The O.C. (2003) s03e19 Episode Script

Previously on The O.
C.
: Your mother has a drinking problem.
She needs help.
Mom, please.
You gotta do this.
Who knew my new PlayStation idol would be your new girlf- - Your new- - Friend.
- I would love to go to Cabo with you.
- Cabo? I know about you and my dad.
My dad just got out of a marriage and I don't want him rushing back into another.
The board is watching you, waiting for you to screw up and you're screwing up.
What's it gonna be? Hospital or Matt? - You and Marissa are gonna be okay? - Yeah, of course.
He's leaning forward, indicating all focus is on her.
See how her palms face up? She's open to what he's communicating.
Star magazine.
"What Stars' Body Language Is Really Saying.
" Well, I've talked to the guy and what Ryan is saying is he and Sadie are just taking it slow.
Oh, no.
Bodies don't lie.
I'm sounding out a hot-new-couple alert.
- Act like you know nothing.
- I don't.
Hey, so I think we're gonna head out.
- All right, we'll go with you.
- No, just stay here.
I'll get him home safe.
All right, so they're into each other.
You know what? I'm actually happy for them.
You don't feel weird about Marissa? Even I feel a little weird about Marissa for you.
Nope.
I'd feel weird about Marissa if I saw Marissa.
Thought she was staying at your house while your parents are hooking up on the high seas.
- She's been sleeping at the trailer.
This breakup has hit her hard.
She said she needs time to process her feelings and heal in solitude.
- Or party with 200 sweaty teens.
- What? Oh, my God.
- So if the body doesn't lie - Then it's saying "ew.
" "Ew" or "touch my pooper"? Coop.
It's me.
Your best friend.
You know, the one that you tell everything to.
- Dude, my head.
- Well, what time is it? I know it's not big in there.
My voice travels.
- Okay, you gotta hide.
- What? - You live in a trailer.
- Coop.
I'm coming, Sum.
Here, take these and- And this.
- Go.
- Coop.
My hand doesn't remotely hurt.
- Coop.
- Hey.
Hey.
Looking good, Coop.
Very Kate Moss, pre Vanity Fair cover.
What you doing? You know, nothing.
- Did you have a good time last night? - Yeah.
Synapses are really firing, huh? I think I have a bit of a head cold.
As long as you don't have any other infectious diseases.
What? Hang on.
Hey.
Hi, Mom.
- Hello.
- Hey.
- How's my girl? - Hey, Daddy.
- We're back from our trip.
- Did you guys have a good time? It was wonderful.
Can you have dinner with us tonight? Fine.
What time? Don't sound so excited.
- Eight-ish.
- Yeah, perfect.
Bye.
Okay.
Bye.
- My dad.
- My mom.
- Dinner? - Eight.
You go get dressed, I'll drive you to school we can talk about that and other stuff.
Okay, give me a minute.
I think you're gonna need a little bit more than that.
- Come here.
It's cherry.
- Look, you gotta go.
It's wake and bake, baby.
Always cures a hangover.
Hey, what's up, man? Someone's in a chipper mood this morning.
Yeah, you know, I had a really good time last night.
I like that place.
The Bait Shop? We should hang out there more.
- Really? - Yeah.
Maybe- Maybe tonight.
Sadie likes the DJ.
She- She kind of wants to get me on the dance floor.
- No.
- What? You're the one who's always telling me to loosen up.
Go out.
Tense, tightly wound, shut in.
That's all I want out of you.
Okay? It's kind of a Boo Radley shape.
Far from The Bait Shop and all its unsavory characters.
- Hey.
Sandy, what's going on? - Good mood, huh? - Yeah, well Things must be working out.
- Dad, Ryan just smiled.
- Well, she seems great.
- Everything okay with you? - Yep, just work.
Not to worry.
All right.
Well, listen, fellows, love to chat, gotta get over to Sadie's.
Got a few minutes before school, but cheer up, okay? Hey, handsome men.
- Where? - Where? I just made the same joke as my Dad.
A bad sign.
Your father happens to be hilarious.
It's just harder to tell.
Well, then it's a good thing that we have a date tonight.
- What? - Romantic dinner by the water followed by an even more romantic walk on the beach followed by- - Nothing.
Followed by nothing.
You will walk and eat.
Oh, jeez, I'm afraid I- I can't even do that.
- You're canceling? - Postponing.
I wanna be in the right frame of mind to eat and walk with you.
I'm sorry.
Something's wrong? It'll all be fine.
So Dad's been working a lot lately, huh? Look, I'll be your date.
We haven't gotten a chance to hang out in a while.
- I thought you forgot you had a mother.
- Hey.
Lay off the guilt.
I said I'm in.
I just get to pick the movie.
So we're a couple thousand feet short of a McMansion but hopefully someone will take it.
- With that sales pitch, who could resist? - Are you saying you find me irresistible? Paint smell, realtor on the way over.
It's romantic and all, but- Yeah.
Plus I should probably get to school too.
- Okay.
- No, no, wait.
- No.
- We can pick this up tonight.
I could give you a tour of the pool house.
Yeah, we'll see if you can close the deal.
Gotta go.
You didn't mention a word to Ryan? Spoil his good mood? He skipped out of the kitchen.
Atwood skipping? Now there's a disturbing and odd visual.
Picture this one: Ryan dancing.
That's what this woman does to him.
If we wanna keep this skip in his step, we gotta keep Volchok off his radar.
You play.
Volchok is Atwood's kryptonite.
He'll totally Hulk out.
You're mixing comic-book metaphors.
You think we can keep Marissa quiet? She can barely put words together these days.
- She's such a wordsmith.
- What does she see in that guy? - He's so dirty and greasy.
- He's got good abs.
Women like abs.
I got a six-pack myself, I know.
Oh, Cohen, those are your ribs.
Well, listen, let's just not tell anybody anything.
All right.
Heads down, lips sealed, smooth sailing.
He's also got really defined triceps.
I like that.
I'm gonna get right to it.
I talked to Griffin.
You're firing me? Yes.
I'm firing you.
I have no choice.
It's for the good of the hospital.
What kind of garbage excuse is that? - The truthful kind.
- Yeah.
When it's convenient for you.
Every time you need to do something that makes you feel bad you're doing it for the hospital.
- It's either you or the hospital.
Griffin will not move forward unless you're gone.
You don't even see what's happening.
He's making me the fall guy.
There's no need to pedal in conspiracy theories, Matt.
- You are no angel.
- Neither is Griffin.
He's been taking kickbacks from vendors for years.
- I like to know who I'm in business with.
- Those are bold accusations.
I can back them up.
And I'll be happy to share everything I know about him and you to whoever will listen.
Thanks for the heads up.
- I know I'm doing the right thing.
- You think things are complicated? You haven't seen anything yet, boss.
A little champagne won't hurt you girls.
- It is a toast.
- How often do we get engaged? Don't answer that.
- Engaged? - You guys are engaged? I'm so happy for you.
- Thank you, baby.
- Really, you are? I mean, you may be Mrs.
Cooper-Nichol-Cooper-Roberts but if you make Dad happy - She does.
- I do.
- Then I'm happy.
Marissa, how about some champagne? Sure.
Marissa, do you have anything to add? One sec.
Hey.
Yeah.
You are? Okay, bye.
Congrats.
Will you excuse me for a moment? - I- Me too.
- Marissa.
Where do you think you're going, young lady? I gotta go, Mom.
My friend called, he needs me.
I need you.
I don't have to tell you how important this is for us.
Yeah, well, don't worry, Mom.
I'm not gonna screw up your golden ticket.
I don't know if I'm a fan of yakuza films.
It was an interesting movie.
But a fun night.
Yeah.
I would say anytime you get to watch a guy rip off his arm and continue fighting, that's a good night.
- I didn't understand the other fellow.
- The guy that produced the ball of energy and then destroyed the world? I think it's pretty self-explanatory.
You remember when I took you to Fantasia? Because I do.
Sorry you didn't like the movie.
Oh, it was worth it to spend some time with you.
I've missed you.
You wanna do it again? You want a second date? Yeah.
But I get to pick the activity.
- Sure.
- Tomorrow night? I have an idea already.
- Hey.
- We have a major problem.
Marissa just bailed on our parents' engagement party to skank out with the surf Nazi.
- Your dad and Julie got engaged? You kind of buried the lead there, Summer.
- Julie and Dr.
Roberts? - We got bigger fish here.
Marissa's on a slut spiral.
We need to stop her.
- It's a little out of my league.
- I know.
We need Ryan.
- The code of silence has been lifted.
- I'll talk to him.
But he's been in such a good mood.
So this is the pool house? You interested in making an offer? It's a little small.
But it's got great views.
What? Locked? When did this door get a lock on it? - Little busy, Seth.
- You're not the only one.
I don't wanna have to tell you this through the door but Marissa's been hooking up with Volchok.
Oh, hey.
Oh, hey.
- Sadie, I didn't realize- - Yeah.
Good night, Seth.
- Good night.
- Call me, okay? Yeah.
- Guess I ruined the mood, huh? - Just a lot.
When I put the locks on, I thought I solved the problem.
You know me.
When I have information to disseminate, nothing can stop me.
- Not walls, not locks.
- Not women? So, what are you gonna do? Well, reschedule with Sadie and go back to her place.
No, I meant about Marissa.
What do you mean, what am I gonna do? Well, Summer seems to think this Volchok guy is not exactly a beacon of morality.
Not my problem.
Not my girlfriend.
Well, I know.
Two coffees.
Look, man, she makes her own choices, so do I.
I choose Sadie's tonight.
You're so Zen these days.
It's simultaneously inspiring and disconcerting.
Just feeling good, man.
Just feeling good.
Cheers.
I can't believe you're getting married.
Again.
You make it seem like an everyday occurrence.
- It almost is.
- This time it's gonna stick.
It just feels real.
Not everyone can have that Kirsten-and-Sandy relationship.
That bionic, Kevlar-wrapped, robo-marriage that can withstand anything you throw at it.
Well, you've seemed happier than I've seen you in a long time.
Neil has mellowed me.
No more manipulative bitch no more scheming, no double-crossing.
Which will be disappointing to some.
Not for Dr.
Roberts.
You know, we both just kind of found each other right at the moment when we really needed someone.
- There's no agenda.
- He does have a palatial estate.
Kirsten, if he wanted to live together in this trailer, I'd do it.
Not that I'm offering.
Real classy, Gus.
It's them Big Gulps.
They go right through me.
Sneak up on me too.
- That's a nice final image.
- What's going on? Oh, my God.
You the new tenant? Nice to meet you.
We really need to get you out of here.
Hi.
Hi.
What's up? Missed you in class.
- Yeah, there was traffic.
- We had that test today.
That was today? Thanks.
Gotta go.
Totally and completely untrue.
And if Matt tried to print that I'll sue him for libel.
- He seemed pretty sure of himself.
If it wasn't for me, your firm would be belly-up right now which is why I don't appreciate your accusing me.
I'm not accusing anybody of anything.
And forgive me for saying, Henry, but you seem a touch defensive.
The only business that I am in is the business of helping people.
I would like to believe that we are partners in that.
You give me your word, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.
Sandy, I didn't become a doctor to get rich.
You have my word.
Thank you.
You did a wonderful job.
Thank you.
Bye.
I'm from the Philippines.
Oh, well, then Wow, Coop.
You make a really good hood ornament.
- Funny.
- I know.
- Are you getting drunk? - More like staying drunk.
- Oh, good plan.
- I can't deal with this right now.
Well, you're gonna have to.
Because now, Coop, we're sisters.
Right.
Which means you're not my mom.
I know about Volchok.
Saw you at The Bait Shop, I know you're shacking up with him at the trailer park.
Well, aren't you a regular Veronica Mars? - Way to solve this weeks' mystery.
- What has gotten into you? - Since I-know-who has.
- What do you care? You have Seth, Ryan's got his new girlfriend, Johnny's gone.
What difference does it make what I do? - I'm not hurting anyone.
- You're just the saddest girl in the world.
Grow up.
Get over yourself.
Take a shower.
Fine.
Take your little emo boyfriend drive off in your Beemer, go home to daddy's mansion.
Oh, yeah? Go with Volchok to one of his heavy metal vomit parties and listen to heavy metal and vomit.
- Wow, you're being so lame.
- Not as lame as you.
- Fine.
Bye.
- Later.
- What are you doing? - Taking what's mine.
You were to turn over your key.
- You're trespassing.
- These are my personal files.
Which your office conveniently forgot to send.
I'm taking them.
- You're not.
- What are you gonna do, arrest me? Fight me? You act like you got something to hide.
- You're acting like a child.
- If you're sure I don't have a case you shouldn't care if I leave with this.
- You threatening me? - Doesn't seem like I have a choice.
Game on, Sandy.
This is so romantic.
And original.
Yeah.
Well, what can I say? I'm a creature of habit.
Yes, yes.
The lure of the chili fry.
Natural aphrodisiac.
Well, I think we'll be fine as long as Seth is nowhere nearby.
Seth, right.
Well, good.
I have something to tell you.
I have some good news.
- Yeah? - I can't believe Volchok missed today he's gonna be pissed.
- He won't care.
He's hanging with that chick, Marissa.
- She seems kind of lame.
- Yeah, lame and hot.
She ain't innocent.
Volchok show you the scratches on his back? - Why don't we take this to go.
- No, it's fine.
- Let's just go.
Come on.
- It's- Sadie, it's fine.
Sadie? Sadie.
Sadie.
I'm not mad.
I just feel like once again, you know, the mood was kind of ruined.
- Okay, we can turn that around.
- I think we're trying too hard.
Maybe we need to let the perfect night just happen.
Okay? Give it some time.
All right, all right.
Fine.
Let me at least drive you home.
- Okay.
- Just give me a second.
Ryan, come on.
Don't go back.
- Hey, look, it's little bitch.
- Volchok around? - You looking for your girlfriend? - No, for him.
And if you see him, tell him that.
And to meet under the pier tomorrow.
You think you can remember all that? You need me to write it down for you? Yeah, bro.
We'll tell him.
You know, I just knew.
It was only a matter of time until you got in my face again.
- I just wanna talk.
- About what? Your girlfriend or mine? I got stories about both of them.
I bet you do.
This where you tell me I better leave her alone? - That she's too good for me? - Whoever Marissa wants to be with it's not my place to judge.
- I saw her at school, didn't look so good.
- That girl couldn't look bad if she tried.
She was drinking.
You know she has a problem? She drinks.
She gets drunk.
I don't see the problem.
Just so you know, I'm not looking after her anymore.
It's on you now.
Treat her right.
She deserves it.
- Good morning, ladies.
- I'd say a great morning.
Our new family, first breakfast together.
And tonight we're going to have our first family dinner.
Something that hopefully will become a weekly tradition.
Nothing like all sitting down together to a meal.
Discussing current events, catching up.
- Doesn't that sound fun? - Tons of.
Marissa has several events she would love to share with the family.
Summer, you can make that dessert I like, the one with the graham cracker.
Oh, I'm sure daddy's little girl would love to.
Excuse me.
Sisters.
Sadie? - Hey, man, I was looking for Sadie.
- Hey.
Yeah, she's in the shower.
Or was.
Ryan.
Did you meet Bob? Hey, Bob.
What's up? - Garage door sticks a little.
- Cool.
- Make yourself at home.
- Thank you.
See you.
One bad date and I'm already replaced, huh? - All right, all right.
Two bad dates.
- Bob? He bought the house.
He lives next door and he made a really great offer.
- My news last night, if you'd listened.
- I know.
I'm sorry, I was distracted.
- You wanna tell me what's up? - Sure.
It's Volchok and Marissa.
But it's all good now.
There was a conversation I needed to have, I had it I'm done.
- That's good.
It's just, I think I'm done too.
- What do you mean? - Well, my aunt's business is handled.
The house is sold.
- There's no reason for me to be here.
- No reason? Ryan, I never intended to stay this long.
I think it might be easier for me to leave if- If we didn't happen? - Have you thought about this? - Yeah, I have.
- Have you? - Yeah.
If I stayed, I'd have to find an apartment.
Then what? Wait for you to finish high school? Follow you to college? We're getting a little ahead of ourselves, I mean I don't know, I honestly didn't think that much about the future.
I was just hoping to take you to dinner.
You eat, right? You haven't thought about it because you're not ready to.
Which I totally get.
But I can't change my whole life to be with someone who's distracted.
So that's it then.
No more smiling no skipping, no dancing.
- You were never a fan of dancing.
I might have come around.
Now we'll never know.
Yeah, I can't just ask her to move here, change her whole life.
Well, relocating to Newport might not be that big a deal.
Yeah.
Puts a lot of pressure on us, you know? On the relationship.
Ryan Atwood loves pressure.
He's not comfortable unless his entire body's being squeezed in a vice grip.
- That is not true.
- Yeah? You moved to Chino to help a girl with a baby that might not be yours.
- Theresa needed someone.
- Stayed with Marissa for several years of tortured torture.
- She was there for me too.
- When it comes to pursuing happiness with a great girl who seems to be relatively issue-free - I gotta ask her to stay.
- Yes, you do.
- All right.
- I saw that smile.
Smiler.
I told you, the kid's just posturing.
He's trying to get a rise out of you.
Well, Matt said he has documents.
He said he could prove what he's saying.
Look, Sandy, I apologize.
- Now what are you saying? - I'm saying I've let you shoulder too much of the responsibility on this situation.
- I'll handle it from here.
- Well, that sounds a little ominous.
- What are you gonna do? - You focus on the hospital.
There's people counting on you and there's a lot of work to be done.
Now you've done too much already.
What was that you were saying about 18 holes at Big Canyon? - You're wearing that to a family dinner? - Who says I'm going to dinner? Okay, Marissa, be mad at me if you want, but it is our family.
Whatever.
Save me some dessert.
- Hey, what's up? - The slut is spiraling.
- I thought I told you to talk to Ryan.
- I did.
I tried to activate his savior complex, but it seems he's been cured.
I gotta go.
I'm hanging with my mom.
- With your mom? - I know, it seems weird.
We're trying something different.
I'll talk to you later.
- Fine.
- Okay, bye.
- All set? - Yeah.
Where we going? Cardio Barre? Yogalates? Something new.
Let's give Marissa a couple of more minutes, shall we? Actually, we should just get started.
Personally, I'm starving.
Why don't we just dig in and bond.
What were we gonna do at this dinner? Discuss current events? - I think we live in a very fascinating time.
- Riveting.
Julie, why don't you ring her on her cell.
I did call.
Several times.
Well, I'm concerned, she never missed dinner when she was here last semester.
That's because I wasn't here.
Marissa and I haven't had the greatest- Luck.
But you've always stood by each other through hard times.
- Isn't that great, Dad? - Yes.
It is.
You Cooper girls are really something.
Thank you, Neil.
And thank you, Summer.
Will you pass the potatoes, please? I thought you and your mom fought all the time.
It's not my mom it's Summer.
You know, the only other time we really fought was in the fifth grade? When I sat on the bus with Luke on the way to the Museum of Tolerance.
Who's Luke? Summer and Luke were engaged.
In the second grade.
She doesn't like to talk about it.
- Why all the questions? All of a sudden? - What do you mean? You just seem very interested in my life.
I just We're hanging out, seems like What? You deserve to be treated right.
If I wanted to be treated right, I wouldn't be with you.
Works for me.
You want a bump? I don't- I mean, I've never.
There's a first time for everything.
Guess I'm partying solo.
Okay, what is this place? You'll see.
Crappy rec center basement, bad coffee.
Don't think you're in Weight Watchers so either you're in a community theater group or have converted to an under-funded religion.
Hi.
I'm Ellen, and I'm an alcoholic.
- Hi, Ellen.
- Hi, Ellen.
We will begin with our reading of chapter five.
- Seth.
- Thank you, Ellen I thought if you knew you wouldn't have come.
Well, good instinct.
Going through this the first time wasn't enough? This place has saved my family, my marriage, quite possibly my life.
These people know more about me than my family.
Who's fault's that? Like you talk about what happened.
It's not like you ever ask.
- If this is how you act when I share- - There's sharing and then there's lying.
Well, we're here, and I'm not leaving.
So you can wait in the car or you can do this for me.
Just give me an hour.
It's important that you be here tonight.
Is anyone gonna rip off their arm, keep fighting? Metaphorically speaking, yeah.
Matt, this is Mitchell Kiven from The Register.
I've got your message, and I'm very interested in the Griffin story.
You got the number.
Hey, Matt, it's Sandy.
We need to talk.
Will you call me back as soon as you can? - It's cool.
Take whatever you want- - This isn't a robbery.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Is Sadie around? - No, actually, she- - Do you mind if I come in and wait? Well, I mean, might be a while.
You just missed her.
She left for Oregon a couple hours ago.
I'm sorry.
Hey.
Hi.
What are you doing here? Sorry, I figured you were spending your time under the pier these days.
- I can go.
- No, it's fine.
I'm- I'm not gonna stay.
Where's Sadie? Gone.
Back to Oregon.
Went to see her, she'd already left.
Without saying goodbye? Guess she thought it was easier this way.
And is it? You don't have to answer that.
I'm gonna go.
But Enjoy, then.
I'll leave it as I found it.
I'd pissed in the streets eaten out of garbage and accidentally shot my wife.
Not once, but twice.
Thank you very much.
That's a heartwarming tale.
He's been sober 30 years.
Thank you for that, George.
Before we leave, we have a couple of chips to hand out.
Kirsten, if you'd like to join me.
Congratulations.
- You're nine months sober.
- Oh, thank you.
All of you.
And especially my son, Seth, who's here with me tonight.
- Hi, Seth.
- Hey.
He doesn't know this but he's the reason that I got sober.
The look on his face at my intervention he was so disappointed in me.
But he believed that I could do this.
And he was right.
Congratulations, Mom.
Only 29 years and three months more to go until you're as normal as William S.
Burroughs over there.
This is the final boarding call for bus number 338 with continuing service to San Diego.
Never expected to see you here.
Yeah, well, I'm just glad I found you.
There's a lot of ways to leave Newport.
- Bus, plane, boat.
- Greyhound.
- Way to hedge your bets.
- I'm just glad you're still here.
- Why? - Because I don't think you should leave.
Ryan really cares about you.
He told you that? Well, I mean, he didn't have to.
After everything we've been through, I know him well.
Bus number 465 to Portland, with stops in Bakersfield - Yeah, well, this is my bus.
- He wants you to stay.
- He didn't try to stop me.
- Yeah, he did.
He was just a couple of minutes too late.
Why are you doing this? Well, I guess because you make Ryan happy.
Bus number 465 to Portland, Oregon is now boarding.
- Neil, dinner was amazing.
- Yeah.
Marissa's gonna be sorry she missed it.
Well, we have years of family dinners ahead of us.
Julie, you know this engagement is a trial, right? What? A trial.
For you, me.
Us together.
For the girls.
I mean, if our families aren't a good fit, then we really shouldn't get married.
Of course.
I mean, love doesn't really conquer all.
Well, we both have the broken marriages to prove that.
But, Neil, surely this time- I don't mean that in a punitive way, I'm just trying to be practical.
I've got some reading to do.
I'll see you in a minute.
Hi, baby.
- Good night, Dad.
- Good night.
I couldn't help overhearing what my dad just said.
But don't worry, he always gets this way when he starts to get close to someone.
Actually, Summer, the only thing I'm worried about is my daughter.
Yeah, me too.
- Hey, vodka on the rocks, please.
- You got ID? - I drink here all the time.
- Yeah, when Volchok's guys are buying.
Can't you make an exception this one time? - I used to date the manager.
- Sorry.
Look, I'm having a bad night, and I really need a drink.
You and me both.
Matt? Oh, my God.
What happened? Like you don't know.
- What are you doing here? - You tell me.
There's another bus in an hour.
What do I have to do to get you to stay? I think you're doing it.
Glad to see you back.
Wasn't sure if I should- No more talking.
Here, let me help you with that.