Parenthood s05e20 Episode Script

We need an educator that's gonna come in and drive that train with us.
I like it.
Tell me more about this school.
Came back higher than asking.
I think we should accept the offer.
Congratulations.
You got mold.
- Oh.
- Oh, come on.
When you find your thing, it's like a life raft.
I'm working on trying to see how people feel.
We got the rights to the Ashes of Rome songs.
Why should we take a chance on you guys? We're taking a chance on you.
Are we trying to get back together? No, we're not working on our relationship.
We're not trying to get back together.
I was really shocked to see you guys hooking up - Drew! - I'll leave my own dorm.
Morning.
Yoohoo! Good morning.
Hi! - What? - I have a present for you.
What's this? What is this? What is this? This is - No, no.
- A cuisinart! I don't understand this at all.
Look at all the things you can do with it.
You can chop, mix, slice, shred, knead, blend, puree.
Huh? Isn't that exciting? I just feel like we have to stop ordering out all the time - Mm-hmm.
- You know, and just You're making me very nervous.
And just make some healthier choices.
- Making me very nervous.
- Mark Cyr got engaged.
I've been buying some appliances.
Don't judge.
Oh, my God.
They got engaged? I know, I know.
Just really-- Are you okay? What? Is somebody here? Excuse me? No, no.
Do you have a special someone here? - He is special - Do I get to meet-- oh.
- But it's not really that we-- - hi.
- Hey.
- What are you doing here? - What are you doing here? What are you doing here? Well, just--I'm sleeping where you're sitting.
What? Hi, honey.
What do you mean you're "sleeping"? Ow! I'm sorry.
- Why are you sleeping? - I've been staying here.
You've been staying here? For how long? - It's like a couple weeks.
- A couple of weeks? Excuse me.
What about the dorm and the college that I pay for? My roommate is the worst.
Have you been going to class? Get up.
- Oh, my God.
- I'm taking you back to school.
The blanket.
Always with the blanket.
You can't live in your sister's couch when I am paying for your dorm room.
Mom, really, it's not a big deal.
Has he even been going to classes? Why don't you guys tell me anything? - We're going through something.
- You're a couple of crazies.
We're trying to get each other-- I don't care.
You can go through it at college--that I pay for.
Let's go.
Let me get my shoes.
I want you to come right now.
You can get the rest of your stuff later.
I got you a nice appliance too.
I'm not even gonna give it to you now.
- Take mine.
- No, no, no, no.
Take it, it's good for you.
Come on.
God, you two.
See you later.
- What about my clothes? - Get 'em later.
Thank God.
Thank you so much for coming over to cover for me.
Max is upstairs.
Just poke your head in on him.
Make sure he doesn't burn the house down.
I just have to get her to her pediatrician.
I canceled twice.
Of course.
- Okay? - How's Max? Max is okay.
It's just this whole situation is kind of a disaster.
You know, we filed the petition for the charter school, which we're still working on.
Haven't heard anything yet, and it's been about six weeks, so I'm getting a little nervous.
Is that a normal length of time? I don't know.
We've never done anything like this before.
I mean, I feel like we're doing everything correctly, you know.
Like we have our budget, we have our teacher, who's awesome, but I don't know.
Um Can you look at this? It's just a packet that Adam and I put together.
- Yeah.
- Everything is there.
I just sort of need an extra set of eyes on it.
- Of course! - You know, if you could have a look and tell me if we're missing anything.
I know it's not your forte, this in particular.
But you're a lawyer.
You don't mind? I'll pay you.
Not at all.
No, please.
I am happy to do this.
Well, why are we ordering six handles of apple-flavored vodka? Oliver likes appletinis.
He's a lady.
Well, I didn't know it was possible to spend this much money on booze.
This is crazy.
It's a release party, Adam.
What else are people gonna do but drink? It's our first album! I know it's a release party.
But the party's costing more than it did to produce the album.
Ugh.
It's always with you and the bottom line.
Guys, guys, guys! Paul Mancuso is on line one.
Is that a Detective or something? - I don't know who that is.
- He's four-d's manager.
- Four-D, the boy band? - Yeah.
- What does he-- - They want to record here? I don't know.
Pick it up.
- Get it, get it, get it! - Okay.
Hello.
Is this cosby? No, no, no.
It's Adam Braverman.
Crosby is right here.
I'm at an airport, so I gotta make this quick.
Chad and the boys got a hold of some cuts by your guys, Ashes of--uh Rome.
Ashes of Rome.
Right, they really dug it, and they wanted me to reach out about doing support on their next tour.
- Wow.
That's great.
- Here's the deal.
It's 22 dates, mostly east coast, theaters and halls.
You interested? I'll have to talk to the guys, but-- - we are very interested.
We're huge four-D fans around here.
Huge.
Yep.
All right, I'm gonna have B.
A.
Send you guys a package, and we'll talk, okay? Great.
Oh, I think they're calling my flight.
One second, Paul.
We're throwing an album release party here on Friday, here at the studio, and we're hoping that your guys can make it.
Yeah, that would be a great chance for them to get together and mingle.
- This Friday? - Yeah.
All right, cool, cool.
They've got a crazy schedule, but you know, you never know.
That sounds great.
Have a safe flight, and we'll talk to you soon.
- Okay, later, guys.
- All right, bye.
- What? - Oh, my God! How did that happen? Fourd? You know how huge they are? - Yeah.
- Four-d.
Are you kidding me? - Come on.
- Crazy.
And I'm moving out of mom and dad's today! What a day! I got to play the lottery.
Okay, need another one right here on paragraph 29.
I know it's a lot of signatures.
But just think, when this is all over Good stuff.
- Yeah.
Like packing up? - Uh, no.
Finding your new house.
Okay, last one.
Is this it? Yep, that's it.
Congratulations! Done.
May God bless and keep you always and may your wishes all come true may you always do for others and let others do for you may you build a ladder to the stars and climb on every rung and may you stay forever young may you grow up to be righteous may you grow up to be true may you always know the truth and see the lights surrounding you may you always be courageous stand upright and be strong and may you stay forever young may you stay forever young Ed.
Hi.
Hey.
You here alone? - Uh, yeah.
- You--you want to sit down? I got, like, half a muffin left over.
I'm rushing, but I'm so glad I ran into you.
I was gonna call you about something.
Oh, cool, that's awesome.
Hey, may I have an americano to go, please? Thank you.
So - Yeah? - You were in sales, right? Yeah.
How are you with a spreadsheet? Um, I mean, now that you ask, I'm pretty awesome.
- Okay, good! - Yeah.
Need some help? - I do! - Okay.
I'm helping my brother and sister-in-law with an application for a charter school, and I need to add some appendices to their budget.
I'm pretty much the man when it comes to adding appendices.
I'm emailing you immediately with what I have so far.
Yes.
Yay! Thank you.
You'll pardon my enthusiasm.
I haven't had a project in a while, as you know.
Hey, it's okay.
I get it.
It's good to see you like this.
I hope it rubs off a little bit.
I'm excited for a little spreadsheet action.
Yeah.
So thanks for drinks the other night.
Want to do it again? Like, you know, dinner or drinks or something? Yeah.
Sure.
Okay.
How about Wednesday? - Good.
- I could cook.
- Okay.
- I'll see you Wednesday then.
Like, 7:30-ish? My place? - Perfect.
All right.
- Your place? - Yeah.
If I'm gonna cook.
- 'Cause you're cooking.
- Is that okay? Yeah, of--sure, okay.
- All right.
- Okay.
Good.
Bro.
Long time, man.
Thought you were never coming back.
Um Oh.
Yeah, sorry about all this stuff, man.
I had planned to move it.
But, you know, uh, yeah.
Yeah, here.
Here, let me grab this towel for you.
Oh.
Hey, what's that? Cashew butter.
Um, yeah.
Just kind of as a coming back present, you know.
I got super hungry after practice one day and ate some of it, but most of it's still there.
Hey, man.
I don't want to project, but I kind of feel like I'm getting an angry vibe.
Okay, keep that stuff on your side of the room.
I don't even know how many times we've talked about this! This is my side, okay? Don't buy me stuff! There's, like, three weeks left.
Just stay over there.
So she started telling me about the other guy, you know, her former fiancée, and he's engaged.
Mmhmm.
She already broke off with the tenant Dr.
Feelgood, so I guess I'm thinking, "what's the problem?" You're wondering why you and Sarah aren't together? Yeah, I mean, we've been spending a lot of time together, and we're getting along.
And last time was a timing thing.
And now everything is free and clear.
Hmm.
Why don't you tell me more about the break-up? Just a--just bad timing, that's all.
She was engaged and we had a thing.
- Mm-hmm.
- It broke up.
And then I had to move to Minnesota.
- To be with your daughter.
- Yeah.
And that blew up, so I came back.
So when you moved to Minnesota to be with your daughter, you had just started your relationship with Sarah? Did you talk to her about the move? Yeah.
Yeah, I mean, I told her about it.
It sounds like she made a big decision for you, breaking up with her fiancée, and then you left.
Yeah, but I mean, she's a mom.
- Mm-hmm.
- She understood.
Do you think it's possible that she understood but she was still upset? No.
No, it wasn't like that.
In our work here You may start questioning some things that you previously took as truths.
That's part of the process.
I think you should reach out to Sarah.
I think you should reach out to her and try to understand her point of view.
If you want to make some progress in the relationship, maybe you owe her an apology first.
I just--I would like your opinion on something.
- Okay.
- Okay.
So, um Say you and Adam weren't together for whatever reason.
- Is he dead? - No, not necessarily.
- Gay? - Sure.
- Okay.
- Okay.
Okay.
Hypothetically.
Hypothetically, you're not together.
Could you be with someone else? Sexually, I mean, be with someone? Well, I mean, if you're saying hypothetically? - Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
Okay, right? That's normal.
It's very normal.
I feel like if you're with somebody for a long time, you know, you can't help but wonder what it would be like to be with somebody else.
Right.
I'm not saying I ever thought like that.
Shut up.
- You know.
- Okay.
- It's good.
- Good.
Okay, well, 'cause I have a date.
You have a date? With who? - Well - That's amazing.
Thank you.
I mean, it's kind of amazing, but I'm also nervous.
Okay, well, what about Joel? Is he dating? I didn't know you guys were there yet.
I don't think so, I don't-- I know.
I didn't know we were there yet, either.
But he made it pretty clear that he thinks we should basically be moving on.
And so, who it is is the only person that's made me happy this year.
It's Ed, you know.
So why am I-- It's Ed.
- 'Cause he makes me happy.
- That's Ed.
Yeah.
I'm just a terrible person.
You're not a terrible person.
You're a loving, giving, wonderful woman.
You deserve to be happy.
Okay.
Just-just be a little careful.
That's all, you know? What do you mean? You don't want to do something that you might regret later.
That's all.
You're still married.
- Yeah.
- You know that.
No, exactly.
Exactly.
Ed.
Okay, thank you.
- Aha! Here we go.
- Home sweet home! I forgot what it looked like.
I have to see my room.
I forgot how much I love this place.
- Our own bedroom.
- Yeah.
Our own bathroom.
Our own--what the heck happened in here? What did you do to the floor? Well, we had to rip it up to get to the mold.
What? You didn't think you should call me first? You just-- They told me to get the mold.
Mold was under the floorboards, under the kitchen, and the two bedrooms on the left.
You're saying the bedrooms look like this too? That's what you--you tore up-- Okay, wait- - you came in here and tore up the whole house? - Baby, calm down for a second.
- That's how you dealt with the mold? We couldn't live like this.
Just light it on fire next-- what? We couldn't live like this anyway.
I mean, it's not good for the baby.
Yeah, they're really susceptible.
Oh, you're a doctor now.
- How long is it gonna take? - Probably a week.
Maybe longer.
And how much? What's this gonna set us back? Well I'm not a floor guy so Oh.
Okay, ballpark it.
This is your business.
But I'd estimate around 12 grand.
Tw$12,000? That's your estimation? After everything I already spent on the mold removal? $12,000 to get my family back in the house? Give or take.
Could be more.
"Could be more.
" Oh.
- Doorbell.
- No, no, I got it.
Stay put, Max.
Doorbell.
I know.
It's helping me more than it's helping you.
No, well, that's nice to hear.
This is Mr.
Knight.
The gang is all here.
Max, my man.
We've been missing you at school.
I don't miss you.
- Okay, there he is.
- That's sweet.
- There he is.
- What a charmer.
Same guy.
Hey, sorry I'm late.
Parent-teacher conference.
- Oh, yeah.
- Oh, parents.
- Those parents.
- The worst.
Hi, Evan Knight.
You must be the scary lawyer sister.
I am Julia.
- I didn't say scary.
- God, it's nice to hear someone say that, though--it is.
I said a good lawyer, not a scary lawyer.
All right, good.
So bottom line is your petition is in fantastic shape.
You guys have done an amazing job.
- Thank you.
- Awesome.
And you need face time.
So I went ahead and got us on the school board meeting for Thursday.
We're on the agenda.
- You did? - It's happening, yes.
- This Thursday? - This Thursday.
- That's great.
- Are you kidding? - We gotta get it together.
- It took a bit of wrangling, but I wore them down.
So first things first, we all need to be there.
I can go--I'll be there-- we'll be there.
- Thursday, Mr.
Knight? - Evan.
You can call me Evan.
Thursday, though.
I'm in Thursday.
Yeah.
Good.
Okay, good.
So we have a few days.
There are some things I think we can do to make this thing undeniable.
I've given you all of your tasks.
I may have gone a little bit overboard.
- No, never.
- No, no.
I don't think you've gone overboard.
- Not you! - I like this.
You're definitely a lawyer.
I am.
And you, what exactly is your affiliation with the charter school? Is it headmaster? Well, we haven't discussed it exactly, what the-- some capacity.
- Please.
- Good.
- We're hoping.
- Okay.
That's good for now.
So you'll see what I want you to do with the curriculum description.
It's great, but I think we need more than just bullet points.
- Okay.
- So just a page on basically your teaching philosophy, especially with regards to learning differences.
- Yeah.
- And make it flowery.
Tug at the heartstrings.
You know, go for it.
- Flowery? - Yeah.
You want--yeah, okay.
I can do flowery.
Thank you so much.
No problem.
I'm actually gonna run, if that's okay.
- Okay, yeah.
- I have to do some more research on the enabling statute before I pick up the kids.
Okay, thank you, sweetie.
Thank you, thank you.
Of course.
It will be fun, too.
- Yeah.
- Love you.
- Really nice to meet you.
- Nice meeting you.
Look forward to-- to working on this.
Yes, and Thursday is coming up quickly.
Hit 'em with the cities.
Yep, then we got Portland, Hartford, Boston, and you finish up with three nights at the beacon theatre in New York City.
- Wow, that's a great venue.
- Yeah.
Yeah, I saw Neil young there in '91.
Harvest moon.
It was awesome.
And you get to sell your albums at every Every spot, guys.
You'll have tour fees, merch.
I mean, it could add up a pretty good number.
In fact Yep.
Take a look at this.
Those are the figures right there.
Okay, don't get excited, all right? Am I gonna be the only one to address this big elephant in the room? Which is? Which is four little douche bags with skinny ties, cocker spaniel haircuts.
We're not opening for a 12-year-old named Chad Love! Your name is Oliver Rome.
You're going to be playing to more people than you could have ever possibly played to on your own, and you're upset.
So these are all seated shows, right? - Yeah.
Right.
- Butts in seats.
That means they only show up for the headliner.
So here we are, a bunch of toolboxes playing to an empty, giant room, with maybe a couple fan club kids going, "who are these guys? I don't care.
" Yeah, making more money than you've ever made in your life.
I tell you one thing-- I don't want to sacrifice any sort of artistic credibility that we even have right now, which is very small, just to sail it away on a big ship made out of money.
Hey! Arcade fire: They didn't call.
Radiohead: They're not calling! Here's your option, and it's a damn good one.
This is your big money cow that you guys want to take in and just praise? But we're not gonna make the dough for you.
We're not doing this tour.
Hey, Oliver, stop.
Listen, we are doing this tour.
It's ours.
Guys, we're doing this tour, right? I don't know.
How's that? That's good.
- You think? - Couple wides.
- You don't think it's too dark? - No, no.
That'll come out good.
Mm.
Mm.
- Let me ask you something.
- Hmm? I don't owe you an apology or anything, right? For what? Yeah.
No, I mean, exactly.
Right.
I mean, you're not mad at me, right? I don't know.
Should I be? All right.
Yesterday, I was talking to Dr.
Pelikan, and he said that he thinks I owe you an apology for when I went to Minnesota.
Hmm.
What does that mean? Look, uh Do you owe me an apology? I don't know.
But I was definitely hurt and confused and upset.
Well, not really, though, right? No, I wasn't? - No.
I told you why.
- No, you just-- - I told you why I was going, and you-- you understood why 'cause you're a mom.
And you understood why I was going, right? I'm going to see my daughter.
I'm telling you how I was feeling.
Of course I understood, but I also felt hurt and confused.
But now you're telling me - I mean - I didn't feel that way.
I don't know what I could have done.
No one's asking you about what you could have done.
You just said you wanted to talk about it.
So I'm telling you how I felt, not what you could have done.
I had broken up with mark, and I thought we were gonna be together.
And then, out of nowhere, no discussion, you just--you announce that you're moving-- - it was a little more complicated than that.
It wasn't out of nowhere.
It was--you know, there were issues.
There were things.
Well, we never talked about it.
Fine.
Look, I'm sorry then.
I'm sorry I had to go to Minnesota and be with my daughter, who I was afraid of losing.
So there.
I'm sorry then.
Okay.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Wow, you are a scary lawyer.
I'm time crunched.
Sorry to barge in on you like this.
No, no, it's not a problem.
Your brother did this to me once already.
I'm getting a sense it's a Braverman thing.
Wow.
It must be.
- Yeah.
- So, listen.
Tomorrow at this meeting, I think we should present you as our headmaster.
I don't--I don't know if I can commit to that.
We need you.
Adam and Kristina have all the passion in the world, but we need your credentials and your degrees, and we need you as the face of this school.
I don't know if I want to be the head of a school.
Maybe someday, but I just-- You're born for this.
And, let's be honest, how much good you're doing with 35 kids in your class at Cedar Knoll versus how much good you can do at a small school with a small class? Well, you're very convincing.
I'll think about it.
Good.
Okay.
Okay.
- Think about it.
- I will.
- Fast.
- I will.
- 'Cause we need you tomorrow.
- Okay.
- Okay.
- All right.
- Hank.
- Yeah? Seems like you're angry with me.
- Yeah, I am.
- Mm-hmm.
I am angry.
You know, you told me to apologize.
Made it worse, made it much worse.
Sounds like to me like your apology wasn't entirely sincere.
Yeah, because I was mad.
I was mad that I was Doing it.
Everything was fine, you know.
Fine enough, at least.
Now I come to you, everything's blowing up.
Everything wasn't fine, Hank.
You came to me because you wondered if the potential of having asperger's has had an effect on your life and your relationships: Your ex-wife, your daughter, work, Sarah.
And now we're exploring the possibility that it has, and you don't like it.
Well, it should be getting better now, though, okay? It's not.
It's worse.
Sarah has every right to be hurt and upset by what happened.
Sarah is not mad at you because of me.
Sarah is mad at you because of you.
Me? It's all my fault, right? You're saying that it's all my fault.
No.
Sometimes people with asperger's take actions without realizing their effects on other people.
So then you're saying it's asperger's fault, right? Do I have every right to be mad at asperger's? Yes.
Yes, you do.
Romantic relationships, they can be particularly tricky for people with asperger's.
It can be very frustrating for spouses, partners.
Basically, you're just telling me that--not even worth it.
No, I'm saying that it's difficult.
And the first step is admitting that it's difficult instead of fighting it: Admitting you're wrong, trying to understand why.
And once you do that, you have to be as honest and as vulnerable as you can be with Sarah.
- I don't want to do that.
- Why? I don't want to do it 'cause then what if What if she doesn't feel the same way? Fear of reciprocity, right? That's what you're gonna tell me.
Is It's an asperger's thing.
Nah.
Not an asperger's thing.
It's an everybody thing.
It's the moment of truth.
Here we go.
Wow! - Yes! - Yes! - Oh, good.
- Wow.
That's so impressive! Well, you know, I spend a lot of time watching the food network since I've been unemployed.
And I got to say, this is the first time it's actually come in handy.
Well, wait till I taste it before you really All right.
Congratulate yourself there.
How is it? - It's really good.
- Yeah? - It's really good.
- Mmm.
- Mm-hmm.
- It is good.
Wow.
Thank you, this is-- this is amazing.
I should have cooked you dinner.
You did all that spreadsheet work for me.
No, come on.
I was happy to do it.
Honestly.
I was a little too happy.
It was kind of scary that I was that excited about working on Microsoft excel.
I completely understand.
I've been a new person this week.
You have.
And it's been It's been great to see, honestly.
I actually have, um, I have some news.
Not big news, tiny news.
Remember that job interview that I told you about? Oh, yeah.
Well, they called me for a third interview, so it's looking good.
- Congratulations.
- Thank you.
That's pretty big news.
The thing about it is, um When they called to tell me, the first thing that I thought of was I wanted to tell you.
You've been a really good thing for me.
Kind of the only good thing in this whole Crappy year.
I just-- I-I'm so sorry.
I am--I'm sorry to do this.
But I should go.
- Did I do something wrong? - No, I'm just-- I'm not ready for this.
I thought I was.
I'm really not.
Bro, look.
I can't do this anymore.
What? The tension, man.
I can't handle the tension, you know? Both of my parents are psychiatrists.
No, I didn't know that.
You know, I don't know anything about you, you know.
All right, so here's what we're gonna do, man.
You are gonna chug a beer and tell me something that you hate about me.
Then you're gonna do it again and again Till you're done.
And then we can be friends again.
No, because we never were friends.
'Cause you've never asked me a single question about myself, and all you care about is you.
That's a good start.
Chug.
You have terrible taste in music, you know? My mom makes better cds than you do.
That's right.
Yeah, she does.
And you think that you're so cool because you play lacrosse.
Really? And you don't even start when you play.
I haven't played a minute all season.
I am totally overcompensating.
Yeah, you're bad at the whole sport.
You take everything from the fridge.
Literally everything, you know? And then you give my toothbrush to some girl you just hooked up with? Yeah, I did do that.
That's annoying.
And it pisses me off that you don't even study, and then you get good grades on some test that I actually work at.
Come on, keep 'em coming, keep 'em coming! No! Because it doesn't make sense.
And I'm nothing but cool to you! You went and stabbed me in the back.
How? After I've been respectful to you! - How? Say it! - You know exactly how! No! Because you slept with Natalie, and you know I like her! You know that! God! You're such a-- - okay! Okay, I'm sorry! - You know exactly what it is! God, no, you're not! That's the whole thing.
Oh, damn, holt.
I swear to God, I'm sorry.
Oh, man.
One day this will all be over Zeek, it's almost midnight.
Yeah, we got a lot of stuff.
Okay, yeah.
This is--this is "keep.
" Uh That's "pawn off to the kids," and that's "throw away stuff.
" This is pawn off to the kids? No, that's throw away.
Oh, no, no.
No, this is Adam's star globe.
He won this.
This is keep, right? And Sarah wants this.
It's her first jewelry box.
I gave it to her on her 13th birthday.
This is our fondue pot.
That was a wedding present.
Millie, we can't keep everything.
But these things have sentimental value.
Everything here has some sentimental value.
I mean, hell, the whole house has sentimental value.
I mean, that's what happens, honey.
This is what you get when you downsize.
God, you know every single thing I looked at today was awful.
Well, you just started looking.
Come on, you're gonna find something.
You know, I was so wrapped up in convincing you to move and just being heard, that maybe I didn't listen to you enough.
Don't start second-guessing yourself here.
Yeah, but maybe you were right.
Maybe we shouldn't be selling the house.
This isn't the time to get cold feet.
No, it's only partly that.
I'm really afraid that we're not gonna find anything better.
What if we made a terrible mistake? Oh, my God.
Okay, now look.
Millie You and I are a team here.
All right? And we're gonna find a place.
It's gonna be great.
And everything is gonna be fine.
Come on.
I promise.
Okay.
- All right? - Yeah.
Even with the measures provided by the middle school, he's not getting the help he needs to thrive.
And we have no viable alternatives for kids like Max with a high IQ.
Students like Max, who learn differently, alongside a small group of mainstream kids-- - we feel like we've done everything we can within the system-- - these kids are so smart, and they're so full of potential.
I find that having a mixed classroom like that is more conducive for learning and better performance.
I think that's what makes me most excited about being headmaster of this school.
You're projecting an enrollment of 40 students in year one? - Mm-hmm.
- Correct.
That's low.
If I might interject.
That is intentional.
They're being very smart about starting small.
As I'm sure you know, over half of the charters that fail each year do so because they overextend in year one.
I understand, but we are seeing too many of these start-ups not make it past their first year.
- Mm-hmm.
- Funding is based on enrollment and you won't have enough money to cover operations.
Well, since they're serving the special needs community, they actually qualify for selpa, so that will more than cover-- - I don't recall seeing selpa in this petition report.
It's new.
I filed it as a supplement.
You'll see appendix e.
So if you look there, between traditional ada funding, block grants, and selpa, we'll actually have quite a surplus in year one, which is great.
They have a cushion going into year two.
Then they can add a grade level.
I see.
Well, that definitely helps.
Well, how certain are you that you can find Kristina and Adam got 271 parent signatures on their petition when the law requires 20.
Kristina ran as a complete unknown for mayor of Berkeley and nearly ran away with the thing.
It won't be a problem.
But if you don't want to approve now, I'm happy to file an appeal.
I was a corporate lawyer.
I love paperwork.
I'll refile once a week if I have to.
- Have I shown you this? - What? "Tapscott interiors.
" $14,000? That's the estimate for the hardwood floors.
- It's hardwood floors.
- The other bid was 16,000.
- Really? - It's not gold-wood flooring.
I don't have the money.
I don't have 14 grand.
Carpeting? I need a loan.
I need to borrow some money from the company.
We don't have $14,000 laying around, Crosby.
How do we not have 14,000? We don't have 14,000 because when we got those songs back, we gave away all those fees, and now we're paying for this party.
That's our slush fund.
That's it.
You're telling me that this party is the reason we don't have Why don't you just calm down? Once they go on tour with four-D, we're gonna have the money, and you're gonna be able to pay for your flooring.
Once they go on tour with four-d.
You heard his reaction to that.
Yeah? So you're telling me my hardwood floors are dependent on Oliver Rome, that narcissistic maniac, deciding to go on a tour that he has flat-out said he's not gonna go on.
Yes.
Look, just enjoy a little more togetherness with mom and dad.
They signed on the house! They did? Yes! My family is effectively homeless.
Wait a second, they're selling the house? Yes.
- I can't believe this.
- So I--you know-- can I get, for a very short period of time, a bro-loan? No, you can't.
I don't have the money.
What? Haddie's going to Cornell.
It's costing me a fortune.
She should have went to state school.
How many of those did you take? The dining hall ladies were getting suspicious, so I had to stop.
You know that there's not a freezer in the mini-fridge that we have? - You serious? - Yeah.
No.
There's never been one.
Well, here, take one.
Let's finish these before we get back.
I'm gonna say something, and you might throw a beer at me again.
What? I messed that up for you, and I'm sorry.
But you kind of messed it up first.
All that's not really on her.
It's on you.
- Hi.
- Hey.
Hi.
You got a minute to Talk? Yeah.
I just saw you at work.
Yeah.
Yeah, I know.
This is not--not like shop talk.
Oh.
You don't think, like, around the shop we've been walking on egg shells the last couple days? Oh I don't know.
Because of what you said about-- Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah, that.
It's okay.
Yeah.
Well, no.
It's not okay.
It's not okay.
I messed up.
Listen, I'm sorry that I moved out on you.
I-I really, uh I'm sorry about how you felt about it too.
Thank you.
It's okay.
Well, you were right, though.
It was just a crappy thing to do.
And, um Look, it's in the past, you know.
Yeah, I just want to say something else too.
Uh I don't know how to say this, so just bear with me for one second.
You know, I've messed up.
I messed up in my life a lot.
But, you know, I'm working with Pelikan, and maybe it's asperger's, maybe it's not.
I don't know.
The bottom line is I push people away.
People get close to me, and I just-- I start acting like a jackass around 'em.
And I just--eventually, I just-- I wear 'em down.
And they go away.
You know, I hate that.
I hate that about myself.
But I-I'm trying to change it.
I'm trying to get-- I'm trying hard.
Because when I look at you I see a beautiful woman, a beautiful woman.
And despite everything I've done Despite all the crap that I've pulled and stupid things that I've said, you're still here.
You're--you didn't, uh, leave.
And that's shocking to me, you know.
Just--it gives me hope.
You know, you didn't go away.
I don't want to push you away.
I like being around you too much.
You don't got to respond to that.
That's, uh Yeah.
That's what I wanted to talk about.
All right, I'll see you.
See you tomorrow, I guess, right? Hey! Camille! Hey! I'm in the kitchen.
Yeah, yeah.
Hey.
Come on, I want to show you something.
I'm packing.
Yeah, well, you can do that later.
Come on, this is a surprise.
Let's get in the truck.
Okay, you ready? I don't know.
Okay.
I'm ready.
You're ready? - Yeah.
- Take a look.
You want to see inside? Yeah.
Come on.
Well, it's, you know, it's on the small side, but Hey, you know, there's an office upstairs.
I mean, it's got a lot of light, you know, and that's good for an art studio, right? Uh, yeah.
I mean, I could fix it up a little bit.
I mean, give me a project.
I mean, the whole place needs a coat of paint.
How'd you find it? Well, you know me.
I'm kind of pushy, and I think Karen just found this place to get me off her back.
But come here.
I want to show you the best part.
Yeah, how about that? - Zeek! - Mm.
There's a garden you can work in, you know.
I could come out here, get naked, and smoke my cigars.
I'm sure the neighbors would appreciate that.
What do you think? It's incredible.
What do you think? I could get used to it.
- Oliver, hey.
- Your eyes are still open.
Can I talk to you for a second? When the guys get here-- Yeah, sure.
When Chad Love gets here and the four-d guys, I need you to try to be polite, okay? Or friendly or some version that you can muster of that.
And be open-minded to going out on the road with them, okay? Can you do that? Yeah.
You know, I just don't think I'm the type of artist that's gonna go on tour with a boy band.
All right? Okay.
Well, I don't think I'm the type of artist that would be homeless because of $14,000 worth of floor damage.
But I have mold, Oliver.
That's the reality that I live in.
Is this, like, metaphorical mold or something? No.
One day, you're gonna have a family.
And you're gonna have a house.
Mmhmm.
And on that day, you're gonna have mold or you're gonna have some plumbing fiasco that's gonna require you to have a little bit of money in the Kitty.
Right.
So I am the future you telling the present you to go on tour with four-D and sock away a little scratch.
Okay? You're gonna need it.
Look, I just don't think I'm gonna get mold, man.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- Evan, how are you? - Thanks for inviting me.
- Hi.
- How are you? Good to see you.
You look nice, really cute.
I've never been to a release party before.
This is exciting.
Well, listen, you're about to immerse yourself in a whole world of cool, okay? Because that's what we do.
Okay.
I'm joking.
- You're such a nerd.
- I think I'm ready.
- Hey.
- Hi! - How's it going? - Hi! - Hi.
- She looks happy.
- Yes.
- Good news? Beaming.
Well, I just got off the phone with the guy from the board of education.
Yeah I made some final adjustments to the application.
I hassled them a little bit more.
Okay.
And? Please? Please tell me-- Your charter's approved.
You're opening a school.
What? - Or you can, you can do it.
- Wow.
This is great.
Yes, we can! We're gonna open a school! How about that? Congratulations.
That's amazing.
Oh, my God.
I am both excited and terrified.
You should be.
You should be terrified.
I'm gonna get a shot.
All right, yeah, do that.
- Lemon drops.
- Congratulations, headmaster.
Wow, you know, I've got to say, you--you were amazing today.
I've never seen anything like that.
That was-- Thank you.
Yeah, yeah.
I think I'm just not afraid to be pushy.
You guys did all the real work.
I don't know if pushy's the right word, but-- - mean? - Okay, all right.
But it suits you, it's good.
- Thank you.
- Yeah.
Wow, this is a strange place to celebrate the opening of a charter school.
Yeah, I can't believe that Adam and Kristina invited me.
I mean, I'm just a teacher.
I feel like I'm not cool enough for this.
I think I'm lower than you on the cool-ometer.
Well, maybe we should stick together.
You want to get a drink or something? - Yeah.
- Okay.
All right, let's get a drink.
Okay.
Where's Braverman? Hey.
Adam Braverman.
Paul Mancuso.
- Hey, Paul, how are you? - Good.
Four-d.
- How's it going? - Hey, guys, how are you? Chad Love, nice to meet you.
Thanks for making it.
Yeah, man.
This place is awesome.
Thank you.
Yeah, the Luncheonette? There's a lot of history here.
You know, Janis Joplin recorded here, and the Dead.
You know, the Grateful Dead.
Anyone? That is my brother, Crosby Braverman.
How is it going? How are you guys doing? - Partner.
- Can I get you something to drink? You probably can't drink, can you? No, we're good, man.
We can't stay long, but we'd really love to meet the band.
Are they around? Making music together.
- Hey, guys.
- Whoa.
Excuse me.
Guys, guys, guys.
Listen up.
Chad Love, Oliver Rome.
Ah! All right.
What's up, man? How you doing? Good.
I just wanted to tell you how much I loved your album.
It's completely genius.
That's awesome.
That's great.
We want you to know that we're huge four-d fans too.
- Cool.
- Especially Oliver.
Loves four-D.
Mm, "D.
" All right, I get it.
You think we're a lame boy band, right? But right now, we're just giving the fans what they want.
But I want our next album to sound like yours.
I mean, we all do.
We listened to it the whole way here.
Seriously.
Great, man.
That's great.
And what? This is-- this is your style? Like, you tour like this all the time? You roll all around? To be completely honest, it's kind of a pain.
I mean, most of these girls are too old for us anyways.
Some of these girls are, like, mid-20s.
You know? Oh, guys.
That's awful.
And we're saving ourselves for marriage, so-- - noble.
- Smart.
Very smart.
Good man.
So what do you say, man? Wanna do this? All right, all right.
Yeah, yeah.
Let's do some four-d.
Still workin' with the numbers.
- That's good.
- I'll call you guys.
Yeah, we'll talk.
Figure out all the numbers.
Ah! Figure that stuff out.
How about that? We are very happy that you could all make it.
Chad Love and four-d are here also to help celebrate the Luncheonette's first album.
Not to be the last! Not to be the last.
And, of course, the reason we are all here to celebrate, the very talented band, Ashes of Rome.
So please buy their cd and tell all your friends how good it is.
Put your hands together for Ashes of Rome! two broken satellites often drifting in a busy sky-y-y but do you feel the rush is pulling us in a steady line where our orbits intertwine tonight when we collide and break into a billion different pieces so right to collide with you you you, your night to ride one shot together, your night to come back one shot together we collide