The Cleaner (2008) s02e13 Episode Script

Henry came to our kids' school function high.
When we got home, he went to the safe and took out $ 10,000.
I tried to stop him from leaving again, but he pushed me down in front of the kids.
Do you have any idea where he went? I'm sure he went to one of those hotels by the airport.
Someplace that's big enough to disappear, but nice enough so they protect your identity.
I'll track his cell phone and his text.
Get some people out there looking for him, okay? He's been doing so good for so long, and then last night he just snapped.
Yeah, we'll find him, Staci.
We'll find him.
You have a happy birthday, happy birthday.
It's your birthday.
Happy birthday.
Stop, stop.
Hey, hey, hey, stop.
- Stop, stop singing, stop singing.
- Happy birthday.
It's not my birthday.
Come on, bro, it's your sober birthday.
Ten years is a reason to celebrate.
I don't count days, all right? All right, whatever, just blow out the candle and make a wish.
Yeah.
- Really? - Come on, man.
It never gets old.
Yeah Oh, Henry's Henry's dancing again, huh? He has been for the last six hours.
His wife called me late last night.
Yo, man, those pants are - Aerodynamic, bro.
- Way too tight, brother.
- Oh, don't tell me you forgot.
- What? The charity bike-a-thon, and we're suppose to be helping PK out.
- With For Cirrhosis of the Liver.
- Oh, I forgot.
Anyway, look, I've been following his texts and outgoing messages.
So far we have no idea where's he's holed up.
But we know how fast and deep Henry goes, right? So as soon as we get a clear hit on him, we'll find him and extract him.
- Bike-a-thon.
- Cool, no.
- So why are you wearing that? - That's not gonna work.
You got me hiding in a liquor store for 40 minutes? PK, it's My bad, all right? It was the only place I could put you where I knew William wasn't gonna be.
- Did you get the contacts? - Yes, for the most part.
- Yo, Swenton.
- I think I got everyone.
- Hey, PK.
- Hey.
- What are you doing here? - I just I just You know, we You tell him.
The charity bicycle-a-thon for Cirrhosis Of the Liver.
- Right, well - I came to get some bikes.
I'd love to hang out, but Henry's in the wind.
I gotta get a bead on him.
I'll call you when I find him.
Hey, take as many bikes as you want.
- Wow, thank you.
- All right.
You can always go with us.
No, that's all right.
- Have fun.
- Okay.
- I'll take you to Davis.
- Let's go.
All right.
Who'd be wearing that? Hello, Davis.
Hello, America, I'm Davis Durham.
I'm not on drugs.
She's dying, William.
Ovarian cancer.
Michelle, let me give you something for the pain.
She ain't gonna do nothing unless you get clean.
Do you get that? - Get off of me, you little leprechaun.
- Oh, I'm your lucky charm.
Why in hell do you keep coming around here for, PK? I miss the smell of Aqua Velva and your barbed remarks.
Oh, touché.
How'd you get off the box of Lucky Charms? Gosh, you know, I was gonna ask how you're doing, but then I guess you'd have to state the obvious.
Look, we didn't come down here to watch you kill yourself.
It's William's sober birthday.
And, you know, he doesn't have a community, doesn't go to meetings.
And we thought we would gather together all of his friends, and his clients, so he could find out just what he means to people.
Where is he registered? I'd love to send him a little something.
You know, he - He did try and help you.
- Yeah, how's that going? - He didn't get you here.
- I know, I did.
We just came down here to see if you'd come with us as a friend.
Yeah, you know what? Come on down to the shop, all right? It's his birthday.
And then, you know, maybe we can help Look, Lucky, thanks for the invite.
But I don't know that I'm gonna be coming back from this one.
Don't know if I want to.
There's just too much life out there.
Too much pain.
And what do you think is in here? Davis, I'm sorry about Michelle.
William just found Henry Guare down by the airport.
We gotta go.
- Davis.
- You're his sponsor.
Clearly if he's here, I'm not doing a very good job.
Sorry, Davis.
Nice to see you, Davis.
Where's PK? You got her tied up in the back? No.
Actually, she had some errands to run for this afternoon.
Anyway, listen, Henry's up there hosting a one-man Mardi Gras up on the fourth floor.
Let's just get this over with.
So, Swenton, go get a room number.
Akani, go tag Henry's car.
I'm gonna go deal with his wife.
Hey, Stace, didn't wanna leave the kids at home this time? - Why drag them into this? - Why? Why? - This is it, this is the last time.
- Well, it might get ugly.
It's important for them to know the truth.
So when they're old enough to make decisions, they'll make the right ones.
By that, I mean avoiding drug binges in hotels at the airport.
- All right, what's he on this time? - Heroin, cocaine.
Speedballing is so '80s.
So you said he came to the house.
- Took $10,000? - Right.
All right, any new medical conditions I need to know about since last time? Other than having his conscience surgically removed, no.
All right, what set him off? We were discussing getting a divorce.
So talking about speedballing in front of kids is okay, but talking about divorce, you gotta whisper? When you see him, take him to rehab.
- And give him these.
- Divorce papers? I signed by my name, William.
Just sign by yours.
Stace, I'm not a server.
- Tell him - No, hold on, hold on.
Tell him that he has to find a new place to live.
- You tell him, it's not my job.
- You tell him.
Hey, how do you wanna handle this? All right, let's get the room adjoining his.
Set up shop, put a prism underneath his door, keep an eyeball on him.
All right, how long we gonna sit on him? He's either gonna run out of drugs or food.
So when he calls his dealer or room service, we're gonna walk it in.
Now, listen, I got this.
If you guys wanna wait outside, that's cool.
Oh, gosh, well, I don't know, bro, it's It's getting kind of comfortable being here.
Yeah, just the three of us.
A Jacuzzi bathtub actually.
Swenton, go wait down the hall.
You wait for him in the parking lot.
You're not gonna believe who just showed up.
And I wanna hook it up, just come see me.
Face to face.
Now, look, one doesn't have to do with the I gotta call you back.
- Violence, William? - You clean up nice.
Yeah, well, I got a very different clientele.
You ain't going in there today, Leo.
Look, papa, I know we on two very different sides of the equator.
Look, no, Henry Guare ain't happening.
Look, I'm just trying to keep food in my kids' mouths and a roof over their mother's head.
Let me see what you got, show me.
What are you selling? Come on, let me see it.
What do you got? Whoa, Leo, you're a long way from weed, man.
You know how much time you get on each of these balloons? I hate to see you get locked up.
Now, I promised my old lady I would send the child support.
Look, I ain't got time for a scene here, Leo, so here's some FO money.
One-time-only offer.
Yo.
Even though we like kryptonite and Superman, I appreciate you, William, I just want you to know that.
I ain't Superman.
Just trying to do my thing.
Let's not get presumptuous.
I didn't say who was who, handsome.
My bad.
- Where's Leo? - Leo couldn't make it.
I'm here to deliver for him.
- Leave it.
- You sure? Just leave it.
- Hey.
- Hey, stop.
I know I should have looked down.
No dealer wears shorts like that.
- No way out, Henry, all right? - Blow me.
There's always a way out, man.
Take it easy.
How long you been using, huh? - Almost three days.
- You dope sick? No.
- You need the methadone this time? - No.
- William - I'm gonna let you up, just relax.
Swenton, I'm gonna need you to babysit him, all right? No, no, no, see Actually, Akani and I already promised PK that we would help with the charity event.
So he's all yours, my friend.
Happy birthday.
Think of him as your sober birthday present.
You can teach him a little something about getting clean.
- Succeeding is what you need - All right, you don't get it.
All you did was replace one fix for another.
I'm telling you, man, I don't have a habit.
- L It's just - Henry.
This is your fifth time, all right? Your fifth relapse in three years.
What it's time for is you to start getting honest about how much you're doing.
- And what's going on with your habit.
- I heard it was your birthday today.
- What? - It's your birthday today, man.
- How old are you? - I got ten years today.
That's great, man.
I've never been able to string that kind of time together.
Thought you said you didn't have a habit.
Whoa, you got me, you got me.
All right, I'm an addict.
But it don't just happen to be habitual at this moment, is all I'm saying.
All I'm saying is we're gonna check you in Transitions first thing tomorrow.
Which means, we're gonna be spending the day together.
So, Henry, you better do what I say, when I say it.
You follow my lead, you got it? What? I gotta talk to Staci.
- Pull over.
- Hey, stay in the cab.
You gotta pull over.
Get back in here.
Get back in the truck, you nut ball.
I gotta go get my wife, talk to my wife.
- She doesn't - You take me home.
- She doesn't wanna see you now.
- Oh, no, no, I gotta go home.
- She has to say this to my face.
- Just take it easy.
And get me cleaned up? Who the fu? - Who the hell do you think you are? - Just stay in the truck.
What are you, playing God? Like you haven't been in my shoes before? Man, come on, with the drugs, with the wife, you know you've been there.
You've walked a mile in my shoes.
I know you know what I'm talking about.
You're me, man.
Yeah, I thought so, man.
Take me home, William.
Take me home, please.
Please.
Your toothbrush is in there.
Hey, hey.
Tell me.
Tell me this to my face.
Can you? Can you tell me this to my face? Do you see? You can't, you can't What I can't do is hit the rewind button again.
I'm going to rehab tomorrow morning at 7 a.
m.
Sharp.
You've been to rehab from Honolulu to the Hamptons.
I love you, Hank, I do.
But sometimes the love isn't the glue anymore.
It can't be the only thing holding us together.
Staci, just hold on.
I've been holding on for a really long time.
I have.
And my hands are tired, so I have to let go, I do.
William.
William, tell her.
Tell her that love is the strongest thing.
I'm not so sure it was holding us together anyway.
Maybe it was just patching up the holes.
Get some help, Henry.
Come on, Henry.
Let's go.
You know, William, when When it all started, you know, way back in the dark ages, me and her, man, when I was clean, I bought her this beautiful single three-carat solitaire.
Hey, man, it was so beautiful and I gave it to her, her face, it was just perfect.
You know, that's a sweet story, Henry.
It is.
But, come on, I gotta get you out of here.
I sold it for drugs.
You really gotta work on your storytelling abilities there, Henry.
If I could get that ring back.
Let's go, Henry, come on.
Let's go.
You're gonna need to take me somewhere.
- Where? - I gotta see my dealer.
- Are you kidding me? - No, no, I gotta get that ring back.
- Hey.
- I'm at the bank to co-sign your loan.
Shit.
No, no, I know, you're doing me favor.
- And the loan officer might not wait.
- I'm leaving now, bye.
All right, let's go.
Let's go.
I'm late, I forgot something.
I gotta go.
- Come on.
- You gotta help me get that ring.
Here we are in Paris, or rehab.
Let's go get Harrison Ashby.
Hey, Harrison.
- I know it's uncomfortable.
- No, I'm fine, I just - I don't have a problem.
- I wanna stay with you.
I know, it's all right.
William will be happy to see you at his birthday party.
All right, hang tight for one minute.
I gotta got see a guy about a Never mind.
Hey, this is a little extreme, William, isn't it? I'll be right back.
You'll be all right.
I thought they were closing Gitmo.
He signed the application exactly.
Exactly in the same place.
- Hey.
- Hey.
I'm late, I know.
I I had some work stuff.
I got a guy in my truck right now, so I got a little held up.
So you really wanna do this? Well, I gotta find a place to live, right? You really like the house? Well, I just You know, I can't keep living in the shop so Right.
I just wish it wasn't so complicated.
Yeah, I know.
Well, if things work out, you You get a free toaster.
- Name? - Hi, I'm William Banks.
This is my wife, Melissa.
- Forms.
- I Well, we're going through a divorce right now, so the savings account hasn't been resolved.
- I had her co-sign.
- Paragraph 17.
Yeah, I was wondering The line for questions is over there.
This is the approvals desk.
Your wife's signature is in the right place.
That's what we just said.
Your signature, however, needs to be Paragraph 3 in Section 5 on page 17.
Okay.
- You're pretty thorough there, huh? - William, William.
Damn it.
Hey, yellow man.
Hey, hold up, please.
- Get going, go.
- Hey.
- Just go, go.
- Hey, hey, hey.
Shit.
Oh, hell, no! - You put a tracer on my car, William? - Have you seen Henry Guare? Oh, you lose your client, Billy boy? - Why do you think I'm here? - I can't help you.
Leo, you've got everything he wants, drugs, his wife's engagement ring.
Well, I'm still angry at you, man.
Try some anger management.
Okay, yeah, he came by.
He wanted that ring back.
Tried to explain that ring was gone, he wanted to step into the belly of the beast.
- Who's got it? - Scary.
- A very scary person.
- Who? My ex-wife.
All right, where is she? Where is she, Leo? I'll write it down for you, man.
She'll be hard to find.
- Did you sell him drugs, Leo? - Gonna cost you another hundred.
Did you sell him drugs? I'm a drug dealer, William.
- Pacoima? - Hey, do me a favor.
Give her this when you see her.
She'll get it.
Yeah, I don't usually go to those kinds of things.
Oh, I understand.
Yeah, I just, it's - Not your thing.
- Yeah.
- It's William's thing, it's separate.
- Yeah.
His deal, you know, his His recovery.
But you do know nothing happens, you know, in a vacuum.
- What do you mean? - Well, I mean His addiction was your addiction.
And you didn't do it, you weren't the addict, but it was yours.
So it stands to reason that this much time in recovery would also be yours.
So then, it's my birthday too? It's your birthday too.
All right, you want some help? No, I wanna go get Sunshine alone.
Okay, I wanna go in with you just in case - Go get Lonnie, I wanna do this alone.
- What if she's like? I bet you a hundred bucks she looks so good, you don't recognize her.
- Go get Lonnie.
- Piano man, front seat.
Lonnie said to pick him up outside his office.
Go, get out of here.
Yo, Lonnie.
Still got some time for an old friend? And my future states are none of your damn business.
Now get out of my house.
- Hey, you need to leave me alone.
- Hey.
That's enough.
You got sober before.
- What if I can't do it this time? - Oh, I think you can.
Yeah.
Come on.
Hey, Henry.
- What the hell, man? - I had to come to Pacoima.
William, I had to do it.
I had to get that ring, man.
- How much did you shoot, huh? - I don't know.
- How much did you shoot? - I don't know, I Henry? - You got anything else in here, huh? - No, no, no.
- What else you got? - Dig this.
Look, that's me.
Look, look.
- What, you're a unicorn, huh? - No, I'm a dreamer, man.
And you're the walrus.
All right, let's go, up, come on.
- You're the walrus.
- I'm the walrus? I got your walrus.
- Come on, let's go.
- No.
If you wanna push your snooze button so you can go back to your, you know, dark oblivion, that's your trip, man.
But I'm leaping over this rainbow right now, man, right now.
So that's my trip.
You leap your ass into my truck, we're gonna get you into bed.
That's what we're gonna do.
Come on, let's go.
I'm gonna put you into bed.
Here we go.
Did I ever tell you that my wife and I had another kid before Sophie and Kendra, huh? No.
Yeah, a beautiful boy, Jason.
Why don't you tell me about him in the truck, all right? - Hell no, hell no.
- William.
You better not be no damn process servers.
That's my ring.
What? This is not your ring.
No, Leo gave you my wife's ring.
I don't know nobody named Leo.
Well, you know my wife's ring.
Go inside.
Who the hell are you? We're friends of Leo's.
Leo don't have any friends.
He's my dealer.
That's my ring.
That's my wife's ring.
I traded it to him for drugs.
Nothing in my life has been untouched by drugs, all right? Nothing in my life.
Wait, wait, wait.
I got money.
I got about $10,000.
I'll just buy the ring back from you, man, that's all.
A ring like this worth a lot more than that.
No, no, no, I gotta have the ring.
I'll get you the money.
I will get you the Hey, Henry, Henry, hey.
Oh, my God.
What he doing? No.
No, no, no, man.
I can't have nobody dying on my lawn, man.
Just settle down, all right? He's not dying, he's having a seizure.
Look, do me a favor.
Go to my truck and on the floor is a black bag, get it.
- What? - Go get the black bag out of my truck.
You're all right.
Take it easy.
I can't believe this is happening on my lawn.
On the floor, on the floor.
Bring it over.
Okay, what's in the bag? What's in the bag? It's just in case he doesn't come out of it.
He's gonna be all right.
- You said he wasn't dying.
- Can you hear me? I can't do this anymore, man.
Any of this, I can't do this any more.
Get me out! All right, pal, you're all right, you're all right.
Just Hey.
There you are.
Hey, wake up.
You there? Can you hear me? Henry, look at me.
Look right here.
Look at me.
Hey, hey.
All right, take it easy, huh? Take it easy.
Take it easy.
I'm gonna give you some water, all right? The ring.
I gotta get that ring.
- What? - I gotta get that ring.
That ring is the only thing that holds my family together.
I gotta get that ring.
I love my wife.
We've been at this a long time, William.
So far, we don't.
Thanks for sticking around and getting the ring.
Stop thanking me.
Hey, I'm here, I'm here.
- Hey, hold on, hold on.
- Oh, we're closed.
Just open up.
Let me get this form in before it's too late.
Hours of operation, 10 to 6.
Time of day, 6:01.
- It's 6:00, man.
- It's 6:01.
- Hey.
- Tie is off.
Hey, it's 6:00.
I got the papers from my wife.
I signed them.
What are you so stressed out about, man? I just lost the one house in the greater Los Angeles area that I can afford.
The one place.
You didn't want that house.
Get out of the truck.
Get out of the truck right now.
Get out.
Come on, man, if you wanted that house, you wouldn't have followed me out of this place.
- Hey, I'm doing my job, all right? - Job? You wouldn't have gone to where? Pacoima, where's that? - Near the equator, man? - It's my job.
I'll tell you something, William.
I know you.
I know you.
And you love your wife.
And the last thing you wanna do is put that final nail in the coffin of your marriage.
I know that, Jack.
- Come on.
- Hey, what happened to your face? You ought to see the other guy.
Come on, Sunshine.
- Nobody wants me.
- I do.
Will you help me? Hey, what happened? Sunshine died.
She OD'd.
She could have reached out to me, you know? She could have let me know.
She was on the other side of it too, you know.
She had it kicked.
I know.
She had it kicked.
I'm good.
Come on.
You just wait, man.
Wait until I tell you, okay? Don't screw me up.
Wait a minute.
All right, hit it.
Hit it.
- Are you insane? - That's the song.
That's the song when I proposed to you.
That's the song that we heard, baby.
It was.
Listen, do me a favor.
Just listen to me, please.
Listen, look at me.
I'm a drug addict.
I'm an ex-convict.
I'm an ex-white-collar convict and a liar.
Okay, okay, this check list isn't making me wanna jump back in there with you, Henry.
Do you get it? I get it, I get it.
But let me ask you something.
How did all of this ever make you feel? Because I never asked.
It can be terrible, Henry.
It can be terrifying, lonely and it's sad.
Because you love me.
Because I see the pain that you get yourself into.
And how you corner yourself and the stupid things that you do to try to fight your way out of it.
- I'm so sorry, baby.
- Please.
- I'm so sorry.
- Please.
I'll do anything.
Anything.
I mean it.
Anything.
First, stand up because those pants are never gonna come clean.
- So that's a yes, huh? - It's a partial.
Okay.
Stay clean and Just for tonight.
From 9 p.
m.
to 6 a.
m.
, you can be here.
You put the kids to bed.
You get them up in the morning.
And you say goodbye.
And you go and get yourself straight.
And don't screw this up, Henry.
Wow, it worked.
- Where is she? - She's not here.
- I thought you said you called her.
- I did, she was supposed to meet me.
Oh, man.
Let me out of here.
I need an ambulance right now, the old Victory Theater.
- I got a woman about to give birth.
- Oh, God.
- Oh, shit, she's fixing.
- What? Usha? What are you guys doing here? Oh, right, it's today.
Okay, let me just put her down for a nap.
She is beautiful.
Thank you.
My mom's coming to watch her and then we'll go.
I thought you'd be happy for me, man.
What's your problem? You're gonna sleep with your wife, get restless.
- And use again.
- God, I hope so, man.
It's not safe.
It's not what you should be doing now.
Oh, says the man who's not going home to his wife tonight.
Hey, man, when I see you walking with your eyes down, you're going through life without a pause, but I take a risk.
You asked me to walk a mile in your shoes, and you know what? I did it, brother.
And it wasn't any fun.
In fact, it was a miserable trip, you know what I mean? You think it's a joke, everything's a joke.
Surprise! - Happy birthday.
- Yeah.
You really didn't think it was a bike-a-thon, did you? Happy birthday.
Come on.
Come on, William.
These people wanna celebrate your life.
What? What, you mad we lied? At what? A charity event for cirrhosis of the liver? Listen, you're the one who said every now and then you have to lie.
I mean, come on.
Yeah, come on.
You know, when you and I parted ways, I really started to worry.
First I started to worry about myself, because I thought, what kind of sponsor am I? You know, people disappearing, walking away from the program and stuff.
And then I realized that I was a good sponsor.
And I started worrying about you.
I don't know where you were, what you were doing.
- So now you don't have to worry? - No, I worry more.
See, because since we reconnected, I've seen everything you've been doing.
And I think to myself, you do this for all these people, but whose taking care of you? So We all got together for your sober birthday, because we wanna hear what you have to say.
Yeah.
- Speech.
- No, no speeches, no speeches.
Look, I don't lead meetings.
Speech.
Speech, speech.
Speech, speech.
- Hell, I don't even go to meetings.
- Hey.
Happy birthday.
Wow, you baked me a cake? No, I bought you a cake.
And the thing of it is, I just have to tell you, I'm so glad you guys called.
Please, I need a hit.
I can't quit.
Yes, you can.
I can help you do this.
The heroin addict who abandoned her.
Who abandoned everyone.
Dad felt sorry for you, but I don't.
It's been really quiet in my house since my sister died.
Quiet since the voices left.
Now, I never thought they would leave.
But there's no room for them.
No more room for them to tell me to get loaded.
- Telling me I'm worthless.
- And they never stopped.
I mean, they were always there.
Always screaming.
But once I stopped getting loaded - They stopped.
- They stopped.
- And that's - It's not like they weren't always there.
I was just trying to push them farther away.
- The craziest thing about - The craziest thing about Being clean is that the The good voices were always there.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Listen, I I know I've been Well, look, I I know how hard it's been for you, Melissa, to be married to, you know, someone like me.
Do you? Well, I've never been on the other side of it.
No.
I should've asked you what it's like to be with someone like me.
I should have asked you so many times.
Melissa, you know, just to I guess, try to see my shit through your eyes.
It's impossible.
But I think I was afraid.
Afraid to see myself the way you saw me.
You couldn't.
No one loves you more than I do, William.
No one.
But you couldn't sit still.
- That's my addiction.
- No, babe, that is you.
What do you need? I don't need anything.
What do you? What do you want? I want you to close up the house at night.
I want you to lock the door, shut the windows.
I want you to check on the kids and make sure they're safe.
So that I can sleep.
I want you to make sure that I'm safe.
So that I can sleep.
That's the only anything I ever wanted.
I can do that.
Okay, so I'm gonna be down here in the living room if you need anything.
I got everything I need right here, man.
Hey, Dad.
Hey.
Daddy, you're home.
What are you doing home? I just wanted to see if you guys were okay.
We're fine, Dad.
- How are you? - I'm I just love you guys.
God, I love you guys so much.
I'm so sorry that I was away the last couple of days.
That's okay, Daddy.
I'm just glad you're home now.
- I'm just - Really glad that you're home.
Me too.
Yeah, me too, kid.
Me too.
I love being home too.
You get a good night's sleep.
Close your eyes.
Dream with the angels, honey.
Answer it, babe.
Answer the phone.
William, Henry snuck out the back door.
He's in a bad way.
- Where is he? - At the Crown Prince Hotel.
- Okay, Swenton.
- He didn't wanna bother you.
Okay.
- I mean, you got this? - Yeah.
Go.
Go.