Plan B (2023) s02e05 Episode Script

(Paul groaning)
- (Tyler): Cops are supposed
to arrest criminals,
Mia, not murder them!
- I know I fucked up,
but I didn’t know
what else to do.
- I would have taken them as far
away from him as possible.
- Keri’s husband is trying
to control her.
And I just want her to know
that we’re here for her
in case anything were to happen.
- So what? You want me
to leave my husband?
Break up my family?
Is that what you want?
(Keri grunting)
- I’m sick of you shitting
on me all the time,
making me look like
some kind of asshole!
(Keri groaning)
- You know that’s
not normal, right?
- It’s normal to tell your
boyfriend you had a miscarriage
when you’re actually
still pregnant
- So, you lied to me
about a miscarriage?
Do--do you realize
how--how fucked up that is?
- I know.
It’s none of your fucking
business who I go out with.
You don’t get a say in this.
You’re not my mother.
- Hey, listen up, missy,
this is my house,
and you’ll show me some respect.
- You don’t want my respect.
You don’t want to see me.
You don’t want to hear me.
Admit it, you want me gone.
I’m not allowed
to exist around you.
(Baby wailing)
Now look what you did.
Do you practice being
such a bitch
or were you
just born that way?
Robert, can you get Mia
to stop her demonic screaming?
We can’t live like this.
She’s--she’s--she’s toxic!
- Fuck you!
- Mia!
Don’t talk to Joan that way. OK?
What’s wrong with you?
- Congratulations.
You want me to disappear?
I’m fucking gone!
(Baby wailing)
- Mia.
Come on.
Where are you gonna go, Mia?
- I’ll move in with Alex.
He’s coming to pick me up.
- I don’t know what to do
with the two of you.
I’m at a loss here.
- Did you hear
what she said to me?
- You just need
to cut her a break.
She--she’s stressed out
about the baby.
She just feels--
- What about how I feel?
You always take her side.
(Door opening)
(Sobbing)
(Engine starting)
♪
(Footsteps approaching)
(Tableware clattering,
zipper closing)
- Have a good day, Mimi.
- You too, my love.
(Doorbell ringing)
(Children screaming)
(Line ringing)
- Hi, you’ve reached Keri.
Please leave a message.
(Voicemail beeping)
- Hey, uh, I was
just checking in.
I wanted to see
how things were going.
Something sort of seemed off
when I left, so, uh
Yeah, uh, give me a call back
and let me know you’re OK.
I love you, you know, uh
- Hey, bro, did you need to call
Mommy to ask for permission
to stay out all night
in the big, scary forest?
- Wife’s got short leash
on you, huh?
- Shut up.
(Chuckling)
(Scratching throat,
Todd chuckling)
- My brother’s got
the shortest leash.
Ah man!
(Fire crackling,
wind whistling)
♪
(Todd laughing)
- (Whispering): Here you go.
- There you go.
(Fire crackling)
(Line ringing)
- Hi, you’ve reached Keri.
Please leave a message.
(Voicemail beeping)
- Do you have any idea
what you’re putting me through?
I must have called you,
like, 25 times.
How do I know something hasn’t
happened to you, huh?
I’m--I’m imagining
all sorts of shit here!
(Breathing heavily)
Call me back.
I’m fucking serious.
(Breathing heavily)
(Phone chiming)
- What happened?
- Paul was getting ready to go
on his annual hunting trip
with his brother,
and I said
I’m sure you’ll have
a great time.
The fresh air will do you
a load of good.
- Sounds like you can’t wait
to get rid of me.
- Come on,
I can’t wish you well
without there being
an ulterior motive?
- Wish me well, huh?
Like there’s
something wrong with me?
- I mean,
you’ve been depressed.
Your moods are
all over the place.
You never feel up for anything.
- Oh, OK, so that’s it.
You--you’ve got plans.
- Plans?
- Is that why you want us
to take my brothers car?
Where are you going?
Who with?
- Wow.
Are you listening
to yourself right now?
- You know what?
You’re right.
It will do me a world of good
to get a break
from your ugly face
for the weekend.
(Keri breathing shakily)
- And then he took our car keys
so we couldn’t leave.
And I didn’t know
where else to go.
- Oh, you did the right thing.
- Yeah, but what am I
supposed to do now?
- One thing at a time.
(Inhaling sharply)
- Mia, where are we
supposed to live?
I can’t afford
to do this on my own.
- Keri, you’ve taken
back control.
We’re gonna get you
the resources that you need.
- And what am I supposed
to tell the girls?
That Mommy is hiding from Daddy?
He’s gonna want to see them.
What if he takes this
out on them?
Oh my God!
This is--this is just too much.
- Just stay calm.
(Door opening)
Breathe.
- Mimi!
- Hey, you!
Hey. Where were you guys?
- The movie theatre.
And I barely talked
the whole time.
Right, Dad?
- Mm-hmm.
- Must have been
a pretty good movie!
- Yeah, it’s hard to talk
when your mouth
is stuffed with popcorn.
- Um, Keri and the girls are
gonna spend the night tonight.
- Why?
- Just for fun.
And you can play with them
when you wake up tomorrow.
- Cool.
- But you go straight to bed.
All right?
That’s the deal.
- Ah!
- Come on, teeth.
- We’re in the way.
- No, not at all.
I’m really glad
that you came.
Come here.
(Keri sobbing)
You’re OK.
(Sobbing)
She didn’t have anywhere else
to go and
she’s afraid of what
he might do next, so
she’ll be safe here.
- I get it.
No worries.
(Breathing heavily)
(Door closing)
(Door opening)
(Door closing)
- Keri?
Keri?
(Line ringing)
- Hi, you’ve reached Keri.
Please leave a message.
(Voicemail beeping)
- You think you can take
my girls away from me, huh?
You bitch!
They’re my girls.
My girls!
(Breathing heavily)
(Grunting, breathing heavily)
(Children giggling)
(Bell ringing)
(Children talking, indistinct)
(Pan sizzling)
- Paul’s freaking out.
He’s calling everyone: family,
friends I haven’t spoken
to in ages.
Everyone knows.
- I know you’re embarrassed,
but it’s--it’s good
everybody knows.
You’re gonna need
all the support you can get.
- My cousin said
that we can stay with her.
- Leslie? No.
You wouldn’t be safe there.
- How do you know Leslie?
- I feel like you told me
about her before
- It’s just, um
I don’t want to burden you.
I can tell something’s up
between you and Bryson.
- That’s not about you.
I told him I’m pregnant.
- OK. And I take it
he’s not thrilled.
- Not so much.
(Doorbell ringing)
- Hey. Is, uh, is Keri here?
- How did you get this address?
- Well, uh, Bryson’s business
is, uh, is listed here.
- Well, Keri’s not here,
so I’d like you to leave now.
- No, not before
I speak to her.
- Well, I su--
- Daddy!
- Hey.
- Daddy.
- Oh! My girls!
I love you.
Everything’s fine.
We’re going home,
all four of us together, OK?
- Don’t make a scene. OK?
- There’s no scene.
- Um, girls, why don’t you go
inside with Mia, OK?
Mommy is gonna talk
to Daddy for a second.
- We’ll be right back.
What the hell is this?
Did she put this in your head?
- She had nothing to do with it.
I just want time to think.
- What about what I want? Huh?
Who gives a shit
about that, right?
- You should take some time
to think too, and--and heal.
(Chuckling)
- Did you read that in one
of your self-help books?
Come on, Keri.
Let’s keep this civilized.
We’ll go home,
talk things over.
We--we don’t need
an audience for that. Come on.
- No. You should go.
We can talk on the phone,
but not in front of the girls.
Paul!
Fuck off, Paul!
- Girls, grab your stuff.
We’re going home. Come on.
- Paul, don’t do this.
- No! Paul!
- Who the fuck
do you think you are
coming between me
and my family?
(Megan crying)
Let’s go, Megan,
you’re coming with Daddy.
- No! No!
- Come on, come with me.
- Paul, I’m calling the police.
- Mia, don’t! Please!
- Yeah, go ahead!
Call the cops!
They can arrest this bitch
for kidnapping daughters.
- Yeah, I need a unit
at 5537 3rd Avenue.
- Let go!
- Put Annie down! Paul!
- Let’s go, Annie.
- Paul!
- Stop! No!
- Paul!
- Mom!
- Paul, no!
Paul, stop this!
- Keri, no.
(Horn honking,
girls screaming)
- Don’t do this, Paul!
The police are on their way.
(Paul breathing heavily)
- Keri, I know this isn’t easy,
but you have to
tell them everything.
Do it for yourself
and for your girls,
but do it for Paul too.
I mean, this is the only way
that he’s gonna get
the help that he needs.
(Inhaling deeply)
- The first incident
(Exhaling)
was in January,
when school started
after the holidays.
♪
♪
♪
- Thanks for being
so understanding about Keri.
- (Whispering):
No problem.
(Normal voice): I’ve been
thinking a lot, you know.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
Yeah, lying about the baby
it opened my eyes
to a lot of things.
And I don’t even know
if you recognize
all the different ways
you try to control me.
Like insisting
on having a baby,
no matter how the miscarriages
were affecting us
both of us.
It started to make me feel like
it didn’t matter how I felt,
what I wanted.
Every argument you remind me
that you pay more for the house,
that you supported me
for years when, um,
when I didn’t have the money
when you said that we were
in this together.
But you never own up to that,
that you use it as leverage.
Then you drop hints
that maybe I’m not trustworthy
so you can spy on me.
When I put it all together,
I got to admit that
I--I’m not the guy for you.
I’m not what you need.
- It’s ’cause I’m always afraid
I’m gonna lose you.
- Yeah
and how did that work out?
If I’m honest
I really can’t see
a path forward.
And now you’re pregnant,
and, uh,
and I really don’t want
to hurt you, Mia
but I can’t lie
to myself either.
♪
(Doorbell ringing)
(Sniffling,
door opening)
- Hey.
- Hey.
So?
- Well, I--I can’t go anywhere
near Keri until the hearing.
- Shit, man.
What did you do to her?
- Nothing!
OK, we--we had a little fight
before I left, but
(Chuckling)
I’m telling you, man,
she’s--she’s not right mentally.
She--she’s gone nuts.
You know, I’ve always given her
everything she ever wanted,
and then the minute
I lose my job,
she just--she abandons me.
- Wait, what?
You lost your job?
- Yeah.
- All right.
Enough with the self-pity.
You want your wife back?
You need to stop acting
like a little bitch.
- Yeah. Yeah.
- He’s calling everyone I know
and telling them that I’m crazy,
that I’m unstable.
He even called my boss.
So now,
on top of everything else,
I have to worry
about losing my job.
- The important thing
is that you’re safe now.
- Thank you.
- If you intend
to sue for custody,
we can put you in touch
with Legal Aid.
We just want to make sure
things don’t get ugly,
which happens all too often.
- It does.
Why wouldn’t you agree
to mediation?
- ’Cause there’s
no mediating this.
I don’t want you to see Jared.
He’s not your son.
- Why are you doing this?
(Sighing)
- ’Cause you’re trying
to turn him against me.
- I’m not, I swear!
I just said that--
I didn’t want to move out,
but your dad doesn’t want
to see me.
- Why doesn’t he want
to see you.
- Well, he met someone else.
He doesn’t love me anymore.
- It’s a perfectly
reasonable offer.
Turning it down
is unreasonable.
- Oh yeah?
Is it reasonable
to keep Jared from me too?
You’re not seeing
a penny from that house.
I made the down payment.
- That was your idea!
- I think it’s
kind of beautiful.
- Well, uh, I love this place.
- Me too.
- Wow.
- Should we buy it?
- What? Are you serious?
I c-- I mean,
I don’t have the money.
I can’t afford it.
- I can.
Think of it as an investment
in your career
and in us.
- Maybe as a sign of good will,
you could agree
to his lawyer’s request
for visits with the children?
- Yeah, OK.
Um, he is their father, so
- Don’t.
He’ll just use them
to get back at you.
- Are you concerned
for their safety?
- Paul would never
hurt the girls.
- Are you certain of that?
Because if not,
I’d have to open up a new file.
- Offer to let him see them
under supervision.
- Can we do that?
- We can ask.
Who would you propose
to supervise?
- Me.
- Mia
you’ve already done so much.
- No, I--I’ll do it.
I want to.
(Bell ringing)
(Children screaming)
Fajitas tonight?
- Yeah.
- Your dad won’t be having
dinner with us.
Uh, he has to
work late tonight.
- OK.
Are you guys fighting?
- A little.
But you know, your dad has
every right to be mad at me.
I, um,
I’m actually still pregnant.
I lied to you both when I said
that I lost the baby.
- Why?
- I thought that
I was gonna lose it again.
But this time,
the baby stayed.
I was being selfish.
I didn’t even think how much
it would hurt you and your dad.
- That’s weird.
- I know.
But you know
even as grown-ups,
sometimes
we still make mistakes.
I’m really sorry, J.
- So, that means that I’m going
to be a big brother?
- (Whispering): Yeah.
(Cartoon exclaiming)
(Phone chiming)
♪
(Sighing)
♪
- Jesus, I fucking hate men.
- OK.
Is that why you’re here?
It’s fairly rare for officers
to voluntarily seek therapy.
- Well, after years of trying,
my boyfriend and I
are finally pregnant.
And now he’s leaving me
for someone else.
- That must be difficult.
And you would like to see
the pregnancy through?
- Yeah. I do.
And I want to save
my relationship too.
I just don’t know how
to make it work with him.
Bryson.
I’m controlling.
I’m always snooping
and suspicious.
(Sighing)
And he’s not wrong
about me. I mean
I really don’t want
to make the same mistake
again this time.
But I know that I will because,
well, I already have.
You know,
even with my eyes open,
knowing what I’m doing,
it’s like I can’t help myself.
It’s been that way with him
from the very start.
(Indistinct chatter)
- Mia
What are you doing here?
- I thought you were
with a client.
- Uh, yeah, he invited me
for a beer after our meeting.
Raf. Raf, this is--this
is my new girlfriend Mia.
Mia, this is Raf.
- Hi.
- Hey.
- How did you know
I was here?
- I just don’t trust men.
So, you know,
I get jealous and controlling.
And of course,
he rejects me because
who wants jealous
and controlling, right?
And then I get even more
insecure in the relationship
so I get even more jealous
and controlling,
and then he rejects me again.
And then I get jealous
and controlling,
and then he rejects me.
And it’s, like
(Sighing)
How do I get it to stop?
(Saw buzzing)
I, um
I went to
the force psychologist.
- OK.
- And I want to change
for real.
- Yeah?
You want to change, um
so that we’ll stay together?
- But that’s not
the only reason.
I want to learn how to be
honest, with myself too.
And I want to have this baby,
and yeah,
I want to have it together.
I want you to stay.
- What if that’s not
what I want?
- But I’m carrying your child.
You don’t think
that’s worth trying?
- I’ve been trying, Mia,
you know
for a long time.
- So, what is it
about this woman,
this, um, Laura?
Is it the novelty?
Because that will wear off too.
Trust me.
- How do you know about Laura?
You been snooping on me again?
- You know what?
You leave me for her,
I will get back every penny
that I ever spent on you
and this house,
your business, everything,
you asshole!
So, I fucked up again.
I mean, I played
all my greatest hits.
(Chuckling)
Emotional blackmail
financial threats
just like last time.
- What do you mean, "last time"?
- I just, uh
I just mean that
I played them before.
- Self-awareness is
the first step to growth.
- I’m staying
at my sister’s now.
I let Bryson stay
at the house
so that I could keep Jared
out of this mess.
- And so Bryson wouldn’t move in
with this other woman.
- Yeah, that too, but
also to give him
time to think.
- Did he ask for time to think?
- I mean, it’s a big decision.
- Right, so you decided
he needs time to think
about a big decision
you presumed he needs to make.
- It is a big decision.
- Of course.
- What? He got me pregnant.
This is his child too.
- What made you angry just now?
- I don’t know.
It’s like you’re saying this
isn’t an important decision.
- But that’s not what I said.
- Anyway, it didn’t stop him
from going to see her.
And yes, I spied on him
like I always do.
And of course, he saw me.
- Tell me how that felt.
- Abandoned.
- What do you imagine
Bryson saw
when he came out
and found you sitting there?
- He saw how pathetic I am.
(Scoffing)
A worthless person.
- You think there’s a chance
he’ll come around?
- I don’t know.
I mean, if he doesn’t want it,
what do I do?
Do I just keep it anyway?
- Yeah, if you want it,
you should absolutely keep it.
- And what?
Raise a kid by myself?
- Um, what about us?
- Well, yeah, of course, but
a child without a father?
- There will be other
father figures in its life.
- Such as?
- OK, well,
for starters there’s Dan
and, um
and then
- Hmm.
We’re a real embarrassment
of riches, huh?
- I will--I’ll
just stop waxing.
(Chuckling)
And my moustache will grow in
like a plume
like you’ve never seen.
(Laughing)
(Children talking, indistinct)
- Higher.
- You sure?
- Yes.
- All right.
You ready? Hang on.
Oh, you’re going crooked.
- Daddy, he said I was stupid
and that I should go play
someplace else.
- Who said that?
- Him.
But I told him if he didn’t
stop being so mean to me,
my daddy would pull his hair.
- Whoa, whoa, sweetie.
We don’t say things like that.
Let’s go talk to him together,
all right?
Megan, I’ll be right back.
- OK.
- Hey, what’s your name?
No, no, no,
I just want to talk to you
Yeah, we’ll go--we’ll talk
to him together.
Hey.
- So, I hear you’re gonna
pull my son’s hair.
- No, no, no.
My--my--my daughter misspoke.
I just wanted to ask your boy
to be kind with her
and just not
call her names, you know?
She has the right
to enjoy the jungle gym
just as much as he does.
- Maybe your girl provoked him.
(Sighing)
- Look, I--I trust my daughter’s
account of what happened.
- Are you calling
my son a liar?
You like
to start fights too, huh?
Like your trouble-maker
daughter?
- My what?
Come on, sweetie.
Let’s go get
some hot chocolate.
Megan, let’s go.
- You didn’t hit him ’cause
I’m here or is it
because he’s not a woman?
- No, he wasn’t worth it.
And I would never fight
in front of my girls.
- Well, the girls saw you
fighting with Keri, didn’t they?
I mean, isn’t that why she said
you’d pull his hair?
Same way you were there when
your father beat your mother.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Who the fuck told you that?
- Is that the kind of father
you want to be?
Just like your father?
- You shut your fucking mouth
or I’ll
(Annie and Megan talking,
indistinct)
- I just don’t understand
how his mind works.
- Bryson?
- Uh, him too.
But I was talking about Paul.
- What made you think about him?
- Well, I’ve been supervising
his visits with his kids
for two months,
and he’s really great with them.
It’s just so hard
to understand how he can go
from being so sweet
and loving with those girls,
and then just
turn into a monster.
- Yeah, you often bring up
Paul and his family.
It, uh, it reminds me
of how you question
your own father’s behaviour
and how he could
love you so much,
and then go live with Joan.
- Well, that’s not
the same thing.
My father’s not a monster.
He wanted to spend time
with us, but
she manipulated him.
I mean, if anyone’s the monster
in that scenario, it’s Joan.
- Your father was an adult
with responsibilities.
Was he not?
- Yeah, what are you getting at?
- He made a choice.
- Are you saying
that it’s my father’s fault.
I me
Is that what I’m hearing?
- Ultimately,
it’s his decision to be present
in your life or not,
and to what extent.
- Well, that’s great.
Doesn’t make me feel
like a loser at all
(Chuckling)
Pushing forty with Daddy issues,
that that’s original.
- What would you like to say
to your father?
No filter, no step-mother,
just the truth.
- I don’t know.
I would say that I would have
wanted him to stay with us
and not ruin everything
by leaving.
- Tell him.
- I would like
to think that
I meant something to you
that our family meant
something to you
and that you wouldn’t keep
running away all the time.
(Breathing shakily)
And I wish
that you could apologize
and just say sorry for once
say that you regret
abandoning us.
(Sobbing)
Why can’t we ever talk
about Mom?
Like, I just
Like, her death
and mourn her like a family?
- And what would you like him
to say in response?
- I’m sorry.
I should have been there
for you girls.
I made a mistake.
And your mother
she’s an extraordinary woman.
She’s--she’s funny
loving
and you remind me
so much of her.
And you girls, you
you girls are
you have to know
that I love you more than
(Sobbing)
- Our time is up
but I don’t want
to leave you at this moment.
- Well, that’s
the kindest thing
that anyone
has ever one for me
stayed.
I feel so important.
(Chuckling, sniffling)
- You are.
- So they told me
to come here,
that I would--
it would help my case.
- And help you
get your wife back.
- Look, can I just
be straight with you?
I--I’m not even
a violent guy, OK?
I had never done
anything like that in my life.
It was one bad day.
- All right.
Tell me about that.
(Doorbell ringing)
- Hey.
- Hey.
- I rang the bell
in case you were, uh,
you know, with someone.
- Come in.
- Thanks.
And I brought the cake.
- Great.
- And, uh, Jared’s present.
And, um
- Wow.
You look amazing.
- Thanks, uh, it’s for Jared.
- Uh, yeah, well, you know,
the--the kids,
they--they’re
playing downstairs.
(Children laughing
in distance)
- So, there’s a ultrasound
appointment coming up, uh
I--I thought I’d mention it
in case you wanted to be there.
I’m not really sure how
we’re supposed to do this.
- Yeah, honestly, neither am I.
- It’s in a couple weeks,
so you can think about it.
- Yeah, text me
the date and, uh
- Yeah.
- So
when she undermines you,
that’s when you feel humiliated
and you lose your temper.
Have your daughters
witnessed this dynamic?
- No.
Um, maybe--maybe once.
- Kids overhear
a lot more than we think
and they lack the maturity
to be resilient
against negative outcomes.
So when you display
that kind of behaviour
in front of Megan and Annie,
it conditions them,
not just to expect
that kind of behaviour
from their own
future partners, but--
- Come on.
- The issue that
I’ve noticed with you, Paul,
is that you have a tendency
to react on impulse
when you could take
a step back and choose
how to respond.
Do you understand?
React immediately
or wait and choose.
- So what? I’m supposed
to just keep my mouth shut
and let her say and do
whatever she wants?
- What’s more important to you?
Saving your family
or always being right?
- But if--if she’s wrong,
I--I’m supposed to sit there
and just take it?
- Waiting and choosing
isn’t weakness,
it’s empowering.
Is it fair to say
that what you’d like
is to stand up for yourself
without being aggressive?
- I--I guess.
- Would you be open
to coaching
to work on that?
- It’s nothing major,
just a series
of radio frequencies
to melt the fat around here.
And I would love
to talk to somebody
about getting my nose done.
- Oh.
- Come on, guys.
(Children talking, indistinct)
(Indistinct chatter)
- Here you go.
- Oh, thanks.
- Well, I say more power to you.
I feel younger
and more attractive
when I have to
meet with clients.
- Mm-hmm.
(Indistinct chatter)
- Hi, sweetie.
- Hey.
- Cheeseburger all-dressed.
- Thanks, Bryson.
So, how’s the pregnancy going?
- Uh so far, so good. Yeah.
- I’m sure it will go well
this time.
(Woman laughing)
- You know,
it’s funny, Dad, uh,
now that I’m about
to become a mother
I find myself thinking
about Mom a lot.
You know I’m the same age
as she was when she died?
I try to remember
as much as I can about her,
but the--the details
are a little hazy.
I was just so young
and I just wish we would talk
about her sometime
like, you and me.
We never do.
- OK.
We can do that sometime.
You know, you’re lucky
you can get away
with having a couple of these
since you’re eating for two.
(Mia chuckling)
(Footsteps approaching)
- Can I open my gifts now?
(Robert laughing)
- Yes, of course.
- (Jared): Whoa!
This is gonna take me
three whole days
to put this together.
(Chuckling)
- No, please, don’t bother.
- Hey, hey, hey, hey.
- No, no, it’s OK.
- You can relax, Joan.
Yeah, Dan and Cass and I will
take care of all the clean-up.
- Hey, um, uh, where did you
put the matches?
- Oh, we ran--we ran out.
Um, we used them
for fondue the other night.
- Oh, you and Jared?
- Robert, we--we should probably
get going soon, huh?
- Yes.
- You can’t be serious.
Already?
- Uh, maybe not right
this minute, eh, Joan?
But soon.
It’s a 2-hour drive,
and we need to drop off
some paint at Chloe’s.
She’s doing renovations.
- Uh, and don’t forget
to send me the contact.
- Promis.
(Chuckling)
- You know what, Dad?
On second thought,
just get the fuck out.
Yeah, you heard me.
Get the fuck out.
- Hey, hey.
- No, no. I’m sorry, no.
Just let’s go.
Let’s go. Come on.
- Hey, hey!
- Let’s go. Up, up, up.
- Jesus, Mia!
- What?
Can we please be real
just for a second here?
We have never been
a priority for you.
But Chloe and Bree,
anything for them, right?
I mean, God, they sneeze
and you drive all the way
from Ottawa to wipe her nose.
- Stop this.
- Mia, you’re out of line.
And you’re wrong, your father
talks about you all the time!
- Who gives a shit
about talk, Joan?
We want him to be here
with us for real
and no-and not half way.
I don’t want to hear
another word about
how you would just love
to spend more time with us
but you just
can’t find the time!
- But it’s the truth.
- You’re a grown man,
for God’s sakes!
Just act like one.
Go!
- OK, come, Robert.
We don’t need this!
(Speaking French):
Hé. Viens!
- Yeah, run along.
Go
like a good little lapdog.
(Sniffling)
I’m sorry, J.
I’m so sorry, big J.
I didn’t mean
to ruin your birthday.
(Indistinct chatter)
(Whispering): Sorry.
I’m so sorry.
- Hello, Mia.
- This will be
our last session.
- What happened?
- I lost control
with my dad
and I ruined Jared’s
birthday party because of you.
Coming here only causes
more pain and more conflict.
And in the end, it
it accomplishes nothing.
- OK.
What should it
accomplish, then?
- For Bryson not
to leave me.
- If you’re only here
to change other people,
then you’re right, Mia,
I can’t help you.
- OK. Well
if that’s everything,
then, um
I’ll get going. Thanks.
- Mia
you can’t force your father
to be more present
or for Bryson to stay
if that’s not
what they want for themselves.
It’s their choice.
You have to accept that.
But what you can change is
your reaction to their choices.
Now, if you find it difficult
to process your pain
and to control your anger,
then I think
I can help you get better.
Or you can decide
to walk out instead.
You’re an adult.
The choice is yours.
- I hate you.
(Doorbell ringing)
Hey.
- Hey.
- Jared ready?
- Yeah, uh,
just before you go, um,
I just wanted to tell you
that I’m--I’m not gonna go
to that ultrasound
appointment.
- OK.
- Uh, listen, I’m gonna
be there when I can,
but I--I just need you
to understand
that I’m with Laura now.
And, uh, it’s just--
it’s really hard for her
that another woman is gonna
have my baby soon and
uh, I really wanted to make
this relationship work, so
- If you don’t want
to be in your kid’s life,
that’s fine, Bryson.
Please don’t use your girlfriend
as an excuse, OK?
- Jared, buddy, Mia’s here.
- Mimi!
What are we gonna do today?
- We’re gonna go to the park.
And we’re gonna play
with Annie and Megan.
- Sweet.
(Chuckling)
- Come on.
♪
- (Annie): Daddy!
- There you are!
- Daddy!
- It’s so good to see you!
How are you doing?
Pretty good?
- (Megan and Annie): Yeah.
- Yeah?
Hey, Jared.
- Come on, guys.
(Chuckling)
- Hey.
- Hey.
(Children talking, indistinct)
- Jared.
- Megan.
- Everything OK?
- No, Bryson left me.
Now I’m worried about losing
this kid I love like crazy.
(Talking, indistinct)
Anyways,
I guess you can relate.
- Daddy, come play with us.
- Come on, Mimi.
It’s grown-ups against kids.
- And we’re gonna win.
- No, you’re not!
- No, you’re not!
(Children talking, indistinct)
♪
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