Party of Five s04e24 Episode Script

What do you mean you're pregnant? You're pregnant? Pregnant with me? I mean, you and me? Yes! Yes, with you.
Man, I can't I can't believe this.
How the hell did this happen? I mean, we were We were careful.
Not the first time.
You were just like, now, I want you now! No protection, let's just just Let's make love, it's the first time after cancer, no plans, just no strings Man, I can't What are we going to do? I mean Are you ok? No.
Right.
Of course you're not ok.
Look, I got to get back.
No, wait No, Charlie, I'm not doing this, ok? We cannot figure this out in the middle of some 6-year-old's birthday party.
Daphne I've been pacing and trying to think.
I know.
I've heard you.
And I just It's so hard not having you around to talk to.
I know, I know Because a decision like this is Annie, listen.
I think I have the answer.
I think I know what we should do.
Do you want to be married to Jay Or do you want to be married to me? What? Marry me, Annie.
Marry me! Everybody wants to live like they wanna live and everybody wants to love Like they wanna love everybody wants to be closer to free-ee-ee-ee closer to free Bailey Look I know I know that I'm young, but I'm not any younger than you were when you married him, and and I've got a job that I love with a definite future, and I'm crazy about your little girl Bailey, that's great.
I mean, it it's amazing, but just 5 minutes ago, you were telling me that you weren't ready to move in.
Ok.
Obviously I would've waited if Jay weren't here, but you know what? Really, so what? So what if I'm just Reacting or whatever because isn't that the way it works? You you have a crisis, and it makes you see stuff more clearly.
Well, I don't want to lose you, Annie.
Oh, my god Uh No.
No, don't.
I'll, uh, I'll open it when I get home.
No, open it.
Claudia: Actually, I already did.
Whoo! You got in! Oh, my god! Really? It really says that? You sure I'm in? I got in for fall? Yup, yup, but it says that there's this thing tomorrow at 4:00 to, like, look at student housing and stuff.
Tomorrow.
Ok, that's, uh Wow.
Well, we'll I'll call them.
I hope you're not mad that I opened it, jule.
Oh, by the way, ok, if I wear a black dress and someone, like, barfs on it, is it going to be totally ruined? Claudia, why would someone barf on you? Can we talk about this when I get home? Sure.
Ok, great.
Um Bye.
I got into Stanford for fall.
Man, that's That's great.
Wow.
Well, you've got to go.
What's tomorrow? Oh, um Well, there's this housing thing at 4:00.
But you know what? I i can put it off.
What, are you nuts? You've got to go.
Come on.
I'll call the airlines, all right? We can be back by tonight.
Has Daphne called yet? Claud, I have to call her, and I asked, like, an hour ago.
What about the big one? Ok, what chance do we have of it not occurring next Friday night? "Possible problems on prom night: Earthquake, tornado, rain, floods" Claud, if there's an earthquake, you're not going to want to go anyway.
Ok, are you, like, an assistant to an assistant, or do you actually know what you're talking about here? He hung up on me.
Claud This is crazy.
What are you doing? You said it yourself, Charlie.
If something can go wrong, it will go wrong.
I don't want any surprises.
Yeah.
That's true.
You don't.
Surprises can be Can be very, very bad.
It's, uh Better to be prepared, claud, 'cause Anything can happen.
Yeah.
Late night in a limo alone with this guy, I mean Claud, what if this guy jumps you? Are you are you prepared for that? Jumps me? I mean Rain and flood, sure, but more likely I mean You guys You guys aren't going to Charlie.
What? No one's going to do any Jumping.
Hey, look at this.
This one's got everything.
Tissues, condoms Mouthwash, aspirin Check this out.
A wedding.
No.
Who buys a wedding ring from a vending machine? I don't know Say you got to say good-bye to somebody.
You got to get on a plane without them and just can't do it.
You have the tissues because you can't stop crying, you have the condoms for that farewell quickie in the bathroom stall, and aspirin for the pain, of course, but in the end, you realize, I just can't live without this person.
What the hell.
I'm going to blow my last Yeah, but think about all the money you wasted on tissues.
Yeah, well You use those when you're married anyway, huh? Well Oh, hey! Jalapeño chips.
Dig it! I don't know what to do.
And I know it's not mainly my choice, but I know what I would have said a couple of years ago, but now I don't know.
On the other hand, I mean Not having the baby, I'm not sure I mean, it's definitely the easy way to go.
Charlie, could you stop? What? I can't talk to you about this.
I just I can't listen to you talk about how you You casually got pregnant And how you don't really know each other, and and you don't really love each other.
And the baby You can take it or leave it? I mean, some of us would give everything they have in the world for a baby.
Kirsten, I You really need to find someone else to lean on.
Uh Todd, tell me you're not on coffee detail.
I haven't stopped vibrating since last week's mocha krakatoa.
What's wrong? You're not getting the answers you want from Annie? You proposed to her.
You asked her to marry you.
Yeah, I did.
So did you.
You think that helps her? You think that makes this any easier? Know what? I don't owe you any explanations, man.
I don't owe you a damn thing! Is this just some kind of contest to you? Did you do this just to beat me? To beat you? I don't even know you! Then why do you want to marry her all of a sudden? You tell me that! It's none of your business.
Well, is it 'cause you knew all of a sudden you couldn't live without her? Is that it? Did you wake up one day and realize the biggest mistake of your life was letting her go? You just realized that you would give up everything you have Everything Just for a shot at getting her back? Because if that's what it is, then I apologize.
If you love her that much, then I'm way off base.
I just hope that you really want this.
'Cause if you don't, if you don't love her that much, then what you're doing here You're trying to take away a wife and a daughter from someone who does.
Thinking about Stanford, huh? No.
I was Thinking about the roller coaster on the pier.
The way it felt like we were just sailing out over the ocean.
Oh.
Hi.
Hi.
Is he here? No.
No.
Can I come in? Yeah, sure.
I was going to call you.
Listen, Bailey Before you say anything, can I? About This About us getting married Maybe we should talk about that more.
What? Mommy, can you help me pick which animals to pack? I want to keep some with me, 'cause the movers lose stuff.
I'll be right there, hon, ok? Movers Annie I was going to tell you.
You're moving? To be with Jay? You were never going to say yes, were you? Bailey, this This has been the longest I don't think I've slept since he got here, and all I do is run it over and over.
Natalie and Jay and you and the drinking and Oakland and you And there's all these reasons on one side And on the other side There's just you.
Hey.
Hey.
So Here's the problem I'm having: I can't find a way to make this work.
I mean I mean, look at me.
What am I going to do in 5 months when I'm out to here, ok? Nobody hires a pregnant stripper.
That's ridiculous.
And there are no Fat Disney heroines, so You know, let's face it: In one trimester, I'm going to be pregnant and out of work.
Daphne and even if I can figure out a way to make it through 9 months, what am I supposed to do after the baby's born? I can't afford a nanny You know, my parents live in Dallas Not that they would step foot in the house of their unwed- stripper-daughter-mom anyway.
What about me? No.
Don't say that, ok? Don't say that.
You don't know where you're going to be or what you're going to be doing in 9 months or a year or 3 years.
And I'm a flake.
I mean, that's how I live my life.
Sometimes I work Sometimes I skip dinner and who cares? I'm only taking care of myself.
I am not a mom, Charlie.
This is not a picture of a good mom.
Daphne And I have thought about not having this baby, and I think that I'm going to be ok with it.
I'm not happy But ok And I'd really like I would really appreciate it if you could help me out with that, because I don't have a lot of money in the bank.
Julia: Wow, look at this, Griffin.
Married student housing.
It's right on campus, but it's set up like these little apartments.
And you know what I was thinking? I was thinking I'll set up my schedule so I take all my classes in the morning, in the afternoons, I do my homework, so that when you come home, we can really be together.
Uh, don't do that, Julia.
You shouldn't have to worry about which classes to take to fit my schedule.
It's ok.
I don't mind.
Really.
Well, you should.
You should be living in a dorm, having a normal college life.
That way you don't have to make excuses for why you didn't get to do the things you wanted to do, you know.
This it's supposed to be a great year for you, not a year where you have to make a million compromises.
So what are you saying? I think that we should separate, Julia.
I, uh I wish I could think of another way to make this all work But I can't.
Griffin, what are you talking about? It does work.
We we work.
I mean, this This weekend This weekend was great.
It was like we remembered how to be happy again.
Doesn't that mean something? Staying in some fancy hotel Strolling along the beach Pretending to be people that we're not That's not real life.
It felt real to me.
Not that.
This is real life.
Having to make Hard decisions and Compromising what each other wants.
Trying not to hurt each other.
That's what our whole life together has been about.
It doesn't mean that we don't love each other.
It just means that maybe we shouldn't live with each other.
God, it's just this weekend, I I just saw you were just so happy, so I started thinking, I said What is it that I can give you that would make you that happy in real life? The only thing that I could think of was Was to let you go off and be on your own.
I can give you that.
Come on, Julia, I got to get some sleep.
You're going to be beat for that thing tomorrow.
I'm memorizing your ear.
Oh.
What? The way it kind of curves around here And how it's soft right here And you've got a Scar Right here.
I guess I'm just, uh Well, you know, this is, uh Hard.
I'm just kind of used to you always being here.
So, I'm memorizing your face.
Would it make it any easier if I drove you to this thing in Stanford tomorrow? Yeah.
A little.
No way.
Yeah.
No way! Yeah.
Yup.
Man, no Look, just knock it off, all right? It's not helping.
Claudia: I'm coming, char, I'm just having trouble with my zipper.
Could you make sure there's film in the camera? There's film, claud.
Could you double-check? I want all those hours back you made me sit and listen to those stupid condom lectures.
Man, what were you thinking? I wasn't.
Obviously.
Ok.
So what are you going to do? She doesn't want it.
She's made that pretty clear.
She's not ready for that change in her life.
Well Then Yeah.
That would take care of it, you know.
Problem solved.
Just go on like nothing happened, like it was a, like it was a mistake, like it was an accident.
Well, I mean, wasn't it? I just keep thinking, you know Maybe stuff happens for a reason.
You go through a year like I've had where you don't even know if you're going to make it out alive and then you do And you make a baby A baby! I mean, maybe that's what it was all about, you know.
Almost dying, and then Becoming a father.
So what are you saying then? It just Bay, it feels like a sign.
A sign? A bad sign? Must be the group up there, huh? Yeah.
So I'll pick you up at 6:00? Ok.
Hey, go.
Hi.
Hi.
Janna Harris.
Julia salinger.
So, what high school are you from? Actually, I'm not coming straight from high school.
I took a year off.
Really? Wow, that must've been great.
Yeah.
Yeah, it was.
You all done? Well, I'm sure I have entire drawers full of stuff left upstairs, but I'm going to box up your mail for you, and, uh And send it off until the post office forwards it.
Ok, thanks.
But are you And you've got about coming to you, so If Hank doesn't send it, let me know.
Bailey, don't you want to say good-bye? It's not You never gave me a chance, Annie.
Bailey, it's not about you.
It's about nat and being married No.
A chance To get used to it.
I can't You didn't give me any time.
He showed up here, and And you thought about it and you packed up your stuff and that's that's it.
You didn't Bailey, I'm sorry, I didn't know what else to do.
No, i i get it, ok? I'm not saying please stay.
I'm not saying that you're making a mistake.
I'm just saying I don't want you to go, and you're going, Annie.
And it sucks.
I love you.
Claudia: I think I just found what this key opens.
Wow, check it out! Junk food! Airplane snacks.
We are living large.
Did you kids say the St.
Albans prep school? Yeah.
Why? What's wrong? I don't know.
You tell me.
I knew it.
I just knew, knew, knew this would happen! What? Knew what? What? This This would happen! This This bomb scare, or this This alien abduction or whatever this is.
No.
No.
No way.
Here, here, let me check the invite.
I have it right here.
All right.
"St.
albans, Friday night, 8:00, may" Oops.
This is next Friday night.
I know.
Claudia I am so sorry.
This is all my fault.
You're damn straight it is! So Maybe I'll, uh You know, every so often, I'll Call you or something and tell you stuff.
I mean, we can still do that, right? Why, yeah.
Sure.
Like if I Fail my art history midterm, or Or if I write an epic poem, and I need a word that rhymes with "orange.
" No, we can call each other.
I can't really think of a word that rhymes with "orange.
" There isn't anything.
So it will kind of be a long call.
We might have to be on the phone all night or something.
Tell him I can't forgive him yet And I don't know when I'll be able to.
She says she'll forgive you soon.
Tell her I don't know how I could've been so stupid.
He's wondering how he got so stupid.
I mean, I blew it.
I am pond scum.
I am worse than pond scum.
I'm like the little stuff that floats around pond scum All right! This this pity party is getting on my nerves already! Just ask her to dance, man! Ok.
Claudia Would you please dance with me? Yeah, well, duh! Obviously that's what we came here to do.
That's what this is all about! But there's no music.
Ok.
Music.
May I have this dance, please? Hi.
Every time anybody goes to get a mug they slam their head on this thing.
I'm sick of people hurting themselves.
Is this the wrong time? Am I the wrong person? It's just When you didn't come home It's not Whatever.
I'm just Obviously doing whatever I can to stay the hell away from that place.
Yeah.
'Cause when I let myself think about it, it just makes me mad.
Like, bitter.
Because I'll tell you, it is starting to seem like all this time has gone by and I haven't gotten anywhere.
I'm right back where I started.
That is not true at all, Bailey.
I mean, a year ago, you were on probation.
You couldn't get a job.
You didn't know where in the hell you were supposed to fit in.
But now God.
Look at you.
You have found this thing that you're really good at.
I mean, this job let's you do everything that you've always done.
You know? Take care of people.
You got a lot from this year, Bailey.
And I'm telling you that 'cause when I look at you You got a lot.
Ok, let me get this straight.
Now, you want to have a child with a woman whose middle name you don't even know.
I thought Elaine, right? Who doesn't even know your shoe size.
Look, I thought we decided this.
I mean, I made an appointment, ok? And that was was hard.
But I did it.
And I'm trying to be ok with it.
Look, and I told you why I can't I know.
You told me all the things about yourself that said that you can't fit a kid into your life.
And and you know what? I said those same things about myself a couple of years ago.
And I guess The question isn't who you are right this second.
It's who you're willing to become.
See, if you're willing to change, to be changed by this child, then I know that we can find a way to make all the other stuff work.
We'll do this together.
We'll raise him together.
I don't know if I'm ready to say that, Charlie.
And I know that that sounds God, so selfish, but I don't want to take on more than I can handle.
That's not fair.
To anyone.
Ok, then What if you wait? Wait? I can't wait.
Till after he's born.
What if you figure out what you want your role to be once he's in the world.
And not some hypothetical.
And either we do this together, we'll raise him together.
Or I'll take him.
I'll take responsibility for him.
I'll raise him myself.
Charlie.
See, that way you don't have to know how it's all gonna work out to to say yes.
Say yes, Daphne.
This place looks so different already, huh? It's like they were never here.
Oh, Bailey, you know what? Um, if you don't want to be here, just let me do it.
Ok.
Do you mind if I watch for a minute? The fumes will help clear my head.
Yeah, sure.
God It's so weird.
I keep thinking of the last couple of days, you know? At how crazed I was.
How much I wanted to fight.
I was so terrified of losing her.
Only now It doesn't feel like I thought it would feel.
Sarah Oh! Ha ha.
Ha ha.
Oh, my god.
I'm such a moron.
Yes, you are.
Oh, thank you.
Sarah, why are you doing this for me? What are you why are you being so good to me? Really.
After everything that's happened.
After all this time.
Why are you still here with me? It's no big deal.
I mean, it's what it was always, pretty much.
I love you.
That's all.
Charlie: So we're just going to take it one step at a time, you know? Daphne may stay, and she may not.
All I know for sure is that I'm in it for the long haul.
What do you want me to say, Charlie? That you're happy for me.
Are you ready for this? I mean, really ready? I know it's going to change everything.
I'm ready for that.
And, hell, I've got 8 months to read all the books and to have all the anxiety attacks and to get the latest research on the strollers and the car seats.
And where the ama stands on infant sleeping positions because they're always doing new studies.
Right, that.
See, I wouldn't have thought of that.
You know this stuff.
Right.
Kirsten, be happy for me.
I'm trying.
It's hard.
I know it is.
And I know what having a child means to you.
And how unfair it is that you can't.
But, I mean, Kirsten, this kid is is on his way.
I mean, this is really going to happen.
And you're my best friend.
I don't want to go through this without being able to call you on the phone and hyperventilate.
Or give him to you to hold.
Charlie And I know this is totally selfish.
I know that.
But i I want you to love him.
I want him to be loved by you.
Because I know how incredible that feels to have you in my life.
I want him to have that, too.
You know, Charlie, he could be a a girl.
You could have a little girl.
I'll buy her first pair of Mary janes.
I returned the favor and opened it for you.
Phillips academy, and over? "Dear Claudia, "the admissions committee wishes to congratulate you on your acceptance.
" Wow.
You never told me, claud.
I didn't tell anyone.
I forgot i forgot I even applied.
It's a good school, Claudia.
It's a really good school.
What do you think Jamie would say If I told him about this? I mean, things wouldn't necessarily have to change that much, right? If I did go? I don't know, claud.
Things change.
People change when they're apart.
And sometimes when they get back together, they find out that they want different things.
Hi.
Hi.
He's not here yet? No.
I i actually think you're a little early.
Oh, yeah, the traffic was horrible and I was afraid that I was going to be late.
Daphne, what's going on here? Charlie said that you both had to talk to us.
Uh, I can't believe he's not here yet.
Wait a second.
Are you guys getting married or something? Married? No.
We are definitely not getting married.
What? Are you Are you I'm sorry, do you have a bathroom? Yeah, right over No.
Uh-uh.
I bet.
Whoa.
I feel much better.
Thanks.
So, how many weeks? I i don't know, about 7? Look, i i know that this was really sudden.
But this definitely wasn't planned.
Obviously.
But your brother, he wants it so badly.
And and I don't really know what I want.
But I'm going to, sort of, you know, be Oh.
You're here already.
What? Did you Congratulations, Charlie.
Congratulations.
Really? What? Nothing.
Did I miss a spot? Nope.
No, I was just Nothing.
I should probably let this soak.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Oh.
Sorry.
So Are we done? Uh-huh.
I'm gonna So, what'll we tell people? When they ask why we're not together anymore? I guess I'll tell them that we're Separating.
That it's a trial separation.
Yeah.
Well Oh, wait.
I got this for you at the airport.
Show your eternal love? You don't have to, like, wear it or anything.
I'm not asking you to marry me, obviously.
I don't know It's just, I know that maybe we're not right for each other right now, but maybe Maybe someday.
Yeah.
I love you, Julia.
I know.
I love you, too.
You ok? Yeah.
Yeah? Yeah, it's just What? Well Is that it? I mean, that's what I waited for all those years? What do you mean? Didn't you think that was You you are such a liar.
That's what you are.
I was just teasing you.
No.
I mean, you have definitely done that before.
No, I haven't.
Yes, you have.
No, I have not.
No? No.
No, it's it's, um, it's really not that complicated.
I don't know.
I've seen it in movies.
You know, I guess I've kind of practiced in my mind.
Really? Yeah.
With who? Come on, Bailey.
Can't you tell? I mean, couldn't you always? It may be a little too soon to see anything yet.
In which case, we'll just have you folks come back in a couple of Doctor? One second.
One sec.
Here we go.
Well, hello there, kiddo.
There it is.
That's it? That's the heartbeat.
Do you see it, Charlie?