Party of Five s05e22 Episode Script

1 What? You're resigning to go to harvest? Why? we made a mistake, Bailey.
what happened when we kissed each other-- that was a mistake.
- ok.
- ok.
so let me make it easy for both of us.
what, by quitting? by firing yourself over something that we both did? Bailey no! No, I'm not-- I'm not gonna let you do that.
Lauren, I can't let you do that.
harvest? Come on.
I happen to know that you like working here, and you're good at it, and I want you working here.
oh, you want.
so do you.
Laurenso do you.
I'm tearing this up.
you can't keep me from resigning, Bailey.
what if I don't want to be here? Lauren, wait.
We-- I'm attracted to you, Bailey.
we're--ok, you're gonna say we're both attracted to each other, but that's the point.
we shouldn't be here like this.
we shouldn't be walking around each other every day worried we're gonna make another mistake.
that's not gonna happen.
that won't happen.
if we have to come up with some kind of system where--where we work different-- meals or whatever we have to do.
ok, if I'm around here too much-- you're around a lot.
ok, well, then, I'll stay out of your way.
ok? We can put this behind us, Lauren.
we're--we're grownups.
right? grownups.
sometimes I think there's no such thing.
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 (Typing on computer) I'm totally psyched you moved back to the dorm, jule, but you wanna tell me what the hell you're doing? oh, oh.
Really, really sorry, but o'Neil said I could resubmit to Perry marks if I had a new story in her box by 7 A.
M.
(yawns) who? she's this writer who's coming to visit our class.
what was wrong with the old one? derivative, adolescent, boring--take your pick.
how do you spell "naively"? as in Maggie naively thought she'd get some sleep tonight? so, you're doing a totally new one in, like, 5 hours? isn't that kinda ambitious? no.
I had this in a drawer, you know, for a while.
sorta kept it there.
yeah? What's it about? hmm, stuff.
you know, moving on, getting past the bad stuff.
you wanna know the best night of my life? when I realized I can do that-- put ned behind me.
hmm.
Will that ever happen? keep writing, girl.
it will.
Charlie, do you know what time it is? ok, I just changed Diana, like, 10 minutes ago.
she's soaked through again, and I have to get to school.
Charlie Owen, come.
we have to-- oh, sorry.
these kids are definitely gonna end up on Jerry springer.
what are these? what is this? here.
Let me take her.
ok, guys, we should-- can you pick me up after school? claud, I can pick you up from school.
and now Charlie's gonna have to pick up Owen.
is that ok? hughley's at 4:00, right? yes.
Ok, everybody.
we should--come on.
Charlie and Kirsten need their privacy.
yes.
come on.
no.
(chuckles) I'm sorry.
hey, how about my place tonight? quiet dinner.
just us.
(banging) what? What's so funny? nothing.
Nothing.
it's just I've never been able to say that.
quiet dinner at my place.
(chuckles) (banging intensifies) that's too loud to be Owen.
what is that? (hammering) excuse me.
renovations.
Always a bear in twenties victorians.
wait a second.
There must be some kind of mistake here.
no mistake.
your contractor's been informed.
as for that roof-- excuse me.
my contractor? you are Bailey salinger, right? this is your house? "How to say no when you wanna say yes.
" "antibiotics and you.
" (whispering) Sarah, can you remind me why we're here again? (whispering) because.
because you're 16.
and? and you should have a checkup.
look, I went to the gynecologist when I was 16, and I learned about birth control, all that stuff.
ok, Sarah, we have talked about this.
as far as sex is concerned, I wanna wait, like you did.
and then, uh, considering my nonexistent boyfriend situation, I really don't think we have a problem here.
I'm not like other girls.
you know, guys just don't follow me around like they do Julia.
Claudia look, I saw tons of high-school guys all over you at that party.
and you're growing up.
so you need a grown-up woman's doctor and somebody else besides me and your brothers to give you advice.
it must be hard to be a mom.
all those things you have to remember to tell your kids.
stuff that's hard to talk about.
and they don't wanna listen.
you're welcome.
Ok.
Thanks.
um, ok, so we're low on co2 for the tap, and I brought in some extra soda.
because of that, joy's out sick, so I gave lanie her tables.
thanks.
ok.
So-- great.
I got it covered.
Bye.
bye.
Charlie, hey.
I been trying to call you.
I know.
I got your message.
- you did? - yeah.
ok, because, listen, I heard about this morning with the contractor, ok, and I just wanna say before you say anything I'm sorry, ok? I'm really sorry.
I was totally, totally wrong.
great.
Thanks.
you've been great about letting us move back into the house, and the last thing that I wanna do is make you regret it.
why would I regret it? it's--it's ok.
no, it's not-- it's not ok.
if we're gonna be living in the house like this together, this kind of thing can't be happening.
wait a minute.
Are we actually arguing about this? I'm telling you to do what you want, and you're saying no? we're not arguing, ok? we're just-- we're just setting ground rules, ok? because I wanna find a way to share this house that is fair to you.
and to you, too.
ok, that's fair to everyone.
all right? all right.
all right.
it really wasn't that long ago that I was sitting there wondering what the visiting writer was gonna say.
5 years ago seems like 5 minutes.
to you.
To me, it seems like 5 decades.
you've got a lot of good stories here.
I liked a lot of them.
Josh.
Where's Josh? "ramparts waving.
" lots of good local color.
(affects accent) you must be from Boston.
I am, actually.
nice story, Josh.
um, Ariana good ear for dialogue.
see? I wrote that right across the top.
why is it so hard? 'cause it is, isn't it? writing's hard.
you get a good idea, and you think, "hey, that'll make a great story," but then there's that white sheet of paper.
it seems like the widest ocean that you have to swim across, and then, when you're done, and you're finished, and you read it, if it doesn't seem likeLike "yet if it does not seem a moment's thought, our stitching and unstitching has been naught.
" yeats.
Adam's curse.
Right.
but what does it mean? it means that you can work for, like, hours changing a word and moving a comma, and when it's done, if it doesn't seem like nothing, like easy and natural, then-- then it'sPhony.
doesn't seem like anything.
which story's yours? I'm salinger.
salinger.
ahh, salinger comma Julia.
uh-huh.
well, I think the writer could have asked way more of herself, of her story.
it's fine.
It just it doesn't face up to its subject matter.
it lets itself off easy.
I'm not saying this very well.
Um the subject was kinda personal, so so it's scary.
I know.
requires taking risks.
not just, like, writing well, 'cause we can all write well.
rosalyn cutler.
are you here, rosalyn? Lauren.
Lauren wait.
I know we're supposed to be staying out of each other's way, but let's not be nuts about it.
will ya sit for 5 minutes and show me which end is up on this account sheet? ok.
It'll only take 5 minutes.
thank you.
ahh Bailey sorry.
- hi.
- hey.
Sarah, this is Lauren, my new manager.
- hi.
- and, Lauren, this is Sarah.
hi.
Is this a bad time? am I interrupting something? no, no, not at all.
this no, we can-- uh, I'm gonna go.
ok.
Ok.
I'll see you tomorrow.
yep.
bye.
nice to meet you.
hey hey.
so I just came by to tell you that everything's a little crazy, and the unpacking is not exactly under control.
it is.
It's gonna be, but I thought I should cancel, so I did.
cancel what? Bailey, the spelunking trip for my geology class.
maybe it is a good idea.
not canceling it, but just putting it off for now, with everything going on right now.
yeah, I figured.
we're not even done with the move and the house.
right.
The house.
so I did the right thing.
yeah, I guess so.
just asking.
Ok, yeah.
I will.
I'll call you later.
ok, so, listen, Charlie.
you remember Melanie from Griffin's band, right? yeah, I guess.
ok, so she and some kids are going down to this club tonight, 'cause they hear that r.
e.
m.
Is gonna be playing.
it's one of those surprise gigs that only club people know about.
ok, sweetheart, let's get you cleaned up.
so, listen, the band's supposed to go on, maybe around 8:00, which probably means 10:00.
and drinking-- absolutely no drinking.
I know that.
and Melanie's practically, well, she's practically an adult.
so, for that matter, so am I.
so, um, I was just wondering claud, it sounds fine.
just be back by 10:00.
you think Bailey has any intention of ever cleaning any of this stuff up? are you even listening to me? I just said that they wouldn't probably go on until 10:00.
I mean, maybe 11:00.
oh, sorry.
uh, how's midnight sound, then? 12:00.
Wow.
do you mean it? this is you we're talking about, right? last time I checked.
good.
'Cause I don't worry about you, claud.
should I? all right.
only a few more boxes.
What the-- "is it good for you?" I don't believe this.
I turn my back for 15 seconds, and Claudia's collecting condoms and--and birth control pamphlets.
oh, Bailey, relax, ok? so I took Claudia to the doctor.
you did? yeah.
Somebody's gotta talk to her about that stuff, and you know what? if you wanna yell at me, then go ahead.
'cause I know that I didn't do anything wrong.
Sarah, I'm sorry.
you're right.
you're right.
heyhey, listen I'm sorry.
I want you to do me a favor, ok? you know that trip-- the cave thing for your geology class? I want you to call them and uncancel it.
don't you think I know what it's like for you here? or how hard I am to get along with right now? and none of it's your fault, Sarah, none of it.
ok? So just go and have fun.
and you'll be helping me, if I can think about you someplace enjoying yourself.
Ahem.
hi.
it's so easy, isn't it? huh? to criticize someone's work, someone's hard work, and then walk away.
oh, boy.
here we go.
you think I took the easy way out with that story.
you took the easy way out, too, by saying what you said with no solution.
a solution? I was trying, you know, to say something in that story.
yeah, you said it was personal-- this is my world, ok, and maybe it's not interesting to someone who's published or won awards, but it might be interesting to someone boring like me.
you're not boring.
you know you're not.
no, but apparently you think-- what I think is you got all this attitude, but you're good.
you're a writer.
sure, I'm a writer.
that's why you trashed my story.
that's why you trashed me.
look, I'm not good up there.
I know.
like when I don't like someone's work and I don't wanna deal with it, I say something like, "hey, nice job" or "good ear for local color.
" something.
but when I admire a writer, i--i read their stuff like I would my own.
I'm tough on it.
that's how I treat a writer I respect.
ohh.
you still got it on you? the story.
maybe I should take another look at it.
oh, do you know how long it's been, Charlie? what? since I've lived on my own? since I've had an answering machine with my name on it? and--and food in the fridge that I like? a guy on my couch thati can have any time I want? (both chuckle) I could get used to that.
who couldn't? now I feel guilty.
why? a--I've probably jinxed it, and b--I'm just making you jealous.
heh.
Jealous? no way.
I can just come over here, and you gotta pay the rent.
ok, that does it.
your share of the pizza just doubled.
no way.
gimme your wallet.
give it.
Give it to me.
no way.
No way.
that pizza was on you.
ohh.
All right, do it fast, ladies, what are you having? um, I'll take a, uh uh um Melanie.
how's your whole existence? hey.
oh.
I didn't see you.
um, so what's the deal, you guys came here together? um what, did you, like, invite him here, too? no, I just, uh, wasn't sure you'd both show up.
Melanie, you practically dragged me here.
you know, I bet r.
E.
M.
isn't even playing here, probably, right? i--i had to.
ok? You guys you never should have broken up.
Melanie, this is really-- ok, wait! Listen you dumped him 'cause he stole that pick, right? please don't do this.
well, you should know, he's not the kind of guy who does that.
in fact, when he gave it back to his boss, he bought him one of Coltrane's sax reeds to fill out his collection.
ok, so, what am I supposed to say? you know what? I'm just gonna leave you guys be, ok? bye.
sarcastic silver swirl Charlie.
the day that it rained Charlie! hey.
hey.
I got some house stuff.
and you know the rule, I don't do a thing until we talk.
ok.
ok, first off, my contractor our contractor checked the electrical, and do you know how old this system is? 70 years.
it's depression wiring, so Manny says the--the sooner we replace it, the more it'll save us, because the code constantly changes.
I wonder how much he's going to charge us to save us all that money? uh, well, hey, it's-- I'm not saying we have to do it.
it's your decision.
ok, what else? I got another mile to go here.
well, it's just, uh Claudia.
I knocked her knapsack over, and I found all of these condoms in there and--and pamphlets on birth control and oral sex.
right.
I mean, Sarah took her to the gynecologist, right? yeah, she did, but wh-what I'm saying is I'm wondering who's on top of all this stuff, because here she is getting all this information from all these different people, and I'm just wondering if, maybe, somebody should have a conversation with her.
I don't understand.
well, it's just a-- a policy question.
you know, I'm not telling you what you should do.
it's completely up to you.
right, like, with the house and the electrical system and well, wait a second-- you keep saying that it's all up to me, but that's not what you mean.
you mean, it's up to me as long as I make the right decision.
can i--can I please start over? because I'm not doing this right.
just stop, ok? just take a look at what you're doing here.
you bring up all these things and you call them policy questions, but I mean, they're not really questions, are they? listen, if you see a better way to do anything around here, just do it.
just don't pretend that that's not what you're doing.
ok? no, I see what you did.
I read the changes.
I still don't buy it.
but why not? what does that mean? this is based on something that happened that I knew about.
ok, but I don't care.
her boyfriend's hitting her.
I told you, I don't care.
it's not the story.
the story is why she stays with him as long as she does.
it's hard to answer, right? that's why it's the part to write about, because you don't know.
no, I do know why she stayed.
I do.
it was because i-- it's ok.
go ahead.
it was because I kept taking all of his intensity and all that attention for love.
mistake.
Hmm? yeah, it was.
I know.
It hurts but don't be afraid to feel it.
ok.
(Telephone ringing) oh, Charlie, I need your key.
the phone's ringing.
Kirsten, wait a second.
there's ice cream in here.
you want it to melt? I don't want to hear the message.
it's probably for Bailey.
just let him get it later.
I don't want to see the dishes in the sink.
I don't want to look at the bills on the counter.
I just want to sit here with you and Diana.
Hi, we can't come to the phone right now, but leave a message and we'll call you back.
Thanks.
I just want to hear the michaelson's sprinkler system.
(laughs) they've got a valve that needs replacing.
you hear that? uh-huh.
but not by me.
no.
(laughs) So, did you sleep with him? who? 2 A.
M.
Barry.
the guy who read Whitman into your machine.
did the poetry work? Whitman wasn't enough to get me into Barry's bed.
hmm.
he had a roommate, though.
ooh, a love triangle.
man, is there, like, anything that you don't ask about? come on, Perry, tell me.
I told you mine.
so, what happened? no, thanks.
we had a fight, I guess.
I thought we were over, but then I found a note that he slipped into my backpack.
said to meet him up on west rock.
we used to go there and have sex.
and that's when I found him.
and it was good Friday, and he'd left you another note about heaven and sacrifice and how much he loved you.
I guess you read my story, huh? I cried for a week.
wow so, all that really happened, huh? let's not talk about it.
but, Perry, you wrote it.
it's all there in your book.
you're funny.
I'm--- you just are.
you want everything out in the open.
well, that'sWhat you do.
in your writing, you go so deep, you bring everything out.
in my writing.
Exactly.
look, I've got to go, ok? book signing later, right? Hmm.
listen, salinger, I'm sorry about that thing with Cody.
it's just--i mean, I can tell from the way he talks that he's really into you.
oh, yeah, right.
Melanie, please.
he's just so great, that's all.
I mean, he's got every tune in his beautiful head from-- from, like, Elvis to Mozart.
ok, Melanie, could you just lay off about Cody? I mean, you think he's so great, why don't you just date him yourself.
I already did, remember? and now he's into somebody else and I guess you are, too.
I'm what? oh, no.
Nuh-uh.
no, I'm not.
we played in a band together, claud.
I saw where your eyes were going.
I mean, every time you cooked on some solo, you did it for one person only.
Griffin.
you're-- you're wrong.
No.
it's ok.
We all had a crush on him, but he's, like, fantasy land, you know? I mean, you know that, right? yeah, I know that.
so, Cody's for real.
and I just-- I can't help thinking I mean, unless fantasy land is actually where you want to live.
Charlie? Charlie, you here? Wow, this is pretty cool.
hey.
listen, I'm kind of busy right now.
I know.
It's just we talked about having coffee after the signing.
I thought I'd come by early, maybe get my copy signed.
oh, yeah, listen, um I'm not going to be able to do the coffee.
I, um, I made some other plans.
oh.
ok, well, we'll just find another time then to get together.
um, can we just say I'll see you when I see you? miss marks? hi.
Thanks for coming.
thank you.
and what's your name? my name's Marcie.
- Marcie.
Ok.
- i-e.
Ok, guys, good job cleaning up and we'll see you tomorrow.
see you tomorrow, Mr.
salinger.
sowhat, we have a few minor disagreements and you pack a suitcase? what's going on, Charlie? you taking a trip? no, it's, uh it's a little more than that.
it's more than that? what? What's going on? what are you-- are you leaving? are you leaving the house? yeah.
I can't believe this.
I can't believe you're doing this.
ok, listen to me.
Ok? I won't say another word, not one word.
you can make every decision in the house, ok? Bailey, it has nothing to do with decisions.
is it still Owen? no.
well, then, what is it, Charlie? because I brought up a couple of things that I thought we should work on because I wanted to help.
I was trying to help.
I know that, Bailey.
I know that! that's what you do.
it's who you are.
you've always been that way.
well, so, what is that supposed to mean? ever since we've been on our own, from the day that they were gone, that day you remember who took all the phone calls from the funeral home? who sat up the whole night with Claudia? it's--it's in your nature, Bailey.
it's how you've always been, and it's how you should be.
what about you though, Charlie? because you're the one who's been in charge the whole time.
only, I never wanted that, Bailey.
it was something that I had to do, and I did it, and I'm glad that I did it.
but you, you actually asked, again and again.
Charlie, can I have the restaurant? Charlie, can I have Owen? ok-- what about this-- what about this house stuff? can i-- can I take that, too? yeah, but I never meant for you to leave.
so, please, just tell me what I did-- you don't understand.
this is not about you taking something from me, ok? this is about you giving me something.
bay, I've been dreaming about this for 5 years, man.
not about leaving you guys behind, but about having my own my own life andi think I see that, Bailey a life on my own.
on your own? (Thunders) Claudia, has-- has Sarah called here? no.
you sure she hasn't called? haven't heard from her.
is everything ok? I gave her a cell phone, you'd think she'd call.
The cellular customer you are trying to reach is unavailable.
- There you go.
- thank you.
uh, excuse me.
hi.
I--i was here for the book signing earlier, and I left my copy of Perry marks' book.
actually, I left it with her.
I'm kind of a friend.
I was wondering if you had any more copies.
I'd like to get one.
aisle 9, new section.
lesbian, feminist writers.
lesbianwriters? guess you're not a close friend, are you? Bailey.
aren't you supposed to be at the restaurant? what are you-- look, I'm sorry.
I was--i was just-- I was driving around, and I was trying to think, and-- come on in.
you're soaking wet.
take your jacket off.
I'll get you a towel.
It's really coming down out there.
are you all right? well, to tell you the truth, no.
no, I'm not.
um here.
look, Lauren, I know I shouldn't be here.
ok? I know that.
it's just you're the only one.
you're the only person who--who gets this.
who knows what this is like.
knows what? what it's like to want to control everything in your life and to wrap yourself around so much.
do you know-- you know what I mean? I do.
ok, I know.
I know you do.
this is why I needed you.
wait, wait.
Lauren, wait.
I'm sorry, I can't-- I can't do that.
then why did you come here, Bailey? because because I thought that you would-- you would understand.
it's too much.
I'm trying to do too much.
Even this-- even what we're doing here.
I'm taking more and more on until it's more than I can handle and--and then I'm pushing everything away.
everything.
even the people that I care about the most and I can't do that.
wow.
I'm taking the job at harvest.
my stuff will be out of the restaurant tomorrow.
Lauren-- what, are you gonna try to talk me out of it again? no, I'm not.
I'mi'm really sorry.
so am I.
You could come with me now, and then you could change your mind later whatever feels right.
no.
I want to decide.
don't do it now if you're not ready.
I don't think I want to go.
I want to stay.
Ok.
Charlie this house these creaking walls leaks my whole life has happened here.
my whole life! this is home.
I guess I'm just now where you are yet, you know? I'm not grown up enough to move on.
oh, I don't know about that, claud.
sometimes, lately, I'll turn around, and I'll see you come through a door you look so much like her all grown up.
I wish she was here to see you, 'cause I know how proud she'd be.
mom would be proud of you, too, Charlie.
I don't know, but if I am if I am that grown up it's because of you.
I am so happy for you, Charlie.
you deserve this.
Sarah.
hey.
you're home.
ohh.
hi.
hi.
Bailey, it's 3 A.
M.
take off your clothes and go to sleep.
no, I waited up to welcome you home.
I missed you.
Bailey, I was only gone for, like, a day.
I know, but I still missed you so much.
really? I didn't even think you'd notice.
you've been so distracted.
I know, and-- and that's gonna change.
that has to change.
'cause how do I say this? what? you-- you know about Charlie? Claudia said he's moving.
yeah, he'sMoved.
he's gone.
wow.
he's lived in this house his whole live, Sarah.
he's run this house since my parents were gone.
he's run our family.
and I don't know that I ever really knew that until now.
and there's so much in my life now so much that I have to take care of and I have asked for all of it, so I'm not sorry.
as long as you know none of it matters more to me than you do.
none of it.
because I will never take someone that I love for granted again ever.
do you hear me? do you know what I'm saying? yeah, I think so.
good.
If you guys think about the concept of writing, and what it is that you're really writing about, it's gonna be there.
ok, we'll see you guys.
thank you.
thanks.
oh, this looks like a good one.
bye.
Thanks.
so, one minute we're friends, and the next minute we're not? is it because I'm just a college student? oror is it maybe because you decided I'm a crappy writer, after all? Or or is it the gay thing? in which case, hello, Perry, it's the nineties.
Who cares? Julia-- I mean, you're telling me stories about the boyfriends you've had.
look, i--i have had boyfriends, ok? i--i did have-- ok, but then-- then why not tell me the whole truth? I mean, you let me come to my own conclusion.
you let me think that we were understanding each other, that we knew each other, when, really, I had no idea.
that story was true.
what's also true is that I am gay now.
it's not something that I tell people when I first meet them.
look, you know, Julia, i--i told you, I'm not like you.
you talk about stuff.
you let everything in.
you let everything out.
I don't know.
Maybe you're braver than I am.
maybe maybe you just don't know what it's like to be me.
well, how can I if you don't tell me? I mean, if we were friends, you'd tell me.
or maybe that's what you're saying.
maybe you're saying that we can't be friends.
no, I guess what I'm saying is we already are.
listen, uh, I'm gonna start looking for an apartment tomorrow, but, uh, Diana and I will just crash here tonight, if that's ok.
um Charlie, it's-- it's fine.
I mean, you don't have to do that.
you don't have to start looking right away.
oh, yes, I do.
I mean you told me before how great it is to have your own place, so well, yeah, that's right.
It is.
(laughs) well, good.
then you should have that.
yeah, but I'm just-- I'm saying that you don't have to do that now.
you can stay for awhile.
that's fine.
So, I heard r.
E.
M.
Might be playing here tonight.
it's a long shot, but you never know.
yeah, sometimes people surprise you.
yeah, I guess, yeah.
So, won't your brothers freak that you're here? it's pretty late.
I came here 'cause I wanted to, Cody.
and Melanie said thatyou might be here.
I'm just saying, forget my brothers.
I'm here to be with you.
oh.
ladies and gentlemen, r.
e.
m.
(cheering) I've found a way to make you I've found a way a way to make you smile I read bad poetry into your machine I save your messages just to hear your voice you always listen carefully to awkward rhymes you always say your name like I wouldn't know it you at your most beautiful do do do do-do do do do do-do do do do do-do do ooh ooh-ooh I've found a way to make you I've found a way a way to make you smile