Parenthood s05e02 Episode Script

I took a year off to get with my family.
So there wasn't a problem with Dengraff? - I didn't get the job.
- You--ohh.
You're not hanging out with Max, hoping you can get back together with my sister? Amber, will you marry me? Yes.
Of course.
I'm gonna run for mayor of Berkeley, Adam-- is this the best time to do this? You should start smaller.
No, I'm not gonna wait.
This is a good time.
I'm not gonna wait.
Oh, no, no, no, no.
I just need you to tell me that this is temporary.
It's temporary.
The crying and the sleep deprivation.
Just give it some time.
Mom, dad, wake up.
- Huh? - Wake up! - What's wrong? - I'm late for school.
Jabbar, wait till the alarm.
- What time is it? - Oh, my God, it's 7:50.
How did that happen? - You said you were gonna get up at 6:30.
I set the alarm-- oh, I set it to P.
M.
Come on.
Your sister was crying all night, and I was delirious.
Okay, I'll hop in the shower.
Don't worry, honey.
You're gonna get there.
- I'll be right back.
- Just go get ready.
Go on.
There's no time for a shower.
Let's go.
Let's just get changed.
Let's do this.
Don't be late.
Have a great first day.
- Can you walk me to class? - I love you.
I actually can't, sweetie.
Not today.
I just gotta sign up for the volunteer stuff.
Sorry.
Excuse me.
- Okay, I love you.
- Love you.
Excuse me, you're Sydney's mom, right? Yes, I'm Sydney's mom.
I'm Julia.
I forgot my kids' lunches.
Could you just watch them for one minute? I gotta run to my car.
Oh, not today, I can't.
I'll be back in like 20 seconds.
You can time me.
- Okay.
- Thank you! Hi, guys.
Um So you excited for your first day of school? Good.
Um You know my daughter Sydney, right? - Mm-hmm.
- I'm her mom.
Yeah.
Hey, Jules, you better get inside.
You're gonna get screwed.
You gotta get your sign-up-- - I know.
- And there he is! Yay! - There we go! Thank you so much.
Awesome.
Yes.
We gotta get in there.
My wife said not to be late for the, uh-- Signups.
I know.
Yes, exactly.
All right, I love you guys.
I gotta get past you.
I gotta go.
Ah, I gotta hurry.
I don't wanna get stuck with that green police gig.
No, yes.
The sustainability.
That's what I don't want, either.
Yeah, sorry.
Oh, sorry.
Well, if anything, you should get sustainability because you're the one who forgot the lunches, so - God, you're in good shape.
- Oh, thanks.
Hey, hey, hey.
- Whoa! - Got it! Sometimes the late bird gets the worm.
- No.
- Enjoy sustainability! Come on.
Sustainability.
Well, at least we're stuck together, huh? Wow, so you actually worked for Obama? On his campaign? Yeah.
- 2008.
- Yeah, yeah.
I worked out of the Chicago headquarters while I was getting my masters.
And, um, last year, I assisted the deputy manager for Liz Allen's house run.
Yeah, we unseated a two-term incumbent, which was pretty cool.
That's crazy.
That's--good for you.
Yeah.
- That's amazing.
- It was fun.
So what's your wedge? Excuse me? My- oh, my wedge.
Um-- - You know, like your thing-- - yeah, I know what a wedge is.
It's education.
Okay.
You raise any money? Not yet.
I have not done that because I'm just-- this is new.
So I'm just interviewing everybody right now-- - all right, well, if I can be blunt for a second-- - sure.
- You filed late, Kristina.
And you have zero name recognition, which, you know, there's a difference between being behind the camera and being in front, you know.
You gotta get up to the podium and sell yourself.
Okay.
I get that, okay? I've lived in the city for 25 years.
Okay? I understand people.
Uhhuh.
My husband has owned a small business.
My kids have gone to public schools.
Yeah.
I've been through the health care system.
I know what it's like.
I've been through the education system.
I get it.
I want to be that person that people can connect with.
I know where the systems are flawed.
Wouldn't it be so wonderful If this community had a voice? I want to be that voice.
All right.
I mean, we've got some work to do.
You're a little rusty, but that's what I want to see more of.
That Kristina.
I haven't really made my decision.
You know what, we've got to, like, write announcement speech.
So I'm gonna get some coffee.
- Okay, uh-- - You want anything? I--sure.
Are you hired? Well, I'm just gonna take the job, because you don't have time for more interviews.
We got this announcement speech to write.
- All right.
- So, um, coffee, no coffee? Do we need muffins in here? - Okay.
- Hmm.
I think we should wait to tell the family, okay? Mmhmm.
Wait.
- What? - You nervous? You backing out of this thing? Of course not.
Of course not.
You better not be.
I feel like I should tell my mom and my brother first.
You know, it's like-- I just know she'd get really sensitive about it.
Mm.
Come here.
You don't care--you're not hearing a word I'm saying.
No, I'm listening to everything you're saying.
- H-hey, Max.
- Max! - What's going on, man? - Hi.
I was walking around outside, looking for things to take pictures of.
And I saw you two wrestling.
Welcome back from the war, Ryan.
Did you kill anyone? - Good to see you, Max.
- Max, Max.
We don't ask questions like that.
- How you doing? - Well, anyways, you two need to come inside, 'cause grandma says we can't eat until everyone is inside, which I think is a denial of my rights as a citizen-- - great.
Will you do me a favor and tell them that we're-- - yeah, we'll be right there.
- You go ahead and get it-- - we're just gonna-- we'll be right-- - come on.
- Max, give us a All right, come on.
- No.
- All right.
Let the wrestling continue.
I found 'em.
- Some good shots there, kid? - Yeah.
Hey, guys! Look who's here! Welcome back, Ryan.
Good to see you.
How you doing? Give me a hug.
Let's form the hug line.
Welcome home! Look at this guy.
He's so handsome.
Oh! Whoa, fun.
So good to see you.
- Hi.
- How's it going? Good.
- Welcome home.
- Good to see you.
Thanks.
- Um-- - Where's the food? Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Before we eat, I just wanted to say one thing really quickly.
Uh, I have to tell you that Ryan and I are getting married.
What? Ohh! Oh, wow! I'm sorry.
I couldn't help it.
What? May God bless and keep you always and may your wishes all come true may you always do for others and let others do for you may you build a ladder to the stars and climb on every rung and may you stay forever young may you grow up to be righteous may you grow up to be true may you always know the truth and see the lights surrounding you may you always be courageous stand upright and be strong and may you stay forever young may you stay forever young - zeek? - Yeah? I'm here.
Here I am.
- What are you doing? - Trying to fix this thing.
I mean, the screw is stripped, and I can't get the-- - well, why don't you call somebody? I'm not gonna call anybody.
I don't need help.
The screw is Stripped.
That's what--wou you hand me the screwdriver? Thanks.
The insurance company called again about this letter.
We're gonna have to install an alarm system, or they're gonna cancel our coverage.
We don't need an alarm system, Camille.
The place is like a fortress here.
They're getting very serious now.
Our policy expires at the end of the month.
Yeah, okay, okay.
We'll call somebody.
Set up an appointment.
I think the whole thing's ridiculous, anyway.
House is falling apart.
That's what's ridiculous.
Ooh, I heard that.
The house is not falling apart.
I heard that.
Not rid-- Oh, okay, no plastic forks, buddy.
Remember, tell your mom.
That's looking very sustainable.
Okay, no paper bags.
But good work, Jimmy.
I see you got the good water bottle.
You told your mom.
Hey, uh Cloth napkins, okay? That's great.
That's all we want.
That's awesome.
- Uh-oh.
- What? - Hey there, sport.
- Whoops.
- How's your lunch? - Good.
Yeah.
See-- see this, uh, juice box here and these potato chips? That container's made of cardboard.
And this plasticky-foily stuff, that's what clogs up our landfills.
You realize it's not very good for the environment.
But I like potato chips.
But, uh, you see, it's not what we call very sustainable.
Do you realize that the average school child generates 67 pounds of trash per year? That's a lot.
That's like a whole one of you made out of garbage.
Okay, sweetie, just give this to your mom and dad, okay? All we're trying to do is be more green.
That's all we're really trying to do here.
Green it up, pal.
What? Is that too much? Are you trying to make him cry? I was trying-- he didn't cry.
This is my son! Hi! Everyone here hates you.
This is so embarrassing.
Kristina Braverman.
B-r-a-v-e-r-m-a-n.
No, "b" as in "awesome.
" Hey! Whaokay? Yeah, just give me the prices, okay? - Hi.
Oh, hi.
- Well, you will begin to hear about her, all right? Hi.
I'm Adam.
- I'm Tom.
- This is my house.
Tom.
- Akio.
- Akio, nice to meet you.
Okay, don't screw me on the prices, please.
You know, I-- Where's Kristina? - Yeah, she-- - Oh, hey.
- Uh-- - I'll call you right-- Hi.
Heather Hall.
- Oh, hey.
- Hi, Heather.
Adam.
- Nice to meet you.
This is Heather Hall.
Campaign manager.
Oh, you already hired a campaign manager? - I sure did.
- He's better looking in person.
- I know, isn't he kinda cute? - Thank you.
- And this is Tom and Akio - We met on the way in.
Our college interns, and we've gotten so much done today.
A lot, incredible.
I can't believe how much it seems like you've gotten done.
Yeah, we've got some great plans for you.
- Okay, thanks.
- For me? Yeah, um, how about we have some face time together? Tomorrow, 3:00--that sound good? - Yeah.
Oh, no, no, no--I'm totally jammed tomorrow afternoon.
I have meeting with a band.
What about lunchtime? I can come to you.
Even better.
- That's good? Okay.
- Well, actually-- - I'm gonna take this, because it's about the event.
But I'll see you tomorrow at 12:30.
I'm having my announcement on Friday.
- Oh, your announcement? - She needs you to sign right-- - oh.
Um, can you order some dinner maybe? Like, maybe-- what do you guys want, pizza? - Yeah, pizza's good.
- Do you like pizza or-- - yeah, that's-- - Okay.
- Maybe some gluten-free? - Okay.
I'll get a gluten-free pizza and, uh Maybe get like four.
You want clams? - Yeah.
- Manila? Yeah.
Any pizza orders from you guys? - I'll take some kale chips.
- Kale chips? I don't know-- honey, is there a pizza place that has kale chips? - Um, no, no, no.
- Just get on it.
- No, huh-uh.
- All right.
Right here? We just need you right here too.
- Right here? - Yeah.
Give me that.
What is this, the new baby? Yeah.
Baby Aida.
She cries a lot.
Yeah, they look like cauliflower when they're new too.
That's weird.
No, they don't.
Cauliflower is a vegetable.
Babies are people.
What's all this hugging in this one? The Bravermans like to hug.
Oh, that's also right after Amber said she was getting married.
Amber got engaged? Yeah, to that guy Ryan.
He just got back from the war.
And is your aunt Sarah happy about that? That's a stupid question.
Amber's getting married.
Getting married makes people happy.
Yeah.
You're right.
Stupid question.
Pretty good job, though.
What's this doing here? That's a rock.
All right, want some water or something? Sure, yeah.
That sounds good.
My favorite.
So what's going on? How are you? Good.
How are you? Good, just, you know, dealing with major life changes, like being engaged to be married to a man.
- I know.
- Mm-hmm, yeah.
Hey.
Look at that big smile.
Yep.
Are you Are you a little mad? - No.
Why? - Are you sure? - Yeah.
Uh-huh.
- You promise? Okay, I just, uh, I don't know.
I would understand if you were upset that I didn't tell you first.
No, you were swept up in the moment.
- Of course I was.
- Family moment.
The whole family was there, and Grandpa did his army thing.
Grandpa, who can resist? I can't.
He kills me every time.
But now you have to tell me all about it.
Tell me every minute.
Okay.
Well, so basically, I went there to meet him, you know? And all these people were there to pick up their families and everything, and-- oh, my God, it was so amazing.
He just came over to me, and he got down on one knee, and it was so romantic Oh, my gosh.
And great and nice, and I But so go back.
Did he--had he always planned, like, that was gonna be the day? I don't really know--I haven't talked to him about it, but-- - so he was kind of maybe swept up in the-- just coming home and all the people there.
That's how I picture it, right? Like it's-- Um A crowd.
I- - I guess I'm just asking, did he--was it-- was it planned For that day? I'm just curious.
Was it planned? Um You mean, like, did he Did he have it written in his calendar that he was gonna-- - well, it's not like, "do you wanna go to the movies?" It's, you know, it's-- I just am wondering.
- Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
- Oh, good, okay.
- It was obviously planned.
- Yes, yes, yes, okay.
So I finished my site inspection, and I'd like to go over some options with you.
- Okay, good.
- Uh, let's start with the window sensors.
I count 36 total.
Wow.
Yes.
But I can't do a standard installation because some of your windows are damaged.
- No, they're not.
- Oh.
Um, upstairs bathroom, east wall den, living room by the front door.
Yeah, that's called stuck, okay? Stuck.
I mean, have you ever heard of a screwdriver? Oh, that's actually wood rot.
Probably from water.
I'd recommend some new exterior paint.
You would, huh? Well, we don't need the paint.
Gosh, I spent all last summer painting that-- - sweetie, let him finish.
- Yeah.
Okay.
Option one is our home protect package.
That includes your lcd keypads, wireless keychain remotes, and monitoring for fire, flood, theft.
We can also write up an action plan for you.
- What's that? - It's procedures to follow in case of a break-in or intruder.
Oh, yeah, well, we already got an action plan.
It's got two barrels and it's under my bed.
Option two? Uh, it's the protect plus package.
For an additional $199, you get our home health alert system.
It comes with a base unit and two waterproof wrist bands.
If there's a health emergency, you just press the button and we call for help.
Our senior customers like having that peace of mind.
Okay, so how much for the basic package? Oh, we have several payment plans.
Really? Yes.
Hey, listen, that's not gonna happen.
Not gonna happen.
If you'd like, I can make a phone call to my boss and see if I can get you some kind of a discount.
Can you? Yeah, you do that.
Here, let me have a look at it.
But anything else that might get Sticky? - Like what? I-- - I mean, it could be anything.
Arrests, prostitutes, affairs.
Sexting, cross-dressing, secret fetishes.
- No.
- Um, pretty much, though, anything I need to know about, you gotta tell me this.
There is nothing you need to know about.
Okay, good.
I mean, when you say that there's anything you need to know about, what do you mean, exactly? Just tell me.
It's okay.
Okay.
A couple years ago, I had an assistant.
Worked here.
She kissed me.
- Okay.
- Nothing happened beyond that.
- It was just a kiss? - And I didn't kiss her.
She kissed me.
Oh, sh-uh, yeah.
- What? - Don't they always? - She did.
- I believe you.
She kissed me.
You don't have to get defensive.
I told Kristina about it.
Wow, you told your wife, and it was just a kiss? - One kiss.
- Yeah.
Okay.
I would not have advised that.
I thought it was the right thing to do.
All right, any reason to feel that this woman might make something out of it, make it a big deal? No.
Okay, well, I'll need her information anyway.
Why, you gonna talk to her? No, but in case she comes out and says anything, I can jump on it quickly.
Okay.
'Cause she kissed me.
- I believe you.
- All right, all right.
That's it, I mean, those are all my skeletons, I swear.
Anything else would be going way far back.
You know, like High School.
I don't wanna know about it.
All right.
Just some naked photographs-- we streaked through a mother-daughter banquet, baseball team, had disguises on, sunglasses.
Couldn't probably even tell it was me.
I'm gonna pretend like I never heard that.
Okay, I'm sorry, I'm just-- I'm telling you everything there is 'cause you wanna know this stuff.
Yeah, but I don't need to know that.
You had disguises on.
Can we be done? - I'm saying things-- - This is ridiculous.
We've been doing this for, like, two hours.
It seems a little extreme.
Okay, but trust me, this is very important.
We have to go over a full work history.
You know, I need to know every job you've had, salary, reasons for leaving.
Let's start with t&s.
How much were you making when-- - I'm sorry, Heather, you can't be serious.
This is private information.
Nobody's ever even heard of Kristina.
She's never run for office.
It's not like she's running for the presidency.
You can't possibly need all this information.
And, between you and me, you know, Bob Little's a legitimate candidate.
He's got money, his name is in yards all over Berkeley.
Kristina, you know, she's, uh Look, I Oh, okay.
I get it.
I support her doing this.
I just--I don't know how realistic it is.
- Ohh.
- Really? - So good.
- Really? - Really.
- Chicken.
It's the chicken? It's the Mac and cheese.
After what we just shared, you would rather stuff chicken into your mouth than lay with beautiful girlfriend? Fiancee.
I wanna lay.
Okay.
Yay.
I'm not choosing anything over this.
Oh, God help me.
Hi.
Hey.
- I feel romantic.
- Right now? Mmhmm.
Mm, I have questions for you.
Hmm? I wanna talk about our engagement.
Mmhmm? I wanna know all the details, like, mm What was your plan? Like, did you tell all your friends you were gonna ask? Was it very romantic? Were you nervous? You know? What was the plan? Yeah, I was nervous.
I wanna know about the plan.
The plan was I saw you when I got off the transport, and I thought, "she's gorgeous.
"Prettiest girl in the world.
"I wanna spend every day with her.
I wanna get up every morning with her.
" And I thought, "that's it.
Let's do it.
" "That's it"? - Spur of the moment.
- There's no No plan? It was just spur of the moment? Yeah.
It was an easy choice to make.
Yeah, okay.
I mean, it's good For a first draft.
Not bad.
I made some notes.
But we can go over it.
You know Punch it up a little bit.
That's really, um That's interesting, 'cause I'm actually a speech writer, so - Mm-hmm.
- You know I wrote Bob Little's speeches.
Yeah.
For when he was running for councilman.
They were pretty good.
Mmhmm.
There's a lot of red marks here.
Oh, well, you know, that's a-- it's a good speech, um - Thanks.
I just think you gotta come out of the gate swinging.
Yes.
You make your announcement speech once.
- You're right.
- First impression.
You know? Yep.
- And so it's gotta be good.
- Okay.
Matter of fact, it's gotta be great.
And it will be.
I agree.
Let me know what you think.
There's a lot of them, so I will.
You know, I wanted to talk to you - Yes? - About one thing, though.
- Mm-hmm.
- Adam.
- My husband.
- Yeah.
Your husband.
- What about him? - Are you Are you sure he's on board with this campaign? - Yeah.
- 100%? - 100%.
He's so excited.
- Has he said that he's excited? Did he--did he say something to you, that he wasn't? Nothing specific, you know.
- I don't understand.
- You know, it's just I could tell that there wasn't this kind of enthusiasm that you need your husband to have.
Oh, I--well, he's probably just, you know, he's stressed out at work.
He's got a lot on his plate.
- Mm-hmm.
- His brother just had a baby.
So he's taking over-- Okay.
Well, you guys are gonna be under a microscope for the next two months.
- Right.
- And brother having a baby or not, he's gotta show enthusiasm.
- Yes.
- You know.
Because if there's any hint of discord, if there is an off-the-cuff remark, a look, a noshow at an event-- He'll show up to those.
I know he will, but will he be enthusiastic, Kristina? - Yes.
- Because if he's not, it comes off like he doesn't believe in you, and if your husband doesn't believe in you, who will? You know, you should talk to him, because this could be death in a grassroots campaign like ours, you know.
Sure.
The spouse not believing in the candidate.
So just talk to him.
It's what the mayor would do, you know.
Hey, hey, hey.
Will you turn that down? Hey, dad, ready for the park? No, no, buddy.
I need a minute.
Will you--hey, turn that down.
Your sister's sleeping.
- Come on, dad, let's go! - No, no, no.
Come on, let's go to the park.
Let's shoot some hoops.
Hey, hey, hey.
Come here.
Jabbar, stop.
Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.
Jabbar, stop Come on.
What are you-- hey! Listen to me, you.
I just asked you to turn this down.
And you come out and you bounce the basketball? Your sister's trying to sleep in there.
I know, but I can't do anything! You always tell me to be quiet.
- Lower your voice.
- I don't care if she wakes up! Yeah, clearly, you don't care.
No! I hate you.
Okay, come on.
Come here, come here.
Listen, listen, come here.
No Okay, okay, listen.
Hey, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Listen.
I'm just trying to keep your sister asleep, okay? If she wakes up, she's gonna be screaming, your mom's gonna be upset, and you and I are both gonna be in trouble, all right? I'm sorry I yelled at you.
I tell you what.
How about tonight, you and I go get something to eat, all of us will go, but you'll pick, all right? And the whole night'll be about you.
Yeah? Italian kitchen? Yeah, Italian kitchen.
Unlimited breadsticks.
Your favorite.
Yeah.
- Soft serve ice cream.
- Mm-hmm.
Okay, I'll tell you what.
Let me just get on the couch here and grab a little five-minute nap.
You gonna hang out with me here? - Yeah.
- Okay.
I thought babies were supposed to be fun.
Yeah, they're not.
Okay, I just want to officially apologize, 'cause I realize that, uh, if I hadn't forgotten my kids' lunches, we wouldn't be doing this.
- That's for sure, but - Ohh, boy.
It's all your fault.
Recycling.
Yep.
I'm sorry.
My wife is usually better with the kid stuff than I am.
I'm much better in the office.
Yeah? What do you do? Uh, I'm a business guy.
Franchise sales.
Yeah.
Actually, I'm-- what the hell? - Recycle.
- I'm, uh I'm unemployed.
- Oh, yeah? - I know, it's nothing bad.
I didn't get fired or anything.
It's just I worked for a brick-and-mortar company in an Internet world, and, uh Yeah, nobody really wants to drive into the store when you can order your marble and your tile online.
Look at that.
Perfectly good apple.
Compost.
- Recycling.
- Yeah.
- So you got downsized? - Yes.
Downsized.
Thank you.
I appreciate that.
That's much better than unemployed.
Ugh, it's weird, too, because I-- I have all this extra time, you know, with the kids, which is awesome, and I love it, and it's great.
But I can't help but feel that sometimes I'm just a little Inadequate.
You know, I feel like working is in my DNA.
And I'm reduced to this.
Oh, God.
Anyway, enough about my sad story.
What do you do? You downsize companies, don't you? - I do.
- What? - I do.
- Really? - Yeah.
- Wow! - I'm--I'm, uh-- - That just happened.
I'm a corporate lawyer at Dengraf & Prossler.
Oh, that's a good company.
That's a really good firm.
Well, we should hurry up here, 'cause you probably got some, you know, deals to close and corporations to take over.
Oh, um, no.
I control my own hours.
So Really? Yeah.
Yeah.
I, you know, I'm pretty-- I mostly work from home and just, um, telecommute.
- Damn.
- You know? So, um Yeah.
Okay.
How do I get one of those gigs? - Yeah, right? - That's great.
- Um, here.
Recycling.
- Yeah.
- Hank.
- Hey, hi.
Uh, look, I'm not even here.
- You're not here? - No, I'm not here.
I don't want to make a thing, I just brought A thing.
Hank It's like a housewarming gift for you.
Thank you.
Wanna come in? Yeah.
Uh Wow.
Heh.
- Very kind of bohemian-ish.
- Still moving in.
Right? Well, it's a lot of stuff from my mom's attic.
Bohemian? - It's nice.
Yeah.
- Thanks.
That's a candle.
You don't have to - Oh! Oh, did you-- - Look at it.
Do you not want me to open it? - You can open it.
- Okay.
It's no surprise.
It's a Candle.
It's "pink ocean," the lady told me.
- Oh.
- I don't know.
She had a pierced eyebrow, so I don't know if I trust her.
It smells just like a pink ocean.
It's very nice.
Thank you.
I like it.
Anyway, listen.
Max came by the studio.
Oh, yeah, I heard that, um, he's got a camera fixed or something.
Yeah, but he's come back a couple times.
I think he's got the photography bug.
- Ohh.
- So that's good.
So you have a new protege.
- Kind of, I guess.
But here's the thing: He told me that your daughter was getting engaged.
Yeah, she's getting married.
- Yeah.
Yeah.
- Yep.
That's what I heard.
I just thought, as a friend, just Because that's where we are Uh, you know, I thought I'd just come by, see how you're doing with it.
Thank you.
Yeah, we're just Um, very excited and, um, happy for her.
Oh Well, good, then.
That's good, right? Yeah.
- Congratulations.
- Thank you.
- Because-- - Thank you, I know.
It's a little rushed.
Just feels a little too soon to me.
- That what it seems.
- And, you know, I just-- I don't know him as well as I'd like to know him, and I don't know what the hurry is, you know? They're so young I feel like, you know, I don't know why they don't just move in together for a while.
But anyway--anyway-- - well, are you gonna talk to her about it? And say what? Say what you just said to me.
Oh, I can't say that to her.
She doesn't want to hear that from me.
She's very touchy about my opinions.
So what? You know, just One of the biggest decisions of her life.
You gonna let her do it-- come on, look, we both had crap marriages.
- Very crap.
- Right? So I wish somebody would have talked to me before I walked down the aisle.
You gotta tell her the truth.
So what if you piss her off? You're probably right.
Do you wanna Get a drink - You know, I gotta go.
- Or you gotta go? - Yeah, I gotta go.
Yeah.
- Okay.
- This is nice, though.
- Thank you.
You can return that if you want.
I'm not gonna return my candle.
It's nice here, though.
It's pretty cool.
- Thank you.
- All right.
- You're going the wrong way.
- Oh.
"This is my vision and a vision for our future "we can all believe in.
"This is our city, this is our time.
"I'm Kristina Braverman, but in two months, "I hope you'll know me by another name: "Mayor of this great city of Berkeley.
Thank you.
" - That was great.
- Thank you.
Really? I-- - yeah, it was a lot of good themes.
- Good themes? - What? Nothing, you just sounded like my teacher.
- I'm just saying that-- - In eighth grade.
If I were a voter, and I heard the speech, that I would want to vote for you.
That's all.
It's good.
Honey, you are a voter.
And, um, you know - What did I say? - As far as I'm concerned, I think you're registered, so I hope that you'd vote.
I just feel like you're not being supportive.
Kristina, I'm your husband.
I'm supportive.
- Really? - Yeah.
Because I talked to Heather, and she said that you were a little, you know, resistant.
Maybe you don't want to be a part of this.
I don't care what Heather says.
Heather sat in my office for two hours and asked me a bunch of personal questions.
Yeah, it made me feel resistant.
Okay, I get it.
You know what? I'm about to go out there and make a speech in front of a lot of people.
- I know.
- What is wrong with you? - Nothing.
- Can you just tell me, honey? I feel like you're being evasive and just not telling me-- - all right, why are you doing this? - Doing what? - Really.
Why are you running? Adam, you know why I'm running.
I want to help people.
I want to make a difference.
I know that I can be a good mayor.
- Okay.
- Adam I just--I feel like I've been given a second chance, and I'm not gonna take that lightly.
I'm not.
All right, well, maybe you should put that in your speech.
You know what? You're making me feel awful right now.
You're acting like a jerk.
Well, I don't know what to do! I don't think you've thought this through.
- I have-- - I see you getting stressed out now--this is what I'm worried about.
Every doctor that we talked to said that you should manage your stress level.
I'm not- this is making me stressed right now! What you're doing to me is making me stressed.
Just listen to me, okay? You're supposed to be eating well.
You're supposed to be resting, exercising.
- I feel fine.
- I'm supposed to just sit back and be supportive and let you go into what is probably going to be the most stressful two months of your life and just let that happen? No, it's not Kristina, can you listen to me? I don't want to see you-- I'm listening to you.
I don't want to see you have to battle cancer again.
You almost died! I'm not gonna! You know what? You are 100% right.
I almost died.
But I didn't.
That's exactly why I'm doing this.
Come on, come on.
Mom, the baby's really loud.
It's really embarrassing.
You want more breadsticks, bud? - Mmm, they're good.
- Yeah? Well, I'm trying.
She's not taking the nipple.
What do you mean she won't take it? She's--she's hungry, right? I don't know.
Ugh! Okay, well, just, we'll all stay relaxed.
If you get stressed, then you'll pass on the stress to her.
I'm in a restaurant with my boob hanging out.
You relax.
Honey, I'm not saying you're doing anything wrong, I'm just saying maybe-- maybe sway-- oh, good, good.
Here comes the little miniature Napoleon.
Here he is.
- Hey, guys.
So, um - Hey.
Two more complaints.
Huh.
Okay.
Well, we're dealing with that, but, you know, we could use some refills here.
Yes, please.
Thank you.
I'm really sorry, but I'm gonna have to ask you to leave.
- What? - Yeah.
Like when we're done eating, you're gonna ask us to leave.
- No, I mean-- - I don't wanna go.
I understand, sweetie.
Maybe another time we can come back.
Okay.
We're not going anywhere.
This is my son's night.
He got to pick.
- I understand.
- This is his favorite place.
- I understand.
- You're not kicking him out because there's a baby that's making a little bit of noise.
Everyone can just kind of man up and handle it.
All right? I tr-uhh.
Or they can put some napkin in their ear or something.
- Um, sir--sir-- - 'Cause we're not leaving here.
Sir, people are really complaining.
- Just calm down.
- Really? Who's complaining? Everybody! Everybody's complaining.
- Oh, everyone's complaining? - Yes! Crosby, don't make a big scene.
I wanna meet the one person who is complaining, so I can ask them to leave.
Maybe they should leave.
What's their bill? Maybe ours is more.
- Sir-- - Who's--which one of you guys is complaining, huh? You? Oh, really? Guy with the kid.
Your kid never cried? You've never been in this situation? We're supposed to be in a club.
Take it outside! Oh, you wanna go outside with me? I would love that! I don't think you're gonna like the outcome of that.
I'll be happy to box up everything for you, but you have to go.
Oh, yeah, let's say yeah.
Box this up.
Box this up.
And why don't you box that up, too, while you're at it, okay? And as much as I only think this meal was worth about 6 bucks, I'm gonna go ahead and leave you 40, because I have class! Unlike you guys.
- I'm-- - If you can't handle the sound of a baby crying, which is the sound of life, everybody! Unlike this food, which is cancerous and should be served on an airplane.
Make sure you box that all up.
Okay.
Hello? Ah.
Hey.
- Hi.
- What are you doing here? Oh, I was just in the neighborhood, like I always am now.
Oh, that's right.
We gonna drink all those right now? - I think so.
- All right.
I'm game.
Crack that for you? There you go.
- Thanks.
- What are you doing? - Ah, just, you know.
- Wandering the streets? Yeah, a little bit.
- What's up? - Hey, what is up? What's up with your kid and my ex-boyfriend being friends? Yeah, I thought that might be a little awkward.
But it's-- Max is into photography, he wandered into Hank's studio, and Hank's kind of taken him under his wing.
I hope it's not a problem, so-- - oh, I don't know.
Well, I don't know what he was doing at my place today.
He brought me a candle.
Really? Yeah.
What does that mean? I don't know.
That's weird.
A candle.
And, hey, Amber getting married.
How about that, huh? Oh, Adam, I mean, what is that? Sarah, look, they're young.
They're in love, I mean-- - Ryan is a great guy, but he He's had some issues.
Right.
Who sometimes gets in fights and sometimes Takes pills, and But isn't that in the past? I mean, he's dealing with the PTSD.
Seems like he's doing all right.
I don't know.
I like him.
I think he's a good guy.
I like him too, but I don't know.
Marriage.
It's-- I just don't want to see her make a big mistake.
It just seems too soon.
Don't you think? Shouldn't I say something? Well, wait a minute, are you thinking about--listen.
Here's why it's not a good idea.
Okay? You remember when you and Seth came home, announced that you were engaged, and dad flew off the handle, and you guys got into a big fight, you wouldn't talk to dad, and then you and Seth eloped? Sarah, we didn't see you guys for a long time.
Well I'm not dad.
Maybe Ryan isn't Seth.
Okay? Maybe he's got some issues, but maybe he can work through them.
So let them I'm just saying, don't do anything that's gonna drive Amber away.
That's all I'm saying.
If they're gonna get married, they're gonna get married.
She's not gonna elope, is she? Oh, no.
Hey, sweetie.
You know, it's almost midnight.
Yeah, I know.
- You coming to bed? - Yeah.
Yeah, as soon as I, uh You know, that kid was right.
Man, there is Dry rot all the way through this thing.
I don't know how I missed it.
Oh, what are we doing, Zeek? Well, I'm trying to save money on a new alarm system.
That's what I'm doing.
Yes, I know.
But it's not just the windows.
It's the drain in the guest bathroom.
And the screens on the side porch.
It's the railing out here.
You know there's a new leak in the utility room? - Huh.
- I'm telling you, we're gonna need a new roof.
Well Well, I think that roof's okay.
I'll get up there and check it tomorrow.
Have you ever thought about downsizing? Maybe? You know, move into a smaller place? You mean like a retirement home? Retirement home? - Yeah.
- No, I'm talking about a condominium.
Mmhmm.
Close to museums.
We could walk to restaurants.
You know, we'd be surrounded by all that culture.
Oh, yeah, whoopee.
I don't care for the city, really.
I kind of like it here.
You love it here.
And so do I.
This house is a part of us.
We raised our babies here.
We made a lot of memories here.
But, uh You know, let's face it.
That--the kids don't come around half as much as they used to.
Yeah, they do.
And the guest house is standing there empty.
Hey, come on, they were here Sunday, you know? All we do is putter around the house all day, waiting for the mail to come.
I mean, don't you ever want more? More what? Everything.
Life.
You know, if we were in a condo, you wouldn't be spending all your time fixing things.
We could do stuff.
We could have a little fun.
Travel, go places.
Have adventures.
And we'd have the money to do it.
I mean, this is it, Zeek.
This is the start of our act three.
I just don't want to let it slip away.
So you're saying you want to sell our house.
I think we should talk about it.
- Oh, yeah.
- Morning.
Oh! Hey, Julia.
Look who's on time when it doesn't matter.
- Ah, well.
- I know.
Come on, that was all part of the master plan.
You know, I needed somebody else on my sustainability team.
Well, good work.
Um, hey, I actually have to talk to you about something.
What's up? I, um, don't work for Dengraf and Prossler anymore.
Oh, no.
What happened? No, I-I haven't worked for them for a year.
I-I quit.
They would have fired me anyway for the mistake that I made.
I just-- I lied to you about it, and I don't know why that I felt the need to do that, but I did, and I'm sorry.
Wow.
That's messed up.
I really don't think we should hang out anymore.
- Okay.
- Really? Nothing? Come on! That was a joke.
- You were jok-- - I was joking! You gotta lighten up! That was really mean.
Jeez.
Okay.
You were trying to puff yourself up a little bit.
It's no big deal-- people do it all the time.
It took me six weeks before I could even say the word out loud.
"Unemployed.
" I know.
Well, like- - ugh, it still hurts.
- Right? Yeah, like, we're losing our skin.
Fingers and toes are falling off everywhere we go.
Yeah.
That's almost exactly what I was gonna say.
- Figured.
- But not quite.
Okay.
So we're good? We're good.
Yeah.
I'll see you Monday.
Go, green team, huh? Hey, recycling table.
- Sustainability! - Yeah! - Whoo hoo! - Savin' the world! Barkeep.
Barkeep.
Barkeep.
Get me a nice, cold soda, and make it cold as hell, or I'm gonna pull my six-shooter on you.
Can I have an orange soda? Yeah, you can have whatever you want.
Go crazy.
Uh-huh.
Chocolate and caffeine.
Look at this pro.
Mmm.
You know what a jailbreak is, right? A jailbreak? No.
Yeah, a jailbreak, where dad signs his kid out of school for a couple hours, and mom doesn't know, and then they keep it a secret? You know? Like, let's say I was the dad in this scenario, and you were the son.
Okay, yeah.
I broke you out because I want to admit to you that we have been focusing on your sister a lot lately, and I know you've been feeling like a second-class citizen, and I'm sorry.
Yeah, she cries a lot.
Yeah.
She cries all the time.
Hurts my ears.
Yeah, it hurts my bones.
And we always have to be quiet 'cause she's always sleeping.
I know.
She's the worst.
She's the worst we've got.
Yeah.
And that's our place.
That's your nice clubhouse.
We're supposed to be in there having fun and Cutting up, but no We gotta tiptoe around or the baby'll wake up.
It's the worst.
Yeah.
I don't like it.
- Me either.
- But you know what? We're not at home right now.
And we don't have to be quiet.
What does that mean? - What's that smell? - Do you smell that? - No.
- Father/son jam session! Huh? What do you want, you want the drums or the guitar? - The drums! - Yeah, drums! You just leave it open? You kidding me? This is not a new thing.
We've been through this.
Oh, place is looking nice.
Thanks.
Yeah, it's coming along.
- Mm! - Glad you could come by.
Ryan's at the gym, so it's a good time.
That's the last guy who should be at the gym.
Well, it takes maintenance, you know.
Apparently.
So what's up? Well, I've been thinking.
And I realize that There's a question I have that I haven't asked.
Okay.
Sounds Ominous.
Is Ryan the man that you want to spend the rest of your life with? Without a doubt in my heart, 100%.
I love him.
Then that's all I need to know.
Your dad and I got married in a courthouse.
And, on that day, I was wearing a Tragic skort.
Oh, no.
And the couple in front of us had known each other for under a week.
And I was happy, but It wasn't the day I had pictured.
With your permission I would like to help give you the day that you pictured.
That honors how you feel about Ryan and how I feel about you.
So We're gonna look at these magazines Oh, God.
Mom! For a long, long time.
And we're gonna look at all the dresses, and we, my friend, are gonna have an appletini.
Thank you so much.
Let's plan your wedding.
- Okay.
- Okay? I'm so excited to be here with you today to introduce you to this outstanding woman you're about to meet.
- You support me on this? - I do.
You got my back, right? A woman who doesn't know how to quit.
- Yeah.
- She's a survivor.
Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming the next mayor of Berkeley, Kristina Braverman.
Can you clap for mommy? Thank you so much.
Thank you, Heather, for that warm introduction.
Wow, uh, thank you all so much for being here today.
My name is Kristina Braverman, and I'm so excited to be here to announce my candidacy for mayor.