The Cleaner (2008) s02e03 Episode Script

There's this prayer you learn in recovery, when you decide to turn your life over.
There's this prayer Once you memorize it, you hang on to it tight and hope it gets you through.
Because sometimes in this deal, faith is the only thread you have left to pull.
You will learn to love him.
God, I offer myself to you.
To build with me and do with me as you will.
Relieve me of the bondage of self that I may better do your will.
Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of your power, your love and your way of life.
What's up? It's supposed to be a surprise.
- Where's your apron? - I quit that job.
What do you mean you quit? You've been working all of three weeks.
Didn't stick.
Mom's pissed.
- I need a job.
- Well, start looking.
This is me looking.
With me? I need a job.
Grab an end.
Wise guy.
Would you care for some hors d'oeuvres? It's surprising she'd ever wanna leave home with a charmer like that for a daddy.
Talan, come honor your brother.
Ash, even on your sister's day of celebration, we honor you.
I thought you said my dance gear was in the guest room.
- Dad, what are you wearing? - Going to a wedding.
- You look great.
- Thanks.
- You changed the locks? - We painted your room.
- I've got a showing, Lula's got class.
- You changed the locks.
Wow, you changed the room.
- It's pink.
- What's with the television? I know Ben said he didn't want a birthday party, but the Martinez fight is Friday night.
I figured we'd order it and watch it here.
A surprise party? You should clear that with Ben first.
Lula? - Figured I'd call a few of his buddies.
- You should talk to Ben first.
- Bye.
- Bye, okay.
Bye.
Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't Somebody said there was a bathroom up here I could use.
Yeah, it's down the hall.
Oh, okay, thank you.
- Can I get you anything? - No, thanks.
All right, well, congratulations on your big day.
Mr.
Banks? - Mr.
Banks? - Yeah.
My name is Anjali Patel.
My husband owns this store.
Lisa, at the checkout, she's a friend of yours, yes? She said you help people with their problems.
My daughter, Usha, she's pregnant, seven months.
Congratulations.
- She's about to be married tomorrow.
- Congratulations.
The father of her child is not the man she's marrying.
Look, I'm sorry, Mrs.
Patel, how? How can I? I took this from her room this morning.
I made phone calls.
I learned that if I bring my daughter to the hospital, she will be arrested.
And her baby will be taken from her.
Is this true? Yeah, it is.
Can you help me? My husband can't know about it.
Congratulations, it's a very auspicious day.
Can I interest you in some grape leaves, mushrooms? She's high.
Usha, hey! Bring the car around.
Get her out of here.
- Got it.
- What are you doing? Let this man take her, Nikhil.
- Zander, get me out here.
- We started an IV.
- Zander.
- Okay? - Just relax, Usha.
- No, get me out of here.
Zander, get me out of here.
- You're okay.
- Get me out of here.
- We're gonna draw some blood, Usha.
- Zander.
Okay, I need you to settle down now.
- Zander.
- Tie it off.
- No, no, I don't want - Okay.
No, no, no.
No, no, no.
- What's the BP? - Zander.
It's 170/110.
There we are.
Okay? - That's it.
- Zander.
Breathe.
Help me.
- Zander.
- You're gonna be fine.
Help me.
Get me out of here.
Blood work's done.
You ready to move her? Hey, William, her parents are in the shop.
And her father is not happy.
You want me to get an ambulance? No.
- Bring my daughter to me.
- It doesn't work like that.
You were hired behind my back.
You came into my home on my daughter's wedding day.
- And you took her away from me.
- Mr.
Patel.
Your daughter is addicted to meth.
My daughter is dependent on no such thing.
- She's addicted.
- Bring her to me.
- Can't do it.
- Then I will go get her.
- Nikhil.
- Do not make matters worse.
- I'm trying to make - Listen to me.
Listen, you take her home, she'll be back on drugs again tonight.
She can't stop, and that's not her fault.
You want me to forgive the fact that our daughter Your daughter is seven months pregnant.
She's hooked on narcotics.
She's a drug addict.
Now, unless you want her to give birth in county jail, you better leave her here with me.
I called ahead.
We have a bed for her at St.
Paul's.
We're keeping her here.
Oh, these mobile medical units work great for low-risk procedures.
Hydrating a lead singer on a binge, gunshot wounds to the ass.
Send her to the hospital, Child Protective Services takes the baby.
Cops arrest the girl.
- Then she goes to rehab.
- Yeah.
Against her will for one week, then she's out again.
Hey, this could be a major shit storm, William.
Someone wants to jeopardize their own life, fine.
We're talking about a baby here.
- A baby.
- I know I know what the stakes are, Akani.
For now, no hospitals and no cops.
Does Zander have a last name? You screamed out for him all last night.
Does he have a last name or should I ask your father? Camen.
He loves me.
What the hell are you looking at? I'm just sitting here.
Sit somewhere else.
My place.
Then let me go home.
Yeah, well, I'd love to, but you're still high.
Look, I'll make you a deal, you piss clean, we go home.
- No, no, no, let me out of here.
- You're not going anywhere.
Let me out of here.
Now, sit down, sit down.
Put your legs up.
You're not going anywhere.
Take it easy.
Let go of me.
Get away from me.
Get away.
Great looking patch of chrome you've got there, Ben.
If you wanna graduate to the rest of the bike, I would highly endorse the move.
Good to know.
Hey, buddy.
Hey.
Hey, how's your? How's your boy Gursky doing? I haven't seen him around for awhile.
He got stupid.
- Oh, yeah? - Yeah.
So who you've been? Who you've been hanging out with? Why are you asking? Just being, you know, fatherly.
Ben? I didn't know you could get paid to stare at Akani's ass all day.
- Swen, please.
- No, I'm just saying, man.
Come on, man, if that was the case, I would've have my grandkids' tuition locked up a long time ago.
I'm here to see Usha.
We don't really encourage visitors.
- You know who I am? - Yes, I do.
- You're the groom.
- Then let me see her.
All right, if that's gonna happen, I need to Akani.
Put your arms out.
Go ahead, put your arms out.
- Hey, what the hell are you doing? - My job.
People have been known to bring drugs into rehab.
- You know? - I don't have any drugs.
- Go ahead and open up your mouth.
- I have never done drugs.
- Open your mouth, lift up your tongue.
- No.
You wanna see your fiancée or not? Just open your mouth.
Take it easy.
Just open your mouth.
Lift up your tongue.
- You're all right.
- I don't have any drugs.
- I don't do drugs.
- Lift up your hands, spread fingers.
Take me to Usha.
Just put them up, let me see.
Hate to see the other guy.
I'm not the person that got her in this situation.
That's your other guy.
We met at the old Victory Theater, I ran the booth there.
And she would come in a few times a week when we ran that Indian shit.
And I thought I was the only one that dug those.
And then she would sit down, and she'd start to cry.
And I'd end up watching her instead of the movies.
Then one day we just started talking.
You gonna? You gonna tell the cops about who did this to you? No.
Not if I want a chance to see my kid.
I already got that family stacked against me.
You can't come around Usha unless you're off the drugs, you understand that? I know.
Believe me, I've been told.
Did she get married? That's what I thought.
She doesn't love that guy.
She's just scared.
They're all just scared.
When that baby comes, I'm gonna be clean when that baby comes.
Will you tell Usha that? I'm gonna be clean when our baby comes.
- How you feeling? - Hungry, thank you.
Well, you look a lot better.
I feel a lot better.
I'm Usha Patel, it's nice to meet you.
William Banks.
So, what exactly is your job? Changes.
Whatever it needs to be, I guess.
So you do weddings? Bar mitzvahs, the occasional sweet 16, you know.
Vishal was here.
- I hope that's okay.
- Yeah, Vishal's always been okay.
That doesn't sound like love.
It's not.
He was my brother Ash's best friend.
We got close after the accident.
Got each other through it.
And then you met Zander? I agreed to marry Vishal, I Told myself I could stop seeing Zander, stop using drugs.
Well, you You need to be clear, Usha.
You need to be clear with him that you won't see him unless he's clean.
When you see him clean, you're gonna know why I fell in love with him.
- That's for guests.
- No alcohol.
Doors need to stay open, no knives, no access to the phone or the Internet.
My people are gonna move in.
They'll be here around the clock.
If you want her back here, you've gotta do what they say.
Otherwise, Usha spends another six weeks with me.
You said she was no longer on drugs.
Because she was locked up.
You agree you do not need the police, but now you want to act like the police.
Mr.
Patel, your daughter needs supervision.
And you need to collect a bill.
Look, I make my living by controlling the environment an addict lives in.
If I can't do that, if I can't do my job, then the addict controls it for himself.
This is my home we are speaking about, my home.
If you don't wanna cooperate with me, it's a lot easier for me to turn your mess over to the state.
Mr.
Patel, you need to relinquish control here.
If you can't do that or you're unwilling to, you need to tell me now.
Otherwise, I can't bring Usha back here.
Mr.
Patel, I need an answer.
Hey, Gursky, it's William Banks.
Ben's dad.
Yeah, hey, listen I'm thinking about throwing a surprise birthday party for Ben tomorrow.
I thought maybe you could help me round up some of his buddies for the Oh, okay.
No, hey, cool.
Listen, Gursky.
Gursky, cool, listen.
I'll just Yeah, cool, I'll just I'll just call Teddy then.
You got his new cell? Oh, okay.
Right, right.
I get it.
You're being ridiculous because I'm not even putting anything out there.
You're not putting anything, I'm not putting anything.
You're like greenhouse gases, Akani, okay? You don't think it's there, but it's there.
You're always flipping your hair.
- You're always touching people.
- You know what, I do not.
This is exactly what I'm talking about, okay? You're lucky because I am like the kryptonite to your superpowers.
But a 16-year-old walking hormone, maybe not so much.
- Morning.
- You're ridiculous.
If the boner fits.
Wait a minute.
- He in there again? - Yeah.
Actually, third time today.
Weird.
Ben, Ben, hang on.
Ben? Hey, don't worry about it, William.
I mean, this kind of shit happens, you know? It's actually a rite of passage in the Swenton household, when the object of your desire is known biblically by your old man.
Swenton, shut up.
I'm not saying Ben "knows" Zander's being discharged from the hospital tonight.
All right, listen up.
You blow this chance, you will be out of options.
You have no privacy, no alone time, no computer, no car, no You always this kind? Look, we're both at risk here, all right? A lot of risk for you.
You end up having this baby in county jail, a lot of risk for all of us.
Now, the first few days we're gonna keep it simple, bite-size pieces.
You look for the bad, the bad starts looking for you.
- You look for the good - Okay, I get it.
Please, let's just go.
Talan.
I know what I have done is inexcusable.
To everyone for everything that I've put you through.
But now, the truth is out.
And I don't have to lie anymore.
I don't think any of us need any more sadness.
What's this movie called? Mumbai Nights.
What is it? A love story? We will do this for two weeks, then we will have the wedding.
Daddy? Daddy, I don't wanna get married.
You told me this.
I can get better, I can get clean.
No other man will do what Vishal has offered.
Listen, guys, this is not the time.
But, I don't love Vishal.
No, you love drugs.
You love a man who has no regard for you.
- Swenton, let's get her back upstairs.
- No, don't.
The man who has no regard for me is you.
The man who doesn't love me is you.
You need to stop.
You only have regard for these old movies and for money.
But for me, nothing.
- Nothing.
- Go upstairs.
You know, in grad school, I used to skip class and watch these ridiculous movies.
So I'd have something to talk to you about.
Anything to talk to you about.
So it's my fault? You decide to do drugs and get pregnant.
Ash had it right, Daddy.
Better to run your motorcycle into a truck than to stay here with you.
To live with your disappointment in us.
Usha? Mr.
Patel.
I gotta get out of here.
- Don't forget your toothbrush.
- Don't do that.
- What? - Act like you've seen it all before.
Act like you know what's gonna happen next.
- You don't.
- Okay.
You have no idea what this feels like.
You're right, I don't.
I am dying here.
So, what do you want? I wanna be left alone.
I want my boyfriend.
Okay, when you're sober.
- I'm clean now.
- But you're not sober.
Okay, well, then what do I have to do? Please just tell me.
I What do I have to do? I can't do this without him, I can't.
I can't.
I can't.
I can't do this without him.
Please.
I can't do this without him.
I heard you're checking out.
- What the hell, man? - You're coming with me.
You wanna see your girl or not? Let's go.
Go ahead and take your jacket off, turn around and drop your pants.
What is that? Three milligrams of antihistamine.
You cool? Take your weight off your left foot.
So we're gonna keep you here for a few days, just until the drugs clear out of your system.
- You just shot me up with drugs.
- That's to help bring you down.
Three days here, we're gonna transfer you to a longer-care facility.
Put those on.
Go ahead and get changed.
He's asleep.
- Keep an eye on him.
- That's what I'm doing.
Do we have to worry about anyone coming here to look for him? Nope.
Hey, if you want me to tone it down when Ben's around here Tone it down? Yeah, not influence any thoughts.
And how do you see doing that? I don't know, I could dress up like a nun or a school teacher.
Wear really baggy track suits.
I don't think that's gonna change anything.
- No? - In fact, the nun thing might just Push him right over the edge.
I'm out of here in an hour.
You call me when he wakes up.
Track suits.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- Where's your key? - Long story.
The new TV doesn't work.
The new TV doesn't work.
Hey, listen, Ben, about the bathroom thing.
It's no big deal, all right? It's really not a big deal.
I guess I can't work there now.
Look, Ben, if I thought that way, Swenton would have been fired his first hour on the job, all right.
I mean, hell, I would have Had to fire myself a few times, you know what I mean? Can we not talk about this now? Just, you know, look, being ashamed is not really gonna work for anything, okay? And I certainly never wanna make you feel that way.
Hey, what are you doing here? I couldn't sleep.
I wanted to get this done.
Ben told me he asked you for a job.
Yep.
He said you told him it was up to me.
No, I told him it was up to us.
Well, I don't love the idea.
Good, let's not do it.
Because I don't love it? No, because we just reached the decision together.
Where are you going? Bathroom.
- What the hell? - Sorry.
You're kidding? You got your show, unless pregnant chicks are your thing.
Look, Melissa, I I get the locks thing, okay? I do.
I'm not trying to keep you out.
I know, you're just setting God, I hate this word, boundaries, right? Oh, you mean that thing that we never had before.
I just need to know what it feels like to feel good about myself.
I need structure, I I need peace.
I don't know why, but the locks give me that.
And you sailing through to wash your underwear.
You don't get that.
You get to say you were an addict, William, that you didn't know what you were doing.
You have a whole new life.
It was a fresh slate.
And that's awesome.
But I don't get that.
I've been living the same life since that day we met.
William, Usha bailed.
A pregnant chick climbed through the window? Like that happens to me every day.
William.
I keep telling you I don't think kids like this stop on the Hollywood tour.
Leo, let me ask you a question? The question's always the same.
Show me some cheddar.
William, come on, I've got three kids.
Rent, old lady with gout and a clubfoot.
All right, show me the picture.
Yeah, I've seen her, and the dude she rolls with likes to buy cut-rate.
And you know me, I don't step on nothing, you know that.
You think you can scare me by planting this person here? Man, mama-san was through here like an hour ago, maybe less.
You look at a picture on the phone, I'm to be convinced you've seen my daughter.
Any girl could have been through here, huh? I don't sell to pregnant chicks.
Thanks, let's go.
Let's go now.
- You're just going to walk away? - He doesn't know where she is.
- He's a drug dealer.
- Right.
You know he sells drugs to children and you just leave him? It's not gonna help your daughter.
Then you're no different than him, huh? Making money off of other people's addictions.
I'd like to think you're wrong.
But I've been getting that a lot lately.
- You accuse me? - Let's drop this, drop it.
I see how you look at me.
You blame me for this.
She did not inherit my drinking.
No.
She inherited your anger.
- Did you? - No.
Nikhil? Please tell me you will find her.
We're gonna keep trying.
Please, I did this.
I told you to take her.
William, can I speak to you, please? Zander's gone, and he beat up Akani.
- What? - Zander split and he beat up Akani.
- And where is she now? - At the shop.
Wait here.
- I'll kill that guy.
- I'll call you.
Settle down, I'll call you in a minute.
Hey, Akani, I'm so sorry.
You were working your own shit out on the back of your client.
That girl's an addict.
Her boyfriend, an addict.
Full stop.
Them having a baby doesn't matter to them.
I was trying to give them a little hope.
All any addict hopes for is drugs.
We turn her over to the CPS and she loses her baby for awhile.
And maybe she gets it back and stays clean, maybe.
I mean, it seems like motivation enough, doesn't it? If not for her, at least give their kid a chance.
Seems reason enough for me.
Maybe you should ask yourself why isn't it reason enough for you.
God, I offer myself up to you.
To build with me, to do with me as you will.
- Usha.
- Some - Something's - All right, everything's gonna be okay.
Everything's gonna be all right.
Okay.
Usha, listen to me, listen to me.
Listen to me, I need you to stay awake.
- I'm sorry.
- Okay, I need you to stay awake.
Listen to me, you gotta stay awake.
You gotta stay awake.
- Everything's okay.
- I'm sorry.
Oh, God.
Everything's gonna be all right.
There you go.
Stay with me now.
I need an ambulance right now, the old Victory Theater.
Right now, old Victory Theater.
I got a woman about to give birth, that's why.
- Okay, my darling, here you go.
- I'm sorry.
Now stay awake.
I need you to stay awake.
Stay awake.
Everything's gonna be fine.
- My baby? - She's okay.
She's so small.
She's so small.
When do I get to see her? When will I get to see her? I don't know.
No time soon.
Where is Zander? He's coming to see her, right? He's coming to see the baby, isn't he? Zander's gone, Usha.
He's gone for now.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry too.
I made an error in judgment.
I made a mistake.
You should change your shirt.
Mr.
Patel.
My daughter has been charged with a serious crime.
My granddaughter is no longer in my family's custody.
For the time being.
I will send you a check.
Look, Mr.
Patel, for my part, I'm sorry that You don't know what it's like.
Do you even think you can apologize? You don't know what it's like to lose what I have lost.
I'm an addict.
- Like your daughter.
- Stop calling her an addict.
Like you.
Look, man, I get I get angry, I do.
There's a real fine line between anger and addiction.
Maybe the anger is what saved your life.
No, it's what blurred it.
Eighteen years on heroin, busted home.
Talk about missing life? Your granddaughter Is the first baby I've ever seen born.
I've got two kids.
- Is anyone else coming? - No.
His friends are changing, William.
They're into stuff that Ben isn't comfortable with.
What do mean? What kind of stuff? Drinking, weed.
Oh, no, he knows what's up.
He can handle being around that.
He's been around it his whole life, and he doesn't wanna be around it anymore.
Well, why d? Why didn't you tell me? I told you to talk to him.
Yeah, well, I wanted it to be a surprise.
This family doesn't need any more surprises.
Hey.
I want him to work with me.
- I thought we settled that.
- We did.
But I want him there.
Melissa.
I'm not gonna stop showing up.
There's this prayer you learn in recovery.
When you decide to turn your life over.
There's this prayer Once you memorize it, you hang on to it tight and hope it gets you through.
Because sometimes in this deal, faith is the only thread you've got left to pull.
So you have to learn to leave it alone.