Party of Five s02e19 Episode Script

So this whole leap year thing doesn't freak you out at all? Why would it? I don't know.
Just the idea that's there's this this day that doesn't even exist.
Like a phantom day.
But it's just science, Bailey.
I mean if we didn't add the day, eventually, you know, we'd end up with sun and snow in June.
Well, see, now, that's exactly it.
That's exactly what freaks me out about it.
That that could happen.
What are you doing? I'm having an existential crisis out here, and you're, like, rearranging my clothes.
I am not.
Then what are you doing? It's a surprise.
Ah! Brainstorm.
What if we throw a leap year party.
If you're surrounded by friends, maybe it'll help you through the trauma.
Maybe.
Okay.
Ready? Ta-da! What do you think? Oh.
Oh, god.
You know, I can take it back.
No! Don I mean I mean No.
Are you sure? You know, because it's not really my normal style.
But Maybe it's a new me emerging.
Yeah, well Emerge over here.
So This leap year party thing, what do you say? Yes T-to absolutely anything.
Well, here.
You have a history test on Monday.
So I figured you might want to I also brought you a note from Nina, um The Grant high spectator, and a new class president ballot.
Lots of people are asking about you.
Asking what? How you are What's wrong, when you're gonna be back.
And what do you tell them? I tell 'em you're okay, you had a stomach virus, and you're gonna be back really soon.
Are you? Gonna be back soon? I don't know.
Oh.
Because I was thinking Maybe if you did come back, uh, got back into your routine, you might start feeling like your old self again.
And maybe we'd start feeling like us again.
Maybe it's as easy as that.
Yeah Maybe.
Everybody wants to live like they wanna live and everybody wants to love like they wanna love everybody wants to be closer to free closer to free Trash trucks are coming any second.
Give me hand, will you? She's just sitting there in the living room, Charlie.
Who? Julia.
She's been watching infomercials since, like, 4:00 this morning.
I said "hi", but it's like she didn't even hear me.
Is she gonna be okay? Yeah, claud She's gonna be all right.
Been up since 4, huh? Yeah.
I, uh Couldn't sleep.
Something's got to give here, jule.
You've spent the last week watching shadows move across the walls.
Don't you think it's time to go back to school? Maybe next week.
I just I don't feel ready yet.
Don't make me go back, Charlie.
Look, I don't want to be a hard-ass.
If I thought staying home is helping, I'd be all for it, but it's not.
Obviously it's not.
So I'm sorry.
But I'm gonna I'm not gonna write you any more notes.
I think you should go on upstairs and get dressed.
So Five days, huh? Mm-hm.
Five days is a long time.
Five days is gonna seriously bring down our average.
Is that your way of saying you're gonna miss me? Yeah.
Sure.
Vertically Or horizontally? Well You know, both.
You know what? Hell with the affiliates' meeting.
How does Hawaii sound? What? Hawaii? Mm-hm.
Five days, just the two of us, on some incredible beach.
We can spend some real time together for a change.
Haven't we been doing that? Uh, no.
It's been a "how fast can you be at my place" kind of time.
Let's really go away together.
Kathleen, you can't just blow off your meeting.
Why can't I? It's 2000 people in a room.
They won't even notice I'm not there.
We'll book a suite at the haleakala resort.
We'll tell 'em we're honeymooners.
Newlyweds always get upgrades.
Uh, Kathleen They'll give us one of those private bungalows.
I'm just gonna call my travel agent and see.
I can't go away with you, Kathleen.
I've I've got, you know, the kids.
Especially this week, with Jake not being here.
The kids? Yeah.
Among other things, I've got responsibilities.
Like? Like Like responsibilities, okay? They nee they need me around in case stuff happens Or breaks.
Or they need something.
Or or they get in trouble.
In case stuff breaks? Hey, Kathleen, I know this might be a foreign concept, but I've got a lot of people to think about other than myself, okay? I'm sorry, but that's just the way it is.
It just sounds confusing because you missed the potsdam stuff.
Once you do the reading you'll be totally okay.
They're staring at me.
Who is? Those girls over there.
That's because you're wearing the same shirt as one of them.
That's all they were saying.
Oh.
Oh, I thought, um They don't know.
Nobody knows.
And even if they did, so what? Look, you're doing great.
Just gotta make it through one more class, that's it.
We should probably go in, if you want to get seats together.
No.
Uh, I-I'm not taking last period.
You're why not? Um Because Charlie said not to.
H-he told me to skip last class because We-we're going away.
You're going away where? To Tahoe For the weekend.
You didn't tell me this.
I didn't? I thought I did.
No, you didn't.
Oh.
Sorry.
Charlie thought it would be a good idea for me to get away.
Anyways Go ahead.
I'll call when I get back.
Uh, can we talk while you're gone.
No.
There's no phone.
Take good notes, okay? Tahoe? Yeah, with Justin's family.
I don't know, jule, do you You sure you feel up for that? Yeah.
Justin's gonna catch me up on some history I missed.
I think you're right about getting out.
I think it was good for me.
And I think this will it'll just be that much better.
Okay.
Well, if you're sure.
Thanks.
Never know how much I love you Never know how much I care When you put your arms around me I get a fever Check this out: I'm in the bathroom, and this guy says the only reason he comes to hear this band is because of Sarah.
Yep.
That's my girl.
Fever So who's coming to the party? Hm? Fever all through the night The leap year thing.
Who's coming? Uh You know, people.
You.
Some other people.
Fever in the morning Huh.
Fever all through the night Man, what a great idea.
A party every four years.
Yeah.
Got the fever That is somethin' you all know Fever isn't such a new thing 'Cause fever started long ago Fever started long ago Oh, god.
Did we have a date? No, no.
We didn't have a date.
I'm I'm just dropping by.
Is it bad timing? No.
But, um But I've never dropped by before.
Well, yeah.
I know.
Don't you think that's a little strange, one month into a relationship? No.
I mean, your place is much cooler.
And, uh, besides, no kids.
Um, look, I thought about what you said earlier.
And, you know, you have this whole half of your life that I never see.
I mean, that I actually avoid being part of.
I mean, you have a family I don't even know.
Why is that? Because they're incredibly annoying? I'm being serious.
You know, it's Jeez! I mean who who made the stupid decision that you and me were only about, you know, going to dinner or Fooling around in the afternoon, or taking weekends? I feel like maybe it's my fault.
Hey, no.
No.
It's no one's fault.
I don't want to be just a diversion for you.
I want to be a part of your life.
And if that means hanging out with the kids and eating leftovers over the sink then Let's not glamorize this.
I wanna be a part of your life.
This looks good.
This is the final boarding call for flight Hi.
Can I help you? Yeah.
Hi.
Um I'd like to buy a ticket on the next flight to New Orleans, please.
Okay.
Let's see.
Uh, that's a wide-open flight Leaving at 10:00 from gate seven.
Okay.
Mm-hm.
Are they in classes all day? Oh, I see.
Uh Well, can I leave a message for him? Griffin holbrook.
Yeah, um Tell him that Julia called.
Actually Tell him that Julia's here.
Thanks.
Why not? What objection could you possibly have? I'm just not excited about the thought of drunk teenagers puking in our bathtub.
No, Charlie.
No one's gonna be puking anywhere.
Okay? It's just a bunch of friends hanging out.
No big deal.
I don't know, bay.
Oh, let him have the party.
Mm.
Smells good.
What is it? Um Huevos ranchitos Who? Oh, I'm Kathleen.
But I guess that's stating the obvious, huh? Hi.
Hi.
Um, is this where you're having the party? Out there? Um No, actually Actually I was planning on having it inside.
Listen, I throw a million parties a year, so I know whereof I speak.
Get 'em outside, light candles, and suddenly the whole party's sexy and mysterious.
Come here.
I'll show you.
Okay.
You might want to just toss in a hint of cilantro.
How did she seem? She seemed tall.
This one? Mm.
Too hard.
So What besides tall? I don't know.
It was weird seeing somebody other than Kirsten in Charlie's robe, that's for sure.
She had cool ideas about the party.
This one? You already gave me that one.
Oh.
So, um Have you thought about what you're gonna wear tonight? God, I don't know.
Because, um I was thinking that I really love that that black sweater that you have.
The turtleneck? Yeah.
Mm.
It itches.
Well, yeah.
But something like that? Yeah, probably.
Probably not the dress you wore last night.
God, no.
Yeah.
I didn't think so.
No, I mean, you know, I'd love to, but I just haven't had a chance to wash it.
It's drenched in sweat.
Perfect.
Who is it? Julia? Hi.
Whoa.
It is you.
Yeah, of course.
I, uh I told a couple of the guys about you.
I just I figured maybe they were setting me up.
No, it's me.
Yeah, well, wow.
I you look, uh Not so good.
Are you okay? Yeah.
Yeah, I'm I'm fine.
I'm just, um I had a rough Time, and I haven't Slept much.
But, listen, um How are you? Wha-what kind of rough time? Something bad happen to you? No.
I mean, something bad, yeah.
But it didn't happen to me.
I did it.
Something really stupid.
What? You know what, Griffin? I have spent the last week doing nothing but talking and agonizing and Crying about this thing.
So What I really want right now is to just Not.
Yet.
Okay? Okay.
I mean, well, sure.
I can't even believe you're here, so, yeah Uh, whatever.
Out of chips.
Uh Sarah rearranged all this stuff.
Where is she anyway? She's out there with Matt.
He's here? Who invited him? I'm guessing Sarah, when she asked the rest of the band.
Wait a second.
They're all here? There they are, in this one over here.
What is she doing on his lap? Oh, they're they're doing this ventriloquist thing.
It's hysterical.
A ventriloquist thing.
Yeah.
She's the dummy.
He's the ventriloquist.
On his lap? Duh.
That's what makes it funny.
That's not funny.
Trust me.
When you're out there, it's a riot.
You're folding his laundry? What can I say? Love makes you do ridiculous things.
You're in love? Really? Go figure.
Oh I'm in love too.
His name's enrico.
And he's Mexican.
That's why I'm learning Spanish.
Ooh! A Latin lover.
Exactly.
Well, it wasn't downstairs.
Where the hell is it? What's with him? Stress.
Been trying to drag him to Hawaii, but he won't go.
Kathleen What are you, like, loco? Why not? He thinks you can't survive his absence.
What? When was the last time you actually solved a problem? Hey I do a lot around here.
Maybe not all the obvious stuff, not the the glory jobs.
But the nitty-gritty, behind-the-scenes stuff.
You guys would be lost without me.
Okay.
So I'll take them, too.
What? Really? Mm-hm.
Claudia, um Could go look for my leather jacket, please? Si, señor.
What was that? A very nice invitation? You have no right No right to tell her that she can go to Hawaii.
Relax, Charlie.
What's the big deal? The big deal is, is that I don't want you taking them on family trips.
It's okay.
So I'll rescind the invitation.
And I don't want this! You! Here! Folding my laundry! I mean, god, you-you put away my socks! I'm sorry.
It was a terrible thing to do.
Look I don't mean that.
Of course, it was It was a A very nice thing to do.
But What is going on? When when did everything get so involved? Because this was supposed to be a casual thing.
Well, things can't stay casual forever, Charlie.
Uh I mean, I love you.
How about this one? Is it flat enough? Sure.
Hold it like this And spin it out of your hand.
Okay.
Damn.
That's all right.
There's more where that came from.
So I guess you got pregnant, huh? You could tell? I just figured.
I mean, what else could it be? Oh.
Well, I-I'm not pregnant now.
I lost it.
I mean A miscarriage.
But I almost had an abortion.
Whoa.
Well, are you all right? I mean, physically? Yeah.
I'm okay.
Good.
Was he cool about it? Yeah.
Very.
Why are you here? I don't know.
Maybe I thought you'd understand.
This never happened to me.
I mean, with a girl.
I But you've done things you wish you could undo, right? Yeah.
Yeah, lots.
Come on.
It's like I can't recognize myself.
I mean, the me I know would never have let this happen, you know? The me I know would never have had an appointment at an abortion clinic.
Do you know what I mean? What, are you kidding? Look at this uniform.
Some days I wake up and look at it and Think, whose life did I get by mistake? So, what do you do? I put on the clothes.
I mean, they're mine.
You're not Mad at me for coming to you, are you? It's not exactly the easiest thing.
I love you.
Yeah.
Well, if it helps Yeah.
Sarah.
Could I Talk to you a sec? Sure.
Hey, is everything okay? Somebody stole Charlie's really expensive leather coat.
Oh, my god.
God, who would take it? I don't know.
I was thinking maybe one of the guys in the band.
You've only known them, what, like two months.
Yeah, and long enough to know they don't steal.
Well, I think you should probably ask them.
I'm not gonna confront my friends.
They're not your friends, Sarah.
Your friends would never make you dance around half-naked just to draw a crowd for them.
What did you say? God, Bailey, if you have a problem with the way I perform, don't take it out on my friends.
I'm not I'm not.
I'm just saying the coat is missing I found it.
He left it in the car.
Doofus.
Oh, this place sucks.
Yeah, well, it's all I could afford.
I had a good day.
Well, I'm not going anywhere.
Griffin, I-i don't feel comfortable Oh, I know.
I don't mean like that.
I Come on.
I mean, I'm gonna Stay right over here.
That way maybe you can Sleep a little easier.
Don't you have a curfew or something? Uh Yeah.
It, uh It was an hour ago.
Griffin, don't get in trouble over this.
It's not worth it.
Yeah.
Well, that's kind of my call.
Lie down, okay? Is that better? Mm-hm.
Hey.
Ow.
Wait.
Ow.
I brought you a paper.
We have it delivered.
And some bagels.
I've eaten.
Maybe for lunch? What are you doing? I'm saying I'm sorry With props.
You left without saying goodbye.
Yeah, well, I didn't feel like talking to you.
Yeah.
I know.
I was being a jerk.
And and what I think happened was Was that I was just expecting this small party.
And so when all those people started showing up, and then the jacket was missing, I just i just freaked out.
I'll say.
And I missed you.
Usually at parties, we We hang around together talking about who's hanging on who and stuff.
And when I looked for you last night, you were off messing around with that Matt guy.
He's a friend, Bailey, period.
I know.
I know.
I was wrong.
And, oh.
Listen to this.
You know the, um You know the new thing that Charlie's trying out.
Salinger's live music on Sunday nights.
Well He said that he would squeeze you in this week, if you wanted to play.
Sunday? That's tonight.
Yeah.
He said he'll pay 300 bucks.
Is that supposed to make everything better or something? No.
No.
But it's a really good thing.
And just because you're mad at me, that's no reason to throw away a great opportunity.
So I'm sorry, and I really think you should do this.
What time should we be there? - So Wait for me.
- All right, thanks.
Charlie.
Oh.
I I wasn't You're on your way out.
Well, just to exercise class.
It's it's okay.
N-n-n-no.
I'm happy to bag it.
Besides, I can think of a much better way to get my heart rate up.
Let's go upstairs, shall we? Um Or not.
Charlie? Can we can we sit down for a second? I want you to know that I think you're a really great person, Kathleen.
Okay.
You've been incredibly good to me.
I mean, really, really generous.
So I want to be fair.
That stuff you said last night about us moving forward, about us not being so casual.
The thing is, Kathleen, I I like casual.
Casual really works for me.
Casual is is what I thought we were doing here.
But I don't know.
I I guess you're right.
We We can't be casual forever.
And if you're not ready to get serious, well, that That says something.
I mean, I guess eventually you You either fall in love or you don't.
And I'm guessing you're in category b.
I'm sorry.
Since you've been so honest with me, I thought that I owed it to you to Uh-huh.
Well Thank you For being honest.
This place is kind of cool, huh? Ahh.
Um If you want to, uh, maybe we could go hear some jazz later.
You're hating this.
No.
Really.
Julia, just tell me.
Okay, I'm hating it.
I'm sorry.
I I just thought maybe if we came to do something fun, you know, maybe you could forget about the other stuff.
Griffin, it's not your fault.
It's just, like What am I doing having fun, you know? Why shouldn't you? I don't know.
Whenever I made a mistake before, I could always Fix it.
But this There's no way to undo it.
It's just there Always.
I get a knot in my stomach when I think about it.
Yeah.
I know that feeling.
I used to get drunk when I did that.
I just want to feel like I'm still an okay person.
Everyone tells me that I am, but it doesn't mean anything.
I just look at them and think, "what the hell do you know?" Well Let's go.
Where are we going? Someplace Else.
You need to tell Charlie to get a new sink in there.
You can barely wash your face without drenching yourself.
Is is that what you're wearing tonight? Yeah.
You don't think something else would be better? Well, if I thought something else would be better, I'd probably be wearing it.
Sarah.
I just I just think that maybe you ought to think about how you present yourself.
Excuse me? Well You're, like, this really sweet person.
And and when you dress like that, you don't Look sweet.
Bailey.
The problem is, without those songs, we've got, like, Wait a minute.
What songs? Bailey said the crowd wouldn't be too into some of the stuff we played.
God, what is your problem? Look, i I am just making sure that everything goes well.
For who? You're the only one freaking out over it.
I'm not freaking out.
Yes, you are! Don't wear this.
Don't sing that.
I was thinking of having a glass of water, Bailey.
Is that okay with you? Yeah.
Yeah.
That's fine.
Or maybe you'd just rather spill it all over yourself and enter a wet t-shirt contest.
You you're not trying to make up for anything.
You're making sure that I do things your way.
Well, forget it.
I'm outta here.
Wait a second.
Wait a second.
You're just You're gonna leave? What is Charlie supposed to do about a band? I don't know, Bailey.
You go up, put on a turtleneck and sing "feelings," for all I care.
Hola.
Salinger's.
Claudia.
Who is this? Kathleen? I'm not here.
I'm not here.
Um Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Hol Yeah, wait just a second.
Hold on.
Hold on.
Charlie's right here.
She sounds really weird.
Charlie.
I did something So stup-ID.
Kathleen.
Kathleen! It's a church.
Yeah.
You go to church? Well, I kind of have to.
It's, you know, part of the military school thing.
Mm.
Mom and dad used to take us to church.
I hated it.
Yeah.
My parents too.
Every Sunday, my mom and I would have a huge fight over wearing a tie.
When I came here, it was like one more thing I have to do, you know? Some more punishment.
Great.
I don't know.
Just one day, then, I started to see things differently.
It's like I actually started to listen to what the guy was saying.
And a lot of the stuff, you know, I could care less about.
But the main stuff, the overall feelings It's cool.
This is the only place where all of the bad stuff that I've done, all the mistakes that I've made Don't matter.
They matter, but It's just It doesn't change what I'm worth As a person.
It's like, here I'm Loved No matter what.
My parents would never Say that to me.
Even if they thought it, they wouldn't say it.
I guess yours can't either, huh? Kathleen.
Kathleen, come on.
Come on.
We need to get you up.
Come on.
Come on.
Uh, Charlie.
Ugh.
I'm so embarrassed.
How many of those did you take, huh? I don't know.
Um, just All right.
Come on now.
We gotta get those out of your stomach.
So we're gonna go into the bathroom.
All right? Okay.
Did you pay extra for this? What? It's a half-eaten lollipop.
Cherry, I think.
Wh-whoa! What? Nothing.
You just smiled.
I did? Yeah.
And it looked good.
Maybe I'll stay.
It's nice here.
No, it's not.
Music sucks, and the people talk funny.
Yeah.
But it's nice being with you.
What do you have at that place? Bunks? Maybe you can hide me in your bunk.
You know, you probably shouldn't joke about that.
No, probably not.
Because, uh You know, you got a life back there.
You got, uh Well, a lot of things back there.
Yeah.
Problem is I feel so far away from them now.
I mean, I don't know if I can feel Like this back there.
I just think you got to hang in there and do the time.
You know, because That's the one thing you know is gonna change.
I mean, every sucky day you live, you're not gonna have to live it again.
I mean It's done.
You did it.
You know, move on.
Maybe the next one won't suck.
What if it does? Same philosophy.
Just Do the time.
I'm sorry, Charlie.
I Shouldn't have called you.
You want to tell me what was going on? Nothing.
I-I was confused.
I couldn't sleep, and I think I took a couple of pills.
But I couldn't remember if I'd taken them, so I Took some more, and Then it all just I-I don't know.
You couldn't sleep? No.
I had a crappy day.
What was it you said? "You either fall in love or you don't.
" Boy, and I thought I scared easily.
But you really It's not about getting scared.
Oh, yeah, it is.
I could understand if someone had mentioned getting married or moving in together, but So what's the rule here, Charlie, huh? You'll let me take care of you and And turn your restaurant around.
But I can't get to know your family? We can have a quickie in the afternoon or a one night stand.
Forget about a romantic week together? You never even tried to make this work.
Yeah, I did.
Yeah, I did.
You think it's easy for me to care about someone else? To give up control in my life? To risk getting hurt? To compromise and overlook things, and put up with someone else's crap? And you got a lot of crap, Charlie.
But I was willing to do it for you.
Kathleen It's actually cruel what you do.
You ask people to care about you.
And when they do, and when it's your turn You bail.
I'm sorry.
"You either fall in love or you don't.
" Roll of the dice.
No way to call it.
God! - Final call for the 8:15 - airport shuttle.
Thanks.
The express bus to Baton Rouge will be leaving in five minutes.
You know Every day, it gets a little easier.
You know, some days it's worse.
But, uh M-most days Most days Life's actually pretty good.
All aboard who's going aboard.
All passengers on our Alabama express with stops in Montgomery Some days it's It's amazing.
We're gonna go with two, uh, before Lake Shore Dr.
Ah.
Thanks.
Hey.
Thought you were afraid of motorcycles.
I was.
Now I'm not.
Was that Matt? No, that was Evie, the drummer's sister.
Is that her jacket? It's mine.
You want to see a receipt? Hey, why do you have to be so cold? No, why do you have to be so judgmental? I-I'm not! I'm not.
I'm just I'm just trying to I'm trying to find you, is what I'm trying to do.
Well, here I am.
No, I know.
But it's not "you" you.
It's you're different.
It started when you hooked up with the band.
When you guys would sing, you'd, like, cop this attitude.
And, now it's like you're a completely different person, all the time.
I'm 16, Bailey.
I'm still finding out who I am.
And maybe maybe who you're seeing, maybe that's the real me.
Well She's not the you that I fell in love with.
Which which means what? That if I change, you're not gonna love me anymore? That's not what I said.
Because I might change, Bailey.
But that should be a good thing.
And if being with you means that I can't change, then there's something wrong with being with you, not something wrong with changing.
Wait, I'll come with you.
Evening.
Wow Just what I always wanted.
Was there snow there? Yeah.
Lots.
Man, you must have been pretty cold.
Julia.
Carlos says, "que la next time usted vaya away, leave uno numero.
" What? Charlie said, "next time you go away, leave a number.
" "Exactamundo.
" How to move back So I guess you went somewhere else? Turn then this heartache Yeah.
Where did you get this? The airport.
They sell Tahoe stuff at the airport.
I never noticed that.
You want to know where I was? Are you better? I mean, are you okay? Yeah.
Then, no.
Won't have to decide Probably don't need to know, right? Anyway, you're home, so I'll help you unpack.
Hey, hey, yes hoping that this will last we're hoping that this will last 'cause it's all we need