Party of Five s05e09 Episode Script
Gifts
1 Charlie! Hey, Charlie! go back to bed.
Diana's crying.
I can't sleep.
make her stop! I'm trying, ok? I'm trying.
now go back to bed.
(crying) hey, little girl.
hey, where's the 4-alarm fire, huh? shh.
I wouldn't do that if I were you, Mr.
salinger, pick her up every time she cries.
I'm just trying to calm her down.
hey, sweetie.
daddy loves you.
baby's got to learn how to put herself to sleep.
no, I think that's what we're paying you to do.
Mr.
salinger, I have 26 years of nursing experience.
no, this isn't a debate, Nora.
lighten up, Charlie.
come back to bed.
this is real simple.
when she cries, I want you to pick her up.
ok? That's the way I want it done.
and if you don't want to do it that way, then you might as well just leave.
well, if you want me to leave, Mr.
salinger, then I'll just leave.
what?! No.
Excuse me.
Charlie, what are you doing? we interviewed every baby nurse in town, and none of them were good enough for you.
it's not for me.
it's for Diana.
we were lucky to find Nora.
She's raised six kids.
nobody's going to be perfect.
not even you.
and definitely not me.
and between Diana's colic and her crying all the time, I need some sleep! I don't know what losing your mind feels like, but I'm pretty sure that this is it! so, Charlie, please.
ok.
listen, her next feeding is in half an hour.
don't be late, 'cause we're trying to keep her on a schedule.
sleep, Charlie.
let's just sleep.
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 (Knock knock) Julia.
look, I want to talk to you.
I'm--I'm thinking about you all the time, so I thought I better just, you know, come and talk to you.
see, the thing is, I've just spent 5 years trying to keep a family together.
and so when you tell me that you hate yours, it just makes me crazy.
but I get that you're angry.
so, talk to me.
and I'll help you, not judge you.
'cause I'm selfish and I want you in my life.
it's a deal.
mmm.
it's great.
only not today.
Richie's sitter bailed at the last minute, and I got to head over to Oakland tonight.
what? So I come making up with you and you have to run off to a family you resent? well, Richie's the sun.
I'm just a planet revolving around him.
the whole weekend? no, just tonight.
he goes to this diner every Thursday.
the one from the bugs in the hash browns story? yeah.
That one.
huh.
Well, um, maybe I can come with you and sleep in Oakland? Richie's ok, but he's not a lot of fun, so let me take this one alone, ok? thanks for coming all the way down here, art.
you want some lunch? not today, Bailey.
oh, come on.
20 years of number-crunching for this place, I've never seen you eat here once.
got the best cream of mushroom soup in the city.
creamsee cream will kill me.
my wife makes all my food.
rabbit food.
besides, hear what I got to say, you may not feel like spotting me.
why, is there a problem? the restaurant's been doing so great.
which is why I made a little mistake.
you see, your dad's profit margins were the same for so long, my computer automatically plugged in old numbers from like '93.
Arthur, bottom line, I owe taxes.
just tell me how much.
no, no, it's the other way.
you got a big refund check.
well, that's a good thing, right? holy that's what you get for making so much money out of this place.
and I've never seen numbers like this.
you mean, when Charlie was running the restaurant.
Charlie, Joe, your dad.
you're saying that I made more money than my dad? you're putting it through the roof.
you stop crying now, I'll buy you a bike as soon as you're old enough to ride one.
what kind of job you looking for? well, I've got one at this repair shop, but I'm always looking to make extra.
all right, how about a car? huh.
Well, now, this sounds exotic.
free flight courier.
takes you across country in exchange for a delivery.
ok.
Coffee break's over.
no pacifier? like Mr.
salinger said? no, no.
Forget about Mr.
salinger.
ok, if you think it takes a pacifier, you just plug it in.
whenever you think.
you're the boss.
hey, daph! yes, Griffin? did, uh, did Claudia call yesterday? I talked to her for like 3 seconds.
I mean, she tell you how miserable she's been? oh, she doesn't have to.
it takes one to know one.
Excellent choice.
yeah.
that's a little steep, though.
what exactly are you looking for? a suit.
a really nice one.
'cause I've had a really good year.
well, then, for your own protection, whatever you do, don't look over there.
if you think this one's expensive, that one's way out of your league.
let me just see how it feels.
Have we made a decision yet? I'm thinking.
and just what are we thinking? we're thinking we haven't made a decision yet.
may I come in? if you don't have the means, then you shouldn't buy the suit.
it's that simple.
it's not that, actually.
but if you have it, and you're worried that you shouldn't spend it because it's just not practical or you're going to feel guilty afterward, then I say this to you, we're all just food for the worms, Billy.
Bailey.
I said Bailey.
some day you're going to be dead and buried.
worm food.
right.
and what do you want people to say about you after you're dead and gone? that Bailey, he sure was sensible with his money.
ordamn, he looked good in that black cashmere suit.
Mr.
salinger, didn't expect you home in the middle of the afternoon.
seventh grade assembly.
I ducked out to see my girl.
hey, munchkin, how's that sound? what ya eating? Turkey on rye? ha ha.
Half formula.
half chopped cereal.
and a teeny-weenie bit of sugar-- Nora, uh, Diana's on breast milk.
only breast milk.
ok? Charlie, what are you doing home? listen, uh, Nora, this is my baby, and she's everything to me.
now, you may have raised 6 kids, I don't care! this is the way I want things done.
Charlie.
let him finish, Mrs.
salinger.
I want it done the way I want it done, or this isn't going to work out.
mm-hmm.
I thought that's where you were going.
you see, I think you're right, Mr.
salinger.
not about the baby.
you're right.
This isn't going to work out.
Charlie, what have you done? you can send my check to the agency.
Nora! oh, Charlie! look, don't worry.
we'll find somebody else.
yes, we will.
because I'm going to call the agency right now and tell them to send over that Margaret lady.
the one who lit a cigarette while we were interviewing her? we've got to call somebody.
and if you don't trust the agency, let's call Kirsten.
I can't keep calling Kirsten.
she's not a baby nurse.
she's got her own life.
you have to.
I can't take this anymore.
I am so tired.
I boiled a pot this morning with no water in it.
practically burned the whole house down.
I go to the food king yesterday, I get to the front doors before I realize that I have left the baby in the car! that's a little scary.
yeah, well, I need some sleep, Charlie.
and we need some help.
Heh heh.
I know this man here will have the silver dollar special.
how about you, ned? uh, I'm going to have the hash and a cup of coffee.
Richie, did you get a haircut? you're looking good.
thanks, Rita.
this seat reserved? Julia I thought I'd join you guys.
all get to know each other.
you know my brothers.
uh, don't sit there.
no? Why not? 'cause he likes to sit alone.
here.
Sit here.
hi.
hey.
mmm.
it's Julia, Richie.
you remember her? mmm.
you met her last week.
it's nice to see you.
mmm.
he understands.
he justCan't answer you back.
did you guys order anything yet? yeah-- he knows he had a home, but scarce-- what's he saying? it's--it's nothing.
it's words.
healing wings within sacred leaves that lie in that dead and silent house.
whoa! aah! Aah! it's ok.
it's just water.
it's just water.
it was an accident.
just calm down.
had no room! had no room! Aah! oh, Julia, could you just-- could you get up and just-- look, go over there.
no, just go.
(wailing) shh, shh, shh.
hey, hey, hey.
it's ok.
It's ok.
I'm sorry.
what did I do? nothing.
It's just he's not used to you, and it upsets him.
it's not you you.
I'll explain later.
aah! shh.
It's ok.
she's gone.
She's gone.
everything's back to normal.
everything's back to normal.
Shh.
ok.
Shh.
Shh.
It's ok.
we just need you to come and work tomorrow night for a few hours so we can get some sleep.
there's nobody else I trust.
and Daphne is like something out of night of the living dead.
Charlie, you don't have to feel bad for asking.
if there's something else that you have to do, if you and Paul have plans or anything Paul did say something about maybe coming home early, and we might see a movie.
ok.
Then forget it.
'cause the last thing I want to do is cause a problem with Paul.
Charlie, he's never home on time.
maybe he'll be here.
we might see a movie.
in Paul's language that means, he gets stuck at the hospital and I sit at home watching reruns.
might as well do that at your house.
you're absolutely sure? there is no one I'd rather spend an evening with than Diana.
I know.
You're mad at me about last night.
well, you shouldn't have shown up.
shouldn't go sticking your nose in stuff you don't understand.
I'm sorry.
let's just drop it.
let's just go! We're going to miss this concert.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I just have to get these books for english.
oh, these concerts sell out, jule.
ok, here we go.
one second.
hey, ned, about Richie last night, when he sort of freaked out, does that happen a lot? look, is there a problem? her card's not scanning.
have you been through any metal detectors lately? here.
Just use mine.
does Richie do that a lot? speak in poems like that? yup.
That's his gig.
the poetry jive.
sir, you have late charges totaling $10.
oh.
Do you have to get these now? you know what? I'll pay your fines and you find us seats.
ok.
these books are all from the poetry section.
yeah, so? you can only check out 4 books per call number.
ok.
That's great, bay.
yeah, and I was thinking that I'd reinvest a little bit of it back into the restaurant.
yeah.
maybe even get you started on that wine cellar, finally.
you want me to build you a wine cellar? how about it? maybe we could even turn it into you coming back to work at the place.
get a full-scale renovation going.
that's a full-time job, bay.
well, why should it go to somebody else? maybe because I have a job? why are you always acting like this is some kind of temporary gig? I'm not.
Ok? I'm not.
I'm sorry.
It's just things are going really well for me right now, and you're the guy that made that possible.
come on.
no, you are.
andat least celebrate with me, man.
I want to take you and Daphne out.
ok? Someplace special.
bay, between Diana and Owen, Daphne and I are way too exhausted to go out to dinner.
what if I said that I would take Owen off your hands for a couple of days? I would like to.
and in return, you and Daphne let me take you guys out of the house and away from this spit-up and the diapers and all that and treat you to a 4-star meal for one night.
ok? what we don't understand is why, Claudia.
yeah, I mean, every time we want to hang out, you're on the phone, calling home.
and you wouldn't come with us yesterday to fanueil hall.
you don't hate us now, do you, claud? Claudia? oh, finally.
Ha.
oh! What a surprise.
Griffin, what are you doing here? well, this delivery company flew me out to Boston and put me up to deliver this guy.
what's his name? this is Herbert.
this is Hallie and Parker, and, well, this is Griffin, my brother-in-law for awhile.
hi.
Hi.
you see, his owner died, and so, I'm delivering him to his new home tomorrow.
and checking up on you, of course.
well, hey, can I go with you? oh, come on, it'll be great.
you can tell me everything that's been going on at home.
off campus a night? you can do that? well, yeah.
yeah, sure.
ah, it's good to see you.
I've been looking everywhere.
Uh, um Bailey, this is-- this is a beautiful dress.
you shouldn't have.
I wanted to.
hey, what do you think of this couch? huh? I think it's cool.
pick this place up a little bit.
um can I ask you a question about the dress? yeah.
I'm a college student.
where am I going to wear this? The gym? cafe Milan.
we're taking Charlie and Daphne there for dinner.
tonight.
Bailey, I can't go.
I can't go, I've got to finish typing up professor mccone's manuscript-- whoa.
Got to? yeah.
he's paying.
you know, and i-- and I told him I would.
I mean, he's counting on it by tomorrow.
ok, ok, so we drop it off at a typing service.
Bailey.
and--and--and I will pick up the cost.
I want to.
Ok? it's worth it to me to spend the evening with you.
and I'm not doing it for you.
I'm doing it for me.
ok? What's money for if we're all going to be food for the worms one day anyway? worms? yuck.
What do worms have to do with it? forget it.
just-- just let me do this.
ok? how can I resist those dimples? I can't believe I forgot about this.
I'm such an idiot.
and you're such a goddess for driving up here.
I've never seen so many plants in one house.
once I let one of these orchids die.
my mother got home and literally wept.
ha.
Why doesn't she just let the sitter water them? she was hired to feed Richie, not the plants.
I'll be back.
Hey, Richie.
you remember me? I'm Julia.
we met the other night.
Oh, holy hope and high humility.
these are your walks.
and his, thy gracious friend, owe my soul.
I amongst it, lingering here.
before I taught my tongue to wound.
star that would confine it to a tomb.
thank you very much.
captive flames would shine on the darkness and the light and the shadow-- thanks for the water, Richie.
uh, the crab cakes are supposed to be amazing here.
so--so how about those and the carpaccio to start? why don't we cut straight to the entree? this service is so slow.
they're famous for their appetizers.
and, hey, you guys should take a look at the wine list, too.
Bailey, have you seen the prices? ok, so, they're a little inflated.
but you know what I've been saying? one day we're all going to be food for the-- look, Bailey, if you mention worms again, I'm going to lose my appetite.
ok.
ok, fine.
let's just, uh let's just order the entree.
um the, uh--the duck or the chateaubriand? whichever's fastest.
thanks for really getting into the spirit of fine dining, Charlie.
hey, I'm sorry.
I guess I shouldn't have let you talk me into this.
I guess I'm too tired to even know I'm too tired.
we're existing on like 20 minutes of shuteye a night.
meanwhile, Diana's at home with colic.
oh, my god.
Diana's drops.
Kirsten will give them to her.
if I told her about them.
you forgot to tell Kirsten about Diana's prescription? well, you could have told her.
why does it always got to be me? I was too busy pulling the toothbrush out of Owen's nose.
don't freak out, ok? I'll just call her.
do you know where you left the medicine? was it by the phone? or on our changing table? you know what? we should just go home.
well, you know what? can't we just get it to go? Sarah, this isn't k.
F.
C.
bay, I'm sorry.
I am.
but, heyNice suit.
Hush-a-bye, don't you cry go to sleep, little baby when you wake, you shall take-- who could that be? hmm? you think your daddy forgot his key? there you go.
Paul! What are you doing here? I thought you were on call.
I traded shifts with zymanski.
really? I told you I was going to try and make it home early.
maybe.
You said, maybe.
wait.
Are you actually angry with me for missing an appointment that you didn't even make? for not sitting and waiting? you didn't even call.
'cause I wanted it to be a surprise.
well, it was a surprise, all right.
you weren't even there.
Charlie asked me-- of course, it's Charlie! it's always about Charlie! quiet! You'll wake the baby.
tomorrow? I'll be home at 6:00.
I don't care what I have to do.
and the salingers will just have to do without you for one day.
ahem.
(sighs) we're home.
Well, at least you don't have to be up at 4:00 in the morning for revelry blast, unlike at my old school.
oh, 10 miles, 10,000 push-ups, all before a damn cup of coffee.
was worried that you went to a school like that.
it's not the school.
Griffin, it's just this-- this feeling like I'm not where I'm supposed to be.
you know that feeling? do I know it? It's the story of my life.
you know, my mom taught me how to take care of Owen.
loneliness taught me to make him laugh.
and to help him stop crying, she taught me this trick where-- this thing, you take these glass spaghetti jars, and you fill them all up with water and food coloring and line them up on the windowsill, and then, when the sun hits them, all these reflections form on the walls and ceiling.
and Owen, he would he'd sit there for hours just watching, totally content.
I wouldn't feel so jealous anymore of Owen.
I'd helped him stop crying.
your mom was a smart lady.
Griffin, could you-- could you teach Owen how to take care of Diana? you know, so he'll feel all included.
sure.
sure.
heh.
when Diana cries all night long, I can't even sleep, ever.
yeah, well, it's really quiet around here, except for Sarah's snoring.
(laughs) so, what's my baby-sitter's name? huh? No baby-sitter.
well, Charlie always leaves me with a sitter.
yeah? Well, things are going to be a little different around here.
hey, how about we go to the video store after we eat? ok, can we get more 3 stooges? yup.
(telephone rings) I'll get it! Owen, watch the-- careful with the couch! Uhh! new couch.
jeez, Owen.
hello.
no, I'm sorry.
Sarah's not here.
I'm sorry.
say that again.
what office? don't use your jacket.
the bursar's.
20 minutes?! I just told you she's not-- ok, do you take credit cards? yeah.
ohh.
hey, here, let me get that.
he's probably cold.
ohh.
Are you Mr.
corkery? Mr.
corkery? well, yeah.
You from the free flight couriers? uh, yup.
here's Herbert.
we're really sorry about your relative dying, but you know, glad that Herbert will have his new home now.
relative? oh, no.
I didn't know her.
Herbert here was her only family.
I guess that's why she wanted him buried with her.
buried? Oh.
with her? yeah.
according to the will.
oh, excuse me.
I've got a mold cooking up in the back.
Griffin, this is like the most horrible, unjust, just selfish thing.
what? she doesn't want to be lonely underground? and he'll be stuck forever.
glued to a piece of wood, Griffin.
glued to a piece of wood! Bailey! I can't believe it! yeah, I know.
this couch hasn't been here 2 hours and Owen spills ice cream all over it.
you paid my tuition? what? Oh.
yeah.
Some real official- sounding guy called, and he said you wouldn't be able to register.
unless I paid by 5:00.
which I would have done if captain credit card hadn't come to the rescue.
I mean, god! Bailey, I show up at 5 to 5:00 and the bursar says, Sarah eves marin? don't worry about it.
you're taken care of.
yeah, so what's the problem? I don't want to be taken care of, Bailey.
I mean, god, why do you think I take all those stupid jobs like typing and all? so that I can scrape enough together to pay for myself.
ok, so now you can use some of that money to pay for other stuff.
whatever happened to what's mine is yours? because you always used to say that to me.
Bailey, don't you get it? when you pay for something, you own it.
like this apartment.
sure, I live here, but it's yours.
yeah, but I want it to be ours.
I'm trying to share a little here.
you taught me how to do that.
andmy success is your success.
no.
no, that is not true.
I have nothing to do with how well the restaurant's doing.
are you kidding me? you really think that I could have pulled any of that off without you there? straightening me out, like, a million times.
and maybe this is my way of saying thank you.
and you know what, Sarah? maybe you could, too.
Daphne? Diana? anybody home? uh-huh.
you won't believe what happened today.
I walk into the teacher's lounge and there's coach Ferguson and miss billings from home ec going at it like a couple of teenagers.
you'd think they'd do it in the back of a car like normal people.
Kirsten, what are you doing here? is everything ok? yeah, everything's fine.
where's Daphne? she's upstairs sleeping.
(sighs) Charlie.
Huh.
what's going on? what are you talking about? didn't we decide just last night that we weren't going to call Kirsten for baby-sitting anymore? oh, Charlie-- which is not even the point.
because Diana wants her mom.
so, tired or not, why are you not taking care of her instead of calling Kirsten every 5 minutes because she's too nice to say no? through? if you want to yell at somebody, go yell at Kirsten, because she just came over.
I didn't call her.
I am going back to sleep now.
Unh.
I knew this guy who kept a ferret to catch rats because they're predators.
really? ferret's a predator.
hmm.
Kind of disappointed in them.
no, don't be.
it just means he'll be ok out alone in the forest.
well, it worked for Thoreau.
hmm? Henry David? oh, never mind.
hey, you know what? uh, look, claud, i-- I got to get back to the airport.
when free flight courier finds out I've botched this, they're probably going to try to cancel my flight.
I can't really get stuck here, you know? well, you know, give Owen a hug for me and kiss Diana.
all right.
I wish you hadn't-- I mean, I'm glad you came, it just-- you know, it makes me feel a little worse.
makes me miss everybody more.
(Sighs) Claudia! they give you some kind of credit card or something? yeah, yeah, Bailey did.
all right, well, you've got exactly 5 minutes to throw everything you got in anything you can, all right? Come on.
come on, let's go! thank you, Griffin.
Ohh! get this, ned.
yesterday at your house, I fed Richie a verse that I found at the library, and I think he actually answered me back.
look at what I found.
he wasn't answering you.
when Claudia and I were little, we used to make up languages, and we understood each other.
there's nothing to understand.
no, there is.
I'm--I'm sure of it.
the poetry, he, like, uses bits and pieces to express things, which makes him like a poet himself.
Julia-- no, listen, ned, that poem at the house, that was about making up with me.
I looked up all those poems and-- the poem at the house was not about making up with you! it wasn't about anything! What is the problem? well, you come in here like Nancy drew.
you've been working it out, but you don't even know what you're talking about.
why are you so crazy defensive? does the idea that Richie might actually be making sense threaten you so much-- threaten me? do--do you think I haven't wanted my whole life for--for Richie to make sense? let me show you something.
this.
you see, this is me-- just like you-- analyzing the verse, analyzing him, but there's nothing there.
I just thought-- he might as well be spewing train schedules.
it's white noise.
I just had this idea.
I was obviously wrong.
you're looking for something that would make him worthy of love.
the thing is the reason to love him is just because he's him.
Richie.
my brother.
(Baby crying) (door opens) Claudia! what in the world? I know, big surprise, huh? is everything ok? yeah, it is now.
oh, look at her.
can I just oh, she's so um, does Charlie know that-- is Owen around? Owen! Owen, I'm home! he's staying over at Bailey's for a few days.
Griffin, did you they don't call it a courier service for nothing, right? what is Owen doing at Bailey's, huh? um, he's just giving us a break for a couple of-- (door opens) days.
(door closes) Claudia.
Charlie.
no.
Uh-uh.
Charlie, you just need to listen for a second.
what did you do, just hop a plane? I couldn't be there, Charlie.
I tried telling you that, like a billion times.
I'm taking you to the airport tomorrow.
I'm not going back.
we discussed this, Claudia.
you're sticking it out until the end of the year.
what did you do? you--you were in Boston.
what did you do, just bring her back? you should've seen her there, man.
how homesick she was.
what the hell gives you the right to yank her out of school like that? she's been miserable for weeks now.
nobody's been listening.
and he cares about me.
oh, and I don't, is that it? I spent 4 years away from home.
it sucks.
stay out of it, Griffin.
I don't care, because I think that you should stick it out at an exclusive school that's gonna give you every opportunity in the world.
I don't want to live 3,000 miles away, Charlie.
ok? I want to be home with--with my niece and my little brother.
I've been trying to tell you that, but-- you think you're gonna sacrifice your whole education, blow off a whole year's tuition to come back here and take care of these kids? it's not like you're doing such a bang-up job without me.
I mean, why is Owen over at Bailey's, Charlie? Huh? and what's he doing over there? look, you are not gonna turn this around on me.
you should just stop trying to control my life, Charlie.
and maybe try and straighten out your own.
you're gonna be on a plane tomorrow.
Sorry.
Sorry.
I know I'm 15 minutes late.
I just--i started playing with Diana, and I just I lost track of time.
you don't have to make excuses, Kirsten.
but I just gotta ask you one thing, 'cause I made these plans and you're not here.
you're late.
is it, I mean, do you want to be with them or is it you just don't want to be with me? Paul.
tell me, Kirsten.
you know how you're always telling me that you get so stressed out because when you're at the hospital you feel like you should be at home with me? and when you're with me, you should be at the hospital? well, I totally get that.
I feel the same way.
if I'm out looking for a job, I feel like I should be at home making dinner for you.
and when I'm at home, I feel like I should be out getting a job.
except when I'm holding that baby I just.
I get this incredible feeling of calm.
Like there's nowhere else I should be.
Not a bad-looking suit.
nice dress.
yeah.
I know.
Only I don't know.
I don't understand why it makes me feel like a kept woman.
maybe if it wasn't velvet.
I don't know.
maybe--maybe it's about finding out that I'm making more than my dad.
I mean, that's a good thing.
it should be a good thing.
but I don't know.
kind of threw me.
scared me.
like I didn't even know who I was.
or I didn't know who I should be.
I just started throwing money around.
kinda went a little nuts.
doing things for people you love isn't nuts.
things are changing.
I love my dress.
You're welcome.
Spending time with my 3 brothers or getting to know Claudia, you would learn just so much about me.
I understand that.
I really do.
but it's different for me.
see, I just thought that by understanding Richie-- I need you to not go understanding Richie to understand me when I'm right here.
but, ned, he's your brother.
Julia, listen to me.
really listen.
I'm the one who's trying to tell you something.
try to get what I mean.
I don't think I've ever had a birthday not a single birthday that's been my own.
not a single party where my older brother, 10 times my size, hasn't, you know grabbed the candy skateboard off the top of the cake, spit out the candles, broke my piñata, scared off my friends.
a-and that that's the one day of the year that's supposed to be mine.
the one day.
so you can imagine what all the rest are like.
call me selfish, but I want my birthdays and everything else to be my own now.
the stuff that's supposed to make me happy make me feel special.
like a great girlfriend.
I don't want to share.
I don't want to share you.
ok.
I understand.
thank you.
and you know what? Hey.
hey.
been downstairs? tried talking to Claudia again.
a big waste of time.
she keeps talking about what a big help she's gonna be with Diana.
it's not that we can't use it.
we can handle it.
we gotta handle it.
yeah, I've been wanting to talk to you about that.
um I called the agency, andthe only name they could come up with was Margaret.
so I told them that I would call them back because I know how you feel about her.
how I feel about her.
go ahead, hit the roof.
I am tired of hitting the roof, but, Daphne Margaret? somebody.
or anybody, right? you're, like, willing to hand off Diana to anyone.
you don't care about what she eats.
you forget about her medicine.
all you want to do is sleep.
I keep telling myself that it's--that it's postpartum or something, but you know what? that'snot it.
there's there's something there's something wrong.
she's your baby, daph, and I don't even think that you know that.
I mean, you act like you're not connected to her at all.
because that's the way I feel.
Daphne I mean it.
I mean, god, I look at you when you come through that door at the end of the day, and I know that you're just bursting to be with her.
and I know that you spent the entire day counting down every minute before you get to come home, and I hate myself because I know that I have spent the exact amount of time just imagining that I was someplace else.
you look into her eyes and you see first steps, and you see ballet recitals, and I see diapers and crying.
god, all that crying! and I know that when I first got pregnant, you said that if I couldn't handle this that it would be ok.
but you didn't really think that it would be ok.
you thought that once Diana was born that I would just have to look into that tiny little face with your Hazel eyes and my crooked chin and that would be it.
and that we would just live happily ever after.
and you know something, Charlie? deep down inside I thought the same thing.
but that is not happening.
Charlie.
(baby cries) she's crying.
See, I didn't even hear her.
Diana's crying.
I can't sleep.
make her stop! I'm trying, ok? I'm trying.
now go back to bed.
(crying) hey, little girl.
hey, where's the 4-alarm fire, huh? shh.
I wouldn't do that if I were you, Mr.
salinger, pick her up every time she cries.
I'm just trying to calm her down.
hey, sweetie.
daddy loves you.
baby's got to learn how to put herself to sleep.
no, I think that's what we're paying you to do.
Mr.
salinger, I have 26 years of nursing experience.
no, this isn't a debate, Nora.
lighten up, Charlie.
come back to bed.
this is real simple.
when she cries, I want you to pick her up.
ok? That's the way I want it done.
and if you don't want to do it that way, then you might as well just leave.
well, if you want me to leave, Mr.
salinger, then I'll just leave.
what?! No.
Excuse me.
Charlie, what are you doing? we interviewed every baby nurse in town, and none of them were good enough for you.
it's not for me.
it's for Diana.
we were lucky to find Nora.
She's raised six kids.
nobody's going to be perfect.
not even you.
and definitely not me.
and between Diana's colic and her crying all the time, I need some sleep! I don't know what losing your mind feels like, but I'm pretty sure that this is it! so, Charlie, please.
ok.
listen, her next feeding is in half an hour.
don't be late, 'cause we're trying to keep her on a schedule.
sleep, Charlie.
let's just sleep.
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 (Knock knock) Julia.
look, I want to talk to you.
I'm--I'm thinking about you all the time, so I thought I better just, you know, come and talk to you.
see, the thing is, I've just spent 5 years trying to keep a family together.
and so when you tell me that you hate yours, it just makes me crazy.
but I get that you're angry.
so, talk to me.
and I'll help you, not judge you.
'cause I'm selfish and I want you in my life.
it's a deal.
mmm.
it's great.
only not today.
Richie's sitter bailed at the last minute, and I got to head over to Oakland tonight.
what? So I come making up with you and you have to run off to a family you resent? well, Richie's the sun.
I'm just a planet revolving around him.
the whole weekend? no, just tonight.
he goes to this diner every Thursday.
the one from the bugs in the hash browns story? yeah.
That one.
huh.
Well, um, maybe I can come with you and sleep in Oakland? Richie's ok, but he's not a lot of fun, so let me take this one alone, ok? thanks for coming all the way down here, art.
you want some lunch? not today, Bailey.
oh, come on.
20 years of number-crunching for this place, I've never seen you eat here once.
got the best cream of mushroom soup in the city.
creamsee cream will kill me.
my wife makes all my food.
rabbit food.
besides, hear what I got to say, you may not feel like spotting me.
why, is there a problem? the restaurant's been doing so great.
which is why I made a little mistake.
you see, your dad's profit margins were the same for so long, my computer automatically plugged in old numbers from like '93.
Arthur, bottom line, I owe taxes.
just tell me how much.
no, no, it's the other way.
you got a big refund check.
well, that's a good thing, right? holy that's what you get for making so much money out of this place.
and I've never seen numbers like this.
you mean, when Charlie was running the restaurant.
Charlie, Joe, your dad.
you're saying that I made more money than my dad? you're putting it through the roof.
you stop crying now, I'll buy you a bike as soon as you're old enough to ride one.
what kind of job you looking for? well, I've got one at this repair shop, but I'm always looking to make extra.
all right, how about a car? huh.
Well, now, this sounds exotic.
free flight courier.
takes you across country in exchange for a delivery.
ok.
Coffee break's over.
no pacifier? like Mr.
salinger said? no, no.
Forget about Mr.
salinger.
ok, if you think it takes a pacifier, you just plug it in.
whenever you think.
you're the boss.
hey, daph! yes, Griffin? did, uh, did Claudia call yesterday? I talked to her for like 3 seconds.
I mean, she tell you how miserable she's been? oh, she doesn't have to.
it takes one to know one.
Excellent choice.
yeah.
that's a little steep, though.
what exactly are you looking for? a suit.
a really nice one.
'cause I've had a really good year.
well, then, for your own protection, whatever you do, don't look over there.
if you think this one's expensive, that one's way out of your league.
let me just see how it feels.
Have we made a decision yet? I'm thinking.
and just what are we thinking? we're thinking we haven't made a decision yet.
may I come in? if you don't have the means, then you shouldn't buy the suit.
it's that simple.
it's not that, actually.
but if you have it, and you're worried that you shouldn't spend it because it's just not practical or you're going to feel guilty afterward, then I say this to you, we're all just food for the worms, Billy.
Bailey.
I said Bailey.
some day you're going to be dead and buried.
worm food.
right.
and what do you want people to say about you after you're dead and gone? that Bailey, he sure was sensible with his money.
ordamn, he looked good in that black cashmere suit.
Mr.
salinger, didn't expect you home in the middle of the afternoon.
seventh grade assembly.
I ducked out to see my girl.
hey, munchkin, how's that sound? what ya eating? Turkey on rye? ha ha.
Half formula.
half chopped cereal.
and a teeny-weenie bit of sugar-- Nora, uh, Diana's on breast milk.
only breast milk.
ok? Charlie, what are you doing home? listen, uh, Nora, this is my baby, and she's everything to me.
now, you may have raised 6 kids, I don't care! this is the way I want things done.
Charlie.
let him finish, Mrs.
salinger.
I want it done the way I want it done, or this isn't going to work out.
mm-hmm.
I thought that's where you were going.
you see, I think you're right, Mr.
salinger.
not about the baby.
you're right.
This isn't going to work out.
Charlie, what have you done? you can send my check to the agency.
Nora! oh, Charlie! look, don't worry.
we'll find somebody else.
yes, we will.
because I'm going to call the agency right now and tell them to send over that Margaret lady.
the one who lit a cigarette while we were interviewing her? we've got to call somebody.
and if you don't trust the agency, let's call Kirsten.
I can't keep calling Kirsten.
she's not a baby nurse.
she's got her own life.
you have to.
I can't take this anymore.
I am so tired.
I boiled a pot this morning with no water in it.
practically burned the whole house down.
I go to the food king yesterday, I get to the front doors before I realize that I have left the baby in the car! that's a little scary.
yeah, well, I need some sleep, Charlie.
and we need some help.
Heh heh.
I know this man here will have the silver dollar special.
how about you, ned? uh, I'm going to have the hash and a cup of coffee.
Richie, did you get a haircut? you're looking good.
thanks, Rita.
this seat reserved? Julia I thought I'd join you guys.
all get to know each other.
you know my brothers.
uh, don't sit there.
no? Why not? 'cause he likes to sit alone.
here.
Sit here.
hi.
hey.
mmm.
it's Julia, Richie.
you remember her? mmm.
you met her last week.
it's nice to see you.
mmm.
he understands.
he justCan't answer you back.
did you guys order anything yet? yeah-- he knows he had a home, but scarce-- what's he saying? it's--it's nothing.
it's words.
healing wings within sacred leaves that lie in that dead and silent house.
whoa! aah! Aah! it's ok.
it's just water.
it's just water.
it was an accident.
just calm down.
had no room! had no room! Aah! oh, Julia, could you just-- could you get up and just-- look, go over there.
no, just go.
(wailing) shh, shh, shh.
hey, hey, hey.
it's ok.
It's ok.
I'm sorry.
what did I do? nothing.
It's just he's not used to you, and it upsets him.
it's not you you.
I'll explain later.
aah! shh.
It's ok.
she's gone.
She's gone.
everything's back to normal.
everything's back to normal.
Shh.
ok.
Shh.
Shh.
It's ok.
we just need you to come and work tomorrow night for a few hours so we can get some sleep.
there's nobody else I trust.
and Daphne is like something out of night of the living dead.
Charlie, you don't have to feel bad for asking.
if there's something else that you have to do, if you and Paul have plans or anything Paul did say something about maybe coming home early, and we might see a movie.
ok.
Then forget it.
'cause the last thing I want to do is cause a problem with Paul.
Charlie, he's never home on time.
maybe he'll be here.
we might see a movie.
in Paul's language that means, he gets stuck at the hospital and I sit at home watching reruns.
might as well do that at your house.
you're absolutely sure? there is no one I'd rather spend an evening with than Diana.
I know.
You're mad at me about last night.
well, you shouldn't have shown up.
shouldn't go sticking your nose in stuff you don't understand.
I'm sorry.
let's just drop it.
let's just go! We're going to miss this concert.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I just have to get these books for english.
oh, these concerts sell out, jule.
ok, here we go.
one second.
hey, ned, about Richie last night, when he sort of freaked out, does that happen a lot? look, is there a problem? her card's not scanning.
have you been through any metal detectors lately? here.
Just use mine.
does Richie do that a lot? speak in poems like that? yup.
That's his gig.
the poetry jive.
sir, you have late charges totaling $10.
oh.
Do you have to get these now? you know what? I'll pay your fines and you find us seats.
ok.
these books are all from the poetry section.
yeah, so? you can only check out 4 books per call number.
ok.
That's great, bay.
yeah, and I was thinking that I'd reinvest a little bit of it back into the restaurant.
yeah.
maybe even get you started on that wine cellar, finally.
you want me to build you a wine cellar? how about it? maybe we could even turn it into you coming back to work at the place.
get a full-scale renovation going.
that's a full-time job, bay.
well, why should it go to somebody else? maybe because I have a job? why are you always acting like this is some kind of temporary gig? I'm not.
Ok? I'm not.
I'm sorry.
It's just things are going really well for me right now, and you're the guy that made that possible.
come on.
no, you are.
andat least celebrate with me, man.
I want to take you and Daphne out.
ok? Someplace special.
bay, between Diana and Owen, Daphne and I are way too exhausted to go out to dinner.
what if I said that I would take Owen off your hands for a couple of days? I would like to.
and in return, you and Daphne let me take you guys out of the house and away from this spit-up and the diapers and all that and treat you to a 4-star meal for one night.
ok? what we don't understand is why, Claudia.
yeah, I mean, every time we want to hang out, you're on the phone, calling home.
and you wouldn't come with us yesterday to fanueil hall.
you don't hate us now, do you, claud? Claudia? oh, finally.
Ha.
oh! What a surprise.
Griffin, what are you doing here? well, this delivery company flew me out to Boston and put me up to deliver this guy.
what's his name? this is Herbert.
this is Hallie and Parker, and, well, this is Griffin, my brother-in-law for awhile.
hi.
Hi.
you see, his owner died, and so, I'm delivering him to his new home tomorrow.
and checking up on you, of course.
well, hey, can I go with you? oh, come on, it'll be great.
you can tell me everything that's been going on at home.
off campus a night? you can do that? well, yeah.
yeah, sure.
ah, it's good to see you.
I've been looking everywhere.
Uh, um Bailey, this is-- this is a beautiful dress.
you shouldn't have.
I wanted to.
hey, what do you think of this couch? huh? I think it's cool.
pick this place up a little bit.
um can I ask you a question about the dress? yeah.
I'm a college student.
where am I going to wear this? The gym? cafe Milan.
we're taking Charlie and Daphne there for dinner.
tonight.
Bailey, I can't go.
I can't go, I've got to finish typing up professor mccone's manuscript-- whoa.
Got to? yeah.
he's paying.
you know, and i-- and I told him I would.
I mean, he's counting on it by tomorrow.
ok, ok, so we drop it off at a typing service.
Bailey.
and--and--and I will pick up the cost.
I want to.
Ok? it's worth it to me to spend the evening with you.
and I'm not doing it for you.
I'm doing it for me.
ok? What's money for if we're all going to be food for the worms one day anyway? worms? yuck.
What do worms have to do with it? forget it.
just-- just let me do this.
ok? how can I resist those dimples? I can't believe I forgot about this.
I'm such an idiot.
and you're such a goddess for driving up here.
I've never seen so many plants in one house.
once I let one of these orchids die.
my mother got home and literally wept.
ha.
Why doesn't she just let the sitter water them? she was hired to feed Richie, not the plants.
I'll be back.
Hey, Richie.
you remember me? I'm Julia.
we met the other night.
Oh, holy hope and high humility.
these are your walks.
and his, thy gracious friend, owe my soul.
I amongst it, lingering here.
before I taught my tongue to wound.
star that would confine it to a tomb.
thank you very much.
captive flames would shine on the darkness and the light and the shadow-- thanks for the water, Richie.
uh, the crab cakes are supposed to be amazing here.
so--so how about those and the carpaccio to start? why don't we cut straight to the entree? this service is so slow.
they're famous for their appetizers.
and, hey, you guys should take a look at the wine list, too.
Bailey, have you seen the prices? ok, so, they're a little inflated.
but you know what I've been saying? one day we're all going to be food for the-- look, Bailey, if you mention worms again, I'm going to lose my appetite.
ok.
ok, fine.
let's just, uh let's just order the entree.
um the, uh--the duck or the chateaubriand? whichever's fastest.
thanks for really getting into the spirit of fine dining, Charlie.
hey, I'm sorry.
I guess I shouldn't have let you talk me into this.
I guess I'm too tired to even know I'm too tired.
we're existing on like 20 minutes of shuteye a night.
meanwhile, Diana's at home with colic.
oh, my god.
Diana's drops.
Kirsten will give them to her.
if I told her about them.
you forgot to tell Kirsten about Diana's prescription? well, you could have told her.
why does it always got to be me? I was too busy pulling the toothbrush out of Owen's nose.
don't freak out, ok? I'll just call her.
do you know where you left the medicine? was it by the phone? or on our changing table? you know what? we should just go home.
well, you know what? can't we just get it to go? Sarah, this isn't k.
F.
C.
bay, I'm sorry.
I am.
but, heyNice suit.
Hush-a-bye, don't you cry go to sleep, little baby when you wake, you shall take-- who could that be? hmm? you think your daddy forgot his key? there you go.
Paul! What are you doing here? I thought you were on call.
I traded shifts with zymanski.
really? I told you I was going to try and make it home early.
maybe.
You said, maybe.
wait.
Are you actually angry with me for missing an appointment that you didn't even make? for not sitting and waiting? you didn't even call.
'cause I wanted it to be a surprise.
well, it was a surprise, all right.
you weren't even there.
Charlie asked me-- of course, it's Charlie! it's always about Charlie! quiet! You'll wake the baby.
tomorrow? I'll be home at 6:00.
I don't care what I have to do.
and the salingers will just have to do without you for one day.
ahem.
(sighs) we're home.
Well, at least you don't have to be up at 4:00 in the morning for revelry blast, unlike at my old school.
oh, 10 miles, 10,000 push-ups, all before a damn cup of coffee.
was worried that you went to a school like that.
it's not the school.
Griffin, it's just this-- this feeling like I'm not where I'm supposed to be.
you know that feeling? do I know it? It's the story of my life.
you know, my mom taught me how to take care of Owen.
loneliness taught me to make him laugh.
and to help him stop crying, she taught me this trick where-- this thing, you take these glass spaghetti jars, and you fill them all up with water and food coloring and line them up on the windowsill, and then, when the sun hits them, all these reflections form on the walls and ceiling.
and Owen, he would he'd sit there for hours just watching, totally content.
I wouldn't feel so jealous anymore of Owen.
I'd helped him stop crying.
your mom was a smart lady.
Griffin, could you-- could you teach Owen how to take care of Diana? you know, so he'll feel all included.
sure.
sure.
heh.
when Diana cries all night long, I can't even sleep, ever.
yeah, well, it's really quiet around here, except for Sarah's snoring.
(laughs) so, what's my baby-sitter's name? huh? No baby-sitter.
well, Charlie always leaves me with a sitter.
yeah? Well, things are going to be a little different around here.
hey, how about we go to the video store after we eat? ok, can we get more 3 stooges? yup.
(telephone rings) I'll get it! Owen, watch the-- careful with the couch! Uhh! new couch.
jeez, Owen.
hello.
no, I'm sorry.
Sarah's not here.
I'm sorry.
say that again.
what office? don't use your jacket.
the bursar's.
20 minutes?! I just told you she's not-- ok, do you take credit cards? yeah.
ohh.
hey, here, let me get that.
he's probably cold.
ohh.
Are you Mr.
corkery? Mr.
corkery? well, yeah.
You from the free flight couriers? uh, yup.
here's Herbert.
we're really sorry about your relative dying, but you know, glad that Herbert will have his new home now.
relative? oh, no.
I didn't know her.
Herbert here was her only family.
I guess that's why she wanted him buried with her.
buried? Oh.
with her? yeah.
according to the will.
oh, excuse me.
I've got a mold cooking up in the back.
Griffin, this is like the most horrible, unjust, just selfish thing.
what? she doesn't want to be lonely underground? and he'll be stuck forever.
glued to a piece of wood, Griffin.
glued to a piece of wood! Bailey! I can't believe it! yeah, I know.
this couch hasn't been here 2 hours and Owen spills ice cream all over it.
you paid my tuition? what? Oh.
yeah.
Some real official- sounding guy called, and he said you wouldn't be able to register.
unless I paid by 5:00.
which I would have done if captain credit card hadn't come to the rescue.
I mean, god! Bailey, I show up at 5 to 5:00 and the bursar says, Sarah eves marin? don't worry about it.
you're taken care of.
yeah, so what's the problem? I don't want to be taken care of, Bailey.
I mean, god, why do you think I take all those stupid jobs like typing and all? so that I can scrape enough together to pay for myself.
ok, so now you can use some of that money to pay for other stuff.
whatever happened to what's mine is yours? because you always used to say that to me.
Bailey, don't you get it? when you pay for something, you own it.
like this apartment.
sure, I live here, but it's yours.
yeah, but I want it to be ours.
I'm trying to share a little here.
you taught me how to do that.
andmy success is your success.
no.
no, that is not true.
I have nothing to do with how well the restaurant's doing.
are you kidding me? you really think that I could have pulled any of that off without you there? straightening me out, like, a million times.
and maybe this is my way of saying thank you.
and you know what, Sarah? maybe you could, too.
Daphne? Diana? anybody home? uh-huh.
you won't believe what happened today.
I walk into the teacher's lounge and there's coach Ferguson and miss billings from home ec going at it like a couple of teenagers.
you'd think they'd do it in the back of a car like normal people.
Kirsten, what are you doing here? is everything ok? yeah, everything's fine.
where's Daphne? she's upstairs sleeping.
(sighs) Charlie.
Huh.
what's going on? what are you talking about? didn't we decide just last night that we weren't going to call Kirsten for baby-sitting anymore? oh, Charlie-- which is not even the point.
because Diana wants her mom.
so, tired or not, why are you not taking care of her instead of calling Kirsten every 5 minutes because she's too nice to say no? through? if you want to yell at somebody, go yell at Kirsten, because she just came over.
I didn't call her.
I am going back to sleep now.
Unh.
I knew this guy who kept a ferret to catch rats because they're predators.
really? ferret's a predator.
hmm.
Kind of disappointed in them.
no, don't be.
it just means he'll be ok out alone in the forest.
well, it worked for Thoreau.
hmm? Henry David? oh, never mind.
hey, you know what? uh, look, claud, i-- I got to get back to the airport.
when free flight courier finds out I've botched this, they're probably going to try to cancel my flight.
I can't really get stuck here, you know? well, you know, give Owen a hug for me and kiss Diana.
all right.
I wish you hadn't-- I mean, I'm glad you came, it just-- you know, it makes me feel a little worse.
makes me miss everybody more.
(Sighs) Claudia! they give you some kind of credit card or something? yeah, yeah, Bailey did.
all right, well, you've got exactly 5 minutes to throw everything you got in anything you can, all right? Come on.
come on, let's go! thank you, Griffin.
Ohh! get this, ned.
yesterday at your house, I fed Richie a verse that I found at the library, and I think he actually answered me back.
look at what I found.
he wasn't answering you.
when Claudia and I were little, we used to make up languages, and we understood each other.
there's nothing to understand.
no, there is.
I'm--I'm sure of it.
the poetry, he, like, uses bits and pieces to express things, which makes him like a poet himself.
Julia-- no, listen, ned, that poem at the house, that was about making up with me.
I looked up all those poems and-- the poem at the house was not about making up with you! it wasn't about anything! What is the problem? well, you come in here like Nancy drew.
you've been working it out, but you don't even know what you're talking about.
why are you so crazy defensive? does the idea that Richie might actually be making sense threaten you so much-- threaten me? do--do you think I haven't wanted my whole life for--for Richie to make sense? let me show you something.
this.
you see, this is me-- just like you-- analyzing the verse, analyzing him, but there's nothing there.
I just thought-- he might as well be spewing train schedules.
it's white noise.
I just had this idea.
I was obviously wrong.
you're looking for something that would make him worthy of love.
the thing is the reason to love him is just because he's him.
Richie.
my brother.
(Baby crying) (door opens) Claudia! what in the world? I know, big surprise, huh? is everything ok? yeah, it is now.
oh, look at her.
can I just oh, she's so um, does Charlie know that-- is Owen around? Owen! Owen, I'm home! he's staying over at Bailey's for a few days.
Griffin, did you they don't call it a courier service for nothing, right? what is Owen doing at Bailey's, huh? um, he's just giving us a break for a couple of-- (door opens) days.
(door closes) Claudia.
Charlie.
no.
Uh-uh.
Charlie, you just need to listen for a second.
what did you do, just hop a plane? I couldn't be there, Charlie.
I tried telling you that, like a billion times.
I'm taking you to the airport tomorrow.
I'm not going back.
we discussed this, Claudia.
you're sticking it out until the end of the year.
what did you do? you--you were in Boston.
what did you do, just bring her back? you should've seen her there, man.
how homesick she was.
what the hell gives you the right to yank her out of school like that? she's been miserable for weeks now.
nobody's been listening.
and he cares about me.
oh, and I don't, is that it? I spent 4 years away from home.
it sucks.
stay out of it, Griffin.
I don't care, because I think that you should stick it out at an exclusive school that's gonna give you every opportunity in the world.
I don't want to live 3,000 miles away, Charlie.
ok? I want to be home with--with my niece and my little brother.
I've been trying to tell you that, but-- you think you're gonna sacrifice your whole education, blow off a whole year's tuition to come back here and take care of these kids? it's not like you're doing such a bang-up job without me.
I mean, why is Owen over at Bailey's, Charlie? Huh? and what's he doing over there? look, you are not gonna turn this around on me.
you should just stop trying to control my life, Charlie.
and maybe try and straighten out your own.
you're gonna be on a plane tomorrow.
Sorry.
Sorry.
I know I'm 15 minutes late.
I just--i started playing with Diana, and I just I lost track of time.
you don't have to make excuses, Kirsten.
but I just gotta ask you one thing, 'cause I made these plans and you're not here.
you're late.
is it, I mean, do you want to be with them or is it you just don't want to be with me? Paul.
tell me, Kirsten.
you know how you're always telling me that you get so stressed out because when you're at the hospital you feel like you should be at home with me? and when you're with me, you should be at the hospital? well, I totally get that.
I feel the same way.
if I'm out looking for a job, I feel like I should be at home making dinner for you.
and when I'm at home, I feel like I should be out getting a job.
except when I'm holding that baby I just.
I get this incredible feeling of calm.
Like there's nowhere else I should be.
Not a bad-looking suit.
nice dress.
yeah.
I know.
Only I don't know.
I don't understand why it makes me feel like a kept woman.
maybe if it wasn't velvet.
I don't know.
maybe--maybe it's about finding out that I'm making more than my dad.
I mean, that's a good thing.
it should be a good thing.
but I don't know.
kind of threw me.
scared me.
like I didn't even know who I was.
or I didn't know who I should be.
I just started throwing money around.
kinda went a little nuts.
doing things for people you love isn't nuts.
things are changing.
I love my dress.
You're welcome.
Spending time with my 3 brothers or getting to know Claudia, you would learn just so much about me.
I understand that.
I really do.
but it's different for me.
see, I just thought that by understanding Richie-- I need you to not go understanding Richie to understand me when I'm right here.
but, ned, he's your brother.
Julia, listen to me.
really listen.
I'm the one who's trying to tell you something.
try to get what I mean.
I don't think I've ever had a birthday not a single birthday that's been my own.
not a single party where my older brother, 10 times my size, hasn't, you know grabbed the candy skateboard off the top of the cake, spit out the candles, broke my piñata, scared off my friends.
a-and that that's the one day of the year that's supposed to be mine.
the one day.
so you can imagine what all the rest are like.
call me selfish, but I want my birthdays and everything else to be my own now.
the stuff that's supposed to make me happy make me feel special.
like a great girlfriend.
I don't want to share.
I don't want to share you.
ok.
I understand.
thank you.
and you know what? Hey.
hey.
been downstairs? tried talking to Claudia again.
a big waste of time.
she keeps talking about what a big help she's gonna be with Diana.
it's not that we can't use it.
we can handle it.
we gotta handle it.
yeah, I've been wanting to talk to you about that.
um I called the agency, andthe only name they could come up with was Margaret.
so I told them that I would call them back because I know how you feel about her.
how I feel about her.
go ahead, hit the roof.
I am tired of hitting the roof, but, Daphne Margaret? somebody.
or anybody, right? you're, like, willing to hand off Diana to anyone.
you don't care about what she eats.
you forget about her medicine.
all you want to do is sleep.
I keep telling myself that it's--that it's postpartum or something, but you know what? that'snot it.
there's there's something there's something wrong.
she's your baby, daph, and I don't even think that you know that.
I mean, you act like you're not connected to her at all.
because that's the way I feel.
Daphne I mean it.
I mean, god, I look at you when you come through that door at the end of the day, and I know that you're just bursting to be with her.
and I know that you spent the entire day counting down every minute before you get to come home, and I hate myself because I know that I have spent the exact amount of time just imagining that I was someplace else.
you look into her eyes and you see first steps, and you see ballet recitals, and I see diapers and crying.
god, all that crying! and I know that when I first got pregnant, you said that if I couldn't handle this that it would be ok.
but you didn't really think that it would be ok.
you thought that once Diana was born that I would just have to look into that tiny little face with your Hazel eyes and my crooked chin and that would be it.
and that we would just live happily ever after.
and you know something, Charlie? deep down inside I thought the same thing.
but that is not happening.
Charlie.
(baby cries) she's crying.
See, I didn't even hear her.