Party of Five s05e11 Episode Script

1 (Diana crying) (Diana still crying) (Gurgling) Everybody wants to live like they wanna live and everybody wants to love like they wanna love everybody wants to be closer to free-ee-ee closer to free Keep your money.
I made my own lunch.
yours, too.
where is Daphne? I don't know, Charlie.
in 2 minutes, I have to be in the truck to pick up Owen.
she's supposed to be here to take Diana.
well, I can watch Diana.
you are not going to miss your first day back at Grant to baby-sit.
she's got to be here.
I cannot be late for work again.
you could call Kirsten.
no, I can't.
all right, listen.
stuff some extra diapers into my bag.
I'm just going to take her to work with me.
maybe we'll see Daphne on the way out.
let's not bet on it.
ok, something to eat for you, lunch.
heythe handsomest salinger on record.
hey, watch it.
the handsomest is you.
(chuckles) ok.
we had a good time, huh? what was the most fun you think, the waterworks mountain or the exploratorium? I don't know, both.
come here.
well, you're going to have fun with Charlie, too.
I talked to him last night, and he couldn't wait to get you back.
really? yes, really.
Charlie loves you, owe.
he's your big brother and he cares about you a lot.
so do you.
yeah, you bet I do, but so does Charlie.
and no baby is ever going to change that, right? (telephone rings) hello.
hey, we were just talking about you.
look, I know I should be on my over, but something's come up.
something like what? what's come up, Charlie? well, Daphne's supposed to be back here by now to take Diana and watch Owen, but she's out somewhere.
ok, but where are you going with this? because I've got Owen standing right here waiting for you.
yeah, well, i--i need you to keep him.
Charlie, did you hear me just say that he's standing right here, dressed and ready to go? look, I wouldn't ask it if I didn't need it, bay, all right? but I'm jammed up here and if I miss another day at work-- look, I need you to help me, man, all right? so I can keep this job and keep this end of the family together.
all right? and I tell Owen Bailey.
all right.
All right.
You know-- what? you don't do chopsticks that way.
the, um, the top stick moves and the bottom one stays still.
I'm like Edward scissorhands here.
everything always falls in my lap.
mmm, paper roll.
delicious.
thanks.
Henry's taking me to a nice Sushi place tonight and I do not want to embarrass myself again.
Henry? Henry yurimoto.
he's an engineering student.
He likes to study stress, like what happens to walls when they collapse in earthquakes.
wow.
so you're, like, going out on dates? Maggie, that's great.
I mean, I had no idea.
well, it was one of those steal my boyfriend once, shame on you.
steal my boyfriend twice, shame on me kind of things.
ok, I get that.
but don't you think that, um, maybe if things work out with Henry and--and you're happy, that you might forgive me a little? that we might get past this and try being friends? I don't know.
maybe.
ok.
Thanks.
ok.
just don't tell ned.
are you kidding? ned's going to be so happy for you.
mm-mmm.
oh, Maggie, come on.
I'm telling you leave him out of it.
these kids, they don't get many breaks, Kirsten, so you could help out in a big way.
would you consider it? consider what, exactly? this.
Consider this.
just go slow, sweetheart.
that-a boy.
Paul, wait, no.
no, no, don't do this.
what, don't do what? I think this makes sense.
I think your working here with kids-- don't do-- don't go worrying about filling my life with jobs with kids.
I can worry about myself.
ok, but at least have a look.
Please? Please? all right, just see what you think.
good morning.
oh, good morning, doctor.
oh, great.
is this one of our new volunteers? uh well, actually, Mrs.
wilford, we were just having a look and thinking.
well, darling, while you're thinking, why don't you take this ribbon and a couple of these feathers here and give them to Michael.
he's sitting over there.
king of mischief.
bring me the next human sacrifice.
be careful, he bites.
good luck.
(sighs) don't worry.
I'll just bite back.
(sighs) why can't you 2 guys just go and do something that you know something about? yeah, sure.
hey, owe.
you want to go to a restaurant management seminar? I want to go camping.
I want to see a bear.
I want to go fishing.
he wants to go camping, even though it's winter and it's cold, like it's going to be wherever we go camping.
and I know for a fact that the bears are going to be hibernating and the fish are going to be frozen into fish sticks in freezers where they belong.
look, just because Charlie promised Owen that he would take him camping sometime during the winter, doesn't mean that it has to be this weekend, right? no, no, no, no, no, no.
if Charlie salinger can go camping this time of year, then Bailey salinger can.
only we're roughing it like real men.
none of this, none of this sissy camping crapola.
we're just taking these sleeping bags which are summer weight.
ok, and some blankets.
and some raw meat.
and matches.
and maybe a steak knife for cutting stuff up.
and a tent maybe.
ok, Mr.
softie, a tent.
that's it, 'cause the salinger brothers are going camping.
yes! a little girl, is it? was she baptized here at St.
Daniels? umbaptized? no.
Father, the thing is well, I haven't been in church in 15 years.
but I came here because I have a problem.
you haven't been to mass for 15 years? well, talk about a problem.
that is a problem.
but that's not what I came here to-- I was hoping that you could help me.
well, what about your husband? does he come here to mass? no.
I'm not married, father.
ok.
but I live with the father.
oh.
he's not really religious, either.
well, that tells me you have a good deal to talk about.
now, I want you to bring him around.
no, this isn't-- it's not about him.
it's--it's me.
I need help.
I almost left my baby in the park in a stroller, and i--i didn't even know I was doing it or--or why.
I don't understand.
father, I don't even know if I love her.
oh, now, now.
I cannot believe you don't love your own child.
well, what's happening then? what could make me want to turn my back on my baby and walk away and keep on walking? I mean, could someone just please say something that could shed a little light on that? please? 'Cause I'm scared.
look, father, I didn't even want to come here today because it's been so long, but I just thought that-- I am glad you came to me.
The first thing I want to do is get both you and the child's father (telephone rings) back in the church.
I'll be right with you.
hello.
Father carroll.
no, no, not orchids.
it's a wedding, not a funeral.
yeah, I understand, but listen, I can't really talk right now.
I'm rather tied up.
look, I promise I'll get right back to you.
please, just hang on for a second.
now, miss, we-- No, no, no, I am not writing a paper that says if Jane Austen were alive today, she'd be writing for ally mcbeal.
ha ha.
Why not? it's a very defendable theory.
wait, uh, don't, um, don't go in there.
why not? because, um, there's a monkey on the door.
yeah? and it's a sign.
it means stay out.
(whispering) Maggie's in there with her boyfriend.
her boyfriend? her boyfriend? what, uh, ha ha.
when did she get a boyfriend? shh! you never told me.
they can hear you.
it just happened.
and I said I wouldn't interrupt.
let's go park it in the common room.
what? Wait.
what is it? You're not suddenly acting weird because of this Maggie thing, are you? no.
huh.
Maggie said you'd be weird about this.
Maggie said that.
you are upset.
I'm not upset.
I'm not upset.
I just told you I'm not upset.
what part of that don't you understand? nothing.
repeat after me.
ned is not upset.
ned is not upset.
ok, then.
Hi.
Yeah, I have an old savings bond that I would like to leave to an infant.
well, can I cash it in and leave it in her name? and how long will that take to mature? great.
And she can do that herself? ok.
I'll be there before you close.
I'll be there before then.
thank you.
Hey, you know what-- you know what? I am upset.
I was thinking about it last night, and I am upset.
obviously, this has been going on for a while cause you didn't just say date.
you said boyfriend.
so, I guess what am I? the only one not to know? I'm not hiding anything from you.
I just found out about it.
Ok? and Maggie certainly doesn't want to share this kind of thing with either one of us.
anyway, who cares? is he in your room all the time? no.
see, I know she's talking about me.
telling him stuff about us.
no one's saying anything.
I just don't like it.
I don't like the idea of the 3 of you in that room all the time.
and I'm the only one not there.
It-- stuff gets said.
ned, if anything, having a boyfriend is making her less angry than she used to be.
we might actually become friends.
see, that's even worse.
I hate that.
'cause then it's really like the 3 of you all pals and everything.
and me, I'm off on my own.
then spend more time in my room.
it'll be the 4 of us.
I don't want to do that.
I don't want to share you with anyone.
well, I don't know what to say then.
'cause you're going to have to deal with it.
Maggie has a boyfriend, and unless you're jealous-- come on.
then deal.
Ouch! he's all yours.
there's his, uh, shoes and socks.
don't be expecting a tip from that bath.
what's in the bag, miss k? it's a sock-putter-onner.
I am going to show you how to put on your own socks.
I've never put on my own socks before, miss k.
usually my mom or a nurse has to do that.
I can't reach so good.
you sort of catch it over your toes, and then you pull up.
let me try this.
ha! perfect.
How long does it take to starve? you're not starving.
yes, I am.
and I'm cold.
well, do some jumping Jacks.
how am I going to do jumping Jacks tonight in my sleeping bag? just do them, owe, ok.
I got to get this supper cooked before it gets dark out here.
Owen! uh-oh.
look what you did.
you're not helping here.
you don't know what you're doing.
ok, look, don't panic.
come here.
just blow the dirt off of that.
let me get this fire started.
excuse me.
oh, hi.
hi.
We made too much food over here, and we were hoping maybe you guys could help us eat it? whatcha got? Owen, that's not polite.
no, it's ok.
we're having Salisbury steak, potatoes au gratin, green beans, and chocolate cake for dessert.
You said that you would be here and Claudia so that if I lost track of time-- losing track of time for what? again, I wake up this morning, and you've already left the house.
listen, I'm not-- I'm fine with any time you need to run errands, but if it's going to make me late, or if I have to take the baby to school with me-- you said that the school was ok with that.
you said that you were ok with that.
you just got to let me know, Daphne, ok? when you're going to go to the bank or wherever the hell it is you go.
the bank? yeah, they called.
they needed your social security number on some savings bond paperwork.
I can explain that.
well, you left it blank.
they said they needed someone's, anyone's number who's buying the bonds, so I gave them mine.
that's good, Charlie.
thanks.
you know, if it's supposed to be a gift.
your gift, it might be nice if Diana knows that her first investment was made by her mom, you know.
well, my name's on there somewhere,I'm sure.
and that's 20 years from now, Charlie.
you're at the bank planning 20 years from now and you can't seem to give me a day's notice about taking care of Diana.
I am thinking.
please believe me when I say that I'm thinking.
and it's--it's Diana's happiness that I'm thinking about.
Maybe our tent won't fit 2 sleeping bags, Bailey.
they'll fit even if I have to force them.
you know, those people really had a nice tent.
maybe we should wait and go camping when we have a tent as nice as theirs.
what are you talking about? we can't wait and go camping.
we are camping.
this is what you wanted to do, Owen.
but there's nothing to do here.
we can't fish.
we forgot our hiking boots.
ok, look.
you got me out here, and we're going to be out here like you wanted us to be, ok? I'm not getting in the car and driving us home tonight, so just get used to it.
camping is what you wanted to do, Owen, so-- I thought when we said camping-- no, this is camping.
this is camping.
now climb into your sleeping bag and go to sleep.
you're mean, Bailey.
What are we doing here? I know it's not perfect yet.
it's kind of in its pre-love shack state, but I've got an old oriental rug in storage and a line on a double bed.
wait, is this for you? it's for you.
for us.
ha ha.
but I don't need a new room.
yes, you do.
we need you to have your own room.
one with some privacy.
wait a second.
you can't be-- are you still stuck on this whole Maggie's boyfriend thing? no.
yes, you are.
you're obsessed with keeping me away from them.
you know what? ned, this is getting a little weird.
why? No, it's not.
and that is not a very nice thing to say.
ned-- you cannot tell me you prefer to share your room with another couple.
you'd rather worry about monkeys on doorknobs and who gets dibs on Saturday night than have a place where we can be alone whenever we want.
am I wrong here? am I crazy? ok, so why don't you get a single? because I can't.
the waiting list for a guy to get a single is, like, way into the next millennium.
I mean, even getting this place was no piece of cake.
but i--i like my room.
and I like my roommate.
I just think that maybe we should have discussed this first.
since when do you discuss a gift with someone? ok, I'll think about it.
fine.
as long as you call the building manager or I lose my deposit, ok? tell me you'll call him, please? ok.
Here we go.
we'll get this off.
all right.
claud, can you grab me some more diapers? there's extras in the bottom drawers in the bathroom.
That's not where Daphne put these the other day.
along with the other 50 million.
50 million what? Why would she be buying all this stuff and just-- what is she doing? (Grunts) hey, guys.
that light rain you predicted last night half blew down the tent.
barely got it back up before the monsoon struck.
well, we didn't sleep so great, either.
what, the central heat in your tent go out? oh, that's funny.
actually, Karen was pretty much awake all night.
she gets nightmares.
does Owen get nightmares? he doesn't need them.
camping with me has been enough of a nightmare.
you know, I see you trying real hard.
I mean, I know it's not easy.
kids are a lot to deal with because they've got a lot to deal with.
Owen sure has a lot to deal with.
he's got a situation back home where he lives with our brother-- let's just say, yeah, he has a lot to deal with.
Karen, too? she doesn't seem like-- yeah.
Ha ha.
she gets nightmares.
I was afraid you heard them.
no.
I was afraid you were going to hear us.
me and Owen, sloshing around, fighting with each other.
(sighs) He hates me right now.
nothing I did was right.
been there.
am there.
he's cold and bored and miserable.
and he's really working me over about the 5 sticks of gum we had for breakfast.
look, why don't Karen and I make room in our tent for you guys? seriously, it'll be cozy, but at least he'll be warm and dry.
come on, we'll make hot dogs.
go look at stars later.
you mean tonight? tonight.
no.
come on.
no.
I got to get him home.
get him dried out and hope that sneeze he has doesn't turn into full-blown pneumonia.
you know, you could pack up and go home, but you know what? I don't think he wants you to give up like that, even if he's asking you to.
I think he wants you to make it great.
I thought we were working stuff out.
we were.
we are.
I just thought with you and Henry and me and ned, a little privacy might be a good thing.
did ned ask you to do this? no.
No.
we both decided it would be less awkward this way.
I guess.
it just seems weird.
I mean, your new place is kind of far away and you have all these friends here.
andi don't know.
I mean, half of our life is in this dorm.
I know.
So I'm giving some stuff up.
I realize that.
no kidding.
plus I was kind of looking forward to us getting back to being friends.
we will be friends.
come on.
I know this is a none of my business kind of thing, but moving into a single with your boyfriend? what happened to college? that sounds like being married, and you did that last year.
you've been an angel with Mike.
I could sleep better knowing somebody like you was here.
oh, i-- he's a wonderful boy.
let's go home.
where's my woman now? there you are.
(sighs) are you going to behave? do your exercises and-- Bye.
I'm going home I'm going home see you later, chump.
Goes with the job, I guess.
I must be looking at a plane or something 'cause there's way too much color going on for that to be a planet.
you see it? that's saturn, dummy? Teresa's got it all set up so you can see the rings.
wow, this is cool.
did you even know stuff like that was up there? I knew.
I'm sorry.
I thought you guys were asleep.
nope.
not yet.
sorry.
We'll keep it down over here.
shh.
Bailey, do you think there's more cool stuff like saturn, that we could see? well, yeah, there's all the other planets.
there's Mars and pluto and goofy.
(both laugh) it's not a planet.
goofy's a dog.
I'm teasing you, pal.
I know.
Bailey mm-hmm.
when you find out about cool stuff, will you let me know so we can see it together? it doesn't have to be just planets.
I'm making a list already.
check it out.
whoa! someday you'll go to New York and Paris.
not that I've ever been to either, but you will.
and there'll be all these French guys.
but you'll know how to take care of yourself.
I'm not worried about you at all.
and then college is a big thing.
you're gonna be college material, definitely.
and you'll wear one of those business suits, and you'll carry one of those, like, pocketbook briefcase things that cost, like, 1,000 bucks.
hey, you'll be like a lawyer or something.
yeah.
and Charlie will be so proud.
poor Charlie.
hey.
oh, hey.
poor Charlie? I was just talking to her.
Well, why don't you put her down and let her get some sleep? get some sleep for yourself.
it's ok.
I'm not finished telling her about boys and the back seats of cars, and to stay away from people who stare.
like that.
and I like watching her.
ok.
good night.
good night.
She was saying good-bye.
to Diana? yeah.
and me.
she's leaving us.
are you sure? how can you-- I'm sure, ok? I've been replaying everything.
I mean, the savings bond, the way she bought all that stuff like she was stockpiling for for forever.
did you say anything? like what? like, "I know what you're doing, Daphne"? "and I want you to stay.
" yeah, like that.
I didn't I couldn't.
I'm I'm not sure that that's what I want.
I mean, if staying were what she wanted, but it's not.
it isn't.
I can see it.
and I'm just I'm tired, Kirsten.
I'm trying to make her act like a mother for Diana when she doesn't feel it.
of being after her to want something that she doesn't want.
I'm justTired.
are you gonna let her go? I don't know.
where are all the boxes and everything? I thought you would've been done by now.
that's what I want to talk to you about.
we can talk and pack at the same time.
so come on.
help me out.
ned.
ned, listen, um Maggie and I had a really good talk, and I've decided I don't wanna move.
we're gonna figure out how to deal with 2 boyfriends in one room.
I'm making friends here.
and moving is such a nightmare.
we've already decided this, Julia.
I put a deposit down.
nonrefundable, at this point.
I mean, now we'll be able to be together.
alone.
You and me.
so grab a box.
do your desk.
you're not listening.
would you stop bullying and listen to me? now, I know you're worried about, I don't know, being the odd man out or whatever, but Maggie is being really good about this-- I think I know Maggie a little better than you.
and we're under a deadline here, so if you don't mind, how about pitching in and helping out? no, ned.
no, I do mind.
this is my room, and it's still my life, and I'm not having anyone tell me what I have to do! no, this was your room, and it's our lives, and I'm saying pack your stuff now! no.
hey, would you just cut it out?! you know what? give me that! ned, would you please-- Julia! So after my girlfriend set me up with this guy, she told me what he loved so much about his old girlfriend were her ankles.
and I was like my ankles are my mother's ankles.
not something you put little chains of hearts around, you know what I'm sayin'? can I borrow a little powder? sure.
but I was thinking, there was this guy one time, and he was, like, "hey, you could sweep the floor with those eyelashes.
" so I figure I'm just having to work with what god and maybelline give me.
thank you.
hey, you keep it.
you look like you could use it.
I mean, it's not Chanel or anything.
well, here we go.
wish me luck.
Ah-choo! here.
now, listen, when Charlie asks you where you got that cold I tell him it's 'cause the first night we slept in the rain.
right.
and maybe we don't even tell him about the second night.
oh, you mean not say that we had to sleep with those women? we didn't sleep with those women.
not inIn the sleeping with way.
I was sleeping.
you were snoring.
ok.
what I mean is usually when adults say that they slept together, they mean something different.
like kissing? kissing's a big part of it.
I understand what you're getting at, Bailey.
You could call Michael if you want to.
no.
Didn't think you'd want to.
he's with his family, and that's great.
it's we're a family, you and me.
we are.
but it doesn't feel like it.
Paul, what are you-- just let me say this.
we don't feel like a family to you because-- Kirsten, say what you wanna say-- a family to you has kids in it.
and it doesn't feel like a family to me because you're not happy.
and I want you happy.
if I'm not happy, it's not because I don't love you.
no, I didn't say it was.
that's my point.
whatever I said in the past, whatever we've said, I need to give you a baby.
we need to adopt a child.
Kirsten? no.
I I heard you.
it's just why are you doing this, Paul? opening a door that we shut.
we talked it, and we shut it for good.
and now stop doing this to me! this is not what you want, so stop doing it! but I don't know how not to do it 'cause I've realized how unhappy you would be without kids just as I've realized how unhappy I would be without you.
Any place in particular you want me to put these? umin my drawer, I guess.
what? Uhh looks like my sweatshirt got in the wash again.
it never ceases to amaze me how much laundry there is here.
and it's not just because of the baby, either.
I know you're leaving, Daphne.
Charlie I know it.
I've been wondering for a while, but but now I just I know it.
and, uh.
if it's what you want, daph-- no.
Just let me say this.
all I want to know is is when so I can start to figure out our life without you.
mine and Diana's.
please believe me.
I wasn't hiding anything from you, Charlie.
that's how it felt.
I was, I was waiting for the right time to leave.
not that there is ever a right time, but is it before her eyes can focus on me, before she can call me mama? I don't know.
all I know is that the other day, we were in the park, and she started to cry.
and I walked away from her.
no, listen to me.
I walked away because at that moment, in my mind, Diana didn't even exist.
and I'm afraid that I'm always gonna be the kind of mom who can and will walk away.
and that is not, that's not the kind mom that Diana needs.
Diana or you.
so the question is not when will I leave.
the truth is I've already left.
daph just do one thing for me after I go don't let her hate me.
Come on, Julia.
what the hell.
hey, it's me.
I, uh where are you? I'm looking all over, and listen, I just, uh I wanna talk about this moving thing.
so call me when you get this.
Next time we're gonna go with the right gear.
tarp, boots, stove, and a new tent 'cause we basically wrecked Owen's.
and a telescope.
he keeps talking about wanting to look up at the stars.
a really big tent 'cause next time you're coming with us.
when we were setting up the tent, he kept banging me in the head with the poles.
then we basically slept out in the cold all night.
you know what? Owen is the happiest I've ever seen him.
I mean, it's like, "Bailey this" and "Bailey that".
so whatever you think you did wrong see, that's just it.
I loved it, too.
I really did.
and you know that I didn't even want to go out there, and we got there, and every was going wrong, and I don't know.
I don't know when things changed around, but nothing ever felt better than that.
Nothing could.
Julia? what time is it? oh, I don't know.
late.
sorry.
it's ok.
I saw your suitcase and boxes and stuff.
I didn't know if you were coming back here tonight.
yeah.
oh, ned left a couple messages.
he was looking for you.
did you find him? mm-mm.
No.
you ok? you sound weird.
I'm fine.
well, I'm kinda up now.
you want me to turn on the light and we could talk? no.
It's ok.
go back to sleep.
I'm a little tired.
ok.
good night, jule.
good night, Maggie.
(Car approaches, horn honks) Somebody call a cab to this address? Yeah.
Can you help me with this? just the one bag? I can carry the backpack.