The L.A. Complex s02e13 Episode Script
Don't Say Goodbye
1 Previously on "The L.
A Complex" Kevin: And these lenses are awesome! Cam: Yeah, and expensive! You're sure you can pay me back? Relax.
I'm working other angles.
If you can afford that car off of this scam, I want more than $25 bucks a card.
What're you doing playing footsies with the guy we're stealing from? Beth:I got 1900 on my S.
A.
T.
's! Well, what do I do now? Go to college? Kevin: They have Simon! Beth: Who took him? Eddie: It was child protective services.
- What'd we do? -We got married.
They brought me back for the Will Arnett sketch show.
That's amazing! Dynasty:The studio has security cameras.
They record everything all onto one little hard drive.
Infinite Jest:I should start doing some digging in your life and see what I come up with.
What the hell you take from me? The hard drive.
So now Infinite's got it? Your dad just had a stroke.
Where else would I be? Kaldrick: What if he dies? He still has no idea who I am.
- Who are you? - I'm your sister.
I'm with the church of Scienetics.
I've just never felt this close to someone before.
I love you, Charlotte.
What're you doing? I'm sorry.
Why would you do that? Well, you told me you loved me.
- You said that- - No! No, Charlotte, you're my sister.
I've spent my entire life trying to find you and I just I Oh my God! Oh my God, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry! So Kaldrick king's a faggot.
Shoulda known; no one spends that much time rappin' about bangin' bitches and killin' snitches unless they compensatin' for somethin'.
What do you want? I dunno.
Maybe I want a million dollars.
Maybe I want a record deal.
Maybe I just wanna post the video on YouTube.
I ain't decided yet.
Rook: Who else knows about the hard drive? No one yet.
Could be everybody soon.
Kaldrick: So what do you want? Make me an offer.
All right.
You said you want a million dollars? I can make that happen.
Infinite Jest: (Bursts out laughing) Man, you answered that too quickly.
Now it's five million dollars.
I don't have five million dollars just laying around.
Infinite Jest: Look (Clears throat) You want your hard drive back, right? You want me to keep quiet? Five million dollars.
Oh, and - I always wanted to say this You got twenty-four hours.
(Laughs) Oh damn! (Sighs heavily) Hey.
Hi.
You sleep okay? Uh yeah.
Thanks for letting me come over.
It was crazy at the Lux last night.
Yeah, well, if I knew all it took was a kid being taken away from his family to get you over here, I would've called child protective services days ago.
I'm sorry, that was Completely inappropriate.
I don't know why I just said that.
You're an awful person.
Mark: Apparently.
That or you just make me nervous, and I say stupid things when I'm nervous.
I make you nervous? Mark: Yeah.
Don't act so surprised.
You make a lot of people nervous.
No I don't.
Mark:You're very smart, you're very beautiful, and you're kinda mean.
You're an intimidating person.
God, I am not mean.
So are you gonna invite me to this big fundraiser trailer premiere tonight or am I gonna have to crash it? You don't have to come to that thing.
What, I'm not gonna support my girlfriend? I'm sorry, your- your what? I'm kidding.
I'm kidding.
Unless that didn't scare you, in which case I'm kidding! You're a little much, aren't you? Little bit, yeah.
Come on, I made breakfast.
I can't believe you're leaving.
Hey, look on the bright side: At least it's only for an indeterminate amount of time.
Come on, where are you going? You gotta tell me.
Afghanistan? Iraq? North Korea? Germany, okay? Okay, I'm going to Germany (Sighs) Thank God.
To fly missions into Afghanistan.
But you just- but I'm living in Germany.
It's mostly safe.
I mean it's like eighty percent safe.
I hate this.
Everything feels so right when you're around.
What's gonna happen when you're not here? Okay, look, can we just say goodbye? 'Cause uh I wanna do it before one of us starts to cry, and I can't handle that right now.
Why would I cry? I'm so happy I found you.
I'm leaving I'm leaving I'm leaving Bye.
I'm leaving another day (Taxi starts up) I'm leaving I'm leaving another day I'm leaving I'm leaving another day At the end of the day, he has legal custody.
There's nothing we can do.
No! He abandoned us.
He left us with nothing - with no home, no money, we were living in our car, in a parking lot.
- I understand.
- You don't understand! I have been taking care of Simon for six months now.
He can't just come down here and steal him away from me.
- He can.
- He can't! He has legal custody.
The law is very clear.
What about the fact that he's a terrible father, a negligent father? Doesn't that count for anything? If you wanna challenge his custody you can file a petition in juvenile court Yes, I wanna challenge his custody.
How do I do that? Beth- just tell me how to challenge it, I'll do that.
Child services worker: Beth, listen to me.
Even if the judge declares that he's an unfit parent, that doesn't necessarily mean that you'll get custody.
WellI'm his sister.
You're eighteen.
You don't have a job.
It's more than likely that a judge won't grant you custody.
That doesn't make any sense.
What would happen then? Simon would go into the system Orphanages, group homes, foster care (Sobs) Orphanages? Do you really think your father is a worse alternative for Simon? Can you just let me see him? Please.
He's probably so scared.
I'm sorry, I can't.
Just let me see my brother! Roxanne: Connor Are you ready? Are you sure you're okay? I'm fine.
The work we do here is designed to unburden you of traumas and harmful thoughts, as well as to track what's wrong deep in your mind So we can banish negative influences.
Let's start with something simple.
How about you tell me when Charlotte kissed me.
She kissed you? She kissed you how? I-I told her that I loved her 'Cause she's my sister - of course I love her But sheshe kissed me.
It's I I think that she's confused.
What did you do? Connor: I pushed her away.
What else would I do? Roxanne: Where is she now? I don't know, she ran off and I I mean, I should have gone after her, but I didn't I didn't know what I was supposed to do.
Roxanne: It's okay.
You did everything right.
I'll be right back.
Kaldrick: I gotta pay him off.
Do you? Yo, I got us into this, I'll take care of it.
Take care of it how, rook? I'll deal with Jest.
Christopher: I can't be here for this conversation.
Kaldrick: No, no, no.
Let's talk about this.
What you sayin', Rook? Hmm? You gonna beat him up? We did that already.
So now what? You gonna kill him? We're killers now? The last time we went to the gun range, you burned your hand.
Come on, let's hear this little plan you got.
This is on me.
I'll get us out of it.
There is no us.
It's me.
You messed with my life.
You wanna help? Call Stohn and arrange the drop.
I'm gonna pay him off and this'll all be over with.
Rook: Look, Kal Kal! (Door slams shut) Kevin: Dude, I don't have time for this.
I still haven't finished cutting the trailer.
Well, I can't carry it by myself.
Nick: You guys know you can just roll them, right? (High-pitched scream) Put it down! Put it down! (High-pitched scream) Nick: What?! What?! What's wrong?! I booked the Will Arnett sketch show! You did?! W-w-when do you start? Tomorrow! Whoa! What's wrong? I booked the Will Arnett sketch show.
Hey, you're gonna be great.
The show shoots in New Orleans.
You I have to move to New Orleans tonight.
Woke up next to you your eyes are bloodshot (Abby's phone chimes) Abby: Hey, Ron.
So hi.
I've got some exciting news! Oh yeah? Ron: Uh, first of all, I got you an audition for a national commercial.
Could be big money if you book it.
That's great.
Ron: And, on a personal note, I'm leaving the business! You what? Ron:My cousin's giving me the opportunity Abby: Wait, you're quitting?! Who's taking over your clients? Ron: Al Timmons has agreed to take all my magicians and jugglers.
And now, remind me, do you juggle or do magic? Abby: No.
Oh Abby:So you're dropping me to manage a mattress store?! Ron: I know it's a big risk, but I just don't wanna spend the rest of my life wondering "what if.
" What about your company and everything you've built? Ron:Abby, no one needs actors, but everyone needs a mattress.
But good luck with your audition! I'll fax you the details.
Ron, I don't have a fax machi-! Ron? No! No, I don't wanna see you, I wanna talk to Simon.
I uh I talked it over with the social worker and we both think it's best for Simon if You don't see him.
It'll probably just, uh, confuse him.
Confuse him? And what will kidnapping him to the Yukon do, dad? Dean: I'm not kidnapping him, Beth.
He's, he's my son.
You stopped being our father when you left us in that Canadian tire parking lot with twenty dollars and a box of cereal! (Sighs heavily) What?! When your mom died, I uh I was lost and I know that what I did to you was unforgivable Honey, I know that But you gotta understand that I wasn't I wasn't I wasn't well.
Beth: And you think we were? Of course not.
She was our mother! You were our parent, we needed you.
Listen, I got a I got a good job now, and I got a place for all of us to live.
No.
We already said no.
We don't want you.
I'm uh I'm sorry, Beth.
I may have lost you, and if I did I'm gonna have to regret that for the rest of my life, and I will.
But I'm not I'm not gonna lose Simon too.
You know, before all of this, I was a good father, you know I know that I was and (Sobbing) Dad Hey, I could I could be that again.
I am I am that, Beth.
I wanna see him.
Look, if you wanna see your brother, you're gonna have to come to the Yukon.
I love you.
(Stunned exhale) (Tearful sigh) Well, I don't wanna break up.
I don't wanna break up, either.
Okay.
(Sighs, relieved) Well- I have to take the job, - I can't- - No, of course not! I wasn't asking you to.
- Well, you could- - And I can't really move to new Orleans with you.
No, I know.
What would you do there? Eat gumbo.
(Laughs) Nick: So then I guess We'll just make the long distance thing work.
Yeah, I mean, people do it all the time.
Nick: Right.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder andwhatnot.
Exactly.
And it's only for like Ten months.
(Voice hitches) Ten months Sabrina: Yeah.
That's that's not a year.
That's less than a year.
Exactly.
That's not, that That's not that badreally.
No.
I mean, they could order more episodes, so then it would be Of course.
I don't wanna break up.
I don't wanna break up, either.
Mark: You better clock in.
Sure thing, boss.
Raquel: Hey.
Hey! Manny: 'Sup, Wasteland? I'm out.
What? Thanks for the opportunity, extra cash, whatever, but, uh, I'm not doing this anymore.
If mark were to get into trouble for this Mark? Mark's not gonna get in trouble.
It's the banks that I've heard your banks speech before.
I just can't do it anymore, okay? No.
Huh? No.
It's not okay.
All right, whatever, slim shady.
Ow! Look, we got a good thing going here, let's just stay friends.
I'm not your friend.
You live at the deluxe suites, right? Room 104? What, is that supposed to scare me? Who do you think we're selling these numbers to? They ain't the kinda people you want knowing your address.
If I were you, I'd keep swiping those cards, Wasteland.
(Knock at the door) Get some sleep, Walter.
You need your rest.
What the hell is wrong with you, man? Can't you see I'm in there with my father?! I know, I know.
I just didn't wanna talk to you about it over the phone.
Stohn got the money ready.
So? Set up the drop then.
I got other things to worry about right now.
Kal, I still think we should Why'd you take the hard drive? Man, I wasn't thinking.
Oh, I think you were.
I never meant for jest to get his hands on it.
No, you meant to keep it for yourself.
Come on, you know it ain't even like that.
It's exactly like that.
Just pay the kid his money and get the hell outta my life.
Everything I've ever done, I did it to protect you, man.
Come on, man.
Roxanne: Connor, this is Jacob Rushner.
He's the ethics controller at this center.
Ethics controller? Am I in trouble? Ethics controller: Not at all.
In fact, you've shown remarkable character opening up to Roxanne the way you did.
I've explained the situation to Jake, Connor.
We need to find Charlotte immediately.
She needs to be directed.
Connor: Directed? Charlotte is a PTI for you.
PTI? Roxanne: A possible trouble initiator.
Ethics controller: Any further association with her will only impede your own progress.
Wait, what? What? Normally, actions such as Charlotte's would get her disengaged from the program, but I know how much she means to you, so we're gonna direct her.
"Directed"? "Disengaged"? What're you- what're you talking about? If you wanna stay healthy, you need to cut all ties with your sister, immediately.
Abby vargas.
Are you here for beautiful girl or ethnic friend? Am I? We'll say ethnic friend.
Have a seat, we'll call you when we're ready.
We just reconnected after twenty years and you don't want me to see her anymore? Roxanne: I know our methods might seem a little extreme A little extreme?! You're asking me to disown the only family that I have.
Right now, Charlotte needs to be considered a repressive person for you; someone who is obstructing you from your positive trajectory.
No, I Ethics controller:Failure to direct Charlotte is a repressive act.
You will only hurt yourself.
I thought you were here to stop hurting yourself, Connor.
Communication with your sister could cause catastrophic setbacks.
No.
She's my sister.
And your mother was your mother.
That doesn't mean that they can't hurt you.
She made a mistake and I'm not going to abandon her.
(Door bangs shut) Cam: Was he a good father? I mean, before your mother died.
Yeah.
Yeah, he was.
Losing your wife I mean, I'm not making excuses for him, but Maybe he means what he says.
(Cam's phone buzzes) Oh my God.
Sorry.
You should go.
You probably have a million things to do before the fundraiser.
No, it can wait.
No, seriously, go.
It's over.
He's taking Simon and there's nothing I can do about it.
Cam: He's lucky he had you.
Maybe you should try living for yourself for awhile.
Infinite jest: Damn! Man, these are all hundreds! What am I supposed to do with these? Stohn: Oh, you wanted $5,000,000 in fives? Don't be an idiot.
Rook: Where is it? Now you ain't make any other copies of this or nothin', right? And what would you do if I did? Let's just keep that in the hypothetical.
That's the only copy, all right? Come on.
How do we know he's telling the truth? And how we know he ain't making any other copies of this? We don't.
I guess we'll just have to trust him.
I don't like it.
Kaldrick: Yeah.
(Sighs) It's done.
Do you feel better? Nurse: Mr.
king Your father's had another stroke.
(Sighs) (Phone buzzes in the room) Connor: Hey, Eddie, have you seen Charlotte? Uh, yeah.
I saw her leave with a guy in a suit like, uh, twenty minutes ago.
Why? What's going on? Good question.
Nick: Looks like the cheapest flight from here to new Orleans is four hundred bucks.
That's not so bad.
Each way.
Eight hundred bucks just to visit me?! Good thing I'm amazing.
I don't have that kind of money.
Whatever.
I'll pay.
I'm not taking your money.
Please! If the roles were reversed, I'd take money from you.
You would take money from me? I doubt that very much.
Uh I'm sorry, why are you packing the condoms? They're mine; I bought them.
Yeah, to use with me, right? Why do you need to take them with you? Why do want me to leave them here? Planning on using them when I'm not around? No - are you?! Are you really accusing me of cheating on you before I've even left your apartment? Okay, could you pretend for two seconds like this is a big deal? What do you want me to say, Nick? I have to take the job.
I gonna get some air.
Okay, do you wanna take the condoms with you? (Door slams shut) (Sighs heavily) Here.
You're doing the right thing, Wasteland.
Yeah, I am.
There's no numbers on it.
I thought about it and I realized I'm not afraid of you but- or your spooky shadow partners.
I'm done.
Mark: Hey! Can I talk to you in my office? Raquel: Sure.
Keep me out of it.
He saw me hand it to you, idiot.
Raquel: Mark, listen, what you just saw Manny and I were just talking about (Surprised) Oh! Oh! Let's go to palm Springs.
What? After your fundraiser, let's drive down to palm Springs for the weekend.
I know the perfect place.
I have to work on the weekend.
You're fired.
Let's go then.
All right, I'll book it right now.
Great.
Okay.
Okay.
Where did you take her? I knew you'd be upset, that's why I came.
Where did you take her? We're not taking her anywhere, she's choosing to go.
We're not forcing her to go anywhere she doesn't want.
Well, I wanna talk to her.
Things aren't as bad as we thought, okay? She understands what she did wrong and she wants us to help her.
I want to see her.
She doesn't wanna see you.
We're taking her to our Mountain corps retreat in Colorado.
It's isolated and away from everybody.
You're gonna see her again, I promise.
She needs to get her head right.
You need to get your head right.
You have been making such incredible breakthroughs every day.
Don't let this slow you down.
Please, keep the system working.
(Car door opens) (Sighs heavily) Nick: I love her, I really But who are we kidding with this long distance thing? The hours she's gonna be working I'm I'm gonna lose her.
I don't know what to do.
Alicia:Nick, you need to move to new Orleans.
That's crazy.
Alicia: It's only ten months! You don't have a lease, you don't have a job Go with her.
Nick: What?! Alicia: You love her.
This is what being in your twenties is all about.
Nick: No, I can't.
Alicia: Why not? What do you have to lose if you move? Nick: Nothing.
And what do you lose if you don't? Nick: Her.
I'm gonna lose her.
Seems like a pretty easy decision to me.
Sweep her off her feet! She'll love it.
I'm gonna go with her.
Of course you are.
Nick: Thanks.
Hey, I miss you.
I miss you, too.
Casting assistant: Okay stand on your mark And slate.
Abby: Abby vargas, I'm represented by Uh, um, I'm self- I'm self-represented.
Casting assistant: Follow the pen.
Follow the pen Follow the pen Director: Uh-huh.
Okay, great.
Thanks for coming in.
What? That'll be all.
Thanks for coming in.
Abby: What, that's it? I'd at least like the opportunity to read these stupid sides.
I mean, seriously, follow the pen? That's what head shots are for.
I'm sorry, what's the problem? The problem is I've spent my whole day here and now you guys won't even let me read.
Director: Who cares? That's the job.
You wait for us, and then we stare at you, and if we don't like what we see, then we move on.
You're not important, this isn't a noble pursuit.
You're an actress not a doctor.
Five-seven.
In what world is this girl five-seven? Casting assistant: I'm sorry, Toby.
You're still here? Nurse:You understood what the doctor said, right? There's no brain activity.
When you turn off the machines I understand.
Take all the time you need.
Christopher: What do you need? I never introduced you to him.
(Whispers) I'll be right outside.
How come when I wanted you dead you seemed invincible to me? (Tearful) And now that I want you here We started all this too late, Walter.
Thank you for showing me that a man can change.
Thank you for coming back into my life.
I love you.
(Sobbing) Goodbye dad.
(Exhales) (Button clicks, monitors beep) (Long, continuous beep as Walter flat-lines) (Kaldrick sobs) (Sobbing) here's a stolen memory and a restless heart a photo in your hands and a fresh start oh you can learn loss lessons till there's nothing left to learn but just to break like everyone else when it is your turn (Bag rustles) And now you cannot let go, cannot let go Gray: (On recorder) Hey! Look, I'm not so good at writing letters so I thought we could send these back and forth.
This first one's gonna be short because you're in the bathroom and I don't want you to hear me.
Um I love you, Abby.
Don't be sad, be happy.
We found each other.
Don't let one little ocean get in the way of that.
(Stops tape and rewinds) Hey! Look, I'm not so sod at writing letters, so I thought we could send these back and forth.
Beth: Hey.
Cam: Hey! So? You choose any courses yet? I did, actually.
Really?! I found this school, um, up in the Yukon.
It's not great, but um it'll count as course-credits if I ever make it back to USC.
You're going.
Yeah.
I have to.
I know.
At least until I know Simon's gonna be okay, and then And then I can come back maybe.
Um cam You've done so much for me, and I I don't know how to How to thank you Wait, wait, wait.
Are you leaving right now? No, I'm not No, not now, but Okay, well then, cut that good-bye stuff out, it's depressing.
Okay.
Cam: I didn't even get to take you to a movie.
Beth: I know.
Cam: Can I at least take you to a trailer? Yeah.
Christopher:You sure you wanna stay here? We can go back to your house if you want.
I can't be there right now.
Can I do anything else for you? You're doing it.
(Chuckles softly) (Sighs) (Buzz of excited chatter, music plays) There is good in me, I swear Dita:How much are we charging for these beers? Kevin: I dunno, five bucks? Eight.
Hey.
Is there anything I can do to help? Um, have you tweeted about the fundraiser? I don't have Twitter.
Of course you don't.
Come here.
Is it cool if um You pose for a couple of pictures with some fans? Sure.
'Kay, great.
I've already sold like twenty.
Sold? It's a fundraiser.
Right.
Okay, okay.
Anything else? Nope.
Got it all under control.
Yeah, I can see that.
You okay? I don't think I've ever been okay, butI think I'm ready to be.
Well, that's that's good to hear.
I'm not sleeping with you.
I don't want you to.
I have a boyfriend now.
Great! I'm happy for you.
Mm-hmm.
Where is he? What happened to your arm? I used to burn myself But I don't anymore.
(Door opens) Hey, I'm only gonna take this one suitcase, - so can you pack- - I'm going with you.
What?! I'm young, I'm unemployed, and I love you.
It'll be an adventure! I don't think that's a good idea.
You what? What're you gonna do there? What are you-? You'll be there.
I know.
I'll be working 16 hours a day.
This is not nearly as romantic as I'd been led to believe it would be.
You didn't move to L.
A.
to meet girls.
You moved here 'cause it's the best place for you to become a comedian.
Well, I bet new Orleans has lots of comedy clubs Or one, at least.
I can still get up every once in a while.
Nick, you don't You don't grind hard enough.
- I - There are a million shows going on in this city every night.
And you could be so amazing But you gotta get up every night.
You gotta start working harder, and if you move to new Orleans, you'll be doing the exact opposite.
You know I'm right.
This is where you need to be.
I gotta go.
Can I at least take you to the airport? No you can't.
New song? (Steadying sigh) "This is the letter" I should have written to my father.
But it's too late for that now, so I'm writing it to you instead.
I was raised to be tough; to not take anything from anyone.
It's a lonely way to walk through this world.
I spent my whole life trying to impress you, trying to please you.
All it did was make me hate you, hate myself.
And when I finally found someone who loved me, who I thought i could love back, it made me hurt them, hurt them so they could never be unhurt.
I tore that love apart And myself apart with it.
I have wanted to die because I could not be who I wanted to be, because I could not be who you wanted me to be.
But I couldn't die any more than I could live.
I am tired of being here, in this place that feels like nowhere.
I am tired of caring what people think about me.
I'm tired of being afraid.
I've met someone that makes me wanna breathe in this world again, and I will not hold my breath a second longer.
None of these lies I told made me stronger.
None of the secrets I kept made me happier.
So I'm gonna try something else now; I'm gonna try telling the truth My truth.
My name is Sean Dougan, aka Kaldrick King, aka the King of California.
I'm gay.
What're you gonna do with this? and the vibrations in my heart in the past I feel the present this summer love will never fade and the past runs into the present I bet love will run away from school days to the grave you are the only one I love from school days to the grave you are the only one I love you are the only one I love you are the only one I love (Cab door bangs shut) Cabbie: L-A-X? Sure thing.
Which terminal? Someone's love it was cool you have me Hey! It's time.
I have you (Crowd cheers and whistles) Raquel: Hi, everybody! Hi! (Cheering and applause) Thanks for coming out and supporting our uh Our little thing here.
We don't have much money, but we're really proud of what we've got so far.
It's not finished, but we're hoping what you see tonight will leave you wanting a little bit more.
So thanks for watching, and um buy as many overpriced beers and headshots of Connor Lake as you can possibly stomach.
Thank you.
(Crowd chuckles) All right, Kevin, ready? Crowd: Yeah! Woo! (Cheering and clapping) Connor's voice:Caroline, did you hear me? It's inoperable.
Caroline Raquel: No.
I understand.
Connor: Are you okay? Raquel: Thank you.
I need more time.
Eddie:Time's the one thing you don't have.
Something wrong? Raquel: I got home yesterday and found my brother in my room in a dog suit.
Eddie: A dog suit? That's weird.
He died when I was eight.
So the dog suit wasn't the weird part then? (Crowd chuckles) Connor: You have a brain tumor.
Visual and auditory hallucinations They're all part of it.
They're not real.
Is this real? What's gonna happen to you you have woke up too soon and found the world in the rain and now your feelings have changed say good-bye to before bye, bye, bye How did you do that? The door's been shown to you bye, bye, bye but you only have to go through Uh, right up here, please.
You run into the night Ticket agent: Hi, and where are you headed today? Germany.
Just now times have changed what's gonna happen to you? bye, bye, bye when we're living still we would not help ourselves it's very easy to do we never needed to and the birds fly high bye, bye, bye starting a fire in the forest can you remember the day bye, bye, bye we had to separate and nobody knows what's tearing us apart 'cause we're part of one another a son, a father, a mother, a brother what's gonna happen to you? you have woke up too soon what's gonna happen to you? you have woke up too soon what's gonna happen to you? you have woke up too soon what's gonna happen to you? bye, bye, bye We made something.
(Rapid-fire gunshots) (Trigger clicks, magazine empty)
A Complex" Kevin: And these lenses are awesome! Cam: Yeah, and expensive! You're sure you can pay me back? Relax.
I'm working other angles.
If you can afford that car off of this scam, I want more than $25 bucks a card.
What're you doing playing footsies with the guy we're stealing from? Beth:I got 1900 on my S.
A.
T.
's! Well, what do I do now? Go to college? Kevin: They have Simon! Beth: Who took him? Eddie: It was child protective services.
- What'd we do? -We got married.
They brought me back for the Will Arnett sketch show.
That's amazing! Dynasty:The studio has security cameras.
They record everything all onto one little hard drive.
Infinite Jest:I should start doing some digging in your life and see what I come up with.
What the hell you take from me? The hard drive.
So now Infinite's got it? Your dad just had a stroke.
Where else would I be? Kaldrick: What if he dies? He still has no idea who I am.
- Who are you? - I'm your sister.
I'm with the church of Scienetics.
I've just never felt this close to someone before.
I love you, Charlotte.
What're you doing? I'm sorry.
Why would you do that? Well, you told me you loved me.
- You said that- - No! No, Charlotte, you're my sister.
I've spent my entire life trying to find you and I just I Oh my God! Oh my God, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry! So Kaldrick king's a faggot.
Shoulda known; no one spends that much time rappin' about bangin' bitches and killin' snitches unless they compensatin' for somethin'.
What do you want? I dunno.
Maybe I want a million dollars.
Maybe I want a record deal.
Maybe I just wanna post the video on YouTube.
I ain't decided yet.
Rook: Who else knows about the hard drive? No one yet.
Could be everybody soon.
Kaldrick: So what do you want? Make me an offer.
All right.
You said you want a million dollars? I can make that happen.
Infinite Jest: (Bursts out laughing) Man, you answered that too quickly.
Now it's five million dollars.
I don't have five million dollars just laying around.
Infinite Jest: Look (Clears throat) You want your hard drive back, right? You want me to keep quiet? Five million dollars.
Oh, and - I always wanted to say this You got twenty-four hours.
(Laughs) Oh damn! (Sighs heavily) Hey.
Hi.
You sleep okay? Uh yeah.
Thanks for letting me come over.
It was crazy at the Lux last night.
Yeah, well, if I knew all it took was a kid being taken away from his family to get you over here, I would've called child protective services days ago.
I'm sorry, that was Completely inappropriate.
I don't know why I just said that.
You're an awful person.
Mark: Apparently.
That or you just make me nervous, and I say stupid things when I'm nervous.
I make you nervous? Mark: Yeah.
Don't act so surprised.
You make a lot of people nervous.
No I don't.
Mark:You're very smart, you're very beautiful, and you're kinda mean.
You're an intimidating person.
God, I am not mean.
So are you gonna invite me to this big fundraiser trailer premiere tonight or am I gonna have to crash it? You don't have to come to that thing.
What, I'm not gonna support my girlfriend? I'm sorry, your- your what? I'm kidding.
I'm kidding.
Unless that didn't scare you, in which case I'm kidding! You're a little much, aren't you? Little bit, yeah.
Come on, I made breakfast.
I can't believe you're leaving.
Hey, look on the bright side: At least it's only for an indeterminate amount of time.
Come on, where are you going? You gotta tell me.
Afghanistan? Iraq? North Korea? Germany, okay? Okay, I'm going to Germany (Sighs) Thank God.
To fly missions into Afghanistan.
But you just- but I'm living in Germany.
It's mostly safe.
I mean it's like eighty percent safe.
I hate this.
Everything feels so right when you're around.
What's gonna happen when you're not here? Okay, look, can we just say goodbye? 'Cause uh I wanna do it before one of us starts to cry, and I can't handle that right now.
Why would I cry? I'm so happy I found you.
I'm leaving I'm leaving I'm leaving Bye.
I'm leaving another day (Taxi starts up) I'm leaving I'm leaving another day I'm leaving I'm leaving another day At the end of the day, he has legal custody.
There's nothing we can do.
No! He abandoned us.
He left us with nothing - with no home, no money, we were living in our car, in a parking lot.
- I understand.
- You don't understand! I have been taking care of Simon for six months now.
He can't just come down here and steal him away from me.
- He can.
- He can't! He has legal custody.
The law is very clear.
What about the fact that he's a terrible father, a negligent father? Doesn't that count for anything? If you wanna challenge his custody you can file a petition in juvenile court Yes, I wanna challenge his custody.
How do I do that? Beth- just tell me how to challenge it, I'll do that.
Child services worker: Beth, listen to me.
Even if the judge declares that he's an unfit parent, that doesn't necessarily mean that you'll get custody.
WellI'm his sister.
You're eighteen.
You don't have a job.
It's more than likely that a judge won't grant you custody.
That doesn't make any sense.
What would happen then? Simon would go into the system Orphanages, group homes, foster care (Sobs) Orphanages? Do you really think your father is a worse alternative for Simon? Can you just let me see him? Please.
He's probably so scared.
I'm sorry, I can't.
Just let me see my brother! Roxanne: Connor Are you ready? Are you sure you're okay? I'm fine.
The work we do here is designed to unburden you of traumas and harmful thoughts, as well as to track what's wrong deep in your mind So we can banish negative influences.
Let's start with something simple.
How about you tell me when Charlotte kissed me.
She kissed you? She kissed you how? I-I told her that I loved her 'Cause she's my sister - of course I love her But sheshe kissed me.
It's I I think that she's confused.
What did you do? Connor: I pushed her away.
What else would I do? Roxanne: Where is she now? I don't know, she ran off and I I mean, I should have gone after her, but I didn't I didn't know what I was supposed to do.
Roxanne: It's okay.
You did everything right.
I'll be right back.
Kaldrick: I gotta pay him off.
Do you? Yo, I got us into this, I'll take care of it.
Take care of it how, rook? I'll deal with Jest.
Christopher: I can't be here for this conversation.
Kaldrick: No, no, no.
Let's talk about this.
What you sayin', Rook? Hmm? You gonna beat him up? We did that already.
So now what? You gonna kill him? We're killers now? The last time we went to the gun range, you burned your hand.
Come on, let's hear this little plan you got.
This is on me.
I'll get us out of it.
There is no us.
It's me.
You messed with my life.
You wanna help? Call Stohn and arrange the drop.
I'm gonna pay him off and this'll all be over with.
Rook: Look, Kal Kal! (Door slams shut) Kevin: Dude, I don't have time for this.
I still haven't finished cutting the trailer.
Well, I can't carry it by myself.
Nick: You guys know you can just roll them, right? (High-pitched scream) Put it down! Put it down! (High-pitched scream) Nick: What?! What?! What's wrong?! I booked the Will Arnett sketch show! You did?! W-w-when do you start? Tomorrow! Whoa! What's wrong? I booked the Will Arnett sketch show.
Hey, you're gonna be great.
The show shoots in New Orleans.
You I have to move to New Orleans tonight.
Woke up next to you your eyes are bloodshot (Abby's phone chimes) Abby: Hey, Ron.
So hi.
I've got some exciting news! Oh yeah? Ron: Uh, first of all, I got you an audition for a national commercial.
Could be big money if you book it.
That's great.
Ron: And, on a personal note, I'm leaving the business! You what? Ron:My cousin's giving me the opportunity Abby: Wait, you're quitting?! Who's taking over your clients? Ron: Al Timmons has agreed to take all my magicians and jugglers.
And now, remind me, do you juggle or do magic? Abby: No.
Oh Abby:So you're dropping me to manage a mattress store?! Ron: I know it's a big risk, but I just don't wanna spend the rest of my life wondering "what if.
" What about your company and everything you've built? Ron:Abby, no one needs actors, but everyone needs a mattress.
But good luck with your audition! I'll fax you the details.
Ron, I don't have a fax machi-! Ron? No! No, I don't wanna see you, I wanna talk to Simon.
I uh I talked it over with the social worker and we both think it's best for Simon if You don't see him.
It'll probably just, uh, confuse him.
Confuse him? And what will kidnapping him to the Yukon do, dad? Dean: I'm not kidnapping him, Beth.
He's, he's my son.
You stopped being our father when you left us in that Canadian tire parking lot with twenty dollars and a box of cereal! (Sighs heavily) What?! When your mom died, I uh I was lost and I know that what I did to you was unforgivable Honey, I know that But you gotta understand that I wasn't I wasn't I wasn't well.
Beth: And you think we were? Of course not.
She was our mother! You were our parent, we needed you.
Listen, I got a I got a good job now, and I got a place for all of us to live.
No.
We already said no.
We don't want you.
I'm uh I'm sorry, Beth.
I may have lost you, and if I did I'm gonna have to regret that for the rest of my life, and I will.
But I'm not I'm not gonna lose Simon too.
You know, before all of this, I was a good father, you know I know that I was and (Sobbing) Dad Hey, I could I could be that again.
I am I am that, Beth.
I wanna see him.
Look, if you wanna see your brother, you're gonna have to come to the Yukon.
I love you.
(Stunned exhale) (Tearful sigh) Well, I don't wanna break up.
I don't wanna break up, either.
Okay.
(Sighs, relieved) Well- I have to take the job, - I can't- - No, of course not! I wasn't asking you to.
- Well, you could- - And I can't really move to new Orleans with you.
No, I know.
What would you do there? Eat gumbo.
(Laughs) Nick: So then I guess We'll just make the long distance thing work.
Yeah, I mean, people do it all the time.
Nick: Right.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder andwhatnot.
Exactly.
And it's only for like Ten months.
(Voice hitches) Ten months Sabrina: Yeah.
That's that's not a year.
That's less than a year.
Exactly.
That's not, that That's not that badreally.
No.
I mean, they could order more episodes, so then it would be Of course.
I don't wanna break up.
I don't wanna break up, either.
Mark: You better clock in.
Sure thing, boss.
Raquel: Hey.
Hey! Manny: 'Sup, Wasteland? I'm out.
What? Thanks for the opportunity, extra cash, whatever, but, uh, I'm not doing this anymore.
If mark were to get into trouble for this Mark? Mark's not gonna get in trouble.
It's the banks that I've heard your banks speech before.
I just can't do it anymore, okay? No.
Huh? No.
It's not okay.
All right, whatever, slim shady.
Ow! Look, we got a good thing going here, let's just stay friends.
I'm not your friend.
You live at the deluxe suites, right? Room 104? What, is that supposed to scare me? Who do you think we're selling these numbers to? They ain't the kinda people you want knowing your address.
If I were you, I'd keep swiping those cards, Wasteland.
(Knock at the door) Get some sleep, Walter.
You need your rest.
What the hell is wrong with you, man? Can't you see I'm in there with my father?! I know, I know.
I just didn't wanna talk to you about it over the phone.
Stohn got the money ready.
So? Set up the drop then.
I got other things to worry about right now.
Kal, I still think we should Why'd you take the hard drive? Man, I wasn't thinking.
Oh, I think you were.
I never meant for jest to get his hands on it.
No, you meant to keep it for yourself.
Come on, you know it ain't even like that.
It's exactly like that.
Just pay the kid his money and get the hell outta my life.
Everything I've ever done, I did it to protect you, man.
Come on, man.
Roxanne: Connor, this is Jacob Rushner.
He's the ethics controller at this center.
Ethics controller? Am I in trouble? Ethics controller: Not at all.
In fact, you've shown remarkable character opening up to Roxanne the way you did.
I've explained the situation to Jake, Connor.
We need to find Charlotte immediately.
She needs to be directed.
Connor: Directed? Charlotte is a PTI for you.
PTI? Roxanne: A possible trouble initiator.
Ethics controller: Any further association with her will only impede your own progress.
Wait, what? What? Normally, actions such as Charlotte's would get her disengaged from the program, but I know how much she means to you, so we're gonna direct her.
"Directed"? "Disengaged"? What're you- what're you talking about? If you wanna stay healthy, you need to cut all ties with your sister, immediately.
Abby vargas.
Are you here for beautiful girl or ethnic friend? Am I? We'll say ethnic friend.
Have a seat, we'll call you when we're ready.
We just reconnected after twenty years and you don't want me to see her anymore? Roxanne: I know our methods might seem a little extreme A little extreme?! You're asking me to disown the only family that I have.
Right now, Charlotte needs to be considered a repressive person for you; someone who is obstructing you from your positive trajectory.
No, I Ethics controller:Failure to direct Charlotte is a repressive act.
You will only hurt yourself.
I thought you were here to stop hurting yourself, Connor.
Communication with your sister could cause catastrophic setbacks.
No.
She's my sister.
And your mother was your mother.
That doesn't mean that they can't hurt you.
She made a mistake and I'm not going to abandon her.
(Door bangs shut) Cam: Was he a good father? I mean, before your mother died.
Yeah.
Yeah, he was.
Losing your wife I mean, I'm not making excuses for him, but Maybe he means what he says.
(Cam's phone buzzes) Oh my God.
Sorry.
You should go.
You probably have a million things to do before the fundraiser.
No, it can wait.
No, seriously, go.
It's over.
He's taking Simon and there's nothing I can do about it.
Cam: He's lucky he had you.
Maybe you should try living for yourself for awhile.
Infinite jest: Damn! Man, these are all hundreds! What am I supposed to do with these? Stohn: Oh, you wanted $5,000,000 in fives? Don't be an idiot.
Rook: Where is it? Now you ain't make any other copies of this or nothin', right? And what would you do if I did? Let's just keep that in the hypothetical.
That's the only copy, all right? Come on.
How do we know he's telling the truth? And how we know he ain't making any other copies of this? We don't.
I guess we'll just have to trust him.
I don't like it.
Kaldrick: Yeah.
(Sighs) It's done.
Do you feel better? Nurse: Mr.
king Your father's had another stroke.
(Sighs) (Phone buzzes in the room) Connor: Hey, Eddie, have you seen Charlotte? Uh, yeah.
I saw her leave with a guy in a suit like, uh, twenty minutes ago.
Why? What's going on? Good question.
Nick: Looks like the cheapest flight from here to new Orleans is four hundred bucks.
That's not so bad.
Each way.
Eight hundred bucks just to visit me?! Good thing I'm amazing.
I don't have that kind of money.
Whatever.
I'll pay.
I'm not taking your money.
Please! If the roles were reversed, I'd take money from you.
You would take money from me? I doubt that very much.
Uh I'm sorry, why are you packing the condoms? They're mine; I bought them.
Yeah, to use with me, right? Why do you need to take them with you? Why do want me to leave them here? Planning on using them when I'm not around? No - are you?! Are you really accusing me of cheating on you before I've even left your apartment? Okay, could you pretend for two seconds like this is a big deal? What do you want me to say, Nick? I have to take the job.
I gonna get some air.
Okay, do you wanna take the condoms with you? (Door slams shut) (Sighs heavily) Here.
You're doing the right thing, Wasteland.
Yeah, I am.
There's no numbers on it.
I thought about it and I realized I'm not afraid of you but- or your spooky shadow partners.
I'm done.
Mark: Hey! Can I talk to you in my office? Raquel: Sure.
Keep me out of it.
He saw me hand it to you, idiot.
Raquel: Mark, listen, what you just saw Manny and I were just talking about (Surprised) Oh! Oh! Let's go to palm Springs.
What? After your fundraiser, let's drive down to palm Springs for the weekend.
I know the perfect place.
I have to work on the weekend.
You're fired.
Let's go then.
All right, I'll book it right now.
Great.
Okay.
Okay.
Where did you take her? I knew you'd be upset, that's why I came.
Where did you take her? We're not taking her anywhere, she's choosing to go.
We're not forcing her to go anywhere she doesn't want.
Well, I wanna talk to her.
Things aren't as bad as we thought, okay? She understands what she did wrong and she wants us to help her.
I want to see her.
She doesn't wanna see you.
We're taking her to our Mountain corps retreat in Colorado.
It's isolated and away from everybody.
You're gonna see her again, I promise.
She needs to get her head right.
You need to get your head right.
You have been making such incredible breakthroughs every day.
Don't let this slow you down.
Please, keep the system working.
(Car door opens) (Sighs heavily) Nick: I love her, I really But who are we kidding with this long distance thing? The hours she's gonna be working I'm I'm gonna lose her.
I don't know what to do.
Alicia:Nick, you need to move to new Orleans.
That's crazy.
Alicia: It's only ten months! You don't have a lease, you don't have a job Go with her.
Nick: What?! Alicia: You love her.
This is what being in your twenties is all about.
Nick: No, I can't.
Alicia: Why not? What do you have to lose if you move? Nick: Nothing.
And what do you lose if you don't? Nick: Her.
I'm gonna lose her.
Seems like a pretty easy decision to me.
Sweep her off her feet! She'll love it.
I'm gonna go with her.
Of course you are.
Nick: Thanks.
Hey, I miss you.
I miss you, too.
Casting assistant: Okay stand on your mark And slate.
Abby: Abby vargas, I'm represented by Uh, um, I'm self- I'm self-represented.
Casting assistant: Follow the pen.
Follow the pen Follow the pen Director: Uh-huh.
Okay, great.
Thanks for coming in.
What? That'll be all.
Thanks for coming in.
Abby: What, that's it? I'd at least like the opportunity to read these stupid sides.
I mean, seriously, follow the pen? That's what head shots are for.
I'm sorry, what's the problem? The problem is I've spent my whole day here and now you guys won't even let me read.
Director: Who cares? That's the job.
You wait for us, and then we stare at you, and if we don't like what we see, then we move on.
You're not important, this isn't a noble pursuit.
You're an actress not a doctor.
Five-seven.
In what world is this girl five-seven? Casting assistant: I'm sorry, Toby.
You're still here? Nurse:You understood what the doctor said, right? There's no brain activity.
When you turn off the machines I understand.
Take all the time you need.
Christopher: What do you need? I never introduced you to him.
(Whispers) I'll be right outside.
How come when I wanted you dead you seemed invincible to me? (Tearful) And now that I want you here We started all this too late, Walter.
Thank you for showing me that a man can change.
Thank you for coming back into my life.
I love you.
(Sobbing) Goodbye dad.
(Exhales) (Button clicks, monitors beep) (Long, continuous beep as Walter flat-lines) (Kaldrick sobs) (Sobbing) here's a stolen memory and a restless heart a photo in your hands and a fresh start oh you can learn loss lessons till there's nothing left to learn but just to break like everyone else when it is your turn (Bag rustles) And now you cannot let go, cannot let go Gray: (On recorder) Hey! Look, I'm not so good at writing letters so I thought we could send these back and forth.
This first one's gonna be short because you're in the bathroom and I don't want you to hear me.
Um I love you, Abby.
Don't be sad, be happy.
We found each other.
Don't let one little ocean get in the way of that.
(Stops tape and rewinds) Hey! Look, I'm not so sod at writing letters, so I thought we could send these back and forth.
Beth: Hey.
Cam: Hey! So? You choose any courses yet? I did, actually.
Really?! I found this school, um, up in the Yukon.
It's not great, but um it'll count as course-credits if I ever make it back to USC.
You're going.
Yeah.
I have to.
I know.
At least until I know Simon's gonna be okay, and then And then I can come back maybe.
Um cam You've done so much for me, and I I don't know how to How to thank you Wait, wait, wait.
Are you leaving right now? No, I'm not No, not now, but Okay, well then, cut that good-bye stuff out, it's depressing.
Okay.
Cam: I didn't even get to take you to a movie.
Beth: I know.
Cam: Can I at least take you to a trailer? Yeah.
Christopher:You sure you wanna stay here? We can go back to your house if you want.
I can't be there right now.
Can I do anything else for you? You're doing it.
(Chuckles softly) (Sighs) (Buzz of excited chatter, music plays) There is good in me, I swear Dita:How much are we charging for these beers? Kevin: I dunno, five bucks? Eight.
Hey.
Is there anything I can do to help? Um, have you tweeted about the fundraiser? I don't have Twitter.
Of course you don't.
Come here.
Is it cool if um You pose for a couple of pictures with some fans? Sure.
'Kay, great.
I've already sold like twenty.
Sold? It's a fundraiser.
Right.
Okay, okay.
Anything else? Nope.
Got it all under control.
Yeah, I can see that.
You okay? I don't think I've ever been okay, butI think I'm ready to be.
Well, that's that's good to hear.
I'm not sleeping with you.
I don't want you to.
I have a boyfriend now.
Great! I'm happy for you.
Mm-hmm.
Where is he? What happened to your arm? I used to burn myself But I don't anymore.
(Door opens) Hey, I'm only gonna take this one suitcase, - so can you pack- - I'm going with you.
What?! I'm young, I'm unemployed, and I love you.
It'll be an adventure! I don't think that's a good idea.
You what? What're you gonna do there? What are you-? You'll be there.
I know.
I'll be working 16 hours a day.
This is not nearly as romantic as I'd been led to believe it would be.
You didn't move to L.
A.
to meet girls.
You moved here 'cause it's the best place for you to become a comedian.
Well, I bet new Orleans has lots of comedy clubs Or one, at least.
I can still get up every once in a while.
Nick, you don't You don't grind hard enough.
- I - There are a million shows going on in this city every night.
And you could be so amazing But you gotta get up every night.
You gotta start working harder, and if you move to new Orleans, you'll be doing the exact opposite.
You know I'm right.
This is where you need to be.
I gotta go.
Can I at least take you to the airport? No you can't.
New song? (Steadying sigh) "This is the letter" I should have written to my father.
But it's too late for that now, so I'm writing it to you instead.
I was raised to be tough; to not take anything from anyone.
It's a lonely way to walk through this world.
I spent my whole life trying to impress you, trying to please you.
All it did was make me hate you, hate myself.
And when I finally found someone who loved me, who I thought i could love back, it made me hurt them, hurt them so they could never be unhurt.
I tore that love apart And myself apart with it.
I have wanted to die because I could not be who I wanted to be, because I could not be who you wanted me to be.
But I couldn't die any more than I could live.
I am tired of being here, in this place that feels like nowhere.
I am tired of caring what people think about me.
I'm tired of being afraid.
I've met someone that makes me wanna breathe in this world again, and I will not hold my breath a second longer.
None of these lies I told made me stronger.
None of the secrets I kept made me happier.
So I'm gonna try something else now; I'm gonna try telling the truth My truth.
My name is Sean Dougan, aka Kaldrick King, aka the King of California.
I'm gay.
What're you gonna do with this? and the vibrations in my heart in the past I feel the present this summer love will never fade and the past runs into the present I bet love will run away from school days to the grave you are the only one I love from school days to the grave you are the only one I love you are the only one I love you are the only one I love (Cab door bangs shut) Cabbie: L-A-X? Sure thing.
Which terminal? Someone's love it was cool you have me Hey! It's time.
I have you (Crowd cheers and whistles) Raquel: Hi, everybody! Hi! (Cheering and applause) Thanks for coming out and supporting our uh Our little thing here.
We don't have much money, but we're really proud of what we've got so far.
It's not finished, but we're hoping what you see tonight will leave you wanting a little bit more.
So thanks for watching, and um buy as many overpriced beers and headshots of Connor Lake as you can possibly stomach.
Thank you.
(Crowd chuckles) All right, Kevin, ready? Crowd: Yeah! Woo! (Cheering and clapping) Connor's voice:Caroline, did you hear me? It's inoperable.
Caroline Raquel: No.
I understand.
Connor: Are you okay? Raquel: Thank you.
I need more time.
Eddie:Time's the one thing you don't have.
Something wrong? Raquel: I got home yesterday and found my brother in my room in a dog suit.
Eddie: A dog suit? That's weird.
He died when I was eight.
So the dog suit wasn't the weird part then? (Crowd chuckles) Connor: You have a brain tumor.
Visual and auditory hallucinations They're all part of it.
They're not real.
Is this real? What's gonna happen to you you have woke up too soon and found the world in the rain and now your feelings have changed say good-bye to before bye, bye, bye How did you do that? The door's been shown to you bye, bye, bye but you only have to go through Uh, right up here, please.
You run into the night Ticket agent: Hi, and where are you headed today? Germany.
Just now times have changed what's gonna happen to you? bye, bye, bye when we're living still we would not help ourselves it's very easy to do we never needed to and the birds fly high bye, bye, bye starting a fire in the forest can you remember the day bye, bye, bye we had to separate and nobody knows what's tearing us apart 'cause we're part of one another a son, a father, a mother, a brother what's gonna happen to you? you have woke up too soon what's gonna happen to you? you have woke up too soon what's gonna happen to you? you have woke up too soon what's gonna happen to you? bye, bye, bye We made something.
(Rapid-fire gunshots) (Trigger clicks, magazine empty)