Party of Five s03e05 Episode Script

[GASPING.]
Hm.
Oh, boy.
Um, you think maybe this should go over there? No, I don't.
Okay, so you wanna just call it quits for the night? No, I don't.
Mwah.
I was just, uh, thinking how handy it is to have your own private attic.
Yeah.
Thank you, Bailey.
Yeah.
Thank you, Bailey.
[CHUCKLES.]
Come on.
Much better.
Hm.
Cooper.
Wait.
Cooper, wait.
[SIGHS.]
I don't wanna wait.
Do you have anything? Hm? Stop.
Come on.
Cooper, I said stop.
Um, what don't you understand about stop? I just-- You-- You brought me up here and I figured that-- Yeah, well, you figured wrong.
Okay.
Okay.
Okay, I got it.
I got it.
Third date's too soon, right? Right.
Okay.
So, uh, how soon can we schedule date number four? [GIGGLES.]
[THE BODEANS' "CLOSER TO FIVE" PLAYING.]
* Everybody wants to live * * Like they wanna live * * Everybody wants to be * * Closer to free-ee-ee-ee * * Closer to free * Hey.
Out of clean underwear? And quarters.
Hey, how you feeling? I bet everybody keeps asking you that.
It's probably driving you nuts, right? I mean-- I mean, I don't mean "nuts.
" I'm feeling okay, actually.
You know, keeping busy.
My doctor's got me on this new medication and so far Good.
That's good.
Uh, actually, would you mind? I just spent the whole morning rearranging here.
Corn Pops in between Cocoa Puffs and Count Chocula.
You alphabetized the cereal? Hey, Bay, can I get a lift to Jody's? Yeah, as long as you don't mind sitting through a few loads of laundry.
BAILEY: So, what do you say now? Out of underwear, huh? Very funny.
Kirsten, do you know where the checkbook is? Uh, living room desk, third drawer down next to the bank statements.
Trying to overdose on multivitamins, are you? Just thought I'd keep a supply on me.
Jody doesn't take them in the morning.
Where are the baggies? Uh, second drawer to your left, behind the wax paper.
Hey, haven't you been, like, gone lately? What, are you living at Jody's now? I remember saying you could sleep over there a few days ago.
I haven't seen you since.
CLAUDIA: Yeah, so, what's your point? My point is cut that out, okay? You can sleep in your own bed for a few nights starting tonight.
Starting tomorrow night.
Jody's already expecting me.
Her mom's making dinner and everything.
Okay, fine.
Tomorrow night.
But I'm serious about this, Claud.
Jewel took the attic.
So her room's available now if you want.
You serious? If you want, I can give you a hand with the move.
You know, help you get organized.
[CAR MOTOR REVS.]
"V.
" MAN: Why? Why can't I? Just for a few minutes.
CALLIE: Gary, come on.
I got an early class.
I'll call you tomorrow, okay? GARY: Promise you got my number.
CALLIE: Yes, memorized.
GARY: All right.
Not.
Bailey, I didn't know you were home.
So I guess another one bites the dust, huh? What's that supposed to mean, "another one"? Nothing, nothing.
So who are they from? No one.
[CLICKS TONGUE.]
My dad, okay? Guess your dad really enjoyed the anatomy lesson yesterday, huh? Hey, it's not what you think.
Darrel's premed.
All I did was, uh, help quiz him on the lymphatic system.
[PHONE RINGS.]
Hello.
May I ask who's calling, please? Well, T.
J.
, I'm afraid she's not here right now, T.
J.
Yeah.
In fact, she's out.
She's-- She's-- She's aerobicizing is what she's doing.
Right.
I sure will.
T.
J.
says he's left you six messages and you haven't returned any of them.
T.
J.
T.
J.
Was T.
J.
the one who broke the coffeemaker? Oh, no, wait.
That was-- That was Boyd.
Just trying to keep track.
Okay, okay.
For your information, I'm not sleeping with all of them.
I'm not even sleeping with most of them.
Whatever.
It's none of my business.
What can I say? There's a lot of available men at this school and there's only one of me.
Hey, I get it.
Supply and demand.
Wow.
It's gotta be, um So are you guys--? We split up.
I mean, some stuff, it's just kind of hard to get past.
[SIGHS.]
Anyways, I-- I don't tell people.
I mean, I didn't really wanna tell you so soon.
It is kind of a big deal.
But after last night I get it.
I'm the first guy since the miscarriage.
I get it.
Anyway, obviously, last night was, uh, whatever, but then you kept talking about the fourth date and then the-- The fifth date.
And the truth is, I don't know if there's really such a thing as the right time.
Because I don't want to go through that again.
So what? You-- You mean never? Like, you're never gonna be ready? I don't know.
Well, what are you dating a college guy for? What does that mean? You-- You date a college guy, you have to have sex? No, I-- I-- And anyways, I didn't say I wasn't ready.
I-- I didn't say I'm too young.
I said I don't know if it's right to have sex, un-- Until you're ready to live with the consequences if-- If you get pregnant.
[SIGHS.]
But the thing is I'm having a really good time with you.
I like being with you.
And I don't want this to matter.
Does it matter? I don't know.
Yes, it matters.
Of course it matters.
I mean, it-- It's not the only point.
I'm-- Ah, I, uh-- I gotta think about this.
Well, it's not official or anything.
He hasn't even actually asked her yet.
But she thinks any day now.
[LAUGHS.]
Wow.
They haven't been going out very long, have they? Four months.
He moved in after two.
Guess my mom just really wants to be married again.
What do you think of him? Of Kenny? I don't know.
I mean, he seems nice.
He's got a really loud swallow.
No one at this house respects anyone's privacy.
Tell me about it.
Tomorrow night's gonna be the first time in forever I've even had a door to shut.
Thought you were gonna stay here.
Can't.
Charlie's kinda pulling the plug on sleepovers for a while.
What do you mean? You can't stay past tonight? It's just this thing he does.
I mean, he tries to act all concerned and dad-like for a few days but it'll pass.
Could you tell him we have a school project or something? So, what's the biggie? We don't bunk together for a few days.
Well, I think it's incredibly rude to let a person think you're gonna come over then you just blow her off.
Hey, wait a sec.
I'm not blowing you off.
Jody, what's your problem? Is something going on? Jody? [WHISPERING.]
You can't tell anyone, okay? Tell anyone what? You have to swear, Claudia, okay? Okay, okay.
I swear.
What? He comes into my room at night.
He who? Oh-- Oh, you mean-- You mean Kenny? He sits at the edge of the bed and he talks to me with his face, like, really close to mine.
And [SIGHS.]
last week he He kissed me.
On the lips? Like a boyfriend or something? I don't know.
Kind of.
I don't know.
Well, I mean, did you tell your mom? You gotta tell her, Jody.
Claud, what am I supposed to do? I mean, she really loves him.
She's gonna marry him.
You-- Claudia, you can't tell anyone, okay? You swore.
CALLIE: Morning.
Did you hear the phone ring? Mm? Well, it just rang and it was T.
J.
Remember T.
J.
, the guy who keeps calling? Well, he, like, really wants to go out.
I mean, like, psycho really.
He totally won't take no for an answer.
And there's this thing-- This art gallery-- This opening thing where I kind of posed for some photographs.
I have to go.
I promised the photographer.
And it's this afternoon.
And T.
J.
knows about it because I kind of let it slip out somehow.
Are you following? Mm, no, I'm sleeping.
Look, I just-- I can't-- I can't go with him, okay? I just can't.
It's just-- Ugh.
It's too horrible.
Trust me.
Okay? So anyway-- So I told him that-- That I was seeing someone.
You know, well, like, living with someone, actually.
And, um, I said it was serious.
You know, like, uh, love serious.
I told him it was you.
You're up now, huh? Uh-uh.
Mm-mm, I'm not doing this.
No, okay, okay.
I just need you to go with me this afternoon as my boyfriend, okay? Mm-mm.
My very serious, fully committed, never-to-break-up and-leave-me-available for-jerks-like-T.
J.
boyfriend, okay? Hey, I'm the roommate, remember? I'm just the roommate.
I pay rent.
[SIGHS.]
There's nothing that you can say.
So forget it.
Okay, fine.
[SIGHS.]
I'm, like, totally nude in all the photos.
[LOUD CRASH.]
Bailey, God.
Sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sleeping here.
I know.
I'm just-- I gotta find my sports coat.
What do you need a sports coat for on a Saturday anyway? You got, like, a date in court or something? Worse.
I got roped into going to this art thing with my roommate.
I saw your boyfriend this morning.
Oh, yeah? Yeah.
Did you two talk? No, just waved at each other across the quad.
There you are.
So, what phase are you guys in? The kissy-kissy phase? The-- The cute-nickname phase? You know, Cooper Wooper, Julia Wulia? We're in the I-don't-think-we're seeing-each-other-anymore phase.
Really? Wow.
Wait, you-- You're-- You're not seeing each other or you think you're not? Oh, I don't know.
We kind of left it vague.
Well, what--? What, did you guys have a fight? No.
Look, it's complicated.
What, that's it? That's all you're gonna say? Pretty much.
Hey, no fair.
After the hell you put me through when you got together, I have a vested interest in you guys.
Come on.
Hey.
Hey! At least give me an idea what's screwing up the works.
[SIGHS.]
Okay, um, it's the fact that-- That I don't wanna go to bed with him that's gumming up the works.
Who's that? That's Linus.
Linus.
And you know who that is.
Right? That's Snoopy.
Snoopy, yeah.
Charlie, can I ask you something? What color is this? White.
Uh, white.
White.
Uh-huh.
I see.
And this one? Uh White.
I'm gonna go out on a limb here.
I'd have-- I'd have to say white also.
No.
It's off-white.
You can't see that, Charlie? White, off-white.
White, off-white? Okay.
I mean, what was the point of organizing the linen closet by colors if you're just gonna shove stuff in every which way? Well? Oh, I thought that was rhetorical.
Uh, the point.
Um, I don't know.
I'm sorry, I didn't know it mattered so much.
Well, it does.
It matters a lot.
I mean, I'm trying to-- I'm trying to make a dent in all this-- This mess and-- And if no one's gonna make the slightest effort-- If no one's gonna appreciate-- [VIOLIN BEING PLAYING.]
What the hell? Claudia.
[SIGHS.]
We thought the moment needed a little ceremony.
Okay.
Phase one complete.
Phase two: the move.
Jeez, Claud, I didn't know you had so much stuff.
Oh, most of this is Jody's.
She's gonna be staying for a while.
Books first or knickknacks? Whichever.
Okay.
What do you mean, staying over for a while? What, are you afraid she'll eat too much? Take up too much room? No, of course not.
I just don't see why.
I know you don't and it's part of your charm.
Can't they spend a single night apart? I mean, God, they're not Siamese twins for crying out loud.
This is getting ridiculous, don't you think? That's just Charlie being, you know, Charlie.
Oh, God.
Come on, Claud.
He wants me out.
No, look, I'm telling you you can stay.
I mean, you can't stay here forever, but Can't you live with your dad for a while? Oh, God.
No, Claud.
He's just-- Claudia, you gotta get this junk out of the hallway.
Charlie! What--? Jody, what's going on? God, can't you just--? What? Claudia.
Okay, I mean, she has a problem with with her boyfriend.
See, he kind of dumped her and she's real embarrassed about it, you know? I think she just kind of needs a little time to herself.
So if you could just not mention it it'd be good.
[SIGHS.]
You know, I never realized that you were so-- So-- Uninhibited? Limber.
You're a very limber girl.
Mm.
Jeez, you'd-- You'd think they'd have air conditioning in here.
Why don't I go get us something to drink.
Don't disappear on me.
Okay.
Tom? Hm? Mr.
Digman? I'm Bailey Salinger.
I'm in your Economics 10 section.
Oh, yeah, hi.
How are you? Hey, I-- I really enjoyed Friday's lecture a lot.
All that, um-- That supply-side stuff.
Whew, that's-- That's fascinating.
[LAUGHS.]
Hm, that-- That's funny because I had the impression that you were dozing off.
Me? Yeah.
No, sir.
No.
No.
When I get really focused, sometimes my eyes get really small like that.
Oh.
[SIGHS.]
Here you go.
Hey, Callie, uh, I want you to meet, uh, my Economics section leader.
This is Tom Dig-- Hello, T.
J.
Callie.
[CLEARS THROAT.]
--man.
Digman.
You guys know each other? They only had nasty Chardonnay, sweetie.
So I got you a spritzer, okay? Wait, is-- Th-- This is-- He's y-your--? Huh, I have to say I'm surprised.
A-- A-- A freshman, Callie.
I wouldn't have figured.
Really? Mm.
Well, Bailey just happens to be one of the deepest men I've ever met.
Are you gonna drink that? No, go ahead.
So I-- I take it you never found my watch.
T.
J.
, look, please don't start, okay? Look, I'm sorry things didn't work out with us.
But what can I say? Bailey and I never expected to fall in love.
It just happened.
Right, honey? Right.
So can we just--? Could we just try to be adults about this, please? Please? Well, I guess I'll see you in class.
Callie.
Lasagna? You always complain about the food in the dining hall.
Julia, you said this was important.
It-- It is important.
A good dinner is very important.
It's the most important meal of the day.
Or is that breakfast? Julia.
So-- So I made you salad too.
See, and-- And dessert.
Apple pie.
I'm not that great at pie.
Look, you know what? What? I'm trying here.
And I-- I know you weren't gonna call.
Julia Maybe it-- It's kind of like learning how to ride a bicycle.
After you fall off, you just gotta get right back on.
I mean, my last experience was really bad, obviously.
So that's all I think about.
But maybe if I tried it again.
and it was really nice and nothing went wrong See, now, that makes sense.
And I do really like you.
[WHISPERS.]
Me too.
So yes? So let's see how it goes.
[SIGHS.]
[WHISPERS.]
Yes.
Wow, you've straightened up.
COOPER: Yeah, uh, sorta.
Not really.
[BOTH LAUGH.]
I'm afraid that's a major point deduction.
Well, I washed the sheets.
I even stole Monty Trigger's fabric softener.
Come here, feel it.
Mm.
Nice.
Soft.
Mm.
Static-free.
[BOTH LAUGH.]
You know, if neatness counts, I can hang this up for you.
Could you maybe just close the blinds? Mm-hm.
You didn't have to do this, you know.
Not a problem, I've gotta run some errands near here.
So you're right on my way.
So your mom's friend's birthday, huh? Ken? That his name? Your mom figured you forgot.
Join the club.
I'm terrible at remembering birthdays.
Did you get him a present? Look, you can just drop me here.
This is close enough, okay? No way.
You get door-to-door.
Which one is it? Third one on the right.
Thanks for the lift.
Sure.
Have fun tonight.
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
Look, I'm ready, okay? Are you ready too? [SIGHS.]
Okay, I got it.
This'll just take a second.
Wait.
C-C-Cooper, don't.
Don't what? Don't this? Are you kidding? No.
I can't.
You can't? Wait, wait, wait.
I thought you had this all sorted out.
I mean, you wanted this to happen, right? I know.
Okay.
Well, you came after me.
I would have just walked on by.
I-- I know, I just-- Okay? I thought maybe if I-- I started the ball rolling then I'd be able to go through with it.
Oh, well, that's great.
That's great.
I mean, I'm here, right? I'm all-- You know.
And we're this close and, like, bam.
Too bad, pal.
Huh? Forget this.
Forget it.
Okay? Who needs this, right? I sure as hell don't.
Cooper, I'm sorry.
[BREATHES HEAVILY.]
Let me tell you something, Julia.
Next time, try being a little less sorry and a lot more sure of what the hell you want.
[PHONE RINGS.]
I wanna change sections.
[SIGHS.]
In what course? Ec.
10.
Yeah, all right.
Leave a note for the department secretary.
What's your name? Bailey Salinger.
And my section leader is Tom Digman.
What's the problem? Oh, this guy wants to transfer out of your section.
Really? Why is that? Um, I'd just prefer a different section, that's all.
Uh-huh.
Well, uh, unless you have some specific scheduling conflict, uh, we don't change sections.
Is it a specific scheduling conflict? No, but-- Uh, well, then, uh, I'll see you next Tuesday.
Oh-- Uh-- Eh-- Let me give you a little piece of advice, Bailey.
Worry a little less about what section you're in and a little more about the quality of work you're doing.
C-minus? No, there's no way.
I studied for this.
It's gonna be a very long semester for you, Bailey.
BOY: See you after class.
Hey, Bailey.
Bailey.
Hey.
Hey, you know what? I ought to beat the crap out of you.
What? I'm telling you, you do anything-- You touch her-- You force her to do anything-- Anything she doesn't wanna do-- Get out of my face.
I'll kill you.
Get your finger out of my face before I break it off.
Oh, like I'm scared.
So hey, what is it? What do you do? Is it--? Is it the "I'm a college guy.
You wanna date a college guy, you're gonna have to put out"? Is that the line? Is that what she said? No, she didn't have to.
I'm finally figuring out what kind of guy you are.
What's that supposed to mean? It means a sleaze is a sleaze.
One day you're stealing meal cards and cheating on exams.
Next, you're trying to get into some high-school girl's pants.
You didn't have a problem with me when you were getting free meals and acing your computer requirements, huh? Yeah, I know.
I guess I just have lower standards for a friend than I do for a boyfriend for my sister.
Stay away from Julia.
Tell you what, I'll stay away from both of you.
Deal.
[GLASS SHATTERS.]
Kirsten? Oh, my God.
It's just Mercurochrome.
I was cleaning the medicine cabinet.
Well, are you okay? Did you cut yourself? No.
[SIGHS.]
Your hands.
[SOBS.]
I keep trying to clean up the mess.
Hey, don't worry about it.
I'll clean it up.
No, the mess.
The whole mess, Charlie.
I-- I-- I keep thinking if I just put everything in its place, if-- If I could just put everything in some kind of order, then maybe-- Then maybe Then maybe what? I don't know.
[PHONE RINGS.]
I don't know.
Then-- Then maybe my mind will stop racing.
Then-- Then maybe the panic will disappear.
Maybe I can wake up one morning and not have this list of things that I have to do running through my brain.
[PHONE RINGING.]
Would somebody please get the damn phone? Look, you're getting better.
And-- And the fact that you're being productive and doing all this stuff around the house-- Those are-- Those are good things.
Charlie, I spend my days making lists.
And then I I make lists of lists that I have to make.
And then lists of lists of lists.
And-- And I can't stop.
[PHONE RINGING.]
My mind won't stop! [GASPS.]
Someone! I'm going off the medication, Charlie.
It's not helping.
Just answer it, please.
[PHONE RINGING.]
Yes? Who? Oh, yes.
I'm sorry.
Um, Jody? No, I dropped her off at your house this morning.
Yes, I'm sure.
I don't know what to tell you.
Yes, of course I will.
Okay.
[SIGHS.]
Claudia! What? Sit down.
Charlie.
I said sit down.
Now, I wanna know what's going on with your friend Jody and I want to know now.
Is that what that call was about? Did you know that Jody wasn't going home when I dropped her off? Did you? Kind of.
Do you know where she is? Claudia! Look, if I tell you, will you promise not to tell anyone? I am not making deals.
And I'll tell you what else: You are not too old to be punished.
Why has she been hanging out here all the time? And why have you been over there every day? And don't tell me that she has boyfriend troubles.
She has this problem with her mother's boyfriend.
He He sort of kissed her.
And n-nothing happened, but-- What? And you kept that a secret? Claudia-- Well, I mean, Jody asked me to.
I mean, her mother's practically gonna marry him and Jody doesn't know what to do.
I figured if she had some time, maybe she could figure it out.
You know? What--? What are you doing? Charlie, you can't call her mom.
Char-- Charlie, what--? What do I tell Jody? Sit down.
Hello, Mrs.
Lynch? This is Charlie Salinger.
CALLIE: Listen, you son of a bitch, I've got a gun and I'm not afraid to use it.
What? Oh, God.
Thank God it's you.
What the hell's going on? He's a maniac.
Turns out T.
J.
is a total psycho.
You're telling me? [SIGHS.]
I tried to switch out of his section this afternoon.
Only he wouldn't let me.
Bailey-- In addition to which, he hands me back my paper with a C-minus.
C-minus! The first of many sucky grades I should expect to be receiving this semester as long as my professor thinks I'm diddling his ex.
Bailey-- No, no, no.
You-- You gotta talk to him, Callie, okay? Set him straight right now.
You explain to him that you concocted this whole thing just because you wanted to let him down easy.
And stress that I am a very conscientious student who has never laid a hand on you ever.
Really emphasize that part.
It's only gonna sound like a lie.
Look, Callie, I'm sick of playing games with you, okay? I did you a favor and as a result my Econ grade's totally screwed.
That's not all.
What do you mean? I mean, he went off the deep end tonight.
He followed me out of the library into the parking lot.
I mean, I managed to get in my car and get the hell out of there, but it was a close call.
Are you serious? Yeah.
You know, and I was afraid to come home to an empty apartment.
So I called to see if you were here, and when I beeped in for the messages, there were 18 hang-ups on the machine.
Eighteen? Just one after the other.
Just "click, eee, click, eee, click, eee--" Okay, okay, okay.
I get the idea.
[SOBBING.]
And, then, um-- I can't believe this.
I can't-- I-- I can't believe he would do something like this.
I drove into the garage downstairs, and, uh lying there dead was Peggy.
Oh, my God.
[SIGHS.]
Who's Peggy? My cat.
He must have gotten into the garage somehow.
He killed her, you know.
And he just-- He left her in a box right next to my parking space so there was no way that I could miss her.
I'm really scared, Bailey.
You just can't face the fact that it's over, can you? Uh, well, it was a fairly productive tutorial, and we do meet again on Wednesday.
I wasn't really planning on going home and crying my eyes out.
I-- I'm sorry.
Do we have an appointment? I want you to know that I'm reporting you to the police.
You just better hope no one saw what you tried to do to Callie in the parking lot last night.
What, you mean return her wallet? Yeah, I can see how they're really gonna string me up by my thumbs for that one.
Right.
Her wallet.
Good one.
You really think on your feet, don't you? Bailey, look, we bumped into each other at the checkout desk in the library last night.
She freaked.
She dropped her wallet, and she took off.
I grabbed it, I ran after her.
I couldn't catch her.
Why, what is she, uh--? Is--? Wait, wait.
Is she--? Is she saying that I attacked her or something? You ask her where her wallet is.
Ask her.
Okay.
Okay, then, what about all those threatening hang-ups on the answering machine? Well, if they're hang-ups, how do you know who left them? And how could they have been threatening? Okay.
Okay, then-- Then-- See, the thing is obviously Look, you killed her cat.
I--? I what? Yeah.
Yeah, her cat turned up dead last night.
You wanna take a crack at explaining how that happened? Wait a second.
Are we talking about her 17-year-old, half-blind, asthmatic cat with a heart condition? Don't tell me, uh, you found her in a pot of boiling water on the stove, right? It was in a cardboard box in the garage.
Damn, I'm good, aren't I? Making it look like the poor thing just curled up and died a natural death.
Anything else you wanna accuse me of? Oh, how about that, uh, C-minus I gave you, because that was totally undeserved, right? Because, gee, at this moment, Bailey, you sure seem like an A-plus student to me.
Hey.
Go away.
Look, I'm sorry.
Really sorry.
I just I-I-I-- I didn't know how When-- When your mom called and said you were missing, and-- I had to tell Charlie.
Yeah.
So, what happened? Nothing.
Okay? I'm fine.
I'm great.
Forget it.
No.
I, um I think she really loved him.
But she kicked him out.
Oh.
Wow.
And, uh he was crying.
He was apologizing, and he said he'd get some help.
And she was crying too.
What's gonna happen? I don't know.
My mom talked to some social service-type person and [SIGHS.]
I have to go for some counseling crap.
That's a good idea.
[WHIMPERS.]
They also said my dad has to know.
And I know exactly what he's gonna say.
He's gonna say that my mom can't handle things and that I have to go live with him.
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING, BABY CRYING.]
JULIA: Hey.
Hey.
Hey.
What are you doing here? I need to talk to you.
That's why I kept calling last night and hanging up on your machine.
I didn't wanna leave a message.
Oh, God.
[SIGHS.]
I cannot tell you how sorry I am to hear that.
[KEYS JINGLING.]
[SIGHS.]
So, what's up with you? What couldn't you say on the machine? Well, f-for starters, you're an incredible jerk.
Wait, what? What were you doing going after Cooper like that? I was looking out for you, that's what.
When some friend of mine-- When some ex-friend of mine starts getting all peeved because my sister won't put out-- Look, Julia, no idiot is gonna play those kinds of games with you.
Cooper wasn't playing games.
I was.
What happened with us is my fault.
Don't do that to yourself.
You're allowed to say no.
I don't care how hot and heavy it gets, you can say no.
Well, I-- I said no, and then I said yes, and then no again.
I probably would have gone back and forth a few more times.
Except Cooper said, "Hey, you know what? I'm outta here.
" The-- The truth is, I-- I don't know what I want from a-- A guy.
I don't know what I'm ready for, and I was kind of using Cooper to try and figure that out.
So he But you [SIGHS.]
I mean, I thought-- I just figured he's the guy, so [SIGHS.]
I'm having a very bad day.
I just think you forgot what it was like before.
You-- You cried all the time.
You never even wanted to get out of this bed.
Yeah, but at least when I was sad and tired, I felt sad and tired.
I felt real.
Okay, but-- Charlie.
Not now, Claud.
Let's-- Let's go talk to Dr.
Leto again.
Really nice going.
Claudia, come on.
I mean, maybe he just needs to-- To adjust your dosage or something.
Charlie, it's not-- CLAUDIA: You know what you did? You--? You wanna know what you did? Claud, this is not the time.
You wanna know what they're gonna make Jody do? They're-- They're gonna kick her out of her house.
They're gonna make her live with her father.
Claudia, I am not gonna do this with you right now.
I am taking care of something else right now, okay? Listen, Kirsten-- I know you don't even care, but you ruined everything.
I mean, you-- You pretty much screwed up Jody's whole life and now she blames me, and I begged you to stay out of this.
I-- I begged you.
CHARLIE: I did not screw up her life, okay? I got her help.
Now, I do not wanna hear another thing about it.
You were in way over your head.
You do not know everything about everything.
That's it.
End of discussion.
Now, get out of here.
[SIGHS.]
I'm sorry.
Look [SIGHS.]
all I'm saying is, is I don't think it's right to go off the medication entirely.
I have to.
I can't do this.
It's not helping.
It's making it worse.
I just [SWALLOWS, INHALES.]
I just wanna feel like me again.
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* Tick and tock And tick and tock * * The clock is keeping time * [SIGHS.]
You've been gone all afternoon.
Thought you were afraid to leave.
Yeah, I know.
I had-- I had to go to the animal hospital to make arrangements for Peggy.
Only when I went to write a check, I couldn't find my-- Your wallet? Hey, where you did find it? Tom stuck it in the mailbox after an unsuccessful attempt to return it to you in the parking lot last night.
Wait.
You went to see him? And that's what he told you? He's not a psycho, Callie.
He's just a guy who was miffed when you gave him the cold shoulder.
He would have liked it if you'd returned a phone call or two.
That's it.
The rest of it was all in your head.
The stalking, the hang-ups.
Even Peggy.
Your cat-- No offense, but your cat just up and croaked.
Huh.
[SIGHS.]
Did it ever occur to you that maybe you're juggling so many guys at one time that you don't know where you stand with any of them? And neither do they? Have you ever thought of trying the--? The "I really think you're a nice guy, but I'm just not interested" approach? I'm just-- I'm not-- I'm not good at that, you know? Like saying no like that.
It's just But you're real good at saying "maybe" when you mean no.
Why do you think that is? I think I'll pass on the psychoanalysis, okay? But thanks for the insight.
Hey.
I have a feeling you're one of those girls, aren't you? One of those never-a-dull-moment girls.
Don't tell me.
It's the type you're desperately attracted to? Nope.
Well, used to be, maybe, but [CLEARS THROAT.]
at any rate, we're covered.
We're covered or just non-practicing? [SIGHS.]
I'll see you in the morning, Callie.
[CHUCKLES.]
Yeah.
See you in the morning.
[DOOR OPENS.]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING.]
[SIGHS.]
Is that the last of the turkey? No.
No, there's more in the fridge.
Pickles too.
So how's it going up there? How's she doing? It's like It always feels like it's a couple tiny little steps forward and a whole lot of steps backwards, you know? Yeah.
Like you think you're past the worst of something, but you're not? You got it.
How do you know that you've, like, got a problem licked and it's never coming back? I mean, because I know you worry about that with Kirsten.
You-- You said you do.
I don't know.
I'm realizing that if I keep looking down the road six months or a year and asking myself if it's always gonna be like this, I'm just gonna drive myself crazy.
So now it's It's more of a one-day-at-a-time kind of thing.
Right.
[CHUCKLES.]
Wow, that's kind of amazingly together.
Yeah, I don't know.
She wants to go off her medicine, which is pretty bad, but I'm hanging in.
I can handle it.
I'm gonna be okay.
Well, can I--? I wanna help.
Can I at least bring her up some dinner or something? It's okay.
I got it covered.
Y-yes, hello? Um, Mr.
Bennett? This is Claudia Salinger.
Hi.
I'm calling about your daughter.
No, uh-uh.
E-everything's not okay.
Kirsten's She's Something's going on, and something's pretty bad.
The thing is, I kind of don't think Charlie can handle it.
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