Parenthood s02e15 Episode Script

We have decided that it's best if you don't see Alex anymore.
Let's go.
You're it! Come on! Hey, why are you full of energy? - Alex, what are you doing here? - Is there something wrong? Why did you have to sneak around behind our back? You're grounded! I was wondering if I could stay here for a while? They freaked out because you're in AA.
You lied to me.
I didn't know you and your wife told Haddie she couldn't see me.
If I had known, I wouldn't have seen her.
Maybe we made a mistake.
Drew, you know, your dad, Seth He's your father.
And you have a right to miss him.
I mean, there's no shame in that.
Uh, Seth, you need to call your son.
Hello? Hey, it's Adam.
How are things going over there? Oh, God.
I don't know.
I'm sitting here making a list of what my skills are, what I'm going to do next with my life, and what was my dream? What did I always want to do? And I believe it is too late to become an Olympic figure skater, so I have to figure something else out.
Yeah.
I meant how are things going with Haddie? Oh.
Oh, no, yeah, I know.
I don't know.
She's She's okay.
Yeah, she and Amber just came by this morning to pick up Max and take him to the science museum, and she wouldn't even get out of the car.
That felt real good.
You know, I promise you this will pass.
I mean, in a way, you've been getting away with murder having such a good kid.
I miss her.
I know.
I really want to let this balloon go.
Why? What if a plane crashes into it? I can, like, write my name and address on it.
Why are we going this way? Can't we just go the other way and be at the car? Well, I don't know, I just thought maybe this way would be slightly quicker.
Alex! Alex! He'll help me! Oh, no, Max, you can't just run into the middle of a court.
Whoa, time out, guys.
Time out, time out, time out.
What's up, buddy? Wait, wait, wait, you can't run onto the court like that.
Really? Then how do you Well, I should have known.
We need to write on this my name and address and then let it go so that when someone finds it Thank you for watching him.
Yes.
Thanks for watching him.
No problem.
Of course, it's not a problem.
Ever.
We should get going.
All right.
Yeah.
Where are you off to? You're all dressed up schmancy.
Oh, uh, well, we are going to an engaged exploration.
- Ooh.
Mmm-hmm.
What does it all entail? Well, we just sit down for a little bit with the minister of my mom's church and he asks us questions about - our expectations of married life.
- Oh.
Oh, okay.
It's really no big deal.
Really.
Okay.
Well, it sounds really fascinating.
And a great way to get to know each other Does it? See? a lot better.
Mmm-hmm.
Thank you.
You know, it's not too late to not go, though.
If you want to take this opportunity to stand up to your mom and maybe Okay.
Okay, I know she can be a little controlling at times, but let's just give her this one? Okay.
Okay? Her mother is a little controlling.
Well, have fun.
Yes.
Shall we? Yeah.
Let's go exploring.
Have a great time.
Thank you.
We are so envious.
Bye.
Bye.
He's a goner.
Dead meat.
Hi, Dad.
Can we get two orders of shumai, please? You still like dim sum? Of course.
Wow.
You like sushi? Uh, no.
Not really.
Good.
Don't become one of these fancy-pants sushi douchebags.
Dim sum, it's the way to go.
Okay.
Affordable, delicious, awesome.
I'll try it.
Wow.
Look at you.
Come on.
Stand up.
Let me get a good look.
Seriously? You filled out.
What are you, about 5'8"? So, you know Uh, 5'9".
Yeah.
Basically the same, but yeah.
all tough, wiry.
I like it.
I've never heard anything like that, but thank you.
How you doing? Uh, good.
Yeah? Yeah.
You got a girlfriend? No.
No? How's everybody? How's your mom? Uh, she's good.
She worked for Uncle Adam for a little while and Actually, when did you get here? Yesterday.
Oh, okay.
Yeah.
Yeah.
We took our time coming up the coast.
Did a couple shows in LA, and then one in Merced on the way, and here we are, back home.
Yeah, didn't you do a show at Spaceland? Yeah.
How'd you know about that? Uh, it's on your website.
You checked out our website? That's awesome.
Wow.
Uh, Billy, our drummer, he does all the Internet stuff because I'm a I'm a computer You checked out the website.
That's cool.
Yeah.
I don't even know who looks at that stuff.
Well, me.
So Wow.
Hey, you want to come see a show? Really? Yeah, you got to.
We got this new bass player.
I mean, he lays it down, brother.
Yeah.
Totally.
You're going to come? Yeah.
That's what I'm talking about.
Yes, I will.
All right.
All right.
Thank you.
Thank you.
You can, uh, bring your sister, too, if you want.
Oh.
Sure.
You know, if she doesn't hate me.
No.
She doesn't hate you.
Yeah? Seriously, no.
Okay.
Good.
All right, wait till you try this spring roll.
Awesome.
- Bend your knees! - You got to follow through.
I got it.
Thanks.
Oh, so close.
Okay.
All right, get it again.
Face up.
Thank you, from the peanut gallery.
I can't win.
Well, I guess I should tell you that I moved out of my house.
You what? I mean, I moved to my grandparents' house.
That sounds so stupid, but I didn't want to be around my parents.
I couldn't be around them.
You're so competitive.
What? I mean, I had a rough childhood, you want a rough childhood.
I came up homeless.
What? You want to be homeless.
You are so self-involved.
You just want a story to tell.
I'm just saying, just be original.
Jeez.
Okay, so I guess you're not mad at me then for, like, coming here? I mean, how could I be mad at you? All right, I got to go.
It's good seeing you.
Uh, yeah.
I mean, you too.
All right, listen, Max, don't even listen to her, okay? Listen, she's giving you all the wrong advice right now, okay? Bend your knees, push your left foot forward a little bit.
There it is.
Right there.
Take a shot.
He's a natural.
He's a lefty.
It's all in the wrist.
I know that.
I said that.
Didn't I say it's all in the wrist? I'll take it from here, Coach.
All right.
Okay, you just want to What did he say? Just do what he said.
You know, like this? You're a terrible coach, Amber.
I want you to open up your workbooks to page four.
Okay.
We don't, um I got them.
Oh, we have workbooks? Yep.
Here you go.
So tell me, in your marriage, who will manage your finances? Well, we I will.
Who takes the lead when it comes to decisions about your child's education? I do.
How do you prioritize things? Well, we generally talk about, you know I make a list.
And then she'll make a list.
Mmm-hmm.
Are you savers or spenders? Savers.
Do you handle conflict well? Yes, we do.
Well, you know, we do fight.
We're a normal couple.
We argue.
Yeah, but they're not real arguments.
I mean, we always figure it out.
They feel like real arguments, but I They're not real arguments.
Have you both considered what religious instruction you'll give your child? I think we're going to probably encourage him to decide, you know, what spiritual path he'd like to take.
Make sure he knows about all the options.
Yeah, but he's a child, so in the meantime, he'll go to church here, go to Sunday school and Yeah.
What is the most important thing to you and your marriage? Honesty.
Communication.
I think it's important to be heard.
Good.
What is your vision for your married life in 10 years? Ten years? Mmm-hmm.
I don't know what I'm going to be doing in 10 days, much less 10 years.
I mean, what about, like, the power of now or, you know, living in the moment? You also have to think about the future.
You have a son.
In fact, I want you each to take a pencil, open your workbooks.
Thank you.
I want you to draw a picture of your vision.
Both of you.
All right.
Let's see.
Jasmine, why don't you share your vision for your marriage in 10 years.
Ah.
Okay, so I see us with Jabbar and three more babies in a house with a garden.
I always wanted to have four kids.
And the ballet shoes represent the dance studio that I'd like to open, on my own.
And the money means that we have savings.
Praise God.
That's a beautiful vision.
Thank you very much.
Crosby, let's see yours.
You know, I'm kind of embarrassed by mine.
I'm not really a good drawer.
No, no, no.
This isn't about artistic aptitude, it's about It's about creating a vision.
That's right, baby, a vision.
That's me, obviously, and that's Jasmine, and we're with Jabbar and we're all smiling because, you know, I imagine, that we're happy in 10 years.
And, um I guess Jabbar should be a lot taller.
I don't know why I made him so short.
You know what? I'm not really a good drawer, so What? What? Are you crazy? Amber, he's our dad.
It's not like he's some He's some crazy drug addict that we haven't spoken to and don't even know.
That's what I'm trying to say to you, is that he's changed.
Sorry.
It just doesn't work that way, okay? What do you mean, it doesn't work that way? What do I mean? Yeah.
Um, I mean that I remember specifically how things were at home when you were just a baby and didn't know what was going on.
Okay.
I was there, too.
You weren't the only one there.
You were barely there.
You were basically a fetus, okay? Amber, you're not that much older than me.
It doesn't matter! I remember.
Well, so do I.
I remember those things and you don't know.
I have memories of him too.
You don't even know half the stories.
That's irrelevant.
It's a serious situation.
I'm not trying to forgive him for the past, I'm just saying that he's changed now.
Wait a second.
Look, I already saw him.
I talked to him.
He's different.
Why did he contact you? He's in town because he's playing a show, okay? And I'm going.
You're absolutely not going to his show! Yeah.
I can and I will.
It's so stupid that you would even want to go! What is stupid about it? Why? But second of all, Mom will never let you go.
I don't care what Mom thinks because I'm not going to tell her, so What? What? Of course you're going to tell her! No, I'm not going to tell her.
Listen to what you're saying.
What? You used to do this all the time.
What are you gonna do? You're gonna sneak out the window? I'll do whatever you used to do.
Listen.
Listen! I'm sorry, but you can't go.
What do you mean? I mean, you have no authority over me.
And if you don't tell her, then I'm gonna tell her.
No.
Yes.
Why would you tell her? I never used to rat you out.
Because it's dangerous.
No, it's not.
He's our father.
I'm not going to sit here and blow smoke up your ass.
This is a serious situation! You need to think about it more.
Hey, hey, hey! What is going on? Nothing.
Don't tell me nothing.
You guys are screaming at each other.
Yeah, we are.
What is going on? Do you have something that you need to say? Amber! You know what? Fine.
Yeah, Mom, Dad's in town, okay? And I saw him and I want to see him again.
What do you mean you saw him? I saw him.
You saw him and you didn't tell me? No, I didn't tell you.
Why not? Why didn't he call me? Why are you so opposed to me having a relationship with him? This kind of sneaking around is very familiar to me.
Why does he have to call you? It's very familiar to me! He's an adult.
He doesn't have to call you.
He has to call me because I have to see what condition he's in before I allow him to see you! Do you not trust me? You don't understand! You don't remember! Do you want to go back to the three of us living in a motel? I don't! You won't see him again until I talk to him! He's changed! I am going to talk to him before you see him again.
That's it! My God, Seth is in town.
Oh, God.
Hey, sweetie.
Hey.
How you doing? Okay.
You've been here over a week now.
Have you talked to your parents? No.
Have you talked to Alex? Once.
How'd that go? Uh, he's not going to date me or see me until my parents say that it's okay.
Right.
That's Alex.
But it doesn't matter, because they're not going to change their minds, and I don't feel any differently, and we're just Well stuck.
You want to know what I think? It's okay if you don't.
I think you should go home.
I just, I don't think that that's going to fix anything.
Well, that's not why you go home.
You go because they love you.
You know? You just go back.
And everything doesn't have to be solved.
It doesn't work that way.
You know, it's not math.
You just go home.
Okay, this is nice.
That's nice.
Oh, yeah.
It's beautiful.
Okay, write it down.
Okay.
All right, let's write that down.
Hey, bride-to-be.
Mom-in-law to be.
- Hey.
Hey, Crosby.
How's it going? Pretty good.
We're just looking at reception venues.
Here, check this one out.
That's really nice.
But, um, I thought we were having the reception at my mom and dad's.
Well, that's very sweet, Crosby, but I'm sure that your parents don't want 150 people trampling through their house.
And even if they did, where would they all sit? Yeah, well, they probably wouldn't want 150, but I think that's kind of why we agreed on 40.
- Well, 40 was always unrealistic, honey.
- Totally.
Really? Um Yeah.
As unrealistic as 150? Well, now, you know that I started off wanting it small, but, Crosby, your family alone is 40, and then our family is big, and there's all these people that I have to invite from church, so Yeah.
We'll make it work.
If you say so.
- Ooh.
- Very nice.
Yeah.
Oh, and we changed the date, too.
We changed the date? Yeah.
Reverend Gordon's going to be out of town in October, so I said we'd do it in September.
Is there anything else about my wedding day that you guys changed? Crosby, relax.
Everything's going to be fine.
Yeah, baby, we got this.
It's going to be wonderful.
You're going to love it.
Okay.
Trust me.
Oh, look at this! Let me see.
Oh, that's nice! That's it.
Write it down.
Okay, okay.
Write it down.
Put it on top.
On top? Yeah.
Okay.
Hello.
Oh, hi.
I didn't hear you.
Okay.
Oh, no, I caught you looking at porn, didn't I? It's okay, everybody looks at it.
Apparently they did a study, and Dad, no, I'm not looking at porn, okay? You're not? No.
What are you doing? I was I found some videos of Seth's band.
I'm just seeing what they're doing.
Oh, yeah.
Seth.
They're good.
And Drew's 15.
He's going to think his father's, like, some sort of celebrity, you know, that's You want me to go knock some sense into Seth? I would love to do that.
Okay, Dad, well Just enjoy the heck out of it.
Okay.
That's not helpful, Dad.
Okay, look-it, uh I think I have a hand in the whole Seth Why? Drew thing.
Because, well, at Thanksgiving I I called Seth and asked him to talk to Drew, and because Dad, there's nothing wrong with that.
I mean, Drew is lonely.
He misses his father and he should call him.
His father should call him.
His father should know how they're doing in school.
His father should know what they like to eat.
His father should know.
But he doesn't, you know? And I don't know if he's "sick" or what's going on.
He's in town.
He didn't even call me.
He didn't what? He didn't even call me.
So what if he didn't call you? What? You want to hear from this guy? For the kids, Dad.
For the kids.
Bull crap.
You know something, Sarah, you know what? You got feelings for this guy still.
Oh, my God.
You do! I am trying to make the right decision and take care of the kids.
I don't have feelings for him.
Now, let me tell you, Sarah.
I love you.
I mean, you're beautiful, you're gifted, but, uh, you got this thing with, you need a relationship, always need something to fill whatever's going on inside of you that's not good enough.
I mean, this guy is a son of a bitch.
Yeah, Dad.
All right? He was the love of my life, okay? But he's sick now and I know that now.
The love of your life! I know that now! Just listen to what I said, Sarah.
- Turn that crank.
- Okay, keep cranking.
You got it? Keep going.
Hey, you know how to say "ice cream" in Japanese? I do not.
I think it's time.
Let's add in the chocolate chips.
- All right, let's do it.
- Yeah, I think it's ready.
All right, be careful.
You want to pull that out for me? And just scrape that off.
Success! Yes! That looks really good.
I've decided I want to play basketball more.
Really? Really? Yeah.
Really? That's great.
I will go outside and play with you anytime you want.
You just have to ask.
Dump it.
Actually, I want to play with Alex.
He's a much better teacher than you or Grandpa.
How do you know that? Because I saw him the other day at the park and he taught me how to do a layup and he let me win, so I want to play with him more than I do with you and Grandpa.
Okay.
Uh, what park? Was this the day that you went with Haddie and Amber to the science museum? Yes.
But I'm not supposed to tell you, Haddie says, because she'd get in trouble because she's not supposed to be seeing Alex.
Okay, guys, let's get this in the freezer.
Okay.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
This is going to be so yummy.
- Yeah? - Just a second.
What's going on? Hey.
Um, come on in.
Is it a bad time? No.
Come in.
Wow.
I love what you've done with the place.
It's awesome.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You know me.
It's all about the decor.
Wow You look great.
No, no, no.
Don't.
Don't.
Well, I can I can offer you some tap water in a toothbrush glass.
No vodka from the minibar? Wow.
Right out of the gate.
Yeah.
I'm asking.
Okay.
Yeah, that's fair.
No minibar.
Anything else? Come on.
I'm sorry.
Does that hurt your feelings? Please, anything else? No.
I'm not using.
Been on the wagon nine months.
Okay.
Really? Yup.
Okay.
Okay.
Look, I know I know this isn't the ideal way to No, you're right, this is not ideal.
It's not the ideal way to see each other, it's not the ideal way to be parents, you know? It's just a really crappy surprise to find out that you're seeing Drew.
Wait.
Wait a minute.
You didn't know Drew was coming to see me? Why would I know? Why would I know? I don't even know where you've been the last couple of months.
I'm sorry.
He contacted me.
I just I assumed it was with your blessing.
I know.
Dumb.
Why would you assume that? How screwed up is this? This is so screwed up! You come, you go, you do whatever you want! Do you have any idea how nuts this is? I know.
You don't know.
I don't really think you know or I don't think you would do it again and again.
What are you even doing here? I got a couple gigs in town over the next few weeks and You're here for gigs and you didn't even call me, at least, to let me know, to make a plan It's not like we were on a chatty basis.
No, it's not like we're on a chatty basis, but it's not really about us, is it? I know.
I know I screwed up.
I know that I screwed up 100 times in 100 different ways and it probably doesn't matter that I'm That I'm beyond sorry.
I really am.
I want to be part of Drew and Amber's lives.
Whatever it takes.
That's a hell of a kid.
He follows us online, the band.
Of course he does.
I invited him to come see us play.
Oh.
Oh, look, I want you to know.
No surprises from now on.
You're the mom, so you decide whatever Whatever you think is right, done.
I'll do it.
I don't know what's right.
I don't know.
I have to think about it.
Okay.
If you hurt them again, I'll kill you.
You know, so we're sitting in his office, which apparently Billy Graham decorated.
There's crucifixes everywhere.
And every time he asks a question, boom, she's got an answer.
"Me! I'll do it! I'm in charge.
" Uh-huh.
And if I spoke up, she corrected me every single time.
And this is some formality you're doing for her mom? Yes.
It was supposed to be a formality.
That's my point, as I'm sitting there listening to her answer these questions, I'm starting to realize that this woman I'm engaged to is never going to let me make a single decision.
And when it comes to our son, I'm wrong every single time.
How could that be, Adam? How could I be wrong every single time? I'm batting a thousand? You're just having pre-wedding jitters.
I'm not having pre-wedding jitters.
And it's not just about Jabbar.
It's about everything.
For the rest of my life, I might as well have a mute button installed.
Okay, I'm turning into that guy.
"Do you want chicken or steak?" "Uh, I don't know.
Let me check with my wife "and see what I'm allowed to eat this week.
" All right? I don't want your stock answer in support of the institution of marriage.
I want you to tell me what you think of Jasmine.
Stop freaking out.
I think that Jasmine is a strong woman who has strong opinions and I think that you can be a bit of a waffler.
Look, I'm not you but I'm doing just fine.
Yeah, you're doing just great, aren't you? Yeah, I make the payment on my boat, on my car, on my motorcycle.
I pay my taxes.
Uh-huh.
Do you do your taxes? Oh, I don't think so.
I do your taxes.
Okay, you do everyone in the family's taxes because you're a control freak.
You love it.
It's not a control thing.
And I pay you.
You don't pay me.
You give me mix CDs.
That's hardly legal tender.
All right, listen to me, you're making a commitment to Jasmine, all right? You both are bringing different things to the table.
You're a lucky guy, all right? She's on top of things, you're not so much.
You have other skills that you bring to the table.
You're fun, you're spontaneous, you know how to defuse a situation with humor.
That's no small thing.
I mean, maybe she can toughen you up and you can soften her up.
You're going to change each other.
It's marriage.
You know, you got to give a little to get a little.
Right? Yeah.
But I feel like I'm giving everything.
- I made it a point.
- Oh, that's Who took my rum raisin ice cream? I had to get a buzz on.
What happened to your blouse? Why don't you take it easy? You're a little cranky.
You're taking it out on me about your ice cream.
I'm the only one that likes it.
Why would someone take my stuff? I'm sorry that you're going through something, but really, we're on your team.
Hey.
Hey.
So, um I've thought about it.
Okay, come on, I put it in here.
Jeez.
Yes? And you can go to the show.
Okay, yeah, thank you so much.
But, however, 11:00 is the cutoff, okay? if you're backstage.
I don't care how many encores they're doing.
You have to be home by 11:30, so I'll drive you and I'll pick you up and that is the deal.
Okay, but, I mean, I'll be home by 11:30, but can I take the bus? You can't take the bus Don't.
Listen! I'm letting you go and that's it.
You're right.
Someone has to drive you, so please, that's enough.
I'll drive.
Is that better? Really? Yeah.
Okay.
Wait.
Well You're going to go to the show? Yeah.
It's fine.
It's not a problem.
What? You know, you can't What? You'd be seeing Dad.
I know, I get it.
It's fine.
But Everyone wins.
Okay? We're good? Okay.
I'll get ready.
Okay.
Thank you, Mom.
- No, I'm not eating any kale.
- I'm ready for ice cream.
Mmm.
Good kale.
- Just some.
- I'm not eating any kale.
You have to have a couple of bites.
Do not throw the food on the table.
Two good bites of each.
Adam.
I want you to have kale, chicken and rice.
Two good bites of each.
Mom? Hey.
Hi.
Um, Grandma dropped me off.
Are you hungry? Because I have so much food.
Yeah.
Yeah? I am, yeah.
That'd be good.
Have a seat.
I just made some really good food.
Oh.
Okay.
I told you to have your chicken.
Have some more chicken.
No, I had four bites of chicken.
What did I miss? Hi, Haddie.
Hi.
We made ice cream.
You're going to have to try some.
You have to crank it at the end.
Why did you guys make ice cream? I don't understand why you have to crank it.
Chocolate chocolate chip.
You have to put a lot of salt in and cook the milk and add chocolate syrup and then crank it.
Why do you cook the milk? I don't know.
It helps mix all the ingredients.
Hey, you know what? We have a lot of plates.
What if we put the bowls up here? I think it would fit.
Mmm, I don't think that works because then the bowls don't really get clean and then we'll have to wash them again, which I know I don't want.
It's better down here.
Yeah, that was a terrible idea.
I don't know what I was thinking.
What's going on? You're acting a little weird.
Huh? I can't marry someone who will not let me make any decisions, okay? I'm starting to realize that you are very controlling.
I mean, how we load the dishwasher? Or how we unload groceries? Or the toilet paper's got to be up instead of under 'cause you like up, or the fact that there's no whole milk in the fridge, which is what I like? The wedding? I am getting completely lost here.
My ideas don't even exist! Okay.
Well, thanks for telling me all that.
You're welcome.
I'm not really sure what I'm supposed to say.
Look, I did not mean it to come out like that, but You want this back? No, I don't want the ring back.
Then what the hell does, "I can't marry a woman "who won't let me make decisions" mean? I was upset.
All right? I'm trying to be honest with you! I can't hold it any longer! You don't know how to load the dishwasher? It's not about the dishwasher! What is it? It's that you don't let me make any decisions! I don't let you or you just don't do it? You don't let me.
You know what? If I didn't take the lead on things, nothing would get done, ever.
You can call it whatever you want, call it being controlling, whatever.
It's called being responsible, something you never knew Because you found me in a ditch.
I couldn't do anything.
I couldn't show up to work or brush my teeth! Are you crazy? You couldn't compromise to save your life! I compromise every day! Really? When? You don't compromise! When were you going to tell me about having three more kids? That was a workbook exercise.
And you know, I'm sorry that my vision for our family is so terrible.
Were you just going to drop those three kids on my lap like you did Jabbar? Wow.
I did not I don't mean that I would Yeah, you know what? I'm hearing a lot of things you don't mean tonight, like you can't marry me, I don't compromise.
I guess I should relax and enjoy your amazing stick-figure plan for our family, huh? Should I do that? You are so ungrateful.
It's ridiculous.
Ungrateful? How dare you? Yeah, don't act like Don't you call me ungrateful! Don't act like I haven't changed.
Yeah, you gave up your amazing single life for us.
You want to have it all.
You want me to plan everything and then you want to blame me for it.
I can't talk to you.
Then don't.
Yeah, I'm not going to.
The '80s called, they want their leather suit back.
It's not a suit, it's a vest and pants.
It's almost a suit.
A vest and pants is one piece away from a suit.
Thank you very much.
It's good to be back here on our home turf.
I want to do a song that we haven't done in quite a while.
In fact, I wrote this one with my ex-wife.
That's all I'm going to say about it.
What is this? Goes just like this.
Little fingers Little toes Your forehead My nose I see you No matter how far away you are tonight It's all right Okay, first of all we're glad you're home.
So happy.
Me too.
Mmm-hmm.
And we would like to talk about what's gone on and where we go from here.
Okay.
Okay.
Um, when you go out with Alex, we need to know where you are at all times.
There's no sneaking around, there's no mystery dating.
And you're only allowed to go out with him twice a week.
- Twice? - Fine.
And your schoolwork has to come first, as always.
Yeah.
It does.
And when you do go out, we want to have a curfew.
That's going to be non-negotiable.
Wouldn't want to negotiate.
And we are not comfortable with you going to his apartment.
Not at all.
At all.
Okay? You're not allowed to go there.
You can go to a movie or dinner, you can spend time here I understand.
Those are your options.
Yeah.
Agreed? Mmm-hmm.
You get it? Yeah.
'Cause we love you and we want to trust you.
We do trust you.
We do.
Okay.
Okay? Fair? Welcome home, honey.
Thank you.
I can't even believe that we're doing this.
What do you mean? He invited us backstage.
Backstage.
Cool! Can't you just call him tomorrow? Have you ever been backstage? Rock and roll.
Oops.
Excuse me.
Oh, boy.
Get in there.
You have the rapport with him.
Saying hi.
Hey.
Hey, Dad.
You made it.
Yeah.
All right.
Wow.
Honey That was really good.
Hi.
I mean, this guy grows like a weed, but you're Wow, you're beautiful.
She's short.
Jeez.
Hey, Louie, Louie, these are my kids.
Drew and Amber.
Nice to meet you.
How'd you like the show? It was great.
It was really good.
This is Tara, our guitar player, Bob and Vance.
They're my kids, man.
This is MJ, my manager.
Remember? Hey.
Drew.
Nice to meet you.
Hi, how are you? I haven't seen you guys since you were babies.
Yes.
Neither has he.
I see the resemblance.
- Yeah.
- I know, right? Say hi to your mom for me.
Okay.
Thanks for coming.
Well, did you like it? Yeah.
It was great.
It was so good.
I guess it's time to go, right? Because it's, like, curfew time.
We don't We still have time.
Yeah, no, I think it's definitely It's not even that late.
You know how Mom gets.
Maybe you don't, but No, I do.
It's cool.
Next time we'll do a shorter set and then we can hang, or you come early, we'll have a little dim sum.
Cool.
Yeah.
I mean, I want you to come back.
I will.
Come on.
Honey, I want you to come back, too.
Maybe some other year.
Well, hey, thank you for being here tonight.
It means a lot to me.
Okay.
Stop.
All right, bye, you guys.
You're not going to say a word.
You're not going to make a move unless I tell you.
You get that? There is nobody like the Duke.
Nobody, Dad.
Nobody.
Look at the guy.
He's got all the command, he's got the posture.
It's impossible to believe that his given name was Marion.
Dad, I Marion Morrison.
I know, Dad.
Hey.
How was it? How was it? It was amazing.
So good.
It was fine.
It was magnificent.
It was incredible.
God, you make it sound like it was Radiohead or something.
It was not You know.
Okay, well, it was very fun.
Did you go backstage? Yes, we did, and there's a new bass player.
His name's Louie.
He's unbelievable.
And MJ said to say hi.
You should probably go write about it in your diary.
You're very right.
I will see you guys later.
Hey, thanks, Mom.
Oh, sure.
Night.
Night.
Night, you little cowboys.
Night! Cowgirl.
You mother's not the only one who knows her way around a pancake, okay? I've got some I've got some mad skills of my own here.
Let's check this out.
Now, that is a flapjack, right there.
A flapjack.
What's going on with you? Max, have you ever heard of a pancake sandwich? A sandwich is with bread.
Not all sandwiches are with bread.
- Gross.
- You're about to be very surprised, my boy.
Haddie? All good sandwiches are with bread.
If I try this, will I get stickers? Yes.
You'll get a trophy.
Sink your teeth into that.
Take a big bite.
Oh.
There we go.
Mmm.
Good stuff.
Dad, Haddie is home, that means I can play basketball with Alex.
Haddie, please call Alex and tell him to meet us at the park.
Hey, you know what, Max? I'll take you to the park.
No, Alex is a much better teacher.
I'm cooking myself some eggs, Mom.
No, you're not.
We're having flapjacks.
I learned how to do it on the Food channel.
No, I'm going to make myself some eggs.