Party of Five s03e20 Episode Script
Intervention
[LATCH UNCLASPS.]
[SIGHS.]
Oh, man.
So much for the four basic food groups.
Hey, is this still good? Eww.
Gosh.
You gotta smell this.
Pass.
When was the last time--? Don't you ever go to the market anymore? [PHONE RINGS.]
Did I become your mother when I wasn't looking? Who the hell calls at this hour? It's noon.
Hello? Yeah.
Hey, Julia.
Yeah, he's [SIGHS.]
he's right here.
Yeah.
Hey, what's up? Really? Callie.
Mm? Were there messages from my sister? I'm sorry, Jule.
I just-- I-- I've had a-- A-- A busy couple of days.
What? Oh, hey, no, I-- I don't think that's such a good Tonight? No, I don't think No, I know.
I know it's a thing we do.
Okay, Jule.
You can stop selling.
Okay.
Okay.
I said-- I said okay, I'll come.
Seven, right.
Okay.
I'll see you.
[PHONE BEEPS.]
Family dinner.
He's gonna know it's not a family dinner.
I mean, the second he sees me, he's gonna know.
I don't have to start it, do I? What do you mean? Well, I-- I don't have to be the one to say, Bailey, I think you have a serious drinking problem.
Yeah, I know.
I know you're right.
I mean, what difference does it make what order we go in? God, my palms are all sweaty.
I don't understand why we have to do it like this.
I mean, all of us yelling at him and-- And accusing him of stuff.
That's how an intervention works.
But it's five against one.
I mean, he's gonna feel totally ganged up on.
Maybe.
But maybe that's what's gonna make him see he's got a problem.
He's gonna be so mad at us.
Yeah, he is.
CLAUDIA: What if it doesn't work? Since when is Grace's specialty substance abuse? She sees a lot of alcoholism at the center.
Oh, and I guess that makes her, like, some kind of expert, huh? Hey, I'm just glad to have someone here who's got some experience with this kind of thing, aren't you? [DOOR OPENS.]
Okay, this is it.
[***.]
Are you open? CHARLIE: No.
I'm sorry, we're closed.
Um, for a private party.
I was just about to hang a sign.
Oh, no problem.
Bay, are you there? You're not there.
And you're not here, so we were just wondering if you forgot about dinner.
Um, anyway, we were just gonna order dessert and, uh Well, you're probably on your way over, so we'll see you soon.
[PHONE BEEPS.]
[SIGHS.]
Should we go home? [SIGHS.]
Yeah.
Let's go home.
Well, what choice did we have? I've left dozens of messages for him.
He never calls back.
I mean, we can't just go over to his place to confront him.
I know that.
Julia tried to do that last week and he kicked her out.
He's not about to stop by here, so-- I know, Charlie.
Then why was the restaurant a bad idea? I just think it was wrong to assume a family dinner would be the kind of thing that would lure him in.
Think he knew we were planning something? After what he did at Owen's party, come on, Charlie, he knows he's in hot water with you guys.
He knows dinner conversation isn't gonna be "Pass the salt," so he's not gonna show up voluntarily.
So, what you gotta do, I think, is figure out some way-- Monday-night quarterbacking, huh? So I'm-- I'm curious.
Why did we sit there for two and a half hours tonight if you thought it was a stupid idea? I'm not saying the idea couldn't have worked.
I was just trying to figure out a reason why it didn't.
Uh-huh.
So in your expert opinion, what do you think we do now? Come on, Julia-- No.
I mean, since you barely know Bailey at all, maybe you have a certain objectivity about the situation that we don't have.
Family dinners he can say no to.
He can say, "Gee, I forgot.
" He can say he got stuck in traffic.
You gotta come up with something else, something he can't say no to.
No.
Uh-uh.
No way.
Claud.
No.
Forget it.
That's-- [SCOFFS.]
That-- That is a terrible thing to do.
Yeah.
It is.
It is.
But how else, Claud? I mean, how else are we gonna get him here? I don't know.
But-- But that? No.
No, you can't tell him that.
I mean, you can't have him get in his car and drive all the way over here thinking that.
You don't think this is, like, the cruelest thing you could do to a person? I mean, you're actually okay with this? I know it'll get him here, Claudia, so, yeah, I am.
Well, I don't care.
I won't.
I don't care.
And you know, if you think it is such a great idea, you call him.
It won't make any sense coming from Sarah or me or Charlie.
But if it's you, Claud.
If you call him and say that you need his help and you don't know what to do, then he'll believe you, and he'll come.
He's in trouble, Claudia.
I mean, aren't you willing to do whatever it takes to help him? I am.
[SNIFFS.]
Bay.
[SOBS.]
Bay, um, it's Owen.
He-- I wasn't looking and he-- And he-- He fell down the stairs, and he-- He hit his head hard.
I-- I don't know-- I don't know-- He's-- He-- He's breathing but he-- He's not moving, Bailey, and I--I don't know what to do.
I don't know, you just-- You gotta-- You-- You gotta-- Okay.
Okay, but hurry.
[PHONE BEEPS.]
[SNIFFS.]
Shame on you.
Claudia! Claud! Claudia! [DOOR OPENS.]
CLAUDIA: Bailey.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
Where's Owen? CLAUDIA: What's she doing here? She drove me here.
Who cares? What--? Is he okay? Is he unconscious? Claud, where is he? He He's up in his room.
Jule! I just got home.
Give me the, uh-- The keys to your car.
What? My engine isn't turning over.
If we're gonna take him to the hospital-- Here.
Here.
You gotta watch the clutch, though, because it kind of sticks, all right? Owen? Owen! Owen? Owen? Owen? O? Where is he? What? What? What's going on? We have to talk to you.
What? Oh, God.
What, is it Owen? Owen i-is okay.
He's at Ross's.
What? What's going on here? We, um-- We-- We-- We told you the story about Owen uh, just to get you here, be-- Because we have to talk to you because we're worried, Bailey.
What? You gotta be-- About your drinking.
My drinking? You mean, Owen? I can't believe--! I can't believe you! I was, like, having a stroke here! How the hell could you--? God, Claudia! I'm sorry.
Let's just calm down now, okay? Calm down? Look, Bay, you've got a problem.
That much is-- Is pretty clear.
So-- So we're just gonna get you someplace where you can get the kind of help you need, some kind of rehab or something.
The hell you are.
You know what? You know what? Up yours, Charlie.
You guys are screwed.
God, you-- I'm out of here.
No, you're not.
Give me the keys.
No.
I said give me the keys! No.
God, you-- Let me out of her here, Charlie.
No way.
Let me the hell out of here! You're not going anywhere, Bay.
The hell I'm not.
Come on, Bailey, calm down.
The hell with all of you.
Sarah.
[SIGHS.]
So you too, huh? Yeah, me too.
What--? What is this? Is this, like, your way of getting back at me for Callie? Is that what this is? You really think this is about revenge? It sure as hell feels like it.
I'm not trying to get back at you, Bailey.
I'm here because-- Because I've seen how you drink, how much you drink and what it does to you.
Uh-huh.
So you think I'm an alcoholic.
I think you have a problem, Bailey.
You think that I'm an alcoholic.
Why don't you just say it? That's what you came here to say, isn't it? I think you're an alcoholic.
Well-- Well, I think you're full of crap.
I think you're all full of crap.
If you think I'm gonna hang around here and listen to you all tell me what a lush you think I am, as delightful as that sounds, it's been real.
If we're all wrong, then why are you running away? See, you leave now and-- And all that does is say to us, "Bailey's got a problem, and he's too afraid to deal with it.
" So-- So okay, so I'm wrong.
So we're all full of crap.
So set us straight, Bailey.
Explain it.
You know, make us see it from your side.
Stay.
Look, the point is not how we got him here, okay? The point is what's going on with him.
Oh, right.
Like you know all about it, huh? Like you even have a clue as to what goes on in his life.
You know, because I don't remember seeing any of you at the apartment, spending time, making sure everything's okay.
You know what? I don't think we've met.
Isn't that funny? Look, he pulled away from us, okay, when he started drinking.
We didn't know what was going on.
Yeah, okay.
Whatever.
We're trying to-- To help him.
What? By lying to him? By tricking him? You gotta be kidding me.
You think you're gonna help him? He's never gonna talk to any of you again.
Don't say that.
Look, you've seen him drink.
You had to have seen him drink.
If you stay here and tell him that, then maybe-- Okay, you know what? Just give me my keys.
Please, Callie-- Do you want me to call the police? [SIGHS.]
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES.]
BAILEY: Callie? Hey.
Where are you--? Look, I'm sorry, okay? This is not my thing, all right? This is, like, way out of control.
Anyway, it's a family thing, so, uh, I'm sorry.
She bailed on you, man.
No.
That's not-- She knows that I don't have a problem, so she's not about to hang around here with you guys and take shots at me.
Why should she? Maybe she's in denial too.
Hey, I'm not in-- Look, I'm-- I'm here, aren't I? I'm still here.
I'm not running away.
I know what this is about.
This is about Owen's birthday party, and-- And if you want to go taking that-- That one time when I had a little too much to drink and turn it into some huge deal-- It's not just one time, Bailey.
One or two times, whatever.
Look, I'm not saying that I don't drink some, okay? I do.
And occasionally, very occasionally, I have too much.
But that doesn't mean that I am doing anything different than any other college kid who's living away from home.
It doesn't mean that I have a problem or that I can't stop.
And it sure as hell doesn't mean that I need you guys acting all concerned over nothing, and carting me off to some rehab center.
It's not nothing, Bay.
You're always drunk.
What are you talking about? I'm not drunk now.
[SCOFFS.]
BAILEY: I haven't had anything to drink since-- Since Owen's birthday party.
What is that? That's three days.
Three days.
What does that tell you? Honestly? That you're broke.
God, do you really think that little of me? Claudia? It's like It's like you're someone else, Bay.
Right.
Right.
Well, maybe I am.
Maybe that's the problem, that I'm on my own for the first time, and I'm taking care of myself, and nobody likes that, because that's not the way things work around here.
I'm supposed to be the one taking care of all of you, right? Bailey, that's not true.
BAILEY: No? No.
I bailed you out, Charlie.
I gave up going to a real college to save your ass.
Now that I'm stuck at a state school trying to make the best of it, you're trying to tear me down.
Bailey, that's-- As long as I'm the one making the sacrifices, you're all okay because that's what you expect.
I'm the one who always comes through for you, right, who picks up all the pieces and-- And-- And-- And cleans up your mess.
That's who I am, right? That's who I've always been.
And I can't ever, ever do anything that I wanna do.
I can't ever have anything that's just mine.
What? Like your drinking? Like a life.
A life that isn't about putting myself last.
[SCOFFS.]
I just-- I-- I-- I-- I want-- I want to have fun.
I want to not worry about stuff all the time.
And I want to be able to take some chances with my life, without you telling me there's something wrong with me.
Now, why can't--? Why can't I have that? Why--? Why--? Why won't you let me have that? [SOBS.]
It's not so much to ask for.
It's-- [SOBS.]
God, it's-- It's so little.
[SOBS.]
[SOBBING.]
Shouldn't we go in there? And say what? [SNIFFLES.]
Claud? We shouldn't have done it this way.
He doesn't-- He shouldn't feel like he doesn't have anybody on his side.
Can't we stop? Please, c-can't we just stop? I don't know, Claud.
SARAH: He won't listen to anything we have to say.
He's not ready.
How do you know? He was the one doing all the talking.
He didn't give us a chance.
Of course not.
Why would he? He knows what you're gonna say, and he doesn't want to hear it.
You gotta-- You've gotta make him listen.
You've-- You've gotta strip away all those excuses of his.
You-- You're gotta-- Look, it's hard, okay? Julia.
JULIA: No.
It's so easy to sit on the outside and say "You gotta this" and "You gotta that" when he's not your brother.
You don't know him, Grace.
You don't love him.
[SIGHS.]
Look, I'm sorry.
I know it's hard.
But that's why you're here, isn't it? I mean, isn't it? Yes.
[SNIFFS.]
Would you all--? Would you please--? CHARLIE: No-- No.
You're gonna here this, Bay.
And no one's going anywhere until we're finished, so we might as well just get started.
And-- And it's not about being angry at you or begrudging you some kind of happiness at school or anything.
But you drink, Bailey.
You drink all the time.
Owen's party, right? I-- I already explained that to you and I apologized.
I-- I-- I had a few drinks, yeah.
Hey, it was way worse than that.
You were out of control, Bailey.
You were stinking drunk.
And that-- That whole thing with the cake, you scared the hell out of Owen.
You scared me.
Well, I had-- I had some stuff going on that day.
It was-- It was-- It was-- It was a bad day, you know.
All of a sudden, I'm the only one who's not allowed to have a bad day.
What about at the coffeehouse with Will, Bailey? You were drunk and loud and making a scene with the waiters, bumping into things.
And you were the same way when I met you at club.
At a club, right.
What--? What is the big deal with that? You-- You go to a club and you drink.
Is that some sort of crime? Will said you were drunk every minute he was with you, and all you wanted to do was drink.
Right, like he actually told you that.
Yeah, he did.
He came to see me because he was worried about you.
Well, Will is a liar.
He is not a liar.
This isn't gonna work, Bailey.
Not anymore.
We've all been through this with you too many times.
The "Your catching me on a bad day" or "A bad week" excuse.
Or, "Yeah, sure, I'm drinking when I see you, but all the other times I'm completely sober" excuse.
Yeah, we-- We compared stories, Bay.
[SIGHS.]
I don't believe this.
I really don't believe this.
What? Y-You've got, like, four examples of me drinking too much.
Like that proves anything.
What is this? Is this some kind of sport, ganging up on me like this? Anyone else have anything? What about you, Claudia? You-- You have something you want to add? No.
No.
Go on.
It's your turn.
Go on! No.
You need more? Fine.
Okay.
Sam gave you a job and you stole from him.
What? Are you calling me a thief in front of everybody? You are a thief, Bailey.
You're a thief and a liar and a drunk.
And I want you to get better.
And I want to help you because I love you.
Uh-huh.
JULIA: I do.
No.
No.
This just This just makes you feel good, right? Bailey-- BAILEY: And it's, like, who the hell are you? Like your life is so great, like your life is anything.
At least I'm in school.
At least I'm not the one who's dropping out.
Man, how's that for irony? Or you know what? Maybe-- Maybe that's the whole point: That you're jealous of me for once because it turns out you can't even come close to doing what I'm doing.
Turns out you're the one who can't hack it.
Come on, Bailey.
BAILEY: No, forget it.
Forget it.
You're the one I feel sorry for.
What are you gonna do? Take a year off so you can get pregnant again? What? That's enough, Bailey.
Yeah? Says who? You can all dish it out, but you can't take it, huh? I said that's enough! [SNIFFS.]
CHARLIE: Jule-- CHARLIE: God, you-- BAILEY: What? What? Now-- Now you want to give me a lecture on screwing up? Talk about hearing it from the master.
I got a better idea.
How about we talk about you instead? Actually-- Actually, you know what? I bet some of this would be educational for Grace.
CHARLIE: Bailey.
I don't wanna hear it.
BAILEY: Of course you do.
I mean, how much do you actually know about Charlie's sexual history? Stop it, Bailey.
Has he cheated on you yet? Give it time.
He will.
He's cheated on every other girl he's been with.
Why not you? He's cheated on Kirsten at least once that we know of.
Grace-- Look, this doesn't-- H-How many women has it been in all, Charlie? Fifty? Sixty? I swear to God-- How about the one that you slept with after the wedding? You know, the one that you slept with two days after you dumped Kirsten, the love of your life? Stop it! Claudia told me about that one.
Bailey! Just shut the hell up, Bailey! God, Bailey, what are you doing? Nothing.
It's just cards-on-the-table time.
You don't like it, leave.
Actually, I don't know why you're here in the first place.
Bailey-- No.
It's not like anything you say matters to me.
It's not like you belong here.
Okay.
It's, like, take a hint.
I don't love you.
I don't.
And to be completely honest here, I don't think I was ever in love with you.
Don't do this, Bailey.
I-- I mean, if I loved you, why would I cheat on you? Why would I still be with Callie, huh? Why would I be in bed with you and be so-- So turned off that I couldn't do anything? That's enough.
Bailey, that's enough.
You can stop now.
Right.
What? [DOOR CLOSES.]
[MOTOR REVS.]
GRACE: What's he doing? Nothing.
Just staring out the window.
Grace-- Someone has to talk to him again.
No, Grace, listen.
There were other women.
You don't have to do this.
And I don't know.
I'm not sure if that says something really bad about me.
Maybe it does, Charlie-- But that's not who I am now.
I mean, I'm not the same guy.
I'm telling you.
Charlie, this is not the time.
No, I know.
You don't have to tell me that.
I know.
I would have told you, Grace.
Maybe not everything.
I don't know.
But it's not like I was trying to hide it from you.
And all that stuff about Kirsten after the wedding, it's not like he made it sound.
Right, and it's over now, and you're a different person, so I'm fine.
You don't owe me any explanations.
Then why are you standing all the way across the room from me? I don't know why I'm here.
Why am I doing this to myself? Why do I keep doing this to myself? Come on, you love him.
I'm not gonna stay.
I'm gonna-- I'm gonna go.
Sarah, don't.
They're just words that he's using.
I know they hurt, but they're just words.
That's not I mean, he says horrible, horrible things to you.
But that doesn't change anything because you're his sister.
Now you can hate him, and you're still his sister.
But if I hate him, you know, like, if he says those things to me and I hate him, then why am I still here? Yeah, I just-- I end up being this-- This pathetic person who's waiting around to see some-- Some glimmer of the way he used to be with me, and it hasn't been that way in so long.
[SNIFFLES.]
And I'm done.
[SIGHS.]
I'm done.
Sarah, you can't.
You can't because if-- If you leave and we all have to walk in there and face him again and he sees that you're gone, he is gonna think, "I am winning.
" He is gonna think, "I am right and they are wrong, and they don't have the guts to face up to me.
" And then, when we're And then it's over.
I'm sorry.
I tried.
That is not good enough.
Sarah, if you leave, that is so much worse than if you had never come here to begin with.
Bailey.
Callie, pick up the phone.
Come on, pick up the stupid phone.
Okay, listen, as soon as you get this message, you get over here and you get me.
Don't call first.
Just come, get me the hell out of this place.
We're finished here.
[PHONE BEEPS, HANGS UP.]
What? [DOORBELL RINGS.]
Maybe that's her.
MAN: Oh, I'm so sorry, sweetie.
The plane circled for over an hour.
I had to drop Franny off at my place.
BAILEY: Joe? Hey.
I don't believe this.
You called Joe? Yeah, we did.
I did.
We're right in the middle of it.
More like the end.
JOE: Well, your brother thought that maybe I could help, Bailey.
How? How? Who--? What the hell does he know? Huh? He's not even around, for God sakes.
Wh--? What? Did you come all this way to tell me I drank too much champagne at your damn wedding? It's not working.
Bailey, if you-- You know what? I don't want to hear it from you, okay? And I don't want to hear any more from any of you.
You got that? Yep.
Loud and clear.
We're through trying to reason with you, Bailey.
Finally.
Thank God.
So here's what's gonna happen, okay? You're checking yourself into a rehab center.
Right.
We're gonna get in the car right now, and I'm gonna-- Go to hell, Charlie.
I mean it, Bailey.
This is it.
This is your last chance.
You're checking yourself in-- Or what? Huh? What are you gonna do, Charlie? Send me to bed without dessert? Cut off my allowance? What the hell are you gonna do? Do you want me to cut you off financially? Fine.
It's done.
Fine.
Who cares? I don't need your money.
I could go get a job.
And I already got my own place to live.
All I need is for you to get the hell out of my way.
Bailey.
I mean it, Charlie.
No! Get out of my way.
[ALL SHOUT.]
Come on.
You son of a bitch.
[SCREAMS.]
Oh, my God.
Bailey.
[PANTS.]
That looks bad, Bailey.
Bailey? You sh-- You should-- I don't need your help.
Bailey.
Can't you just--? God, leave me alone.
Bay.
I mean it, Joe.
Bailey, please, huh? Look, I know what you-- What you're here for.
I know what you came here to say.
Well, I don't think you do.
Sure, I do.
It's the old routine.
You tell me how disappointed Dad would be, how much I'm letting him down.
I know how the whole thing goes.
So just get it over with, so you can go.
Come on, "If your father could see you now" Well, if he could see you now-- What? If your father could see you now, he'd say Here it comes.
he'd say, "Not my son too.
" He was an alcoholic, Bailey.
[LAUGHS.]
Right.
Sure.
Sure, he was.
Your father was an alcoholic.
Bull.
Believe me, I was there.
That's a load of-- For 18 years he was sober before he died, but for years before that, years-- No, you just-- No.
No.
I-- I don't believe you.
On my life, Bailey, it's the truth.
I thought-- I thought you couldn't get any lower than what they did.
Lying about Owen.
Saying he was hurt just to get me to come over here, but you, you son of a bitch.
Come on, Bailey.
What do you think, huh? You think since he's dead, you can say anything you want about him? He'd want you to know.
He'd want me to tell you.
My father was not an alcoholic! JOE: Bailey.
BAILEY: Get out of here, Joe.
Get the hell out of here.
Have you heard this load of crap? Have you? Or, hey, this was probably your genius idea, right? Let's get Joe to say Dad was a drunk.
And then maybe-- Joe.
[SIGHS.]
I don't believe it.
BAILEY: You see? See? He didn't-- I would have known.
You were just a kid when he quit, Charlie.
You were probably too young to recognize the signs.
What signs? You remember him coming home late from the restaurant every night? That doesn't mean-- Look, he-- He had a business to run.
He liked hanging out with the guys late, shooting the bull.
And drinking.
No.
Honey, I was the one who had to drive him home night after night, because he couldn't drive himself.
Did he? I don't know.
Don't you remember the fights he had with your mom? Charlie.
I don't know, okay? It was bad for a long time.
If he hadn't gotten the help when he did-- But I never saw him take a drink in my life.
Not once.
Not even a beer or a glass of wine.
That's right.
And why do you think? Not a drop, not an ounce, nothing.
He owned a restaurant.
Hell, he owned a bar.
Why never even a sip? Because he knew he couldn't ever.
That's what it is to be an alcoholic.
He knew that-- Claud.
No, Charlie.
[DOOR OPENS.]
There you are.
I've been looking for you all over.
Go away.
Honey Please.
Claudia, I didn't see you standing there.
I would never-- No.
It's okay.
I mean, it's good that I heard.
I should know, right? Who he really was.
That's not who he really was.
It was just a small part of him.
It's not small.
It's it's everything.
He was an alcoholic.
Who quit drinking long before you were even born.
But it it changes everything.
How? Because I thought I knew him.
You did, sweetie.
Everything you remember about him is still true.
He wasn't perfect, Claudia.
But you know what? Had he been around these past few years, you would probably know that now.
He made mistakes.
He-- He had faults.
But that doesn't make him any less.
It just makes him human.
So, what happened? What made him stop? I want to know.
Your mom said she'd leave him.
Oh.
Oh.
[DOOR OPENS.]
I heard, and I'm sorry.
I don't even know if that's the right thing to say: I'm sorry.
There is no right thing to say.
Yeah.
BAILEY: I, um I was thinking about us, about you and me.
You were? Yeah.
It's funny, because this is, like, what we used to talk about, remember? And-- And I finally have an answer to that question that you asked me.
I don't-- When you were looking for your mom and you would say to me, "I wonder what I got from her? "My voice or-- Or-- Or my dark hair?" Remember? And you asked me what I got from my parents.
Bailey-- It's like Claudia plays the violin.
And Julia looks like her, and Charlie looks like him.
And this is what I got.
It's what my father gave me.
Why are you crying? Because I don't know how to help you.
You don't have to help me.
I mean, I think I finally have it figured out.
CHARLIE: I remember, I must have been in-- In kindergarten or something, but Mom used to drive him to the restaurant a couple mornings a week because he left his car there overnight.
And he'd sit in the back with me and tell jokes, make up stupid songs.
And Mom would be up in the front, kind of cold and quiet.
I didn't realize.
Did they fight? I'm trying Yeah, I guess.
Yeah, but always behind closed doors, you know? Or I'd walk into something at the tail end of it, and Mom's eyes would be all red, and I figured it was about the restaurant doing bad, or them not having enough money, or about how late he used to come home at night.
He'd always leave the liquor out of recipes.
Remember? And he never toasted good news.
I mean, yeah, sort of, like, pretend toasting, but never the real thing.
Everything means something else now.
I know.
He got better, though, right? I mean, he got better because they got through it somehow, right? Because I remember them being happy.
They were.
Jule, they were happy.
[SIGHS.]
Well, I don't know what else to say to him now.
You? No.
Grace.
Do you? I think maybe it's already been done, Julia.
I think maybe this will make the difference.
You do? Really? You can't find out something like this, this huge, and-- And not have it, um, well, change you.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
SARAH: Bailey.
Bailey, wait a second.
Where's my coat? You okay? I'mtired.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
Just really tired.
What? What's going on? It's okay, Claud.
I, uh-- I didn't have the time to do a lot of research or anything.
None of us did.
But, uh, we got some contacts to a couple AA groups in the area.
One's at SF State, which is kind of convenient.
Uh-huh.
And, uh, I'm sorry, Bay, about getting you here the way we did, and about keeping you here.
And if I said anything, nothing was meant to hurt you.
We didn't know what else to do.
It's just we all love you so much.
AndI know this is gonna sound kind of hokey but we really will be there for you every step of the way if you want us to, okay? We're gonna take care of you, Bailey.
[SIGHS.]
Okay? Will you let us take care of you? No.
Don't.
Don't Bay.
I don't need to be taken care of, and I don't need any AA contacts.
What? I mean, it's okay.
Charlie, I-- I-- I kind of feel better, actually.
You do? BAILEY: Yeah, I do.
Anyway, I guess you guys were right about me.
Turns out you were right.
I mean, of course you were.
I mean, I'm my father's son, right? Which is-- Which explains a lot of things.
I mean [SIGHS.]
I can finally stop looking at myself and-- And thinking, what--? What is going on here? What--? What am I turning into? Who am I turning into? Because it's him.
I'm turning into him.
And it's not my fault.
It's not my fault.
It's his fault.
So-- So I'm gonna stop beating myself up.
And I'm gonna stop letting all of you guys beat up on me, because this-- This is just who I am, and-- And this is what I do.
I drink.
[JULIA SIGHS.]
Has anyone seen my coat? That's it? Yeah, Claud, that's it.
No.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
I-- I can't take this, Bailey.
I mean, you can't do this anymore.
Claudia-- No, Bailey, I mean it.
That's it.
That's it.
I mean, i-if you don't-- If you don't get help, I don't want to see you.
You can't talk to me, and-- And-- And you can't talk to Owen and you can't come over to the house, and I'm not gonna come and see you, and I'm not gonna call you, and I'm not even gonna think about you.
Claudia, just-- No! I love you.
More than anyone else.
I love you the best.
You know that.
This is the only thing that I have that I can take away from you to make you stop.
Either you get help right now, or get out of here.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
[***.]
[SIGHS.]
Oh, man.
So much for the four basic food groups.
Hey, is this still good? Eww.
Gosh.
You gotta smell this.
Pass.
When was the last time--? Don't you ever go to the market anymore? [PHONE RINGS.]
Did I become your mother when I wasn't looking? Who the hell calls at this hour? It's noon.
Hello? Yeah.
Hey, Julia.
Yeah, he's [SIGHS.]
he's right here.
Yeah.
Hey, what's up? Really? Callie.
Mm? Were there messages from my sister? I'm sorry, Jule.
I just-- I-- I've had a-- A-- A busy couple of days.
What? Oh, hey, no, I-- I don't think that's such a good Tonight? No, I don't think No, I know.
I know it's a thing we do.
Okay, Jule.
You can stop selling.
Okay.
Okay.
I said-- I said okay, I'll come.
Seven, right.
Okay.
I'll see you.
[PHONE BEEPS.]
Family dinner.
He's gonna know it's not a family dinner.
I mean, the second he sees me, he's gonna know.
I don't have to start it, do I? What do you mean? Well, I-- I don't have to be the one to say, Bailey, I think you have a serious drinking problem.
Yeah, I know.
I know you're right.
I mean, what difference does it make what order we go in? God, my palms are all sweaty.
I don't understand why we have to do it like this.
I mean, all of us yelling at him and-- And accusing him of stuff.
That's how an intervention works.
But it's five against one.
I mean, he's gonna feel totally ganged up on.
Maybe.
But maybe that's what's gonna make him see he's got a problem.
He's gonna be so mad at us.
Yeah, he is.
CLAUDIA: What if it doesn't work? Since when is Grace's specialty substance abuse? She sees a lot of alcoholism at the center.
Oh, and I guess that makes her, like, some kind of expert, huh? Hey, I'm just glad to have someone here who's got some experience with this kind of thing, aren't you? [DOOR OPENS.]
Okay, this is it.
[***.]
Are you open? CHARLIE: No.
I'm sorry, we're closed.
Um, for a private party.
I was just about to hang a sign.
Oh, no problem.
Bay, are you there? You're not there.
And you're not here, so we were just wondering if you forgot about dinner.
Um, anyway, we were just gonna order dessert and, uh Well, you're probably on your way over, so we'll see you soon.
[PHONE BEEPS.]
[SIGHS.]
Should we go home? [SIGHS.]
Yeah.
Let's go home.
Well, what choice did we have? I've left dozens of messages for him.
He never calls back.
I mean, we can't just go over to his place to confront him.
I know that.
Julia tried to do that last week and he kicked her out.
He's not about to stop by here, so-- I know, Charlie.
Then why was the restaurant a bad idea? I just think it was wrong to assume a family dinner would be the kind of thing that would lure him in.
Think he knew we were planning something? After what he did at Owen's party, come on, Charlie, he knows he's in hot water with you guys.
He knows dinner conversation isn't gonna be "Pass the salt," so he's not gonna show up voluntarily.
So, what you gotta do, I think, is figure out some way-- Monday-night quarterbacking, huh? So I'm-- I'm curious.
Why did we sit there for two and a half hours tonight if you thought it was a stupid idea? I'm not saying the idea couldn't have worked.
I was just trying to figure out a reason why it didn't.
Uh-huh.
So in your expert opinion, what do you think we do now? Come on, Julia-- No.
I mean, since you barely know Bailey at all, maybe you have a certain objectivity about the situation that we don't have.
Family dinners he can say no to.
He can say, "Gee, I forgot.
" He can say he got stuck in traffic.
You gotta come up with something else, something he can't say no to.
No.
Uh-uh.
No way.
Claud.
No.
Forget it.
That's-- [SCOFFS.]
That-- That is a terrible thing to do.
Yeah.
It is.
It is.
But how else, Claud? I mean, how else are we gonna get him here? I don't know.
But-- But that? No.
No, you can't tell him that.
I mean, you can't have him get in his car and drive all the way over here thinking that.
You don't think this is, like, the cruelest thing you could do to a person? I mean, you're actually okay with this? I know it'll get him here, Claudia, so, yeah, I am.
Well, I don't care.
I won't.
I don't care.
And you know, if you think it is such a great idea, you call him.
It won't make any sense coming from Sarah or me or Charlie.
But if it's you, Claud.
If you call him and say that you need his help and you don't know what to do, then he'll believe you, and he'll come.
He's in trouble, Claudia.
I mean, aren't you willing to do whatever it takes to help him? I am.
[SNIFFS.]
Bay.
[SOBS.]
Bay, um, it's Owen.
He-- I wasn't looking and he-- And he-- He fell down the stairs, and he-- He hit his head hard.
I-- I don't know-- I don't know-- He's-- He-- He's breathing but he-- He's not moving, Bailey, and I--I don't know what to do.
I don't know, you just-- You gotta-- You-- You gotta-- Okay.
Okay, but hurry.
[PHONE BEEPS.]
[SNIFFS.]
Shame on you.
Claudia! Claud! Claudia! [DOOR OPENS.]
CLAUDIA: Bailey.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
Where's Owen? CLAUDIA: What's she doing here? She drove me here.
Who cares? What--? Is he okay? Is he unconscious? Claud, where is he? He He's up in his room.
Jule! I just got home.
Give me the, uh-- The keys to your car.
What? My engine isn't turning over.
If we're gonna take him to the hospital-- Here.
Here.
You gotta watch the clutch, though, because it kind of sticks, all right? Owen? Owen! Owen? Owen? Owen? O? Where is he? What? What? What's going on? We have to talk to you.
What? Oh, God.
What, is it Owen? Owen i-is okay.
He's at Ross's.
What? What's going on here? We, um-- We-- We-- We told you the story about Owen uh, just to get you here, be-- Because we have to talk to you because we're worried, Bailey.
What? You gotta be-- About your drinking.
My drinking? You mean, Owen? I can't believe--! I can't believe you! I was, like, having a stroke here! How the hell could you--? God, Claudia! I'm sorry.
Let's just calm down now, okay? Calm down? Look, Bay, you've got a problem.
That much is-- Is pretty clear.
So-- So we're just gonna get you someplace where you can get the kind of help you need, some kind of rehab or something.
The hell you are.
You know what? You know what? Up yours, Charlie.
You guys are screwed.
God, you-- I'm out of here.
No, you're not.
Give me the keys.
No.
I said give me the keys! No.
God, you-- Let me out of her here, Charlie.
No way.
Let me the hell out of here! You're not going anywhere, Bay.
The hell I'm not.
Come on, Bailey, calm down.
The hell with all of you.
Sarah.
[SIGHS.]
So you too, huh? Yeah, me too.
What--? What is this? Is this, like, your way of getting back at me for Callie? Is that what this is? You really think this is about revenge? It sure as hell feels like it.
I'm not trying to get back at you, Bailey.
I'm here because-- Because I've seen how you drink, how much you drink and what it does to you.
Uh-huh.
So you think I'm an alcoholic.
I think you have a problem, Bailey.
You think that I'm an alcoholic.
Why don't you just say it? That's what you came here to say, isn't it? I think you're an alcoholic.
Well-- Well, I think you're full of crap.
I think you're all full of crap.
If you think I'm gonna hang around here and listen to you all tell me what a lush you think I am, as delightful as that sounds, it's been real.
If we're all wrong, then why are you running away? See, you leave now and-- And all that does is say to us, "Bailey's got a problem, and he's too afraid to deal with it.
" So-- So okay, so I'm wrong.
So we're all full of crap.
So set us straight, Bailey.
Explain it.
You know, make us see it from your side.
Stay.
Look, the point is not how we got him here, okay? The point is what's going on with him.
Oh, right.
Like you know all about it, huh? Like you even have a clue as to what goes on in his life.
You know, because I don't remember seeing any of you at the apartment, spending time, making sure everything's okay.
You know what? I don't think we've met.
Isn't that funny? Look, he pulled away from us, okay, when he started drinking.
We didn't know what was going on.
Yeah, okay.
Whatever.
We're trying to-- To help him.
What? By lying to him? By tricking him? You gotta be kidding me.
You think you're gonna help him? He's never gonna talk to any of you again.
Don't say that.
Look, you've seen him drink.
You had to have seen him drink.
If you stay here and tell him that, then maybe-- Okay, you know what? Just give me my keys.
Please, Callie-- Do you want me to call the police? [SIGHS.]
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES.]
BAILEY: Callie? Hey.
Where are you--? Look, I'm sorry, okay? This is not my thing, all right? This is, like, way out of control.
Anyway, it's a family thing, so, uh, I'm sorry.
She bailed on you, man.
No.
That's not-- She knows that I don't have a problem, so she's not about to hang around here with you guys and take shots at me.
Why should she? Maybe she's in denial too.
Hey, I'm not in-- Look, I'm-- I'm here, aren't I? I'm still here.
I'm not running away.
I know what this is about.
This is about Owen's birthday party, and-- And if you want to go taking that-- That one time when I had a little too much to drink and turn it into some huge deal-- It's not just one time, Bailey.
One or two times, whatever.
Look, I'm not saying that I don't drink some, okay? I do.
And occasionally, very occasionally, I have too much.
But that doesn't mean that I am doing anything different than any other college kid who's living away from home.
It doesn't mean that I have a problem or that I can't stop.
And it sure as hell doesn't mean that I need you guys acting all concerned over nothing, and carting me off to some rehab center.
It's not nothing, Bay.
You're always drunk.
What are you talking about? I'm not drunk now.
[SCOFFS.]
BAILEY: I haven't had anything to drink since-- Since Owen's birthday party.
What is that? That's three days.
Three days.
What does that tell you? Honestly? That you're broke.
God, do you really think that little of me? Claudia? It's like It's like you're someone else, Bay.
Right.
Right.
Well, maybe I am.
Maybe that's the problem, that I'm on my own for the first time, and I'm taking care of myself, and nobody likes that, because that's not the way things work around here.
I'm supposed to be the one taking care of all of you, right? Bailey, that's not true.
BAILEY: No? No.
I bailed you out, Charlie.
I gave up going to a real college to save your ass.
Now that I'm stuck at a state school trying to make the best of it, you're trying to tear me down.
Bailey, that's-- As long as I'm the one making the sacrifices, you're all okay because that's what you expect.
I'm the one who always comes through for you, right, who picks up all the pieces and-- And-- And-- And cleans up your mess.
That's who I am, right? That's who I've always been.
And I can't ever, ever do anything that I wanna do.
I can't ever have anything that's just mine.
What? Like your drinking? Like a life.
A life that isn't about putting myself last.
[SCOFFS.]
I just-- I-- I-- I-- I want-- I want to have fun.
I want to not worry about stuff all the time.
And I want to be able to take some chances with my life, without you telling me there's something wrong with me.
Now, why can't--? Why can't I have that? Why--? Why--? Why won't you let me have that? [SOBS.]
It's not so much to ask for.
It's-- [SOBS.]
God, it's-- It's so little.
[SOBS.]
[SOBBING.]
Shouldn't we go in there? And say what? [SNIFFLES.]
Claud? We shouldn't have done it this way.
He doesn't-- He shouldn't feel like he doesn't have anybody on his side.
Can't we stop? Please, c-can't we just stop? I don't know, Claud.
SARAH: He won't listen to anything we have to say.
He's not ready.
How do you know? He was the one doing all the talking.
He didn't give us a chance.
Of course not.
Why would he? He knows what you're gonna say, and he doesn't want to hear it.
You gotta-- You've gotta make him listen.
You've-- You've gotta strip away all those excuses of his.
You-- You're gotta-- Look, it's hard, okay? Julia.
JULIA: No.
It's so easy to sit on the outside and say "You gotta this" and "You gotta that" when he's not your brother.
You don't know him, Grace.
You don't love him.
[SIGHS.]
Look, I'm sorry.
I know it's hard.
But that's why you're here, isn't it? I mean, isn't it? Yes.
[SNIFFS.]
Would you all--? Would you please--? CHARLIE: No-- No.
You're gonna here this, Bay.
And no one's going anywhere until we're finished, so we might as well just get started.
And-- And it's not about being angry at you or begrudging you some kind of happiness at school or anything.
But you drink, Bailey.
You drink all the time.
Owen's party, right? I-- I already explained that to you and I apologized.
I-- I-- I had a few drinks, yeah.
Hey, it was way worse than that.
You were out of control, Bailey.
You were stinking drunk.
And that-- That whole thing with the cake, you scared the hell out of Owen.
You scared me.
Well, I had-- I had some stuff going on that day.
It was-- It was-- It was-- It was a bad day, you know.
All of a sudden, I'm the only one who's not allowed to have a bad day.
What about at the coffeehouse with Will, Bailey? You were drunk and loud and making a scene with the waiters, bumping into things.
And you were the same way when I met you at club.
At a club, right.
What--? What is the big deal with that? You-- You go to a club and you drink.
Is that some sort of crime? Will said you were drunk every minute he was with you, and all you wanted to do was drink.
Right, like he actually told you that.
Yeah, he did.
He came to see me because he was worried about you.
Well, Will is a liar.
He is not a liar.
This isn't gonna work, Bailey.
Not anymore.
We've all been through this with you too many times.
The "Your catching me on a bad day" or "A bad week" excuse.
Or, "Yeah, sure, I'm drinking when I see you, but all the other times I'm completely sober" excuse.
Yeah, we-- We compared stories, Bay.
[SIGHS.]
I don't believe this.
I really don't believe this.
What? Y-You've got, like, four examples of me drinking too much.
Like that proves anything.
What is this? Is this some kind of sport, ganging up on me like this? Anyone else have anything? What about you, Claudia? You-- You have something you want to add? No.
No.
Go on.
It's your turn.
Go on! No.
You need more? Fine.
Okay.
Sam gave you a job and you stole from him.
What? Are you calling me a thief in front of everybody? You are a thief, Bailey.
You're a thief and a liar and a drunk.
And I want you to get better.
And I want to help you because I love you.
Uh-huh.
JULIA: I do.
No.
No.
This just This just makes you feel good, right? Bailey-- BAILEY: And it's, like, who the hell are you? Like your life is so great, like your life is anything.
At least I'm in school.
At least I'm not the one who's dropping out.
Man, how's that for irony? Or you know what? Maybe-- Maybe that's the whole point: That you're jealous of me for once because it turns out you can't even come close to doing what I'm doing.
Turns out you're the one who can't hack it.
Come on, Bailey.
BAILEY: No, forget it.
Forget it.
You're the one I feel sorry for.
What are you gonna do? Take a year off so you can get pregnant again? What? That's enough, Bailey.
Yeah? Says who? You can all dish it out, but you can't take it, huh? I said that's enough! [SNIFFS.]
CHARLIE: Jule-- CHARLIE: God, you-- BAILEY: What? What? Now-- Now you want to give me a lecture on screwing up? Talk about hearing it from the master.
I got a better idea.
How about we talk about you instead? Actually-- Actually, you know what? I bet some of this would be educational for Grace.
CHARLIE: Bailey.
I don't wanna hear it.
BAILEY: Of course you do.
I mean, how much do you actually know about Charlie's sexual history? Stop it, Bailey.
Has he cheated on you yet? Give it time.
He will.
He's cheated on every other girl he's been with.
Why not you? He's cheated on Kirsten at least once that we know of.
Grace-- Look, this doesn't-- H-How many women has it been in all, Charlie? Fifty? Sixty? I swear to God-- How about the one that you slept with after the wedding? You know, the one that you slept with two days after you dumped Kirsten, the love of your life? Stop it! Claudia told me about that one.
Bailey! Just shut the hell up, Bailey! God, Bailey, what are you doing? Nothing.
It's just cards-on-the-table time.
You don't like it, leave.
Actually, I don't know why you're here in the first place.
Bailey-- No.
It's not like anything you say matters to me.
It's not like you belong here.
Okay.
It's, like, take a hint.
I don't love you.
I don't.
And to be completely honest here, I don't think I was ever in love with you.
Don't do this, Bailey.
I-- I mean, if I loved you, why would I cheat on you? Why would I still be with Callie, huh? Why would I be in bed with you and be so-- So turned off that I couldn't do anything? That's enough.
Bailey, that's enough.
You can stop now.
Right.
What? [DOOR CLOSES.]
[MOTOR REVS.]
GRACE: What's he doing? Nothing.
Just staring out the window.
Grace-- Someone has to talk to him again.
No, Grace, listen.
There were other women.
You don't have to do this.
And I don't know.
I'm not sure if that says something really bad about me.
Maybe it does, Charlie-- But that's not who I am now.
I mean, I'm not the same guy.
I'm telling you.
Charlie, this is not the time.
No, I know.
You don't have to tell me that.
I know.
I would have told you, Grace.
Maybe not everything.
I don't know.
But it's not like I was trying to hide it from you.
And all that stuff about Kirsten after the wedding, it's not like he made it sound.
Right, and it's over now, and you're a different person, so I'm fine.
You don't owe me any explanations.
Then why are you standing all the way across the room from me? I don't know why I'm here.
Why am I doing this to myself? Why do I keep doing this to myself? Come on, you love him.
I'm not gonna stay.
I'm gonna-- I'm gonna go.
Sarah, don't.
They're just words that he's using.
I know they hurt, but they're just words.
That's not I mean, he says horrible, horrible things to you.
But that doesn't change anything because you're his sister.
Now you can hate him, and you're still his sister.
But if I hate him, you know, like, if he says those things to me and I hate him, then why am I still here? Yeah, I just-- I end up being this-- This pathetic person who's waiting around to see some-- Some glimmer of the way he used to be with me, and it hasn't been that way in so long.
[SNIFFLES.]
And I'm done.
[SIGHS.]
I'm done.
Sarah, you can't.
You can't because if-- If you leave and we all have to walk in there and face him again and he sees that you're gone, he is gonna think, "I am winning.
" He is gonna think, "I am right and they are wrong, and they don't have the guts to face up to me.
" And then, when we're And then it's over.
I'm sorry.
I tried.
That is not good enough.
Sarah, if you leave, that is so much worse than if you had never come here to begin with.
Bailey.
Callie, pick up the phone.
Come on, pick up the stupid phone.
Okay, listen, as soon as you get this message, you get over here and you get me.
Don't call first.
Just come, get me the hell out of this place.
We're finished here.
[PHONE BEEPS, HANGS UP.]
What? [DOORBELL RINGS.]
Maybe that's her.
MAN: Oh, I'm so sorry, sweetie.
The plane circled for over an hour.
I had to drop Franny off at my place.
BAILEY: Joe? Hey.
I don't believe this.
You called Joe? Yeah, we did.
I did.
We're right in the middle of it.
More like the end.
JOE: Well, your brother thought that maybe I could help, Bailey.
How? How? Who--? What the hell does he know? Huh? He's not even around, for God sakes.
Wh--? What? Did you come all this way to tell me I drank too much champagne at your damn wedding? It's not working.
Bailey, if you-- You know what? I don't want to hear it from you, okay? And I don't want to hear any more from any of you.
You got that? Yep.
Loud and clear.
We're through trying to reason with you, Bailey.
Finally.
Thank God.
So here's what's gonna happen, okay? You're checking yourself into a rehab center.
Right.
We're gonna get in the car right now, and I'm gonna-- Go to hell, Charlie.
I mean it, Bailey.
This is it.
This is your last chance.
You're checking yourself in-- Or what? Huh? What are you gonna do, Charlie? Send me to bed without dessert? Cut off my allowance? What the hell are you gonna do? Do you want me to cut you off financially? Fine.
It's done.
Fine.
Who cares? I don't need your money.
I could go get a job.
And I already got my own place to live.
All I need is for you to get the hell out of my way.
Bailey.
I mean it, Charlie.
No! Get out of my way.
[ALL SHOUT.]
Come on.
You son of a bitch.
[SCREAMS.]
Oh, my God.
Bailey.
[PANTS.]
That looks bad, Bailey.
Bailey? You sh-- You should-- I don't need your help.
Bailey.
Can't you just--? God, leave me alone.
Bay.
I mean it, Joe.
Bailey, please, huh? Look, I know what you-- What you're here for.
I know what you came here to say.
Well, I don't think you do.
Sure, I do.
It's the old routine.
You tell me how disappointed Dad would be, how much I'm letting him down.
I know how the whole thing goes.
So just get it over with, so you can go.
Come on, "If your father could see you now" Well, if he could see you now-- What? If your father could see you now, he'd say Here it comes.
he'd say, "Not my son too.
" He was an alcoholic, Bailey.
[LAUGHS.]
Right.
Sure.
Sure, he was.
Your father was an alcoholic.
Bull.
Believe me, I was there.
That's a load of-- For 18 years he was sober before he died, but for years before that, years-- No, you just-- No.
No.
I-- I don't believe you.
On my life, Bailey, it's the truth.
I thought-- I thought you couldn't get any lower than what they did.
Lying about Owen.
Saying he was hurt just to get me to come over here, but you, you son of a bitch.
Come on, Bailey.
What do you think, huh? You think since he's dead, you can say anything you want about him? He'd want you to know.
He'd want me to tell you.
My father was not an alcoholic! JOE: Bailey.
BAILEY: Get out of here, Joe.
Get the hell out of here.
Have you heard this load of crap? Have you? Or, hey, this was probably your genius idea, right? Let's get Joe to say Dad was a drunk.
And then maybe-- Joe.
[SIGHS.]
I don't believe it.
BAILEY: You see? See? He didn't-- I would have known.
You were just a kid when he quit, Charlie.
You were probably too young to recognize the signs.
What signs? You remember him coming home late from the restaurant every night? That doesn't mean-- Look, he-- He had a business to run.
He liked hanging out with the guys late, shooting the bull.
And drinking.
No.
Honey, I was the one who had to drive him home night after night, because he couldn't drive himself.
Did he? I don't know.
Don't you remember the fights he had with your mom? Charlie.
I don't know, okay? It was bad for a long time.
If he hadn't gotten the help when he did-- But I never saw him take a drink in my life.
Not once.
Not even a beer or a glass of wine.
That's right.
And why do you think? Not a drop, not an ounce, nothing.
He owned a restaurant.
Hell, he owned a bar.
Why never even a sip? Because he knew he couldn't ever.
That's what it is to be an alcoholic.
He knew that-- Claud.
No, Charlie.
[DOOR OPENS.]
There you are.
I've been looking for you all over.
Go away.
Honey Please.
Claudia, I didn't see you standing there.
I would never-- No.
It's okay.
I mean, it's good that I heard.
I should know, right? Who he really was.
That's not who he really was.
It was just a small part of him.
It's not small.
It's it's everything.
He was an alcoholic.
Who quit drinking long before you were even born.
But it it changes everything.
How? Because I thought I knew him.
You did, sweetie.
Everything you remember about him is still true.
He wasn't perfect, Claudia.
But you know what? Had he been around these past few years, you would probably know that now.
He made mistakes.
He-- He had faults.
But that doesn't make him any less.
It just makes him human.
So, what happened? What made him stop? I want to know.
Your mom said she'd leave him.
Oh.
Oh.
[DOOR OPENS.]
I heard, and I'm sorry.
I don't even know if that's the right thing to say: I'm sorry.
There is no right thing to say.
Yeah.
BAILEY: I, um I was thinking about us, about you and me.
You were? Yeah.
It's funny, because this is, like, what we used to talk about, remember? And-- And I finally have an answer to that question that you asked me.
I don't-- When you were looking for your mom and you would say to me, "I wonder what I got from her? "My voice or-- Or-- Or my dark hair?" Remember? And you asked me what I got from my parents.
Bailey-- It's like Claudia plays the violin.
And Julia looks like her, and Charlie looks like him.
And this is what I got.
It's what my father gave me.
Why are you crying? Because I don't know how to help you.
You don't have to help me.
I mean, I think I finally have it figured out.
CHARLIE: I remember, I must have been in-- In kindergarten or something, but Mom used to drive him to the restaurant a couple mornings a week because he left his car there overnight.
And he'd sit in the back with me and tell jokes, make up stupid songs.
And Mom would be up in the front, kind of cold and quiet.
I didn't realize.
Did they fight? I'm trying Yeah, I guess.
Yeah, but always behind closed doors, you know? Or I'd walk into something at the tail end of it, and Mom's eyes would be all red, and I figured it was about the restaurant doing bad, or them not having enough money, or about how late he used to come home at night.
He'd always leave the liquor out of recipes.
Remember? And he never toasted good news.
I mean, yeah, sort of, like, pretend toasting, but never the real thing.
Everything means something else now.
I know.
He got better, though, right? I mean, he got better because they got through it somehow, right? Because I remember them being happy.
They were.
Jule, they were happy.
[SIGHS.]
Well, I don't know what else to say to him now.
You? No.
Grace.
Do you? I think maybe it's already been done, Julia.
I think maybe this will make the difference.
You do? Really? You can't find out something like this, this huge, and-- And not have it, um, well, change you.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
SARAH: Bailey.
Bailey, wait a second.
Where's my coat? You okay? I'mtired.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
Just really tired.
What? What's going on? It's okay, Claud.
I, uh-- I didn't have the time to do a lot of research or anything.
None of us did.
But, uh, we got some contacts to a couple AA groups in the area.
One's at SF State, which is kind of convenient.
Uh-huh.
And, uh, I'm sorry, Bay, about getting you here the way we did, and about keeping you here.
And if I said anything, nothing was meant to hurt you.
We didn't know what else to do.
It's just we all love you so much.
AndI know this is gonna sound kind of hokey but we really will be there for you every step of the way if you want us to, okay? We're gonna take care of you, Bailey.
[SIGHS.]
Okay? Will you let us take care of you? No.
Don't.
Don't Bay.
I don't need to be taken care of, and I don't need any AA contacts.
What? I mean, it's okay.
Charlie, I-- I-- I kind of feel better, actually.
You do? BAILEY: Yeah, I do.
Anyway, I guess you guys were right about me.
Turns out you were right.
I mean, of course you were.
I mean, I'm my father's son, right? Which is-- Which explains a lot of things.
I mean [SIGHS.]
I can finally stop looking at myself and-- And thinking, what--? What is going on here? What--? What am I turning into? Who am I turning into? Because it's him.
I'm turning into him.
And it's not my fault.
It's not my fault.
It's his fault.
So-- So I'm gonna stop beating myself up.
And I'm gonna stop letting all of you guys beat up on me, because this-- This is just who I am, and-- And this is what I do.
I drink.
[JULIA SIGHS.]
Has anyone seen my coat? That's it? Yeah, Claud, that's it.
No.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
I-- I can't take this, Bailey.
I mean, you can't do this anymore.
Claudia-- No, Bailey, I mean it.
That's it.
That's it.
I mean, i-if you don't-- If you don't get help, I don't want to see you.
You can't talk to me, and-- And-- And you can't talk to Owen and you can't come over to the house, and I'm not gonna come and see you, and I'm not gonna call you, and I'm not even gonna think about you.
Claudia, just-- No! I love you.
More than anyone else.
I love you the best.
You know that.
This is the only thing that I have that I can take away from you to make you stop.
Either you get help right now, or get out of here.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
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