Party of Five s04e18 Episode Script

Hi.
Hey.
Look, uh We've gotta talk About this This stuff that's going on with you at school.
But, Charlie, I'm back.
I mean, I'm back, and I'm going, and, uh, everything's fine.
Well No.
I mean You're back, and And I'm back But We need to figure out what's going on with you.
Now, I've made an appointment for us to talk to a psychologist tomorrow afternoon.
Now, if you don't like her, just tell me, and we'll find somebody else, but we have to find somebody for you to talk to Because you can't just Drop out of school again.
I'm not going to.
I know.
I know you think everything's gonna be fine from now on, but the truth is Everything's ok right now.
What if What if I get sick again, or You know, I'm not around? You gonna just Disappear again? I'll be fine.
I don't need to talk to anybody.
Claud, I'm not asking.
Ok? You're going.
Annie? Hey.
I tried calling you, but Your Bailey.
Hi.
Hey.
Sorry about the mess.
Hey.
I know I haven't been around much lately, but don't I even get a kiss hello? Oh, I'm sorry.
I just, uh, I have the flu.
I don't want to get you sick.
I know.
It's a disaster.
I've just been Sick? I didn't know.
You you should've told me, Annie.
I had no idea.
I'm I'm sorry that I've been gone all week.
I've been running back and forth to the hospital.
Which reminds me.
What's the matter with your phone? I've been trying to call you all morning, and all I've been getting is a recording saying it's been disconnected.
Bailey, come on.
What? I mean, you've had a ton going on here, but you don't It's fine.
It's completely fine that you haven't called me.
Ok? You don't have to make Annie.
I'm serious.
Bailey.
What happened? Did you forget to pay the bill or something? Well, hey, it's no big deal.
It happens all the time.
You just pay the bill and get it turned back on.
Anyway Happy birthday.
My birthday's not till July.
Your aa birthday.
I was gonna give it to you at the Thursday celebration meeting, but I couldn't wait So Go on.
Open it.
I told you someone ought to give you a gold star.
And I miss you.
I miss you, too.
I'm sorry.
I'm, uh I know.
The flu.
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 No.
It's not in my name.
It's in Well, how could she call you? You shut off her phone service, which is why I'm Yeah, I'll hold.
Unbelievable.
It's the fourth person I've talked to.
What's up? You know what I realized? Bailey is one of those unisex names Like Jamie Or Sandy.
You drove all the way over here to tell me that? No.
What I was thinking is that I could go to school for you.
I mean Use your name.
You already paid for the classes.
It it'd be crazy to waste the money.
We already talked about this, jule.
I'm not going back to school, so you don't need to Not for you.
For me.
Look.
I got a letter last night from Justin, and he was talking on and on about stuff at Yale, and I just thought I mean It's not like I regret not going.
I just thought Would you mind if I took one of your classes? You mean, like, for fun? Yeah.
'Cause they're free.
And I looked at his schedule, and I have always wanted to take comp lit.
So you're not gonna work.
No.
No, I'll still work.
The class is at night, and I'll study nights, too, and God.
Do you know how long it's been since I've been inside a library? Oh.
Look.
Griffin, I figured it out.
As long as we keep living here, we can get by on what you're making at It's not just about the money, jule.
It's i thought we were gonna Whatever.
Forget it.
Just we hardly see each other the way it is.
Now you're gonna be gone 3 nights a week.
Well, I don't I don't have to.
No.
No.
You should.
You should do it, jule.
I mean, you're dying to, and, uh, you talk about going to the library the way most people talk about going to las Vegas.
Do it, jule.
It's fine.
And, uh, it'll be a good thing, to tell you the truth.
Now I can work late and get in some overtime.
So it sounds like there was a lot going on at your house when Charlie was in the hospital.
Did you get to visit him while he was there? Yeah.
Well, tell me about that.
I don't know.
I mean I mean, he was upset with me, you know, for For screwing up.
And what did you say when he reacted like that? Is it hard for you to tell the people around you how you feel or what you need? I'm gonna make a suggestion.
For the next 3 days, try using the following sentence "I need you right now because" That's actually not a complete sentence.
Well, how about if you finish it? I need you right now because Uh Uh I don't know.
I i can't I i can't.
Yes, you can.
I, uh I need you right now because Because, uh Did you know I'm taking driver's ed? You are? Yeah.
And I need you to take me out driving.
Well Ok.
Now By our standards, the book is Is pretty tame.
But what was so shocking about madame bovary when it was first published? Anybody? The adultery.
The adultery? Professor: Exactly.
But what was even more shocking than that? That it was committed by the heroine.
That the main character was committed for using heroin.
That the main character, the person the reader's supposed to sympathize with, did this terrible, immoral act.
Very good.
Very good, miss, uh Salinger.
Bailey salinger.
Have we seen you here before? Oh, well, I've been I've been out for a while.
Oh.
Well, good to have you back, Bailey.
Now, the question is, when madame bovary commits adultery, are we expected to condone her actions? If I start a job and complete a job on the same day, do I check the same box? 'Cause you see the way they've got the days of the week Just put 2 checks in the box.
Great.
Thanks.
Except the box isn't big enough to fit 2 checks.
Just make small checks.
Here.
Ok.
Thanks.
But how is sutherland gonna know if it's "work beginning at" or "work completed at"? Because for all he knows, somebody could've brought in 2 Why are you smiling? I'm not.
Can I ask you something? Is there any particular reason you're in here every 2 seconds? Uh So, um What did you think? Did she seem like somebody you can talk to? She seemed ok.
Claud, I've been i really feel terrible that you That you think you screwed up on me, because that's not Where's the turn signal? Uh Right here.
Ok.
What I mean is, um Everybody screws stuff up, and, you know, we're all just trying to do our best here, so you can't let Sorry! Sorry.
You know what? Could you, um Could you maybe not talk? 'Cause I can't, like Like, concentrate on driving.
Charlie? Want to go home? I just I just need a second.
Hey.
Thought you were staying at Annie's tonight.
No.
Turns out she's still sick.
Flu's really hangin' on.
Wow.
So how long has she been sick? Why? I don't know.
I was just asking.
Yeah, but you said it like What? I don't know.
Why are you so interested in how long she's been sick? Well, I don't know.
I mean have have you seen her recently? Mm-hmm.
And Did she She seem Um Ah.
Forget it.
I don't even know what I'm saying.
I'm being paranoid.
You know what? Um, actually, I wasn't gonna say anything 'cause it's nothing.
I mean, it's really not a big deal, but last week, I gave her a one-week extension on the rent.
You know, she said that she wasn't gonna have anything until after she got her next paycheck.
And then I saw her taking Natalie to school every morning in a cab.
So I was kinda like, "what's the deal?" But I'm sure it's nothing.
So She didn't seem like she was What? Nothin'.
Sorry, sorry.
It's ok.
I'm awake.
I was just waiting for you to come home.
I didn't mean to be out so late.
Oh, hey, no big deal.
A bunch of us went out after class, and we got into this really radical disagreement about whether madame bovary was a good person in spite of her actions.
You know, I don't even remember the last time I got into a fight about an idea.
It's actually really interesting because the way it's written I'm sorry.
This is really boring, huh? No, no.
It's it's really, uh No No.
It is.
I just, uh I guess I just sometimes wish I went to college.
That's all.
Instead of what? What's that supposed to mean? Nothin'.
It's ok.
I got it.
Annie.
I I'm sorry to wake you up.
I, um, I locked myself out.
I i was taking out the garbage.
Do you have any idea what time it is? Well, I couldn't sleep, so I took one of those cold pill things.
They made me all wired.
I was cleaning my place.
It was such a mess.
Look, could you just get me the extra key, please? 'Cause Natalie's upstairs all by herself.
Well, I'll I'll come up there with you.
No.
Just the key will be fine.
So I was thinkin', um, maybe some afternoon this week we could go out and work on some 3-point turns.
I figure if we go to krissy field This week? Yeah.
Well, actually 'cause you said you needed to practice them.
Well, right, but, actually, you don't need to do it with me.
You know, I started thinking about it, and you probably need your rest, so No.
I feel ok, and I'm really Aunt Sarah's gonna take me.
Oh.
Ok.
Well You asked her? Yeah.
I i mean, no! You know, I just started thinking about it, and, you know, I ought to practice what Dr.
Schultz told me to do, so I told Sarah that I needed to learn how to drive, and she practically insisted on taking me out driving.
She's not too busy with school? She's, like, so not busy.
She's, like, the most unbusy person I've ever met.
She has, like, this major need to take me out driving.
Plus she has this really cool convertible.
Oh.
So Anyway Thanks, you know, for yesterday.
But, actually, I got it covered.
It could have been anybody's trash.
Bailey Nobody locks themselves out of their apartment at 3:00 in the morning.
So she definitely did seem You know she did.
And somebody has to talk to her, Bailey.
You have to talk to her.
It's not just about her anymore.
It's about Natalie, too.
Well, maybe she wants me to help her.
Maybe she wants my help.
Maybe showing up here in the middle of the night is like her way of telling me that.
Yeah.
But How do i How do I do that? How do I How do I look at her and ask her that? I can just see the look on her face.
Annie is so hypersensitive.
I'll ask her, and she'll just completely Withdraw.
And what if I'm wrong? What if I go ahead, and I accuse her of this, and this whole thing's just in my imagination, then what? It's not in your imagination, Bailey.
And I really wish I could tell you you're wrong.
I hope I am.
Griffin: Hey.
Still in here.
Wow.
Sorry.
Boy, you really do tend to, uh, hang out here, huh? Yeah.
I figured I'd get in some overtime.
'Cause Julia's gone Ouch! Wait! Don't fall apart or anything.
What, you mean like this? You do that on purpose.
Yeah.
What can I say? It feels good.
Ok, ok.
You think that's good? Check this out.
No way! Ah! How do you do that? I'm a genius.
I can also play twinkle, twinkle, little star on the piano with my big toe.
You're a really weird person, you know that? You started it.
It makes us 2 of a kind.
Anyway I'm, um Gonna go grab a bite.
Ok.
Actually, you know what? I'm kinda hungry myself.
Professor sinclair: At what point does madame bovary cross over the line with rodolfe? Is it actually when they spend the night together? Or is it earlier, when he helps her with her glove And actually touches her hand? Ah.
Yes, Bailey.
I think it's even earlier than that.
Before they even touch.
I think it's when she shows up at the fair.
What makes you think that? Well, the way flaubert sets up the scene The way her skirt is spattered with mud it's symbolic.
And just the way they look at each other and they kind of circle each other.
It's just Really clear something's gonna happen.
You can sit next to me, you know.
What? Uh, nothin', nothin'.
Uh, just, uh, I mean, we're really doing this.
Having a burger? Because I'm married.
Griffin Nothing is happening.
I know.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Anyway, I'm just gonna try to figure out what to order.
I can't decide between the chili cheese fries or Hamburger with French fries Ahem.
Now let's order.
Feel better? A little.
Really? You want Sarah to take you driving? The way she drives, I mean, she's always riding the brakes, and she's really jumpy behind the wheel.
Yeah.
Well, you see, the thing is, you can't, Julia's busy with school, and and Charlie's not feeling too great.
Oh.
Well, was she supposed to meet you here or something? You see, the thing is, I hadn't actually asked her yet.
I was just hoping that maybe she'd be here.
Is that for you? I don't know.
Oh.
Uh, sorry.
I just assumed you'd be out.
I just, uh I wanted to return the key.
Annie, are you free this afternoon? The thing is, I really need to learn how to drive.
No.
Annie can't do it Claud.
Oh, 'cause, uh R-right.
Well, if you can't do it today, then maybe tomorrow or even maybe this weekend.
She can't do it Claud.
Right.
I just remembered something incredibly important that I have to do, so, um, I'm just gonna go.
What was that about? Nothing.
Well, no.
You looked like you were terrified that I was gonna get into a car with your sister.
What are you trying to say to me here, Bailey? I don't know.
You show up here at 3:00 in the morning Oh, thanks.
Thanks for having so much faith in me.
Hey, I have faith in you.
I know how hard you have worked at this over the past 2 years.
I know that, and I believe in you.
So If you're If you're having a problem Then we'll deal with that.
We can deal with that.
But if you're not honest with me, then that's just gonna make it worse.
So If you are If I'm what? If you're drinking.
I don't believe this! Um, I'm just saying Annie, I'm saying that I can help! Dr.
Schultz: What kind of things did you talk to him about before he got sick? I don't know.
Just, uh, just stuff.
Anything important? Um If you failed a test Would you talk to Charlie about that? Maybe.
If you were really upset Would he have been the person you would have talked to? I don't know.
I uh, probably.
Can you tell me about a time when, um, you were really upset and you turned to Charlie? Well, things got a little Things got a little hard, you know, after my parents, uh, after they died.
And you turned to him? Sometimes.
How'd it feel to talk to him? Maybe a little A little less terrible.
But it sounds like you don't do that very much at all anymore.
Am I wrong? He's too sick? You don't want to bother him? You're worried about being a burden to him? Do you miss talking to him? Because maybe you still can.
Why not? I just can't.
That's all.
What if you try? Even if he's sick, he's still the same person.
Maybe he misses you, too.
Maybe He can make it all a little less terrible.
Maybe.
I'm sorry.
I'll turn the light off in a minute.
Where's that part where she kisses Leon? I just want I'm sorry, Griffin.
You worked so late.
You must be really tired.
No.
Really, it's ok.
I'm just glad you're having fun.
I am.
Do you want to hear about the thesis of my paper? No.
You're too tired.
I'm sorry.
No, no.
Tell me.
Really? Yeah.
Ok.
I just I kind of feel like madame bovary's seen as such a sleazebag because she cheated on her husband, but there are other economic factors at play with her and rodolfe.
I mean, yeah, ok, she stepped out on her husband, but Flaubert's kinda hard on her.
Really, I mean, the way she dies, vomiting up all that black putrescence.
She does? Yeah.
Yeah, the putrescence is supposed to represent how corrupt her soul is, but, I don't know, I just think he's unfair to her.
I mean, she was just Lonely.
Well, putrescence, what, is that a sexually transmitted disease? Char? Uh, Charlie? Yeah.
I i was wondering if Uh, you're busy.
You're busy.
Forget about it.
No, no, no.
I just, uh, I just got this crazy idea to build a bench for the backyard, but That's fine.
We'll just do it some other time.
No.
Claud, really, wh What's up? I was just wondering, you know, just wondering if maybe it'd be a good day to go out driving.
I'd love to.
That'd be great.
Well, just thinking maybe we could go out to krissy field and practice 3-point turns.
And then if you had the time, maybe we could just drive somewhere.
Great! Yeah.
That would be This is good.
This is good, you know.
This is the kind of thing that Dr.
Schultz said you should be doing, so Well Great! Ok.
Great.
"Moral ambiguity of madame bovary by Bailey salinger.
" Complex, subtle, emotionally mature argument.
I was blown away.
Really? But I've got to ask you.
Did you buy this on the net? What? Bailey, I don't get it.
You're so smart in class, but I look at your midterms, you identified the d'urbervilles as an Irish folk band.
I did? Yes.
Oh.
I don't know what's more disturbing The idea that you'd buy this or the idea that someone with this level of talent has so little integrity or self-respect that they're out there selling it.
No.
I swear, I wrote it, really.
I Bailey salinger didn't.
You're right about that, but I did.
I'm his sister.
Bailey dropped out of school a couple of weeks ago.
You can check the registrar.
It's true.
This is too byzantine for me to follow.
Your brother dropped out of college, so you're taking his classes for him? Not for him, for me.
Just this one.
You're not in college yourself? Well, I was supposed to go to Stanford this year, but at the last minute, I bailed.
Why? Seemed like a good idea at the time.
We've gotta stop.
Oh! Oh, my god! This is nuts.
I know.
All I can think about is when I'm gonna see you again.
Maybe, uh Maybe you could come to my place.
I mean, we're never alone otherwise.
I keep thinking of madame bovary.
I never read it.
Me, neither.
I just don't think I can do it, Rosalie.
Well, it's all in French.
No! No, I just I mean, I That I can't go to your place.
Like it's too official.
Like we're officially doing something.
I'm sorry.
It's ok.
Ohh, uhh I better get back to work.
Ok.
How about tomorrow night? Charlie: Come on, claud, come on.
You can do it.
Give it some more speed.
Come on.
There's nothing out here to hit.
Give it, uh, 35.
I can't do this.
You can do it.
Look, you're You're doing it.
I'm doing it.
You're doing it.
I'm doing it.
You're doing it.
Yeah! Don't let go.
Don't let go.
Heads up.
Excuse me.
Can we Sorry, new.
Anyway, um, what I was thinking was, this is kinda nuts, but when you get your driver's license, would it be completely insane to get you a car? Charlie I'm serious.
'Cause I was 18 when mom and dad bought me a car.
And I was just thinking, you know, why wait? And this way I'd know what you're gonna be driving.
I just wanna know that stuff.
Excuse me! I better just take this up.
If no one else has anything to say, someone has a birthday today.
In 2 years of sobriety, she's made a life for herself and her daughter, working hard, sometimes all alone.
Annie? Has anyone seen Annie? You can stop looking.
She's not here.
Are you sure? Yes.
She's not gonna be here.
Annie, open up.
I know you're in there.
Nat? Honey, are you in there? She's at Melissa's.
She had a sleepover at Melissa's.
Yeah, you said.
You missed your birthday.
No.
My birthday's not till July.
Please don't look at me that way.
You think Natalie knows? I don't think she knows.
God, she's gotten so big.
Hasn't she gotten big? And so beautiful.
I would do anything for her.
I hate fighting.
I don't want to fight with you, Annie.
This is the first time, I swear.
For god's sake.
Stop lying to me, ok? I mean, I don't even know if you're lying to me or you're lying to yourself.
I really don't.
Please don't look at me like that, ok? 'Cause you know what? This is it.
I'm here, you know? I could go on like this the rest of my life.
I mean, is that a joke? Like my life's gonna ever get any better.
And so what, you know? I mean, who even cares anyhow? If I run out, I can always go to a liquor store somewhere.
You don't believe me? Try it.
No, thank you.
No.
You can handle it.
You just have one just to take off the edge.
We can do it together.
No.
That's just it.
You don't have to feel it.
You don't have to feel anything.
I said no! I can't do this, Annie.
Claudia: So I did what you said I should do.
I decided that I was going to to actually spend time with Charlie.
So we went out driving, and we practically spent the entire day together, and it was really great.
It's just like before, you know? We went out to dinner, and we talked about stuff.
And he told me about how he wants to, like, buy me this car, and it was, um It's really great.
You know, and I'm gonna definitely try and hang out with him some more from now on.
He really made me feel a lot better.
That's what you wanted me to say, right? Uh, Mr.
salinger.
Uh, I have some bad news for you.
I, uh I talked to our department head, and she says it's absolutely against policy to allow a non-enrolled student to audit a class.
Otherwise, anyone could sit in.
Oh.
They seem to be under the impression that the multitudes want nothing more than to audit comparative literature, which is why I'm asking would you be interested in a job? I can only pay you minimum wage, but I need a research assistant, I'm writing a book on the image of women in medieval European texts.
Really? Really.
And, of course, as my assistant, you're entitled to sit in on my classes, of course, I'd insist on it.
Ohh! Thank you.
I'm sorry.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
I'll take that as a yes.
Hey.
I thought I heard you out here.
How's the bench coming along? Great As long as nobody over 2 feet high ever tries to sit on it.
I miscalculated the legs.
I wanted to tell you I had another session with Dr.
Schultz.
Oh, yeah? So, um Tell me about it.
How do you think that's going? Well, you see, the thing is She thinks I need more stuff in my life.
You know? It's not good for me to just to come home and hang out with you.
Well Wow! I I didn't think about that.
Yeah.
She thinks I need to you know, I need to be spending more time with my friends and spending time on my schoolwork and practicing my vioin.
And she thinks part of the reason why I just freaked out so much was I got so behind in my schoolwork.
Yeah.
Yeah, I guess that'd That'd make sense.
So, basically, I've gotta get a life.
Right.
I guess what I mean is, the whole driving thing was fun, but We're not really gonna be able to do it for a while.
Well Ok.
And it's only 15 hours a week, but he said, in the summertime, I might be able to go full-time.
And the great thing about being a university employee is you get access to everything: The on-campus movies, the library, the art gallery.
Great.
So call him and tell him you'll do it.
I already did.
Oh Good.
I was gonna talk to you about it, but you were at No.
No, no, no.
That's fine.
Well Good.
Well, if I'm going to get started, he wanted me to put together a preliminary bibliography, so I was gonna go to the library tonight.
Can I borrow your jacket? It gets freezing in there.
What? No, sure.
It's fine.
I'm really happy for you, jule.
I know.
Hi.
Hi.
I just, uh I just came to say I'm sorry.
Annie No.
I am.
And, uh I mean I'm figuring that this way, you know, if I apologize Then maybe you'll come back.
'Cause I just I can't take it if you disappear on me again.
I mean, that's why I slipped.
I wouldn't have slipped otherwise, but you disappeared.
Annie, come on, you know Charlie was in the hospital.
You know that.
There was no way I know.
I really do.
The thing is last time I didn't know when you were gonna come back.
You know, and my mind started turning.
Charlie's really sick, and it could be months.
Maybe years.
I gotta cope here.
The thing is Years is like I can't do that, Bailey.
Because if I don't have you I don't have anything.
Annie You can't You can't say that.
You can't make me the center of your life because realistically No.
Realistically? Wow, that's great, realistically.
I mean realistically, the thing is, you know, I mean, now you're telling me? I knew that I shouldn't get involved with you, but you talked me into it.
Annie No.
You did.
I mean, all of a sudden, you were all over my life.
You got me to quit my job, you talked me into telling Natalie I know.
Ok, look, I'm sorry.
Ok? But how was I supposed to know that Charlie was gonna get sick? Ok, so now you're not supposed to be the center of my life, but you know what? I knew that.
And then it was like I needed you to be there all the time.
And then, boom! You're gone! No more center of my life.
So I just want to know, you know How long it's gonna be this time.
Unless y Unless you're walking away for good.
No.
No, of course I'm not.
Ok, look.
I gotta finish up work here.
It should take me about an hour, and then I'll come by your place.
Ok? Ok.
He did? What did you say to him? 'Cause I think he's incredibly Same woman: I can't believe it.
Oh, that's so disgusting.
Hi.
Hi.
I don't know what I'm doing here.
I don't know if I should come in.
Griffin, we don't have to do anything.
I just wanna be with you, you know, for a little while.
We'll just talk or Order Chinese food or I don't know, dance? You dance much? No.
Me, neither.