Dead to Me (2019) s02e09 Episode Script

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["IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG
TIME" BY PEGGY LEE PLAYING]
- Kiss me once, then kiss me twice ♪
- [JEN GRUNTS]
Kiss me once again ♪
It's been a long, long time ♪
Morning.
Hey.
Haven't felt like this, my dear ♪
Since can't remember when ♪
I can't believe I'm here.
Me neither.
[CHUCKLES]
You'll never know how many
dreams I dreamed about you ♪
How'd you sleep?
- Good.
- Good.
- Yeah.
- Good.
Good.
So kiss me once, kiss me twice ♪
Kiss me once again ♪
It's been a long, long time ♪
I have to shower.
Shit.
It's been a long, long time ♪
[GUARD] Right there.
[WHINING, BEEPING]
[GUARD] Okay, you're good.
[PANTING] Come on.
Oh, my God, you're a fucking
you're a fucking psychopath.
You are a fucking full-on fucking
Taxi Driver fucking psychopath!
What the fuck is the wrong
with you? Fuck you!
- You okay in there?
- Yep.
Fucking you're fucking De Niro.
You're just fucking De Niro in every
movie he's fucking ever been in.
long time ♪
Hi, Mom.
Hey.
Let me look at you. [LAUGHS]
Judy Anne, you haven't changed at all.
You look good.
You're still so beautiful.
Oh, come on.
- I know I look like a bag of day-old shit.
- No.
You're really pulling off that
jumpsuit. It's very on-trend.
Oh, well, working with
what I got. [CHUCKLES]
I'm, uh What's that book?
Leaning In.
I don't think that's what
that book's about, but
Yeah. Haven't read it.
Me neither.
Why are you here?
I, um, I lost some people recently.
And I just didn't want any more time
to go by before I saw you again.
- [EXHALES]
- You're my mother.
And I miss you.
Aww, I miss you, too.
It's it's been 15 years.
Part of me thought I'd
never see you again.
I just figured you didn't
want anything to do with me.
Mom
I sent you all those letters.
I kept trying.
I just thought that you
didn't want to see me.
I wrote you back.
- You did?
- Of course.
I never got 'em.
And then you never called me,
- so I just
- No, don't. Come on, don't.
Look, you did the right
thing, staying away.
And I never worried about you.
The world has always
loved taking care of you.
With that face.
How long are you gonna
be in here this time?
I don't know. Could
be five, could be ten.
I haven't decided.
But I'm all right.
Really, I'm good.
I'm sober.
This is actually the most peace
I've felt in a long time.
- Really?
- Mmm.
You know how exhausting it is
to hide and lie all the time?
I got here,
it was like I could finally exhale.
Right.
It's not the worst thing,
paying the price.
Yeah.
I could see how that would be a relief.
Hi. I'm still here. [LAUGHING]
You are.
And you're freaking out.
No. I'm not.
Yeah, feels like you are a little bit.
And I get it.
You're with somebody new,
and it's scary and weird.
I think all we can really do is
dance it out.
No, what?
- I think we should dance it out.
- Um
Come on, little lady.
Yeah, that's what we're gonna do.
- Let's move together.
- What are we doing?
[LAUGHS]
You're wigging out ♪
Baby, that's all right ♪
It's normal to spin out ♪
When someone new spends the night ♪
Especially when he's
a nerdy chiropractor ♪
Well, maybe it'll help ♪
If you knew just one factor ♪
He thinks you're incredible ♪
And ♪
I'm coming up short with a rhyme
for "incredible." [LAUGHS]
- I can't do this.
- "Indelible." There it is.
Please, Ben, I'm
I'm sorry. This was just a huge mistake.
What? Why?
It it doesn't matter why.
It matters to me, 'cause I
don't think it was a mistake.
I feel like I've waited my whole
life to meet someone like you.
Someone who challenges
me and shows up
and is this amazing combination
of kind and strong and
beautiful.
I mean, really beautiful.
Inside and out.
Ben, seriously.
- Oh, God.
- Jen, what
No, you have no clue who I really am.
And you deserve that person
that you just described.
And I assure you, it is [SCOFFS]
it's not me.
Jen, this is [LAUGHS]
This is crazy. What are you
talking about? We just
[STAMMERS] Help me understand.
Is this because it's too
soon after your husband
- No.
- or what is it?
No, it's not.
Okay, can we at least talk about it
No, we can't, we fucking can't, okay?
Just, please, just
Please just go.
Okay.
Okay, please.
[BEN SIGHS]
You know, I don't know
what is going on with you, but
I really hope that someday you can
see yourself the way I see you.
'Cause it's pretty
it's pretty special.
[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]
[SOBBING]
Fuck.
Hey, Ben.
Oh. Hey, Charlie.
[CHUCKLES] I was just leaving.
Everything okay?
Yeah, all good. I was just, um
having a meeting with your
mom. A morning meeting.
Uh-huh.
Uh it's over.
Hey, uh
you take good care of yourself, okay?
Okay.
And, um
you take good care of your mom, too.
Sure.
[DOOR OPENS]
- [DOOR CLOSES]
- [EXHALES]
- You're living in Laguna?
- Mm-hmm.
Fancy. Fancy.
Who's the fella?
Oh. No, no fella.
I live with my friend Jen and her
two boys, Charlie and Henry.
Oh. You don't have your own family?
No.
But I have them.
Hmm. Well, motherhood's
overrated anyway.
Two minutes.
Oh, Frankie, can't I just
get a little bit more?
I'm catching up with my daughter.
Isn't she beautiful?
[LAUGHS]
[FRANKIE] I see the resemblance.
You can have five minutes,
just this once.
Thanks. Don't think I
didn't notice that haircut.
- I don't know how you do it.
- Mnh-mnh.
And still making friends
everywhere you go.
Mmm. You need 'em in this place.
How'd you end up back here?
I can't really talk about it.
But it's the system.
Once you go in,
they make it almost impossible
for you not to come back.
Right.
I'm sorry, Mom.
Look
you were a kid.
They shouldn't have let you testify.
I think about it all the time.
I just
I had to tell the truth.
Yeah.
You didn't know better.
Look, that's in the past.
Let's live for the future.
All right.
I'd really like to see you more, Mom.
Oh, baby, I'd like that too.
Rumor has it, I have a
parole hearing coming up.
Maybe I'll get out sooner than later.
Really?
Especially if I have a lawyer this time
- who didn't get his degree at Costco.
- [LAUGHS]
- But good attorneys don't come cheap.
- [JUDY] No.
God, I would love to help you,
Mom, but I don't have any money.
[STAMMERS] Oh, no, no, look,
if you can't show up for
me like that, you can't.
Well, maybe I can try.
That would mean a lot.
[JEN] Morning.
- [HENRY] Hey, Mom.
- Hello.
So I saw Ben coming down
the stairs earlier.
Ben was here?
Uh, yeah, he was here for just a second
to talk about some real estate stuff.
In your bedroom?
Yes.
Well, he seemed upset when he left.
He did?
Yeah.
Oh, shut up!
I didn't say anything.
No, honey, I'm sorry.
It's not you, it's
[HUFFS] The city council
denied my stop sign petition.
- Seriously?
- Why?
I don't know, it doesn't say.
It's just an impersonal rejection
from some faceless assholes.
So that's it? We did all
that work for nothing?
No. That's not it.
- [HENRY] Where are you going?
- To make them tell me to my face.
- Can I come with you?
- Uh, no, you may not.
You are gonna finish your breakfast,
and when you're done eating,
you're gonna take your bowl to the
dishwasher for once in your life.
I'm on your side. Why are you mad at me?
[JEN] I'm not, I'm just
covering my bases.
[CHARLIE MUTTERING]
[WOMAN] I mean, I've done the research,
and the numbers are very compelling.
I'm just very passionate about this.
So I think, in terms of medians
we shouldn't.
Hi. Jen Harding,
real estate agent, mom,
and I am here to say no.
To medians?
No, to you.
I beg your pardon.
I submitted a proposal for a stop sign
that was just rejected by this council,
so I am here to reject your rejection.
Well, I'm sorry, but this
is the median hearing.
Well, now we're gonna
talk about stop signs.
Well, unfortunately,
that request was denied
because stop signs slow down traffic.
- Uh, that's the point.
- After review,
the board actually felt
that it could do more harm than good.
I'm sorry,
who's a stop sign gonna harm?
Except for some asshole
who bought a Lambo
- to compensate for his micro dick?
- [CROWD MURMURING]
Miss, we really don't need
- that kind of language.
- Okay [GROANS]
Please don't call me "miss."
That is annoying.
I'm a full-grown fucking woman,
and I have a teenage son who's
about to get his driver's license,
and I am trying to protect him
and make this neighborhood safer for him
and for all of you.
You know, Mrs. Harding,
I find it interesting
that you're so concerned
about keeping your neighbors safe.
I'm sorry, do I know you?
Yeah, we met. The name's Andrew.
Andrew Peters.
You might remember me
from when you offered me
a free estimate on my house
and then assaulted me.
- Get the fuck off me!
- [GRUNTS, SHOUTS]
No means motherfucking no.
You bitch!
You almost broke my nose.
I should have hit you harder.
Excuse me?
Well, you may remember
that the reason I tried
to break your nose
is 'cause you were trying
to force yourself on me
after I repeatedly said no.
And I said no to you, not just
because you are fucking gross
but because I had just lost my husband,
and the last thing that I needed
was to be molested by
some smug, horny prick.
That's not what happened.
Well, could have used a
stop sign that day, huh?
- [WOMAN] Yeah.
- [CROWD MURMURING]
And if there had been a stop sign
on the road where my
husband was killed
he might be alive today.
And my boys would
still have their father.
And our world wouldn't
have fallen apart.
[MAN] Mrs. Harding,
though I'm sorry to hear
about your husband's death,
we don't know that a stop
sign could have saved him.
No, we don't.
But it's one stop sign.
And if there is a chance
of saving someone else
from having to feel how I
feel every day of my life,
then trust me, it is worth it.
Because I wouldn't wish this on anyone.
Even you.
[APPLAUSE BEGINNING]
Hi.
Miss Hale.
- I think you can call me Judy by now.
- I don't.
Okay. I brought you something.
It's Flo.
I heard she's feeling better.
I mean, not from Michelle,
because she won't return my
texts, which is really hurtful,
- but I Sorry.
- Seriously?
Thank you for this.
You're welcome.
I was also hoping that maybe
you could do me a favor.
You think you're in a position
to ask me for favors?
Probably not, but it's about my
paintings. I'm just looking for them.
There's a whole collection
of little girls
with holes in their hearts.
- Okay.
- I know it sounds weird,
but they're worth something,
and last time I saw them
was at Steve's gallery.
Stop talking. I have something
to show you. Prager!
[NICK] Hello, Judy.
Hey, Nick. Good to see
you back in uniform.
Uh, is it?
[PEREZ] Can you do me a
favor and explain to me
what's happening in these photos?
That is not what it looks like.
Oh, that's not Charlie Harding
with Steve Wood's car?
Charlie has nothing to do
with anything about Steve.
Okay, then
help us understand why
there's also CCTV footage
of Charlie driving Steve's
car the night it was burned.
Well, I
Look, our boss is itching for us
to make an arrest in this case.
And he thinks we should
be looking at you.
- He does?
- [PEREZ] He does.
But it's a little hard
not to look at this.
It's our only actual lead.
Yeah.
Well, those are just a few pictures.
[NICK] They don't tell
a very good story.
We know Charlie's angry
about his father's death.
And we know he's had access to a gun.
[PEREZ] The question is whether
he was angry enough to use it,
which, obviously, we're
gonna have to ask him.
He didn't. That's not what happened.
Then what did?
Look, Charlie's the one
who needs a favor now,
so if you got a better story,
you need to tell us quickly.
Char, Hen!
Mama made dinner!
Sort of a once-in-a-lifetime thing here.
Probably gonna taste like shit,
but that's my love just
tasting like shit.
Hello!
Hey, Boop. Dinner's ready.
I'm not hungry.
Hmm? No? What's going on? Are you okay?
- I got into a fight with Shandy.
- Oh.
I don't want to be her friend anymore.
Why?
You guys can't talk it out?
I mean, Shandy, you know, seems like
very reasonable.
She killed my bird.
- She did?
- I know you told her to lie about it.
Oh.
Why did you do that?
[STAMMERS] I don't
I don't know, honey.
I'm sorry.
I just I knew how upset
you were about the bird,
and I just didn't want
you to feel any worse.
But I do feel worse.
You're my mom, and you
fucking lied to me.
Yeah, um
Look, I I made a mistake, okay?
Moms make mistakes sometimes.
I'm really sorry, honey.
What can I do to make it up to you?
Do you want to go to the arcade?
No.
But maybe when Judy gets home,
she can come up to my room?
Okay.
You have your bird, huh?
Yeah, but
somehow its its tail broke.
Yeah.
All right, well, I love you. [KISSES]
Okay.
- Hey, we need to fucking talk.
- What? Oh, God, what now?
I'm not Henry. You don't
have to hide shit from me.
You don't have to lie.
Okay, what are you
talking about, Charlie?
Everything.
Ben, Steve. I know you're
the one who burned his car.
You had a fucking gas can in your hand.
Look, you don't know
what you're talking about.
Okay? It's none of
your fucking business.
It is! It is my business.
You're my mother. Aren't we supposed
to look out for each other?
Yeah. Yeah, we are.
So you need to drop it, okay?
- What
- Trust me.
Why can't you tell me
- what the fuck is going on?
- Because I can't.
- Why not?
- Because.
Why?
[SHUDDERING] Because I'm scared.
[SIGHS] Steve Wood
was involved with some very
dangerous people, okay?
So you, please,
don't say another word
about this ever again.
Do you understand me?
Yeah.
Not another word, Charlie.
Okay.
What? What is that?
Nothing.
[NICK] You don't really
think the kid did it.
I'm just going off the evidence.
It's all we have.
- Did you take a look at what I gave you?
- I did.
But we need more.
A couple of photos of a guy
walking into an art gallery
doesn't prove much.
Neither does a couple photos
of the kid in the car.
- [CLEARS THROAT]
- [TELEPHONE RINGS]
Prager, my man, those phones
aren't gonna answer themselves.
So, um
what did Judy Hale have
to say for herself?
She's not talking yet.
Did you dangle the kid?
I did.
- Good girl.
- I'm not your girl.
Sorry.
I thought that would be a
compliment for a woman your age.
Bitch.
- [DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]
- [SIGHS]
Hey.
I need to see you in the
garage, please. Now.
Really? Just fuck. Okay.
[JEN] Hey, hey.
What's going on?
What's going on? Judy,
just tell me what's going on.
The police have pictures of
Charlie driving Steve's car,
the ones that Parker took.
Oh, my God.
They also have him on CCTV
driving the car the night it was burned.
- Oh, my God.
- They think he did it, Jen.
No, no, no, no.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
What am I gonna do?
- What am I gonna do, Judy?
- Nothing.
Oh, my God.
- Listen to me. Nothing.
- What?
I'm gonna take the blame.
What? No, no, you're not.
I'm not asking you. I'm telling you.
- Oh, fuck, no!
- You are going to let me do this.
- I need to do this.
- Oh, my God, Judy.
- No.
- Yes.
Listen to me.
The night that Steve died
I was gonna kill myself.
What?
But then you called me,
and you saved me.
Oh, Judy.
And maybe you saved me for a reason,
so that I can do this for you now.
You have a family.
You have a life.
Please let me do this for you, Jen.
I'm responsible for all of this.
If it wasn't for me, none of
this would have happened.
You're not responsible
for Steve's death.
I am.
- Yes, I am.
- No, you're not.
He came here looking for me,
and then he attacked you.
No.
- Yes, it was self-defense, Jen.
- No, it wasn't.
- Yes, it was.
- No, it wasn't, Judy.
What are you talking about?
He was walking away.
And he didn't attack me, okay?
I attacked him.
No, you said that he was strangling you.
No, I I lied.
You what?
I lied.
I'm sorry.
No, I don't understand why you
why would you do that?
Why why would you kill him?
[STEVE] He was looking
for a way out, honey.
- What?
- Ted. He jumped in front of our car.
[GLASS SHATTERS]
- No.
- Oh, yeah, he wanted to get hit.
[POLICE SIREN WAILS]
Fuck you.
You know what? I don't
fucking blame him,
because if I was married to you,
I'd want to put a
fucking gun to my head.
I'd want to kill myself,
too, you miserable cunt!
- [BLOW LANDS]
- [JEN GRUNTS]
'Cause he was saying some
really bad things, okay?
And I got really angry and I
I just lost it.
What did he say to you?
I can't it doesn't fucking matter.
- Yes, it does.
- No.
- What did he say to you?
- No, it doesn't
It obviously matters,
'cause you fucking killed him.
What the fuck did he say to you?
He said that Ted jumped
in front of that car!
Okay? He said that he wanted
to die because of me.
- You know that's not true, right?
- It's true.
No, it's not.
None of that is true.
That's just what Steve did.
He wanted to hurt you.
- That's how he was.
- [SOBBING]
No, he was right, Judy.
I'm I'm a piece of shit.
I'm a fucking piece of shit.
[SHUDDERING] Ted fucking hated me,
my kids fucking hate me,
I fucking hate me.
Everybody just fucking hates me.
I don't hate you.
- I could never hate you
- Oh, God,
that's because you love anyone
who just gives you a morsel
of fucking attention,
even if it's abusive.
It's like you get off
on it or something.
It's why you loved Steve
and why you love your shitty,
fucking asshole mother!
You'll just stick around for anybody.
- [DOOR SLAMS SHUT]
- Shit. [SOBS]
Judy, wait.
Stop, stop, stop, stop, please.
Look, I didn't mean it, okay?
I didn't mean that.
No, listen to me. Listen to me.
Listen to me, stop. I am so
sorry. Okay, listen. Listen.
It's okay to be angry.
You should be fucking irate
right now. I deserve that.
- Don't.
- You should punch me in the face.
- Come on, please.
- No.
- Come on, hit me, please.
- No.
No, wait, just punch me in the face.
I'm not like you.
No, don't, please.
Don't go. Don't go. Please, just hit me!
Move!
- Please!
- I need you to move.
- Out of the way.
- Just hit me!
- Get out of the way!
- No!
- Move, Jen!
- Just fucking run me over!
- Stop it!
- Hit me!
[SCREAMING] Stop!
Stop it! [PANTING]
Just fucking stop it! [CRYING]
Just stop it.
Just stop it.
[SOBBING]
Judy.
Judy.
Come here. Come here. Come here.
Come here. Come here. Come here.
Okay. It's okay.
It's okay.
[SOBBING] It's not okay.
It's not okay.
I know.
[SOBBING CONTINUING]
["IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME"
BY BROOK BENTON PLAYING]
Some day ♪
Some way ♪
You'll realize ♪
That you've been blind ♪
Yes, darling ♪
You're going to need me again ♪
It's just a matter of time ♪
Go on, go on ♪
Until you reach the end of the line ♪
But I know ♪
You'll pass my way again ♪
It's just a matter of time ♪
After I gave you ♪
Everything I had ♪
You laughed and called me a clown ♪
Remember in your search for fortune ♪
And fame ♪
What goes up must come down ♪
I I know ♪
I know ♪
That one day you'll wake up and find ♪
That my love ♪
Was a true love ♪
It's just a matter ♪
Jen?
Of time ♪
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Mrs. Harding.
What are you doing here?
There's something I have to confess.
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
[MEOWS]