me being a straight shooter, don't insult my intelligence.
Zeek, that is the last thing I am going to do.
You're a businessman, right? You see an opportunity, a little weakness, you're going to go right in there and exploit it.
Zeek, I I really The rest is window dressing.
Hell, man, you're going for the jugular.
Zeek, that That's not I'm not the CEO of a hedge fund.
I don't own a bank.
I'm just a regular guy.
But, you want to know something, Timm with two M's? I consider myself too big to fail! Oh, come on.
That stupid taillight.
Let's have everything ready, all right? Sorry, I got it.
Just give it to me quickly.
Hi Hi, officer.
Listen, um, I'm really sorry about that taillight, but some idiot, you know, broke it and I haven't had a chance to fix it.
But my sister's daughter is missing.
We're out looking for her, so if you could just give us a break.
Yes, I'm going to need your license and registration, please.
All right.
Well, here you go.
Here is my license and registration.
And here is my insurance card.
All right.
All right.
Back in a minute.
Thank you.
It was me.
What? It was me.
I I hit your car.
What? Why the hell wouldn't you tell me that? What the hell is wrong with you? I don't know.
I don't know.
I panicked.
I I couldn't tell you one more bad thing.
How do you expect your children to behave honorably if you don't behave honorably? I didn't want to disappoint you again! Well, now we know where she gets it from! Keep it down.
Could you just keep it down? Every day since this has happened all I can think of is it was a mistake coming here and we should move back.
Oh, my God.
Amber.
Mom? Mom, I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
I don't even know what to say to you! Where are you? I don't know.
I'm at a A truck stop in Gilroy.
How did you get there? I I hitchhiked.
Oh, I'm going to kill you.
I know I know, Mom.
I know.
Please just come and get me.
Tell me, what's the address? Uh, I don't know.
I don't know what the address is.
Um Oh, my God, she's at a truck stop in In Gilroy.
I'm fine.
Mom, please just come and get me.
Here you go.
Drive safe.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
She's okay.
She's okay.
She's okay.
Yeah? All right.
It's all right.
Okay.
All right.
Let's go get her.
Gilroy? Honey, is she okay? Uh, yeah, I think so.
So anyway, we're on our way, but I I just wanted to let you know we're going to probably be pretty late.
No, no, no.
Let me Let me meet you there.
I'm closer.
It's It's easy.
Honey, you don't have to do that.
We're on our way.
Honey, I do have to do it.
She's my niece.
Haddie can watch Max.
It's not a big deal.
I'll just meet you there.
Okay.
Who's on the phone? It's Dad.
They found Amber.
She's in Gilroy or something like that.
I'm going to go get her, okay? Can I come with you? Honey Honey, you have to stay here with Max.
Mom.
Please.
Okay.
Fine.
We can drop Max at Grandma's house.
Just grab your jacket.
We gotta go.
We'll take Max to Grandma's.
Come on.
I don't believe that.
What? Your old boyfriend trying to take me to the cleaners, that's what.
Dad, you just blew off someone that can help you.
Hey, you know that wasn't a serious offer, right? That was a serious offer.
It was not a serious Dad, it was a serious He's trying to help us.
You know what he was doing here? I'll tell you what he was doing here.
He wants to get in your pants.
That's what it's all about.
I mean, I can tell that.
Julia, you're going to have to be careful.
Dad! You and your stupid pride! Do you not see what you're doing? You could lose everything! You could lose the house! You could lose Mom! Okay, I'm sorry that I'm yelling at you, but I don't want to see that happen because I love you! Oh, God, honey.
Sweetheart, look, please.
Yeah? Don't worry about me.
I'm your father.
Now I've been around a lot longer than you have.
I'm going to be okay.
I'm still ticking.
Honey I know what I'm doing.
Okay.
God! Damn.
Um, I just needed a change.
Okay.
I mean, with my hair.
Um I understand.
I just don't I don't I mean, it's fine.
Just something had to change, you know, like something had to.
But But why? I mean, why do you feel like it had to change? Because, uh, I was really bored with myself.
Because, like, everything I did was predictable and was like this person who everybody thought they knew.
Haddie.
I don't know.
I mean, when Amber came here, she's like She's really different, you know? Mmm-hmm.
She's free.
And I don't know, I hate her for what she did with Steve, but I'm I want to be more like her.
You're so perfect the way that you are.
Why would you want to become somebody else? It kills me to see you To hurt like this.
When I was your age, I was pressured into many things that I regret, by my friends, by boys, and people that I thought I trusted.
And I don't want that for you.
I want you to talk to me about these things always.
I know you know already about Steve.
I do.
I know.
I'm not ready.
Mmm-mmm.
I know I'm not ready, okay? You're not ready.
Fifteen, you're not ready.
I know you know that.
Mom, I just And I'm so proud of you for For standing up for yourself and not doing that.
Sorry about not telling you I was going to dye my hair.
Honey, I I kinda like it.
It's really cute.
Thanks.
It's really cute.
Thanks.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
You just scared me so much.
I know.
You know, when I was your age, I slept with my cousin's boyfriend.
Are you kidding? Yes.
I didn't do that.
I smoked and drank a lot.
That's why you're so short.
You know, you try to act so tough, but I just know who you are and I want you to know I see you.
I see how smart you are and how funny you are and how brave you are.
And I'm just so proud of you.
And I'm just so glad that you're my kid.
Thanks for coming for me.
I'm really glad you're my mom.
Oh, my God.
I can't take it.
I know.
We really got to get it together.
You know what kind of plane you're flying on today? A Boeing 767.
There's three million parts on it.
And it takes 800 companies to make all those parts.
And each one costs 150 million bucks.
How come you know so much about airplanes? 'Cause I love airplanes.
I have since I was a kid.
You're just like me, Daddy.
Hey, sweetie.
Sweetie, finish your cereal.
Uh, the taxi's going to be here any second.
All right, Mommy.
Hey, can I talk to you? Uh, yeah, yeah.
I'm just finishing packing my suitcase, so, come here.
You'll make sure the movers don't miss anything? Uh-huh.
And, uh, a couple of those boxes out there are fragile, so make sure they are careful with them.
All right.
Okay.
Hey, can we talk? Yeah.
Yeah, I'm listening.
The taxi's here.
You know what? He'll wait.
Jasmine.
Jasmine? What? Can you stop packing for one second? I hate my dad right now for what he did to my mom.
But he was a great dad.
You know, he He was always making me laugh and taking me places, and he smiled every time he saw me.
And he thought I was funny.
And he could never stay mad at me, because he loved me so much.
And The point I'm trying to make is I can't imagine who I would be without him.
And I want Jabbar to have that.
I don't want to be rational.
I want to be irrational.
I want to come with you to New York right now, get in the cab, buy a ticket, and go.
What about your family? Jasmine, you are my family.
What are you thinking right now? I'm thinking that you're a constant surprise.
Bring it outside.
Hey! Hey, there! Hi.
Look at this kid, like the ghost of Catfish Hunter, Ma.
All right, one more time.
Come on now.
Hey.
Hey, what's going on, guys? Pitching the Fresno fastball, it's Drew Holt.
Camille.
Camille.
What? It's the boy's tryout.
Well, you go to the tryout then.
I'm staying here.
They can come back after and I'll make them lunch.
They can tell me about it.
I'd like us to go together.
Well, that's not going to happen.
Aw, damn it.
Look, I want you back.
It's not that easy.
And I just have to have some room to find out who I am.
I don't know who I am.
I love being a mother.
And for a good deal of the time I loved being a wife.
But I just feel like I got swallowed up somewhere.
And that's why you did what you did because you looked at me and you couldn't see me anymore.
I see you now.
Because you're scared.
Camille, I want to spend the rest of the time that we have together making our lives good.
I'm going to sing now.
Oh, no, you're not.
Yeah.
You are not.
Oh, oh, Zeek.
Yeah.
Oh, for God's sake, Zeek.
Woke up this morning and I'm feeling fine I got something very special on my mind There's a pretty girl in my neighborhood Something tells me I'm into something good Something tells me I'm into something good She's the kind of girl who's not too shy And I can tell that I'm her kind of guy She danced real close to me like I knew she would Something tells me I'm into something good Something tells me I'm into something good