Party of Five s05e04 Episode Script

That's good, Charlie.
Now close the valve, pump the bulb, inflate till it hits 200.
Release slowly and listen to the pulse.
Is this still bed rest if I'm on a couch? That's good.
Very good.
There's any change, again, page me.
Hey, what if I'm in a car? Or, like, if I'm at the movies with my feet up? We've been over this, Daphne.
Dr.
murtry, my o.
B.
, says that as long as my feet are up, then Here's a pump for the ritodrine.
Now, you can insert the syringe yourself if you want, or we can teach Why aren't you answering any of my questions? I'm a perinatologist, Daphne.
My job is to keep this baby inside you.
I'm not going to help you find loopholes in your bed rest orders.
You love that word, don't you? Perinatologist.
Look, uh, it's been pretty difficult here.
I mean, waking her up at 4:00 in the morning.
The magnesium sulfate sometimes causes depression and hostility.
It's perfectly normal.
Oh.
Oh, really? It has nothing to do with the fact that I have been lying flat on my back, I'm staring up at the ceiling, I haven't had a decent shower, I haven't had a wink of sleep.
Her roommate's been blasting Bed rest, my butt! This Spanish television.
I'm eating microwave string beans while a zillion medical students stare at my crotch.
Daphne.
What? You have 8 weeks to go.
I've seen hundreds of preterm births result in months, even years of complications.
The basic bottom-line fact is that these little lungs the size of tea bags are not ready to handle air.
So, even once she's stabilized, one fine day from out of nowhere, she will turn blue.
Preterm babies have a little habit of forgetting to breath.
Now, I say this to keep you flat on your back in bed.
I say this to scare you.
Everybody wants to live like they wanna live and everybody wants to love like they wanna love and everybody wants to be closer to free closer to free Ned you are always rushing me.
What's the big deal? I'll be 10 minutes.
I'm not going to class all sweaty and gross.
Well, you always make us late.
Hey there.
You missed some mind-blowing yoga, Julie.
Finally did an advanced kurmasana.
Talk to him, please.
Keep him happy.
Candy corn? Look, I'm sorry about listen, Julie, about what hap You go first.
Please, you go.
We made a mistake.
A huge mistake.
Never should've happened.
And never should again.
I'm a dope.
Forgot my soap.
And I can rhyme.
At any time.
God, I am the worst! She is my roommate.
I'm worse than you.
She's my girlfriend.
Oh.
No, you can't even imagine.
I'm a total and complete hypocrite.
I cheated on my high school sweetheart.
I cheated on my new best friend Who trusts me more than life.
And now, every time I kiss her or hold her, or talk to her even, I'm a liar.
Please, please, don't be mad.
I'm sorry.
I love you.
I love you, I love you.
You win.
What you did is worse.
or 2 for lunch at Oh, I'm sorry, sir, i don't speak pig Latin.
How did you get my cell phone num Oh, man Oh, man! Hey! What are you doing here, man? I'm here to see you.
No, I mean in town.
Well, I Wait, wait, wait.
Walk and talk.
My bartender won the lotto this morning.
Ha ha! What luck.
So, why aren't you at school? You don't have mono.
Gee, you look like Crap? No, I don't have mono.
Wait.
Nobody died? No, nothing like that.
a double bourbon on the rocks, a vodka neat, a whiskey sour, a gin Martini, no olives.
The bankers, Bailey.
Make it pronto.
Man, these guys kill me.
I got the whiskeys, you take the rest.
No.
Will, have a seat, order some lunch, and talk to me.
I don't mind.
a not-cheap air fare? What, you flunk out or something? One bourbon cold, twin scotches straight? All right.
You've impressed the boss, but you'll confess later.
Hey, daph.
Where would you like your lunch? On a park bench in Paris.
How about the bed? I toasted Owen's pumpkin seeds for you.
Ah, yes.
How thoughtful.
More salt, more water retention.
Wow, you know you know what I just thought? You guys should have a baby shower.
That would totally cheer you up.
A little party in honor of the baby? Yeah.
It'll save you some money, and and if you want it, Daphne, you could have it right here.
We could set up chairs like you're holding court.
Put a little buffet out there in the hallway.
Go for it.
Huh? You guys do it.
Be my guest.
Ok.
Great! You're lovely, but you're thin, so could you please get out of my eye-line? So the ancient celts believed that all the dead people would come back on this one day.
Ha ha! The Eve of all hallows.
Claudia? Jamie! Wait, hold it a second, bucko.
This is a girl's dorm room.
I mean, state your name and your business.
I'm Claudia's boyfriend.
Claudia doesn't have a boyfriend.
Yes, she does.
Um, you guys We have never heard of you.
And we're her best friends.
No.
No, you guys.
This is Jamie.
Remember? I told you about him, right? You know, the one from, uh, the one from home.
He's the guy with the cool convertible? I thought that was Reed.
I'm sorry, Jamie.
They're just flaky girls.
Nice, but flaky.
My dad plans a trip to Boston, I beg him to come, and this is my welcome, nobody even knows who I am? Oh, they've just been cramming for midterms, and there's only so much, you know, room in 2 brains, you know.
They know who you are.
I've just been I promise, ok? Yeah.
I guess.
Wow, this is so great! I mean, you're actually here and not in cyberspace.
Give me a hug.
Will, dinner is ready.
This, this is amazing.
Now, this is real life.
Utensils, plates, real friends, real food.
I can't go back.
Is it really that bad? Yeah, I'm I'm over Greek life.
The dating scene sucks, and you want to know the truth? Speak your mind, man.
I don't love accounting.
So why don't you branch out? I won't even know what to branch out to.
Of course, my folks have this law that if I'm not in school, they withdraw all love, but I need time off.
So what I'm saying is Woud you guys hate it if i stayed here for a while? I I know it's a lot to ask.
Hello.
This is Sarah.
You're really not going back? Um, will, it's a Hannah.
No, not here.
No, totally not here.
Um, can I take a message? You see this? Bay, this chick is the dating scene.
Ok.
Bye.
These psycho sorority types, they get a crush, and watch out.
They'll be boiling your bunnies.
I thought she sounded sort of sweet.
Anyway.
What do you guys say? Well You're family, will.
Yeah.
God, of course you can stay.
Maggie: He's moody and distant, refuses to crack my back, which always means he's repressing something, and I mean, maybe he's stressed about the midterms, but would that make him not want to have sex with me? Maggie, I'm sorry to be mean to you, but I have 60 books on this bibliography, and GREENBLATT is a format tyrant.
Friends can ask friends about bibliographies, right? Very right.
Ok.
Um, is it ok if I add 20 books which I haven't read, but the, uh, title sounds important? Very ok.
Ok.
What a funky screen saver.
Oh, no, no, no.
Did this just crash? I must've hit something.
Wait, wait, it's a message.
"Sleek, complex, and finely crafted was the space shuttle challenger.
" It's just one of these freakoid NASA trekkie types sending these arbitrary, random, instant messages.
"And all that," and "a gorgeous grin, is the Julia salinger.
" Oh, my.
Not so random.
You got a secret admirer, jule.
If I'm normally in bed that's 24 divided by 8, that's 3 So a third So if I live till I'm 90, I will have spent He's got midterms in 2 weeks but then Kirsten's got that women & Wolves thing.
Sundays till December.
You don't have to ask me, right? When will be good for me.
Right? What are you talking about? I'm a person, too, Charlie.
I know.
Then why don't you ever ask me how or or what or when i want things? Come on, I'm sorry, but you told us to plan this thing.
That's not the point.
Look, I'm this alien pod or this receptacle, you know, and the only thing that matters is what I'm hearing.
It's just baby, baby, baby, Charlie.
When you used to say that word baby to me, Charlie, I swear to god, I would completely melt.
Now every time I hear that word, I just feel like my belly, it just keeps getting bigger, and I just Shrink.
I'm still here, Charlie.
Beneath all this fat and swelling and water bloat.
I'm still here.
I think we could probably narrow it down to somebody in the science department, maybe math.
If this guy is too much of a freak to talk to me, he's probably too much of a freak to date.
Maybe he's shy.
Enough conjecture.
I have to work.
Maybe he's like Stephen Hawking.
You know, sexy in not such an obvious way.
Wait a second, what is this? My entire bibliography, totally formatted! He got into your files? How racy and sweet.
How can he do that? Ned, you'd know.
No, I'm I'm not sure.
The guy must be brilliant, must be some kind of genius, actually.
Either you were online, and he got your ip address, or Or he snuck in here in the dead of night, in the shadow of the moon I know who did it.
Who? Who? Josh.
Josh! Josh is no genius.
Josh delivered a grinder last night, so I had to run next door to borrow some money, and I ran downstairs and back up.
He was in here at least 15 minutes alone with Julia's hardware.
Secret solved.
Wha-why don't you ever carry cash on you? I I find that so annoying.
I was also thinking we could use a muddler.
What's a muddler? Crushing fruit.
It's a mortar and a pestle.
Message for mccorkle.
You are kidding.
That Hannah girl tracked you down here? No way! You'll have to join, like, the witness protection program, man.
Uh-uh-uh! No way! It's time you get in touch with your inner coward.
You got to call this girl and tell her to get lost.
I don't think so.
Ok, then I'll do it for you.
No, no, don't.
Don't do that.
Your best defense is a strong offense.
I'll say I'm your doctor calling and your third personality wants her to stop calling.
Good try.
I'm serious, will.
I'm not going to let some weirdo girl freak you out.
Thank you.
Ok, you've convinced me.
I'll I'll call her myself.
I really wish you were home.
The pez museum's got a retrospective next month.
Tweety bird and Batman heads.
So, I'll see you tomorrow at this dance thing, right? Uh, it's not a dance.
No, it's just this haunted house.
With this maze that you walk through.
Oh, we're going to blindfold people and then put their hands in spaghetti and say it's guts and stuff.
Well, fake guts don't scare me anymore.
Not as much as this fluctuating bond market.
You know what? You need a costume anyway, and as the host, i really, really wouldn't be able to socialize.
So, now you don't want me to come? Actually, Jamie, it would be better if you didn't.
It's just that I'm going to have to work, really.
Really, really hard, like the whole entire time, which means we won't even have time to talk to each other.
Would that be ok? Sure.
Ok.
Are you crazy? What, you found mistakes? Ned! When you said meet in private, I thought you'd thought up a way to thank me.
I can't talk from the dorm room, dumb-wad.
You don't think I'm a dumb-wad.
It doesn't matter what I think, ned! I can control what i think, and so can you.
It's called denial.
It's very useful! I've been trying to, Julia, I I've ignored my girlfriend because she reminds me of you.
I've virtually handcuffed myself to the bedpost to restrain myself from walking to your dorm, but I can't do it anymore.
Hell, I don't even know if I want to.
Well, tough luck.
You don't have a choice.
Do you know how she's going to feel if she figures us out? Because I do.
I know how she's going to feel.
Have you asked yourself how you feel? Have you asked me how I feel? Look, I can ignore my head, I can ignore my groin if I want to, but I think of you, and I get this feeling in my gut, like a freaking roller coaster, scary and amazing.
And that, that is not to be ignored.
No.
What we did was wrong.
We can't just pursue it because it feels right! That's the difference between us and the animals, ned.
See? You admit it.
You feel it, too.
No! What I admit is that we were wrong! Stay away from me, and i will stay away from you, ok? No Got it, ned? No, listen to me! Ned, listen.
Ned, listen.
Leave me alone.
I'm sorry.
Did I wake you? No.
No, I was just thirsty.
Do you want some tea or something? We have, like, herbal decaffeinated stuff.
No, I'm good.
Were you pacing? No.
Well, yeah.
I I was asleep, and then I got this sort of, uh, calf seizure.
Ever get that in the middle of the night, like a Charley horse? You know what? I woke up once, and my shoulder was dislocated.
Yeah, well, it kills.
I was trying to walk it off.
You know what? I've always believed that once you've French-kissed somebody, you know, you can kind of read their mind for the rest of your life.
And your point would be? Are you ok? Do you want to talk about something other than school? No.
Just that.
Normal future freakout.
Ok.
Good night, will.
We don't have to do this, you know.
You look so beat.
Dr.
trab said every 6 hours.
Great job, lady.
Yeah, right.
No thanks to me.
That's not true.
You're doing terrific.
I mean, here you are, being Mr.
super guy, getting up at 4 A.
M.
, and all I do is pick fights about every little rule like a stupid little brat.
You are doing a great job.
I'm not kidding.
This is not easy.
Well, I've made my bed, so to speak, don't you think? I wouldn't be going through this if I hadn't been such a jerk in the first place.
You were mad.
People get mad.
Would you stop? Would you stop for a minute? Stop being so kind and good and fair about this, 'cause I need to be angry at somebody, and if I'm not angry at you then I mean, when you think about this, when you really think about it, this is my fault.
What? Daphne No, I did this to you and to us and to this baby, didn't I? No.
No.
Nothing you did made this happen.
You don't know that.
You don't know the What don't I know? It's like I willed it.
Like somewhere deep inside, somewhere, I just wished I wished too many times, this baby would just disappear.
It was just wishing.
She's always been so Independent, you know.
And that's exactly what attracted me at first, was that she She didn't need me.
Lately, she Got it.
Profile, please.
Lately, she does.
She's letting herself.
And is that good? It's really good.
Doesn't have her guard up all the time.
Put the pooh in, and, um, pretend you're pushing it.
She lets herself be vulnerable.
She's not so tough all the time.
That is good.
Now, um, can you back up a bit? I want to get the hood.
I mean, last night, she, um, she got a little weepy.
And all of a sudden, i knew exactly who she was when she was 4 years old, home from nursery school, tucked into bed with that cough kids can get that will break your heart.
I've never seen that side of her before.
That's sweet.
I know.
I think that's you.
Oh.
It's 9-1-1 from Daphne.
You should've brought it anyway, Ted.
I promised that vintage to a customer.
No green, no grapes.
Have I ever bounced a check with you, ever? Ever in all this time? Everybody's got cash flow problems sometime, bay.
Not me, I don't.
I made a specific deposit to cover this.
That check was good.
Then you need to solve your problems with your bank.
I don't have problems with my bank.
And who do you think I'm holding for anyway? Hello? Hello? Look, I got to get on another delivery.
You work this out then call me.
Hey, will, you remember that cash i gave you to deposit? That was, what, at least, like, 600 bucks, right? Oh wait.
Oh, no.
Don't tell me.
I spaced it.
Bay, I'm totally sorry.
That's ok.
I-it's all there.
I swear to god.
You can check it.
I'm not going to check it, will.
Why would I check it? I don't know.
I'm sorry, man.
Really, it's a night to put on a mask and explore different aspects of self, Julia.
Self.
The witch in you, the monster, or, in your case, a happy, delightful, hopeful romantic I know is hiding somewhere in there.
Ha, ha, ha.
As legend has it, it is supposed to be the biggest party of the year with the hottest guys.
You know what, though, unless I'm wearing a sign that says take me home, make me scream for all the right reasons, no one's even going to talk to me.
First of all, that is so not true.
And second of all, even if it is, why can't we have a girls' night out? Why, isn't ned coming with us? No, Julia.
That's why I invited you.
He totally bagged without a word.
It's Mr.
elusive land again with all these James Dean silences.
You're late, ladies.
Everything is rserved.
All we have left are gorbachev heads.
Ok.
2, please.
Ok to gorbachev? We'll tell people we're gorbachev's conscience or something.
His conscience? Yeah.
Like I'll be his good side, and you can be his bad side.
Or vice-versa, jule.
I don't care.
It's definitely been at least 3 hours, and I think maybe more, 'cause I might've lost track.
Ok, so she hiccuped after pancakes, but since then, not a hiccup, not a nudge, not a kick, nothing.
Ok, let's not panic.
Ok.
All right? Just lie back and take some deep breaths.
Ok.
Maybe the baby got in a coma.
She's not in a coma.
Owen, give me one of those candy bars.
But I only have 2.
We're just about to go trick-or-treating.
Now give me one.
It's for the baby.
You need sugar.
I've read about this.
You'll be doing the hustle in, like, 30 seconds.
Come on, there's only going to be apples left.
Just give us another minute, Owen.
Just give us Oh, god There she is.
Oh, thank god.
There's our little girl.
Now can we go now? Don't you ever, ever do that again ever again, ok? We're going to stay in contact here, ok we got to do this thing, you and me, do you hear me? Do you hear that down there? Ok, little girl? Listen, owe, I know I promised I'd take you myself, but Daphne's feeling a little shaky right now, and I think I kind of need to stay with her, so can we get Griffin to take you instead? Nn.
I just want to go before I'm 10.
Thanks, buddy.
Go on out back and ask him, ok? I'm going to stay here.
I'm going to stay with you.
Jule! It's a strong concoction! You have to sip it.
I can't sip in this thing.
Isn't it good? It's apple cider.
And grain alcohol! God, Maggie! Oh! I saw Josh! He was bobbing for apples.
His hair's all wet.
He looks so cute.
You should talk to him.
I don't think so.
I'll talk to him for you.
Maggie, wait! Why? Why? What's wrong? What are you gonna say to him? I'm gonna tell him you're here, I guess.
Oh! Ok, ok! Just don't let on that we know he's the hacker.
Be discreet, if possible, please? No problem.
Josh! Josh! Griffin actually seemed really psyched to take him.
Oh, good.
What is all that? This? This is the stockpile for the duration.
For the distance.
For the fort.
The fort.
What fort? What is all that food for? A guy can get hungry.
These are only the supplements.
I also brought up delivery menus, portable phones, remote controls.
What did you bring it all up here for? A couple of changes of socks You know how my feet can get Breath mints, mouthwash.
Ok.
If you want your socks, you can walk down the hall.
Charlie, what are you doing?! Why does it look like you're Getting in bed with you? 'Cause I am, baby.
Move over, rover.
Charlie, you Daphne, we are gonna have to have the world come to us because from now on, I am gonna be pregnant with you.
Hey.
What are you doing? I was gonna leave you a note 'cause I don't think i can stay here anymore.
Why not? Because I can't stay here when I'm messing up this basic stuff, like dropping off cash for my best friend, who gives me a bed and a job.
You guys should throw me out.
Will, we're not gonna throw you out, man.
Why not? I'm a freakin' mess.
You guys shouldn't want me here.
I haven't slept, my heart is, like, racing all the time, and I'm I'm losing track of the things you do to make life work, you know? Just running away from everything.
I I think I made a horrible mistake, man.
What, will? Nothing.
Nothing.
I I think I just I gotta just go.
Will, you don't have anywhere else to go.
Up to the roof for some air, I guess.
Around the block.
All that because he forgot to run an errand? Trust me.
Trust me.
Put your hands in here.
It's bat dung.
Aah! It's ok.
It's ok.
It's ok.
Ah.
Trust me.
Trust me.
Put your hands in here.
How do you expect me to trust you? J-Jaime what are you doing here? Gathering more clues for my evidence.
Evidence of what? No one says distance is easy, Claudia.
I mean, ask anyone Movie stars, athletes.
Ask them what? I I just want to meet him.
I just want to look him in the eye and Look who in the eye? The other man! I mean, it's obvious you're having an affair, Claudia.
No, I am not! You haven't told your friends about me.
You have no interest in what I have to say.
You don't even want to see me on our one and only night together.
Why else would you be acting like this? I don't know.
There you are.
Now, don't say a word.
Just let me get this out.
I know we have a problem here.
And I know I've been an idiot.
But if you can just tell me what I can do to make this work because whatever it is, I'm willing to do it.
You mean too much to me.
This means too much to me.
I am in love with you Julia: Josh! Julia?! Julia? Maggie.
Josh, look, stop following me.
Stop sending me secret messages.
Stop sneaking into my room and finishing my homework.
Just get over me Josh.
Get over me, ok? Ok.
Jamie! Oh! Just Jamie, would you just slow down? Ok! Ok! You're right.
I'm having an affair.
See? I knew it! But not with a guy.
Oh, my god! I'm having an affair with this place, Jamie.
What what do you mean? With this school! With my life here! I love it! The teachers are cool and The air here! The trees, the mmm The smell here! October, Jamie, October in Massachusetts.
I want a hundred of 'em! To have any regret about being here Which is what I start to feel when I think about you Feels wrong.
I don't want to miss you anymore, Jamie.
So I'm being dumped for a campus? I'm sorry.
Charlie: This one has a, um, a one-toe release system.
You can sort of see it down there at the bottom.
Well, the picture is sort of cut off.
Ok.
Wait.
Let's look at the next one.
Ooh! I like that one.
Leopard skin over plaid? We are not having some preppie baby.
Ok.
Fine.
Now on to highchairs.
Whoops.
Charlie! Is that you? I guess.
You had a schwinn? Where did that come from? I had a schwinn exactly like that one.
Isn't that weird? Really? That exact one.
Aah! Look at you! Mr.
Casanova.
Yeah, I admit it.
I married her shortly after second grade.
Here.
Let's see if there's any more.
Oh, Charlie.
Look at those eyes.
Look at Mr.
little man.
All ready to carry the world on your back.
Jeez, she'll be lucky if she gets those eyes.
Go figure.
You haven't changed a bit.
Ok.
It's 1:00.
Now I'm worried.
What, are you worried he got attacked? He's a big boy, sar.
I just think that we should wait up for him, you know? And I think you should confront him.
I see.
You want me to attack him.
Maybe he hasn't even faced it himself.
You know, maybe he doesn't even know that he's whacked out.
A good friend wouldn't wait.
A good friend would reach right over and pick the broccoli straight from his teeth.
I would never pick broccoli from anyone's teeth.
Bailey, I'm serious.
Can't you see it? I see it.
I see it, Sarah, ok? I'm just not jumping on your search and destroy because that's what it would be.
The last thing he needs is pressure from us to talk about it.
Let's just let it lie and give him some time.
Ok? You're not asleep, are you? No.
Josh thinks you're out of your mind, and of course I have to agree with him.
Well, I guess I just need, um I just need more time.
Time for what? To get out of your own way to come to a party once in a while? You didn't event drink because they didn't have your brand of beer.
I had that punch.
Julia you don't drink one kind of beer.
Not at 19.
You drink from what the universe serves, and you grab some guy, and you make out with him in the corner.
And just just stop making your bed! My bed? Wait a second.
Are you still drunk? You lie on it or sit on it, even on top, and then you get up and you make it 10 times a day.
What's wrong with that? You're living a life with hospital corners So controlled, so confined and why? Because you're afraid of falling in love again? News flash, jule.
You don't have to love the guy just to kiss him.
Nothing happens from a little kissing.
No one dies.
No one starves.
It is the most innocent, natural thing you can do.
Hey, you.
Hey, you.
I'm kinda liking your pajamas.
I'm kinda liking yours.
Maybe we should trade.
Maybe we should.
You wanna slide over? This can't be good for my heart rate, huh.
I'm not sure.
Maybe you should, um You should go downstairs and, uh, get one of those baby books.
I can't, remember? I'm pregnant, too.
I think maybe we should, um, call the doctor.
Ok.
Ok.
It's ringing.
Hello? Hello? I need to, uh, speak with Dr.
trab.
Um They want to know if it's an emergency.
A 4-alarm fire.
Hi.
I'm Hannah.
What the hell Um, I know will's staying here, and I need to talk to him.
Are you crazy?! It's 2:00 in the morning.
Leave! If you don't leave, I'm calling the police.
Bailey, who's there? Will.
You know, I'm sorry to come here so late, but You wouldn't take my calls, will, and, you know, we really should talk.
Talk about what? I know you know, will.
I'm sorry that I didn't tell you myself, but I was scared.
I was just as scared as you are, ok? What's going on? That's why you left, isn't it? But, you know, you just You just can't do that.
'Cause I just We really need to talk stuff over, so, please, you know, don't make me embarrass us in front of your friends.
I don't know what the hell you're talking about! I mean, I don't even know you! Do you think that i don't know that? You think I'm happy about that? I mean, a one-night stand after a couple of lousy beers, and then this?! God, I guess we should have thought about getting to know each other, will, because I am.
I am! It's not a rumor! I am! And it's yours, ok?! It's ours! Hey.
Hi.
The security guy let me in.
Look, I I owe you a big apology.
Is your roommate here? No.
He left for the weeken