Showing Up (2022) Movie Script
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(MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING)
(OBJECTS RUSTLING SOFTLY)
(PIGEON COOING SOFTLY)
(VEHICLE PASSING IN DISTANCE)
(MELLOW MUSIC STOPS)
(LINE RINGING)
BILL: (ON PHONE) Hello, Lizzy.
LIZZY: Hi, dad.
My show opens Monday.
That's a week from tomorrow.
Put it on your calendar.
Well, I don't think
I got an invitation.
Unless it got lost
in the junk mail.
So much junk mail
coming in all the time.
Have you seen the fake
handwriting they have now?
Looks like someone
really wrote it by hand.
Dad, this is your invitation.
I haven't had time
to send anything out.
Uh, well, we'll all be there.
My guests have come
wandering through again.
They'd love to have an outing,
I'm sure.
I don't like that they're
staying with you again.
They like it here.
It's a good spot
for them to stop.
They were just there.
Don't they have anywhere else
they can stay?
I enjoy the company.
(CAR DOOR CLOSES)
Feels like they're
taking advantage of you.
(LAUGHS) No. No. No.
I'm gonna stop by this week
and make sure
they don't have you
tied up in the basement.
Nothing as exciting as that,
I assure you.
Though that would
possibly be quite enjoyable.
I could do without
their dog though,
not a well-trained creature.
Keeps mistaking the corner
of my couch for a tree.
Dad, that's gross.
(PANTING)
(CROW CAWING)
(JO SNIFFLES, PANTS)
Hey Lizzy. Check it out.
Been hoping to find
a good tire for this tree
for ages.
LIZZY: Jo, the water situation
is getting worse.
Barely gets lukewarm now.
Just a few minutes of lukewarm
and then cold.
That sounds serious.
I'm on it.
Just got to get
through this week first.
Shouldn't even be here
right now.
I've got so much to do.
I do, too. And I don't know
what I'm supposed to do
without hot water.
Lizzy, I told you,
you can use my shower.
I want my own water working.
My show's open on Friday.
I'll be free to deal with it
after that.
I have a show too, you know.
I'm just...
You're not the only one
with a deadline.
I know, but I have two shows
which is insane.
(GRUNTING)
Hey! Give me a push.
(CAT MEOWING)
You're hungry?
(MEOWS)
Well, you have to wait.
You're out of food.
I have to work.
-I'll go to the store later.
-(MEOWING LOUDLY)
(GROANS) Fine.
Ugh, shut up!
God, Ricky,
you're ruining my workday.
(MEOWS)
(TRAIN HORN BLARES
IN THE DISTANCE)
(MEOWS)
(LIZZY SIGHS)
(INDIE MUSIC PLAYING
ON CAR RADIO)
RADIO DJ:
This is Todd-a-phonic time.
Happy Monday to you all.
Counting the days
until the Quazi show
on the roof of the...
(MAN WHISTLING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
WOMAN: Eric!
Hey!
A whole year of my life.
Let's see it.
I love it.
What did you end up
doing with the zipper?
Well, I abandoned
the zipper idea
and went with Velcro.
Which, like you said,
is not great...
ERIC: Come here, let me help.
...because it sticks
to the yarn.
ERIC: Yeah, it gets
a little messy, but...
MAN: Hey, Lizzy, can I get
a little bit
of coffee, please?
This isn't a cafeteria.
Okay, but, like...
Could you at least tell me
who's on my board?
Hasn't been decided yet.
Look, Randal,
he shouldn't be on my board.
We don't see eye-to-eye.
We got, like,
different theories
of cultural production.
Or he just doesn't like me.
I don't know.
I'm just putting that
out there.
ERIC: Hey, man...
MAN: Hey.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
Big piece on Marlene Heyman.
"...devotional, humble,
luminous and strange..."
"She sees glass
as a religious vessel
"for personal
mastic meditation."
Wow, major real estate.
MAN: "The dream like glass
would seem like..."
JEAN: Lizzy.
Uh, let's get
the, uh, latest, um,
end-of-year schedule
out today.
Mmm.
Oh, these are travel receipts
for our guests.
And, um,
I gave Tim Hunter cash
so the invoice is in there.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
(ERIC WHISTLING)
LIZZY: Here you go.
MAN: All right.
(WHISTLING STOPS)
ERIC: Lizzy, you ready
to fire this week?
(SIGHS) Yeah, yeah.
There'll be a few stragglers
though, is that okay?
We'll make room.
Just bring by what you have.
It's all right.
We'll make it work.
Oh, I saw some of Jo's work
at her studio yesterday.
Wow, it just gives me
such a lift.
Pretty amazing.
LIZZY: She'd be more amazing
if she got
my hot water working.
(CHUCKLES)
LIZZY: Two weeks now.
Hey, Lizzy,
I've gotta get to class.
Bring your stuff by.
We'll make it work.
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
MAN: He's on
spherical mirrors...
(UPBEAT MUSIC STOPS)
...groovy oil lamps.
Media heat.
The heat of the technology.
The human shadows.
This mess of images.
So, what does it all do?
WOMAN: It blows our minds.
Does somebody wanna go
on the inside?
Grace? Maya?
I'm not gonna lock you in.
This one,
doesn't make me cringe.
I had a special feeling
about this one.
You know, it's, uh,
it's right where
I wanted to be.
Good form, but not too slick.
There's spontaneity
in that pot.
It's its own thing.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
You know you're meeting
with the dean at noon?
-Yeah. Can you remind Jackie?
-She knows.
And I was wondering
if it's okay
if I take tomorrow off work?
I was thinking
I might do that.
I'd have a lot of work.
For the show.
(KEYBOARD CLACKING)
So is that okay?
If I don't come in?
Lizzy, if you're taking
a personal day,
you're taking a personal day.
Okay, so I won't
be in tomorrow.
I got it.
-(KEYBOARD CLACKING)
-(SIGHS)
And have you talked to Dad?
Because those people are back
at his house again.
What people?
The people who stay with him.
Well, your father
is living his own life.
And we all wish him
the very best.
Lizzy, I'm focusing here.
(MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING)
I can't figure out
what class this is.
But I really want to join it.
LIZZY: Thinking and Movement.
MARLENE: Ah.
You're Lizzy, right?
You made that nice flyer.
I haven't gotten
to read the article yet,
but I made the flyer.
Cool.
Well, thank you.
I want to impress
those students.
And the flyer was very nice.
Thank you.
Yeah, see you around.
RADIO DJ: ...in store for us
and I can't wait to listen.
But while I wait to listen,
let's listen to...
This is, like, the, uh...
Mike Bloomfield,
Al Kooper super session...
(SIREN BLARING)
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)
(ROCK MUSIC STOPS)
(LIZZY SIGHS)
(LINE RINGING)
SEAN: Hey, you,
leave a message.
(BEEPS)
LIZZY: Hey, Sean, checking in.
My show opens on Monday.
It's at Lauren's again.
If you're not busy
maybe you'll come.
Okay. Well...
Talk to you later.
Bye.
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING
THROUGH CAR SPEAKERS)
-(CAR ENGINE STOPS)
-(MUSIC STOPS PLAYING)
(CAR DOOR CLOSES)
Hey.
Hey.
They said they were doing
a catalogue
and now they're like,
"Oh, it won't be ready
before the opening."
Only our school
would do that. God.
-LIZZY: Lame.
-So lame.
Abigail Firschein
spotlight show.
If there's no catalogue,
it's just my thesis show
all over again.
Who cares?
LIZZY: It'll happen.
Things usually get done,
just not on time.
Yeah, we'll see.
(JO SIGHS)
(CAT PURRING SOFTLY)
(VEHICLE PASSING)
(WINGS FLAPPING)
(OBJECT FALLS ON THE FLOOR)
Oh, no. Ricky! Ricky! Ricky!
-Ricky! No. No.
-(RICKY MEOWS, HISSES)
No! Bad cat!
Ricky! Ricky!
-Bad cat, bad cat. Get out.
-(RICKY MEOWS)
Shit.
Oh...
Oh, you dumb bird.
Ooh...
(GRUNTING)
Off you go.
Go somewhere else.
Go die somewhere else.
(SHUDDERS)
Jesus, I'm bad.
Ricky, you are bad!
Bad.
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
-(MEOWS)
-(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC STOPS)
(PURRING)
(LIZZY SIGHS)
-(MEOWS)
-(GRUNTS)
(GROANS SOFTLY)
Shit.
(SIGHS)
(GROANS)
(GRUNTS)
JO: Lizzy.
Check it out.
Found this poor bird.
LIZZY: What?
I found a bird. Check it out.
Hey... Yeah...
We're good. You're good.
Oh, a pigeon.
I think it was mauled
by a cat.
It was flapping around
out back in the flowerbed.
His wing is messed up.
Broken, I think.
Poor little guy.
Look at this guy.
You're okay...
Hold him a sec.
I think it was Oscar
who did it.
That cat is a menace.
They really need
to keep him inside.
(TRUCK DOOR LOCKS)
Come on,
let's fix this guy up.
Jo...
(MUMBLES SOFTLY)
I think this should be good.
Yeah.
Okay.
Okay...
Does that look good?
I think so.
Okay, we need a box.
Okay... Wait.
Okay.
All right.
(PIGEON COOING)
LIZZY: Ah, the People Tower.
I probably made
this Freshman year.
JO: That's a classic.
(FAUCET RUNNING)
(FAUCET TURNS OFF)
Okay...
There you go.
Perfecto!
What are we gonna
do with you, huh?
(SIGHS) What are we gonna do?
I gotta get to work.
Hey, Lizzy,
what are you doing today?
Me?
Working in the studio
from home. I got a lot to do.
I have to install
at Nationale. (SIGHS)
Jo, I have a cat.
Ricky is upstairs,
the bird can hang with you
in the studio.
I took today off to work.
(CLICKS TONGUE)
Aw, this guy is no trouble.
Right?
Yeah, I guess.
Wow, super! You're amazing.
I'll get him back from you
as soon as I get home.
You're the best.
(WHISPERS) Okay.
-(RICKY MEOWS)
-Oh, yeah,
you've done enough already.
(SIGHS)
Sorry.
(PIGEON COOING SOFTLY)
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING
FAINTLY)
Gross.
(SIGHS)
(PIGEON COOING)
What's the matter?
Why are you panting?
(LINE RINGING)
(SIGHS)
Hey, it's Jo. Leave a message.
Hi, Jo,
your bird is acting weird.
I don't think
it's breathing right.
Call me back.
What, are you having
a heart attack or something?
(PIGEON COOING)
So much to do today, Mr. Bird,
you're not helping.
(ENGINE STARTS)
(DRILLING MACHINE WHIRS)
LIZZY: Jo, your bird
is acting weird.
I don't think
it's breathing right.
Call me back.
VET: Looks like somebody did
a good job with the bandaging.
LIZZY: What about
the heavy breathing?
He's a little stressed.
I'm not going to bother him.
Have you been
keeping him warm?
Birds like to be kept warm.
I work in a garage studio.
It's not cold.
It stays cool, but...
I've been glazing down there,
but that's not too stinky.
Well, maybe the studio
is not the best place.
You could put
a hot water bottle in the box.
Uh, do you have one?
Get one at the drug store.
Fill it with hot water.
No hot water at my place.
Going on two weeks now.
Do you have a stove?
I have a stove.
Heat some water
in a kettle or a pot,
just wrap it in a towel.
You don't want it too hot,
but comfortable.
That's all?
It's a pigeon.
(RICKY MEOWS)
(TURNS ON STOVE)
(RICKY MEOWS)
-(KETTLE WHISTLING)
-(RICKY MEOWS)
(RICKY MEOWING)
(PIGEON COOING SOFTLY)
(RICKY MEOWS)
(PIGEON COOING)
I owe you some beers.
(TRUCK DOOR UNLOCKS)
(ENGINE STARTS)
(RADIO DJ
TALKING INDISTINCTLY)
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING
ON SPEAKERS)
-(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
-(DOOR OPENS)
Hi. How's the bird?
Cost $150.
I put it on my credit card.
I need to be paid back.
A hundred and fifty dollars?
Wow, what'd they do to him?
It's my one
big day for working
and it got totally screwed up
taking care of your bird.
I'm sorry about the day.
You can take the money
off the rent.
Doesn't get me back
the time.
She's amazing.
Love the green stockings.
So cool.
Awesome.
(SIGHS) Anything else
I should know? About the bird?
I got some bird seed.
$3.99.
Okay.
Thanks for taking care of him.
Come on, petit oiseau.
You're coming over
to my place.
We'll have a nice time.
Say bye to Lizzy.
(WHISPERING) Bye bye, Lizzy.
Bye, Lizzy.
(DOOR CLOSES)
(RICKY PURRING)
Good move getting here early.
You got your own kiln.
LIZZY:
I had to pull an all-nighter.
ERIC: All right...
You can take them up
to cone six.
Cone six.
She's great.
Maybe soak them a while.
ERIC: Okay.
I can do that.
How many more pieces
we got coming?
Uh, just one.
I'm almost there.
ERIC: Okay.
Be quick with it.
(WHISTLING)
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
Great framing...
(UPBEAT MUSIC STOPS)
(DRILLING MACHINE WHIRRING)
How's the bird?
JO: Seems all right.
Got him over by the window.
(DRILL WHIRRING STOPS)
LIZZY: I'm gonna take him
to the office.
It's loud in here.
JO: Okay.
(PIGEON COOING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
What's this?
LIZZY: A bird.
MAN: That's a pigeon.
Adorable. What happened?
Jo found it.
The vet thinks
it has a broken wing
and is stressed out.
What's this?
Something Ned Halter ordered.
Well, it looks personal.
Tell Ned he can pick it up
in my office.
You took a pigeon to a vet?
(LAUGHS) Now that's crazy.
Okay, go, thank you.
You're off duty.
Miss, I'm from Tacoma.
We shoot pigeons with BB guns.
We don't take them to the vet.
(LAUGHS)
Yo, Lizzy took a pigeon
to the vet. (LAUGHS)
She thinks the pigeon
is stressed out.
-MAN: Before he journeyed...
-(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
...in his spaceship
to the Moon in 1971,
Starfield astronaut
Allan Shepard
didn't think he'd be...
BILL: Hey, kiddo.
-For you.
-Ooh, thank you come in.
My captors are dying
to meet you.
Lee, Dorothy,
my daughter, Lizzy.
So, this is Lizzy!
Wonderful to meet you.
(CHUCKLES)
We've heard all about you.
Dorothy and Lee have
just come down from Canada.
Yeah, we were standing
in the gardens of Victoria.
Last week?
-So beautiful.
-Really beautiful.
Have you been?
No.
BILL: Yes, you have.
You were there
when you were little.
LIZZY: Oh, okay.
Well, yes, then.
Well, excusez-moi.
(IN FRENCH ACCENT)
I must go to the toilette.
Oh, Bill, shall Lee
make some coffee?
BILL: Knock yourself out,
my dear.
(GIGGLES)
You're about out of coffee
by the way.
(GRUNTS) And we're running low
on 1% milk,
if we're making a list.
DOROTHY: Oh, that's your
middle of the night
cereal eating.
LEE: Well, she's got me there.
(DOG SNORING)
LIZZY: Dad, how long
are they staying?
BILL: Oh, I don't know.
LIZZY: Well, where do
they live anyway?
BILL: They winter in Mexico
and summer in Canada,
they're very free.
Mom says "Hi", by the way.
Oh, really?
Well, "Hello" in return.
How's your show shaping up?
Great.
Oh, that's wonderful.
Wonderful.
If you see anything you like
that you want,
by all means, just take it.
You should make more
like this.
I'm enjoying my retirement.
I don't believe you.
Well, it's true.
Well, you should do it anyway.
Nah, my days are full.
I get up,
I do a little of this,
a little of that,
and before you know it,
it's time to watch TV again.
That sounds terrible.
That suits me just fine.
I can't find it.
I put it aside, but, um,
must just got up
and walked away.
Come on, let's go
join our friends again.
Dad, those aren't
your friends.
You barely know those people.
BILL: Well, look at you.
(CHUCKLES)
You've been there
all the time.
(SIGHS)
Here, would you, uh, give this
to your brother
when you see him again?
For five years,
he lived in that jacket.
I mean, it was mine,
but he took possession.
(CHUCKLES)
He might like it again.
-Yeah, I remember this.
-Yeah...
Have you talked to Sean?
I talk to him all the time.
-C'mon, let's go...
-When's...
When's the last time
you talked to him?
He brought a delicious
stuffing for Thanksgiving.
It was ravishing. Let's go.
Dad...
Dad, that was six months ago.
BILL: Well, he was great
six months ago.
And his stuffing was superb.
-(BASKETBALL BOUNCING)
-(ERIC WHISTLING)
ERIC: All right.
Okay. You ready?
LIZZY: Yeah, ready.
ERIC: Beautiful.
LIZZY: You're right.
(BALL BOUNCING IN DISTANCE)
Yeah.
Just love them.
Good job, Eric.
Good job, girls.
Hey.
This is your stuff?
Yeah, these are mine.
I didn't know you did this.
How great.
They look so good.
MARLENE: Wow, each one,
so wonderful.
They came out well, huh?
LIZZY: Um, do you
have time tomorrow?
ERIC: Uh, shouldn't
be a problem.
The earlier the better.
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
-(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC FADES)
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
JEAN: Hello, Jo.
How are you, dear?
Hi, Jean. I'm good.
I think so, anyway.
JEAN: How are things
at Nationale?
Uh, I think I'm done
here and there.
I think the shows
speak to each other
in a really cool way.
Bravo! The Abigail Firschein
Memorial Show,
it's really such
a big deal and...
Oh, we couldn't be prouder.
The... The first OCAC alum
they've ever featured.
MAN: Well, that
must feel good.
I hope the catalogue
comes together in time.
JEAN: Yes, me too...
Oh, we are thrilled
to be honoring you.
We're...
We're doing a catalogue?
Did you know Jo Tran
is getting a catalogue?
Hey, I can take the bird.
I'm gonna go get something
to eat with Jackie
and then go home.
He can hang
in the car for a bit.
He's fine here.
I'll drop him off
when I come home.
Okay, I'll take him
later then.
-Hey, Jo...
-Hey.
You're coming to
my opening tomorrow, right?
MAN: Yeah, definitely.
Uh, Lizzy,
do you have any dental floss?
(INDIE MUSIC PLAYING)
(VACUUM WHIRRING)
(VACUUM STOPS)
LIZZY: Hey, Jim, can you let
me into the guest bathroom?
You're not supposed
to be in there.
My hot water is still broken.
I really need a shower.
I'll get the key,
but you're not
supposed to be in there.
I got your door unlocked.
I don't want
any messes in there.
No puddles.
-SEAN: Hi.
-Hi.
I'm cooking.
Come on in.
Brought you this coat.
It's from dad's.
He thought you'd like it.
And here's an invite
to my show, too, if you want.
I left you a message.
SEAN: Yeah...
You know
I'm not a big message guy.
What you making?
Dinner of kings. Ragu.
Thought I'd be here earlier,
but so much traffic.
People don't know
how to drive.
Yeah, I almost got hit
the other day.
Not surprised.
What's going on?
I lost Channel 4.
Oh.
It's the only channel
I like to watch.
Has all the old shows on it.
Hawaii 5-0.
Twilight Zone.
The good stuff.
But now it's just gone.
Can you call the company?
I don't have a company.
I use the antenna.
I know what's going on.
What's going on?
You don't want to know.
The neighbors blocked it.
Can they do that?
They figured it out.
I don't... I don't know
if that's something
they can really do.
You don't think so?
Believe me, they can.
And they do.
Those people
have their fingers
all over this place.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Go see for yourself.
Hey, I saw your car
and I thought I'd say "Hi".
Hey, Craig.
-Hi, Sean.
-It's Craig.
SEAN: Oh, hey. I thought
you were the other neighbors.
Sean was just telling me
about his TV reception,
that he's missing his shows.
Still not working?
SEAN: Nope.
Thinks the neighbors
have something to do with it.
I see what you're doing.
See what you're trying
to pass along. Ha-ha.
Nice try.
Not passing
anything along, Sean.
If you want, I could get you
a box set
of The Twilight Zone.
Have that on DVD.
That's not the same
if I know what's coming on.
Oh, yeah,
I remember that jacket.
Yeah, same one.
Is he still doing
that landscaping thing?
I thought he had some work.
I don't think so.
Not for a while.
I rescued a bird.
He has a broken wing.
Wow...
(CHUCKLES)
Cool.
(INDIE MUSIC PLAYING FAINTLY)
Oh, he has his struggles.
I am aware.
He could use our love.
LIZZY: He needs
more than that.
He's a genius
is part of the problem.
Always a few steps
ahead of everyone.
Just makes it so hard
to know what to expect.
I don't know
that he's a genius.
Well, he really has something.
A lot of people say that.
They always have.
Some people.
He was always
incredibly creative and, uh,
some of the things
he's done, just...
Wow.
A lot of people are creative.
You should give him
a little more credit.
I do give him credit.
I just think he has problems.
I know...
(CHUCKLES)
But really who doesn't?
WOMAN: All right, get out.
Get away. You're running.
Go! You're running fast.
Go, go, go, go,
you're running for your lives.
You're running for your lives.
Go, go!
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Bye, thank you.
-Bye, Marlene.
-See ya.
Thank you.
Hey, Lizzy.
LIZZY: Hi.
Come to slum around
in studio arts?
Oh, no.
No, just hiding, really.
Oh, cool.
You can hide in here with me.
So, you share a house?
Oh, no... God.
We're neighbors.
Jo bought an old
apartment building.
Dad and her brother
helped her fix it up.
Well, that sounds great.
Yeah, she really
figured it out.
She can work in the studio
all the time now.
I saw you have a show
coming up.
Monday.
I have a friend in town
from New York.
We'll come check it out.
Cool.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(LAUGHING)
(CAR ENGINE STOPS)
(CAR DOOR OPENS)
-(CAR DOOR CLOSES)
-(JO GIGGLING)
ERIC: Nah...
JO: Fuck, my phone.
ERIC: Find it in the morning.
JO: Okay.
(WHISTLING)
(HUMMING)
(GROANS)
Fun night?
(JO GROANS)
(SIGHS) It was all right.
A lot of people.
LIZZY: Everyone loved it?
That's what they said.
Sorry I couldn't be there,
but I saw the room.
It looked amazing.
I talked to Marlene Heyman
for a long time last night.
She really likes you.
Went on and on
about your girls, the colors.
LIZZY: Mmm, that's cool.
It is cool.
She's having a moment.
Anyway, I can take the bird
off your hands.
Okay.
Ricky will be happy.
Paper gets gross really fast.
Okay.
(PIGEON COOING SOFTLY)
Hey, Jo, now that your shows
are open,
you'll get on
the water heater, right?
Yup.
'Cause I'd really like
to take a shower.
ERIC: Yeah.
All right, this one
turned out beautiful.
Good work. Good work.
(WHISPERS) Come on, bae.
Ahh!
Must've been burning
hot on one side.
It's a little funky, but...
I don't mind imperfections.
In fact, I like them.
I prefer it.
Think it looks cool.
-Don't you?
-Not really.
LIZZY: (SOFTLY) What?
(SEAN HUMMING SOFTLY)
What's going on?
SEAN: Oh.
What are you doing here?
Just came by...
I was gonna
show you something.
But you look sort of busy.
What are you doing?
SEAN: What does it
look like I'm doing?
(PANTING)
I'm making a piece.
It's a very major piece.
Very major.
I didn't know
you were into earth work.
Art is the earth talking.
Poetry is the voice
of the earth.
So, it's all earth work.
These are mouths.
Listen.
You have to listen
to what isn't being said.
You hear that?
I don't think I do.
(CHUCKLES)
So many people
choose not to hear.
Sean...
(DIGGING CONTINUES)
(GRUNTING)
(TELEPHONE RINGING)
Okay...
-Hello.
-LIZZY: I'm at Sean's.
Things are not good here.
He's not good...
- (SIGHS)
-He's really off...
(CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)
(CAR STOPS, ENGINE TURNED OFF)
(SIGHS)
Hey.
So, where is he?
LIZZY: Still in the backyard,
I think.
JEAN: No, you... You go home.
-I can... I can go with you.
-No, please. Lizzy...
You go home.
(KEYS RATTLING)
-Whoa... Yeah.
-(INDIE MUSIC PLAYING)
ERIC: Best thing
I've ever seen.
-I mean it.
-Thank you.
Wow. Technique, um...
I mean, it was
just a momentary thing...
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
WOMAN 1: Who is this?
What's this?
WOMAN 2: Oh, really,
just, like, the worst.
But I think you should look
at her earlier work
because, I think,
that's actually what...
This idea of, like,
post feminism ideal.
WOMAN 1: Oh, I would.
I think it's actually
a pretty good piece, come on.
(LAUGHS)
WOMAN 1: I need to see it.
WOMAN 2: Yeah, yeah.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
(MEOWING)
(LINE RINGING)
This is Jean. Leave a message.
(BEEPS)
Mom, what's going on
over there?
Can you fill me in?
Hey, it's Jo. Leave a message.
(BEEPS)
Hey, one of your guests
took my parking space.
That is not cool.
Also, just reminding you
that the bird
needs his paper changed
every few hours.
(WOMEN LAUGHING)
Gets pretty gross in there
if you don't change the paper.
(CLICKS TONGUE)
(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)
(LINE RINGING)
This is Jean. Leave a message.
(BEEPS)
Mom, I'm really anxious
to know what's going on there.
Give me a call.
(LINE RINGING)
Hey, it's Jo. Leave a message.
(BEEPS)
You know, I'm so fucking sick
of not having hot water, Jo.
It is such a total drag.
And such a shitty thing
to do to a person.
I'm sick of it.
Have a great night.
I need to use the shower, too.
Here?
That shower is
a storage space. It's packed.
Well, I don't have any
hot water and I need a shower.
We'll figure it out.
(CELL PHONE BUZZING)
What's going on?
Why haven't
you called me back?
JEAN: Well,
it's been busy here.
Are you still there?
I just left.
He was finally sleeping.
He had a lot to say.
LIZZY: Are you sure
that he's asleep?
Well, he was quiet.
He was resting.
Okay. Well, call me later.
Bye.
(MUSIC PLAYING
THROUGH CAR SPEAKERS)
-(CAR ENGINE STOPS)
-(MUSIC STOPS)
Hey.
-(CAR DOOR CLOSES)
-JO: Hey.
Where's the bird?
Inside.
You left him alone?
He's fine.
LIZZY: The hot water bottle
doesn't even
-stay hot that long.
-JO: Lizzy... (SIGHS)
It isn't even cold out.
When's my hot water
coming back on?
(JO GRUNTS)
I'm on it.
Well, you keep
saying that, but...
What are we talking, tomorrow?
I have to drive out to Kelso
to get the new heater,
and the guy said
he won't be there tomorrow.
But he's supposed to be there
the next day.
Is that the only
water heater anywhere?
Why does it
have to be that one?
It's the best
and cheapest, yeah.
I pay rent, you know?
Not that much.
What?
I said you don't pay
that much rent, that's all.
You have a really good deal.
It's no excuse for the water.
But you do.
And, please, stop
leaving me messages like that.
(DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC STOPS)
All right.
LIZZY: This is a lot
of cheese
and I don't think that people
are gonna eat this much.
They'll eat a little bit of it
and then the rest of it
is gonna go to waste.
Lizzy, your guests
are gonna be here
in a few minutes.
It's going to
be a special night
and no one is going
to be looking at the cheese.
Okay, they're coming
to celebrate you
and all of
your beautiful work.
(CELL PHONE BUZZING)
LIZZY: What's happening?
JEAN: I just wanted
to let you know
I'm driving over to Sean's.
He said he'd come tonight,
and so I'm bringing him along
as my date.
LIZZY: Okay, if you think
he really wants to.
Oh, he wants to.
Of course he does.
So, we'll see you soon.
Okay. Bye.
Sean's coming.
He's not going
to break anything, is he?
Seems like you're not
taking away any cheese.
(SIGHS)
Hi, Dad.
It looks amazing!
Oh, boy. Oh, boy!
Hi, Dad.
Um, thank you for coming.
(SIGHS)
How nice.
It's close to downtown,
that's nice.
This gallery is first rate.
I mean, it might not
look like much,
but they do some
really great things here.
Why don't you guys
have a look?
Or some wine?
Ooh, don't mind if I do.
-Go ahead.
-DOROTHY: Yeah.
-Thank you.
-Zinfandel...
DOROTHY: Thank you, thank you.
One of those, please.
Dates.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Well, you are very daring
with the colors.
(CHUCKLES)
(CHUCKLES)
(GRUNTS)
Yeah.
Yeah.
JEAN: Hello there, Craig.
Hi, Mrs. Carr.
I was hoping
to find Sean back here.
Uh, no one answered the door.
I don't think he's here.
Oh! I'm to pick him up
and I wonder where he is.
Sometimes he...
He walks through the park
over to the corner store
on 92nd.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(LAUGHS)
MAN: You know,
it's just a funny thing.
A decade makes
all the difference.
ERIC: Yeah.
Yes, and who's gonna tell...
How they're gonna
tell their stories?
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
When I'm in my dream space,
that's when it happens.
I mean, like...
I just flow, you know?
I can do no wrong in that.
At that point,
it just happens.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Hey.
Hey, thanks for coming.
Wouldn't miss it.
Lizzy, this is Janet.
Janet is the gallery director
where I show in New York.
LIZZY: Nice to meet you.
Congratulations.
I hear great things.
Well, my best piece
got closer to the fire
than I wanted,
but I didn't have
any control over that.
Well, things look great
from here.
Come on, at this stage,
you've just got to own it.
JANET: How often does
something come out of the kiln
looking just as you expected.
LIZZY: Yeah, I guess...
Jo.
-You came.
-Of course I did.
I brought this guy.
He wanted to say hi.
Oh...
JO: He's seen you make it all.
LIZZY: (CHUCKLES) Yeah, okay.
It looks good.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
JO: (CHUCKLES)
Your dad's hilarious.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES)
I'm gonna look around.
This one looks familiar.
Yeah, that's me. Cute.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
DOROTHY: Have you swum
with the dolphins?
Twice.
LEE: How much it cost?
(DOROTHY GASPS)
-What?
-I don't remember.
I mean, she was just a snob.
Such a snob. Oh, my God.
A first-class snob.
Your dad is talking
about Hilda Morris.
You like her stuff?
Yeah, I love Hilda.
ERIC: I just, kind of,
fell into that.
BILL: My pal did the cabinets
in her living room
and he said she didn't
have a good word for anybody.
(CHUCKLES) For anybody.
Lizzy, it looks wonderful,
just wonderful.
Congratulations.
This is Lizzy's mom,
Jean Carr.
Davis. Jean Davis.
The other thing about her
was this leather vest.
She loved this leather vest.
She would not be seen
without her leather vest.
You talking
about Hilda Morris?
-Yes, I am.
-You never knew Hilda Morris.
I beg to differ.
No, I don't think you did.
-Mom, where's Sean?
-I don't know.
I couldn't find him.
Well, that's his loss.
You know this other friend
of mine has a house...
I thought you
were getting him.
Well, he wasn't there.
And I...
I thought he might be here.
He shouldn't
just be out by himself.
Mom, that's not good.
I'm sure he's fine.
He's probably at a friend's.
Sean doesn't have any friends.
Craig's a friend.
LIZZY: Mom, he could
be anywhere right now.
JEAN: Lizzy, please relax.
This is your night.
Try to enjoy yourself.
Well, I'm not
just gonna stand here
while Sean has gone missing.
Who said he's gone missing?
Sean...
Oh, there you are.
I... I went to pick you up.
I said I was coming.
I took the bus.
I thought we said
that I was getting you.
No matter.
-Hey.
-I'm happy you're here.
Here I am.
Try picking up your phone
once in a while.
(PIGEON COOING)
Easy on the cheese.
What do you mean?
It's for everyone.
I don't want to run out.
Cheese is out on the table.
You shouldn't put cheese
out on the table
if you don't
want people to eat it.
-This isn't dinner, Sean.
-It's my dinner.
Leave the cheese alone,
seriously.
Sean, uh,
have you spoken to Craig?
-Uh, he was looking for you.
-What did he want?
Stop it.
Yeah, they came
to the Derick Tibbs show.
Late...
I think they do it on purpose.
Kind of just come.
And then leave.
Hello, Sean! Finally, huh?
(CHUCKLES)
Hey, Lizzy, I...
I just wanted to tell you,
I... I really like
your friend Janet.
And, uh, and she said
she wants to come and see, uh,
my pots,
if you know what I'm saying.
LIZZY: Oh, my God,
did you say that to her?
No, I didn't have
to say anything. She offered.
That was to get you to leave.
No, it was not
to get me to leave, Jean.
We had a meeting
of the minds, all right?
We have a lot in common.
Well, we do. We do.
As it turns out, we do.
You're not supposed
to have any cheese.
Who the hell are you?
I can eat as much as I want.
Oh, Lizzy,
the show is awesome.
You should be so proud.
Thanks, Terri.
Thanks for coming.
Yeah, of course.
People sure love
to kiss your ass, huh?
Stop talking to me.
Both of you please stop.
You're embarrassing me.
All right, all right,
all right.
Leave them alone, will you?
You don't have to tell them
how to talk to each other.
JEAN: What I say to them
doesn't really concern you.
BILL: Concerns me
in that I'm here
and I have to listen to it.
JEAN: No one,
but you in there, Bill.
BILL: No, you're standing in
your own little world, Jean.
Listen, buddy, don't you begin
to tell me
how to talk to my kids.
BILL: Oh, I wouldn't dare.
SEAN: Not like
she'd listen anyway.
-MAN: Bird!
-(PEOPLE GASPING)
(PEOPLE EXCLAIMING)
(WHISPERS) Wow.
(PIGEON COOING)
LIZZY: No, Sean, wait!
(MAN LAUGHING)
I guess he was ready to go.
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC STOPS)
Gonna go to get
some cigarettes.
Saw Mike's show yesterday.
LIZZY: How was it?
JO: It was good.
LIZZY: I heard
he's doing deserts again.
JO: Yeah...
I liked his trees better.
LIZZY: I like the deserts.
(CHUCKLES) I always forget
Mike's color blind.
Isn't that weird?
JO: Totally.
(PIGEON COOING)
(MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING)
(MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING)
(OBJECTS RUSTLING SOFTLY)
(PIGEON COOING SOFTLY)
(VEHICLE PASSING IN DISTANCE)
(MELLOW MUSIC STOPS)
(LINE RINGING)
BILL: (ON PHONE) Hello, Lizzy.
LIZZY: Hi, dad.
My show opens Monday.
That's a week from tomorrow.
Put it on your calendar.
Well, I don't think
I got an invitation.
Unless it got lost
in the junk mail.
So much junk mail
coming in all the time.
Have you seen the fake
handwriting they have now?
Looks like someone
really wrote it by hand.
Dad, this is your invitation.
I haven't had time
to send anything out.
Uh, well, we'll all be there.
My guests have come
wandering through again.
They'd love to have an outing,
I'm sure.
I don't like that they're
staying with you again.
They like it here.
It's a good spot
for them to stop.
They were just there.
Don't they have anywhere else
they can stay?
I enjoy the company.
(CAR DOOR CLOSES)
Feels like they're
taking advantage of you.
(LAUGHS) No. No. No.
I'm gonna stop by this week
and make sure
they don't have you
tied up in the basement.
Nothing as exciting as that,
I assure you.
Though that would
possibly be quite enjoyable.
I could do without
their dog though,
not a well-trained creature.
Keeps mistaking the corner
of my couch for a tree.
Dad, that's gross.
(PANTING)
(CROW CAWING)
(JO SNIFFLES, PANTS)
Hey Lizzy. Check it out.
Been hoping to find
a good tire for this tree
for ages.
LIZZY: Jo, the water situation
is getting worse.
Barely gets lukewarm now.
Just a few minutes of lukewarm
and then cold.
That sounds serious.
I'm on it.
Just got to get
through this week first.
Shouldn't even be here
right now.
I've got so much to do.
I do, too. And I don't know
what I'm supposed to do
without hot water.
Lizzy, I told you,
you can use my shower.
I want my own water working.
My show's open on Friday.
I'll be free to deal with it
after that.
I have a show too, you know.
I'm just...
You're not the only one
with a deadline.
I know, but I have two shows
which is insane.
(GRUNTING)
Hey! Give me a push.
(CAT MEOWING)
You're hungry?
(MEOWS)
Well, you have to wait.
You're out of food.
I have to work.
-I'll go to the store later.
-(MEOWING LOUDLY)
(GROANS) Fine.
Ugh, shut up!
God, Ricky,
you're ruining my workday.
(MEOWS)
(TRAIN HORN BLARES
IN THE DISTANCE)
(MEOWS)
(LIZZY SIGHS)
(INDIE MUSIC PLAYING
ON CAR RADIO)
RADIO DJ:
This is Todd-a-phonic time.
Happy Monday to you all.
Counting the days
until the Quazi show
on the roof of the...
(MAN WHISTLING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
WOMAN: Eric!
Hey!
A whole year of my life.
Let's see it.
I love it.
What did you end up
doing with the zipper?
Well, I abandoned
the zipper idea
and went with Velcro.
Which, like you said,
is not great...
ERIC: Come here, let me help.
...because it sticks
to the yarn.
ERIC: Yeah, it gets
a little messy, but...
MAN: Hey, Lizzy, can I get
a little bit
of coffee, please?
This isn't a cafeteria.
Okay, but, like...
Could you at least tell me
who's on my board?
Hasn't been decided yet.
Look, Randal,
he shouldn't be on my board.
We don't see eye-to-eye.
We got, like,
different theories
of cultural production.
Or he just doesn't like me.
I don't know.
I'm just putting that
out there.
ERIC: Hey, man...
MAN: Hey.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
Big piece on Marlene Heyman.
"...devotional, humble,
luminous and strange..."
"She sees glass
as a religious vessel
"for personal
mastic meditation."
Wow, major real estate.
MAN: "The dream like glass
would seem like..."
JEAN: Lizzy.
Uh, let's get
the, uh, latest, um,
end-of-year schedule
out today.
Mmm.
Oh, these are travel receipts
for our guests.
And, um,
I gave Tim Hunter cash
so the invoice is in there.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
(ERIC WHISTLING)
LIZZY: Here you go.
MAN: All right.
(WHISTLING STOPS)
ERIC: Lizzy, you ready
to fire this week?
(SIGHS) Yeah, yeah.
There'll be a few stragglers
though, is that okay?
We'll make room.
Just bring by what you have.
It's all right.
We'll make it work.
Oh, I saw some of Jo's work
at her studio yesterday.
Wow, it just gives me
such a lift.
Pretty amazing.
LIZZY: She'd be more amazing
if she got
my hot water working.
(CHUCKLES)
LIZZY: Two weeks now.
Hey, Lizzy,
I've gotta get to class.
Bring your stuff by.
We'll make it work.
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
MAN: He's on
spherical mirrors...
(UPBEAT MUSIC STOPS)
...groovy oil lamps.
Media heat.
The heat of the technology.
The human shadows.
This mess of images.
So, what does it all do?
WOMAN: It blows our minds.
Does somebody wanna go
on the inside?
Grace? Maya?
I'm not gonna lock you in.
This one,
doesn't make me cringe.
I had a special feeling
about this one.
You know, it's, uh,
it's right where
I wanted to be.
Good form, but not too slick.
There's spontaneity
in that pot.
It's its own thing.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
You know you're meeting
with the dean at noon?
-Yeah. Can you remind Jackie?
-She knows.
And I was wondering
if it's okay
if I take tomorrow off work?
I was thinking
I might do that.
I'd have a lot of work.
For the show.
(KEYBOARD CLACKING)
So is that okay?
If I don't come in?
Lizzy, if you're taking
a personal day,
you're taking a personal day.
Okay, so I won't
be in tomorrow.
I got it.
-(KEYBOARD CLACKING)
-(SIGHS)
And have you talked to Dad?
Because those people are back
at his house again.
What people?
The people who stay with him.
Well, your father
is living his own life.
And we all wish him
the very best.
Lizzy, I'm focusing here.
(MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING)
I can't figure out
what class this is.
But I really want to join it.
LIZZY: Thinking and Movement.
MARLENE: Ah.
You're Lizzy, right?
You made that nice flyer.
I haven't gotten
to read the article yet,
but I made the flyer.
Cool.
Well, thank you.
I want to impress
those students.
And the flyer was very nice.
Thank you.
Yeah, see you around.
RADIO DJ: ...in store for us
and I can't wait to listen.
But while I wait to listen,
let's listen to...
This is, like, the, uh...
Mike Bloomfield,
Al Kooper super session...
(SIREN BLARING)
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)
(ROCK MUSIC STOPS)
(LIZZY SIGHS)
(LINE RINGING)
SEAN: Hey, you,
leave a message.
(BEEPS)
LIZZY: Hey, Sean, checking in.
My show opens on Monday.
It's at Lauren's again.
If you're not busy
maybe you'll come.
Okay. Well...
Talk to you later.
Bye.
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING
THROUGH CAR SPEAKERS)
-(CAR ENGINE STOPS)
-(MUSIC STOPS PLAYING)
(CAR DOOR CLOSES)
Hey.
Hey.
They said they were doing
a catalogue
and now they're like,
"Oh, it won't be ready
before the opening."
Only our school
would do that. God.
-LIZZY: Lame.
-So lame.
Abigail Firschein
spotlight show.
If there's no catalogue,
it's just my thesis show
all over again.
Who cares?
LIZZY: It'll happen.
Things usually get done,
just not on time.
Yeah, we'll see.
(JO SIGHS)
(CAT PURRING SOFTLY)
(VEHICLE PASSING)
(WINGS FLAPPING)
(OBJECT FALLS ON THE FLOOR)
Oh, no. Ricky! Ricky! Ricky!
-Ricky! No. No.
-(RICKY MEOWS, HISSES)
No! Bad cat!
Ricky! Ricky!
-Bad cat, bad cat. Get out.
-(RICKY MEOWS)
Shit.
Oh...
Oh, you dumb bird.
Ooh...
(GRUNTING)
Off you go.
Go somewhere else.
Go die somewhere else.
(SHUDDERS)
Jesus, I'm bad.
Ricky, you are bad!
Bad.
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
-(MEOWS)
-(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC STOPS)
(PURRING)
(LIZZY SIGHS)
-(MEOWS)
-(GRUNTS)
(GROANS SOFTLY)
Shit.
(SIGHS)
(GROANS)
(GRUNTS)
JO: Lizzy.
Check it out.
Found this poor bird.
LIZZY: What?
I found a bird. Check it out.
Hey... Yeah...
We're good. You're good.
Oh, a pigeon.
I think it was mauled
by a cat.
It was flapping around
out back in the flowerbed.
His wing is messed up.
Broken, I think.
Poor little guy.
Look at this guy.
You're okay...
Hold him a sec.
I think it was Oscar
who did it.
That cat is a menace.
They really need
to keep him inside.
(TRUCK DOOR LOCKS)
Come on,
let's fix this guy up.
Jo...
(MUMBLES SOFTLY)
I think this should be good.
Yeah.
Okay.
Okay...
Does that look good?
I think so.
Okay, we need a box.
Okay... Wait.
Okay.
All right.
(PIGEON COOING)
LIZZY: Ah, the People Tower.
I probably made
this Freshman year.
JO: That's a classic.
(FAUCET RUNNING)
(FAUCET TURNS OFF)
Okay...
There you go.
Perfecto!
What are we gonna
do with you, huh?
(SIGHS) What are we gonna do?
I gotta get to work.
Hey, Lizzy,
what are you doing today?
Me?
Working in the studio
from home. I got a lot to do.
I have to install
at Nationale. (SIGHS)
Jo, I have a cat.
Ricky is upstairs,
the bird can hang with you
in the studio.
I took today off to work.
(CLICKS TONGUE)
Aw, this guy is no trouble.
Right?
Yeah, I guess.
Wow, super! You're amazing.
I'll get him back from you
as soon as I get home.
You're the best.
(WHISPERS) Okay.
-(RICKY MEOWS)
-Oh, yeah,
you've done enough already.
(SIGHS)
Sorry.
(PIGEON COOING SOFTLY)
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING
FAINTLY)
Gross.
(SIGHS)
(PIGEON COOING)
What's the matter?
Why are you panting?
(LINE RINGING)
(SIGHS)
Hey, it's Jo. Leave a message.
Hi, Jo,
your bird is acting weird.
I don't think
it's breathing right.
Call me back.
What, are you having
a heart attack or something?
(PIGEON COOING)
So much to do today, Mr. Bird,
you're not helping.
(ENGINE STARTS)
(DRILLING MACHINE WHIRS)
LIZZY: Jo, your bird
is acting weird.
I don't think
it's breathing right.
Call me back.
VET: Looks like somebody did
a good job with the bandaging.
LIZZY: What about
the heavy breathing?
He's a little stressed.
I'm not going to bother him.
Have you been
keeping him warm?
Birds like to be kept warm.
I work in a garage studio.
It's not cold.
It stays cool, but...
I've been glazing down there,
but that's not too stinky.
Well, maybe the studio
is not the best place.
You could put
a hot water bottle in the box.
Uh, do you have one?
Get one at the drug store.
Fill it with hot water.
No hot water at my place.
Going on two weeks now.
Do you have a stove?
I have a stove.
Heat some water
in a kettle or a pot,
just wrap it in a towel.
You don't want it too hot,
but comfortable.
That's all?
It's a pigeon.
(RICKY MEOWS)
(TURNS ON STOVE)
(RICKY MEOWS)
-(KETTLE WHISTLING)
-(RICKY MEOWS)
(RICKY MEOWING)
(PIGEON COOING SOFTLY)
(RICKY MEOWS)
(PIGEON COOING)
I owe you some beers.
(TRUCK DOOR UNLOCKS)
(ENGINE STARTS)
(RADIO DJ
TALKING INDISTINCTLY)
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING
ON SPEAKERS)
-(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
-(DOOR OPENS)
Hi. How's the bird?
Cost $150.
I put it on my credit card.
I need to be paid back.
A hundred and fifty dollars?
Wow, what'd they do to him?
It's my one
big day for working
and it got totally screwed up
taking care of your bird.
I'm sorry about the day.
You can take the money
off the rent.
Doesn't get me back
the time.
She's amazing.
Love the green stockings.
So cool.
Awesome.
(SIGHS) Anything else
I should know? About the bird?
I got some bird seed.
$3.99.
Okay.
Thanks for taking care of him.
Come on, petit oiseau.
You're coming over
to my place.
We'll have a nice time.
Say bye to Lizzy.
(WHISPERING) Bye bye, Lizzy.
Bye, Lizzy.
(DOOR CLOSES)
(RICKY PURRING)
Good move getting here early.
You got your own kiln.
LIZZY:
I had to pull an all-nighter.
ERIC: All right...
You can take them up
to cone six.
Cone six.
She's great.
Maybe soak them a while.
ERIC: Okay.
I can do that.
How many more pieces
we got coming?
Uh, just one.
I'm almost there.
ERIC: Okay.
Be quick with it.
(WHISTLING)
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
Great framing...
(UPBEAT MUSIC STOPS)
(DRILLING MACHINE WHIRRING)
How's the bird?
JO: Seems all right.
Got him over by the window.
(DRILL WHIRRING STOPS)
LIZZY: I'm gonna take him
to the office.
It's loud in here.
JO: Okay.
(PIGEON COOING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
What's this?
LIZZY: A bird.
MAN: That's a pigeon.
Adorable. What happened?
Jo found it.
The vet thinks
it has a broken wing
and is stressed out.
What's this?
Something Ned Halter ordered.
Well, it looks personal.
Tell Ned he can pick it up
in my office.
You took a pigeon to a vet?
(LAUGHS) Now that's crazy.
Okay, go, thank you.
You're off duty.
Miss, I'm from Tacoma.
We shoot pigeons with BB guns.
We don't take them to the vet.
(LAUGHS)
Yo, Lizzy took a pigeon
to the vet. (LAUGHS)
She thinks the pigeon
is stressed out.
-MAN: Before he journeyed...
-(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
...in his spaceship
to the Moon in 1971,
Starfield astronaut
Allan Shepard
didn't think he'd be...
BILL: Hey, kiddo.
-For you.
-Ooh, thank you come in.
My captors are dying
to meet you.
Lee, Dorothy,
my daughter, Lizzy.
So, this is Lizzy!
Wonderful to meet you.
(CHUCKLES)
We've heard all about you.
Dorothy and Lee have
just come down from Canada.
Yeah, we were standing
in the gardens of Victoria.
Last week?
-So beautiful.
-Really beautiful.
Have you been?
No.
BILL: Yes, you have.
You were there
when you were little.
LIZZY: Oh, okay.
Well, yes, then.
Well, excusez-moi.
(IN FRENCH ACCENT)
I must go to the toilette.
Oh, Bill, shall Lee
make some coffee?
BILL: Knock yourself out,
my dear.
(GIGGLES)
You're about out of coffee
by the way.
(GRUNTS) And we're running low
on 1% milk,
if we're making a list.
DOROTHY: Oh, that's your
middle of the night
cereal eating.
LEE: Well, she's got me there.
(DOG SNORING)
LIZZY: Dad, how long
are they staying?
BILL: Oh, I don't know.
LIZZY: Well, where do
they live anyway?
BILL: They winter in Mexico
and summer in Canada,
they're very free.
Mom says "Hi", by the way.
Oh, really?
Well, "Hello" in return.
How's your show shaping up?
Great.
Oh, that's wonderful.
Wonderful.
If you see anything you like
that you want,
by all means, just take it.
You should make more
like this.
I'm enjoying my retirement.
I don't believe you.
Well, it's true.
Well, you should do it anyway.
Nah, my days are full.
I get up,
I do a little of this,
a little of that,
and before you know it,
it's time to watch TV again.
That sounds terrible.
That suits me just fine.
I can't find it.
I put it aside, but, um,
must just got up
and walked away.
Come on, let's go
join our friends again.
Dad, those aren't
your friends.
You barely know those people.
BILL: Well, look at you.
(CHUCKLES)
You've been there
all the time.
(SIGHS)
Here, would you, uh, give this
to your brother
when you see him again?
For five years,
he lived in that jacket.
I mean, it was mine,
but he took possession.
(CHUCKLES)
He might like it again.
-Yeah, I remember this.
-Yeah...
Have you talked to Sean?
I talk to him all the time.
-C'mon, let's go...
-When's...
When's the last time
you talked to him?
He brought a delicious
stuffing for Thanksgiving.
It was ravishing. Let's go.
Dad...
Dad, that was six months ago.
BILL: Well, he was great
six months ago.
And his stuffing was superb.
-(BASKETBALL BOUNCING)
-(ERIC WHISTLING)
ERIC: All right.
Okay. You ready?
LIZZY: Yeah, ready.
ERIC: Beautiful.
LIZZY: You're right.
(BALL BOUNCING IN DISTANCE)
Yeah.
Just love them.
Good job, Eric.
Good job, girls.
Hey.
This is your stuff?
Yeah, these are mine.
I didn't know you did this.
How great.
They look so good.
MARLENE: Wow, each one,
so wonderful.
They came out well, huh?
LIZZY: Um, do you
have time tomorrow?
ERIC: Uh, shouldn't
be a problem.
The earlier the better.
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
-(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC FADES)
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
JEAN: Hello, Jo.
How are you, dear?
Hi, Jean. I'm good.
I think so, anyway.
JEAN: How are things
at Nationale?
Uh, I think I'm done
here and there.
I think the shows
speak to each other
in a really cool way.
Bravo! The Abigail Firschein
Memorial Show,
it's really such
a big deal and...
Oh, we couldn't be prouder.
The... The first OCAC alum
they've ever featured.
MAN: Well, that
must feel good.
I hope the catalogue
comes together in time.
JEAN: Yes, me too...
Oh, we are thrilled
to be honoring you.
We're...
We're doing a catalogue?
Did you know Jo Tran
is getting a catalogue?
Hey, I can take the bird.
I'm gonna go get something
to eat with Jackie
and then go home.
He can hang
in the car for a bit.
He's fine here.
I'll drop him off
when I come home.
Okay, I'll take him
later then.
-Hey, Jo...
-Hey.
You're coming to
my opening tomorrow, right?
MAN: Yeah, definitely.
Uh, Lizzy,
do you have any dental floss?
(INDIE MUSIC PLAYING)
(VACUUM WHIRRING)
(VACUUM STOPS)
LIZZY: Hey, Jim, can you let
me into the guest bathroom?
You're not supposed
to be in there.
My hot water is still broken.
I really need a shower.
I'll get the key,
but you're not
supposed to be in there.
I got your door unlocked.
I don't want
any messes in there.
No puddles.
-SEAN: Hi.
-Hi.
I'm cooking.
Come on in.
Brought you this coat.
It's from dad's.
He thought you'd like it.
And here's an invite
to my show, too, if you want.
I left you a message.
SEAN: Yeah...
You know
I'm not a big message guy.
What you making?
Dinner of kings. Ragu.
Thought I'd be here earlier,
but so much traffic.
People don't know
how to drive.
Yeah, I almost got hit
the other day.
Not surprised.
What's going on?
I lost Channel 4.
Oh.
It's the only channel
I like to watch.
Has all the old shows on it.
Hawaii 5-0.
Twilight Zone.
The good stuff.
But now it's just gone.
Can you call the company?
I don't have a company.
I use the antenna.
I know what's going on.
What's going on?
You don't want to know.
The neighbors blocked it.
Can they do that?
They figured it out.
I don't... I don't know
if that's something
they can really do.
You don't think so?
Believe me, they can.
And they do.
Those people
have their fingers
all over this place.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Go see for yourself.
Hey, I saw your car
and I thought I'd say "Hi".
Hey, Craig.
-Hi, Sean.
-It's Craig.
SEAN: Oh, hey. I thought
you were the other neighbors.
Sean was just telling me
about his TV reception,
that he's missing his shows.
Still not working?
SEAN: Nope.
Thinks the neighbors
have something to do with it.
I see what you're doing.
See what you're trying
to pass along. Ha-ha.
Nice try.
Not passing
anything along, Sean.
If you want, I could get you
a box set
of The Twilight Zone.
Have that on DVD.
That's not the same
if I know what's coming on.
Oh, yeah,
I remember that jacket.
Yeah, same one.
Is he still doing
that landscaping thing?
I thought he had some work.
I don't think so.
Not for a while.
I rescued a bird.
He has a broken wing.
Wow...
(CHUCKLES)
Cool.
(INDIE MUSIC PLAYING FAINTLY)
Oh, he has his struggles.
I am aware.
He could use our love.
LIZZY: He needs
more than that.
He's a genius
is part of the problem.
Always a few steps
ahead of everyone.
Just makes it so hard
to know what to expect.
I don't know
that he's a genius.
Well, he really has something.
A lot of people say that.
They always have.
Some people.
He was always
incredibly creative and, uh,
some of the things
he's done, just...
Wow.
A lot of people are creative.
You should give him
a little more credit.
I do give him credit.
I just think he has problems.
I know...
(CHUCKLES)
But really who doesn't?
WOMAN: All right, get out.
Get away. You're running.
Go! You're running fast.
Go, go, go, go,
you're running for your lives.
You're running for your lives.
Go, go!
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Bye, thank you.
-Bye, Marlene.
-See ya.
Thank you.
Hey, Lizzy.
LIZZY: Hi.
Come to slum around
in studio arts?
Oh, no.
No, just hiding, really.
Oh, cool.
You can hide in here with me.
So, you share a house?
Oh, no... God.
We're neighbors.
Jo bought an old
apartment building.
Dad and her brother
helped her fix it up.
Well, that sounds great.
Yeah, she really
figured it out.
She can work in the studio
all the time now.
I saw you have a show
coming up.
Monday.
I have a friend in town
from New York.
We'll come check it out.
Cool.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(LAUGHING)
(CAR ENGINE STOPS)
(CAR DOOR OPENS)
-(CAR DOOR CLOSES)
-(JO GIGGLING)
ERIC: Nah...
JO: Fuck, my phone.
ERIC: Find it in the morning.
JO: Okay.
(WHISTLING)
(HUMMING)
(GROANS)
Fun night?
(JO GROANS)
(SIGHS) It was all right.
A lot of people.
LIZZY: Everyone loved it?
That's what they said.
Sorry I couldn't be there,
but I saw the room.
It looked amazing.
I talked to Marlene Heyman
for a long time last night.
She really likes you.
Went on and on
about your girls, the colors.
LIZZY: Mmm, that's cool.
It is cool.
She's having a moment.
Anyway, I can take the bird
off your hands.
Okay.
Ricky will be happy.
Paper gets gross really fast.
Okay.
(PIGEON COOING SOFTLY)
Hey, Jo, now that your shows
are open,
you'll get on
the water heater, right?
Yup.
'Cause I'd really like
to take a shower.
ERIC: Yeah.
All right, this one
turned out beautiful.
Good work. Good work.
(WHISPERS) Come on, bae.
Ahh!
Must've been burning
hot on one side.
It's a little funky, but...
I don't mind imperfections.
In fact, I like them.
I prefer it.
Think it looks cool.
-Don't you?
-Not really.
LIZZY: (SOFTLY) What?
(SEAN HUMMING SOFTLY)
What's going on?
SEAN: Oh.
What are you doing here?
Just came by...
I was gonna
show you something.
But you look sort of busy.
What are you doing?
SEAN: What does it
look like I'm doing?
(PANTING)
I'm making a piece.
It's a very major piece.
Very major.
I didn't know
you were into earth work.
Art is the earth talking.
Poetry is the voice
of the earth.
So, it's all earth work.
These are mouths.
Listen.
You have to listen
to what isn't being said.
You hear that?
I don't think I do.
(CHUCKLES)
So many people
choose not to hear.
Sean...
(DIGGING CONTINUES)
(GRUNTING)
(TELEPHONE RINGING)
Okay...
-Hello.
-LIZZY: I'm at Sean's.
Things are not good here.
He's not good...
- (SIGHS)
-He's really off...
(CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)
(CAR STOPS, ENGINE TURNED OFF)
(SIGHS)
Hey.
So, where is he?
LIZZY: Still in the backyard,
I think.
JEAN: No, you... You go home.
-I can... I can go with you.
-No, please. Lizzy...
You go home.
(KEYS RATTLING)
-Whoa... Yeah.
-(INDIE MUSIC PLAYING)
ERIC: Best thing
I've ever seen.
-I mean it.
-Thank you.
Wow. Technique, um...
I mean, it was
just a momentary thing...
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
WOMAN 1: Who is this?
What's this?
WOMAN 2: Oh, really,
just, like, the worst.
But I think you should look
at her earlier work
because, I think,
that's actually what...
This idea of, like,
post feminism ideal.
WOMAN 1: Oh, I would.
I think it's actually
a pretty good piece, come on.
(LAUGHS)
WOMAN 1: I need to see it.
WOMAN 2: Yeah, yeah.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
(MEOWING)
(LINE RINGING)
This is Jean. Leave a message.
(BEEPS)
Mom, what's going on
over there?
Can you fill me in?
Hey, it's Jo. Leave a message.
(BEEPS)
Hey, one of your guests
took my parking space.
That is not cool.
Also, just reminding you
that the bird
needs his paper changed
every few hours.
(WOMEN LAUGHING)
Gets pretty gross in there
if you don't change the paper.
(CLICKS TONGUE)
(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)
(LINE RINGING)
This is Jean. Leave a message.
(BEEPS)
Mom, I'm really anxious
to know what's going on there.
Give me a call.
(LINE RINGING)
Hey, it's Jo. Leave a message.
(BEEPS)
You know, I'm so fucking sick
of not having hot water, Jo.
It is such a total drag.
And such a shitty thing
to do to a person.
I'm sick of it.
Have a great night.
I need to use the shower, too.
Here?
That shower is
a storage space. It's packed.
Well, I don't have any
hot water and I need a shower.
We'll figure it out.
(CELL PHONE BUZZING)
What's going on?
Why haven't
you called me back?
JEAN: Well,
it's been busy here.
Are you still there?
I just left.
He was finally sleeping.
He had a lot to say.
LIZZY: Are you sure
that he's asleep?
Well, he was quiet.
He was resting.
Okay. Well, call me later.
Bye.
(MUSIC PLAYING
THROUGH CAR SPEAKERS)
-(CAR ENGINE STOPS)
-(MUSIC STOPS)
Hey.
-(CAR DOOR CLOSES)
-JO: Hey.
Where's the bird?
Inside.
You left him alone?
He's fine.
LIZZY: The hot water bottle
doesn't even
-stay hot that long.
-JO: Lizzy... (SIGHS)
It isn't even cold out.
When's my hot water
coming back on?
(JO GRUNTS)
I'm on it.
Well, you keep
saying that, but...
What are we talking, tomorrow?
I have to drive out to Kelso
to get the new heater,
and the guy said
he won't be there tomorrow.
But he's supposed to be there
the next day.
Is that the only
water heater anywhere?
Why does it
have to be that one?
It's the best
and cheapest, yeah.
I pay rent, you know?
Not that much.
What?
I said you don't pay
that much rent, that's all.
You have a really good deal.
It's no excuse for the water.
But you do.
And, please, stop
leaving me messages like that.
(DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC STOPS)
All right.
LIZZY: This is a lot
of cheese
and I don't think that people
are gonna eat this much.
They'll eat a little bit of it
and then the rest of it
is gonna go to waste.
Lizzy, your guests
are gonna be here
in a few minutes.
It's going to
be a special night
and no one is going
to be looking at the cheese.
Okay, they're coming
to celebrate you
and all of
your beautiful work.
(CELL PHONE BUZZING)
LIZZY: What's happening?
JEAN: I just wanted
to let you know
I'm driving over to Sean's.
He said he'd come tonight,
and so I'm bringing him along
as my date.
LIZZY: Okay, if you think
he really wants to.
Oh, he wants to.
Of course he does.
So, we'll see you soon.
Okay. Bye.
Sean's coming.
He's not going
to break anything, is he?
Seems like you're not
taking away any cheese.
(SIGHS)
Hi, Dad.
It looks amazing!
Oh, boy. Oh, boy!
Hi, Dad.
Um, thank you for coming.
(SIGHS)
How nice.
It's close to downtown,
that's nice.
This gallery is first rate.
I mean, it might not
look like much,
but they do some
really great things here.
Why don't you guys
have a look?
Or some wine?
Ooh, don't mind if I do.
-Go ahead.
-DOROTHY: Yeah.
-Thank you.
-Zinfandel...
DOROTHY: Thank you, thank you.
One of those, please.
Dates.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Well, you are very daring
with the colors.
(CHUCKLES)
(CHUCKLES)
(GRUNTS)
Yeah.
Yeah.
JEAN: Hello there, Craig.
Hi, Mrs. Carr.
I was hoping
to find Sean back here.
Uh, no one answered the door.
I don't think he's here.
Oh! I'm to pick him up
and I wonder where he is.
Sometimes he...
He walks through the park
over to the corner store
on 92nd.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(LAUGHS)
MAN: You know,
it's just a funny thing.
A decade makes
all the difference.
ERIC: Yeah.
Yes, and who's gonna tell...
How they're gonna
tell their stories?
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
When I'm in my dream space,
that's when it happens.
I mean, like...
I just flow, you know?
I can do no wrong in that.
At that point,
it just happens.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Hey.
Hey, thanks for coming.
Wouldn't miss it.
Lizzy, this is Janet.
Janet is the gallery director
where I show in New York.
LIZZY: Nice to meet you.
Congratulations.
I hear great things.
Well, my best piece
got closer to the fire
than I wanted,
but I didn't have
any control over that.
Well, things look great
from here.
Come on, at this stage,
you've just got to own it.
JANET: How often does
something come out of the kiln
looking just as you expected.
LIZZY: Yeah, I guess...
Jo.
-You came.
-Of course I did.
I brought this guy.
He wanted to say hi.
Oh...
JO: He's seen you make it all.
LIZZY: (CHUCKLES) Yeah, okay.
It looks good.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
JO: (CHUCKLES)
Your dad's hilarious.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES)
I'm gonna look around.
This one looks familiar.
Yeah, that's me. Cute.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
DOROTHY: Have you swum
with the dolphins?
Twice.
LEE: How much it cost?
(DOROTHY GASPS)
-What?
-I don't remember.
I mean, she was just a snob.
Such a snob. Oh, my God.
A first-class snob.
Your dad is talking
about Hilda Morris.
You like her stuff?
Yeah, I love Hilda.
ERIC: I just, kind of,
fell into that.
BILL: My pal did the cabinets
in her living room
and he said she didn't
have a good word for anybody.
(CHUCKLES) For anybody.
Lizzy, it looks wonderful,
just wonderful.
Congratulations.
This is Lizzy's mom,
Jean Carr.
Davis. Jean Davis.
The other thing about her
was this leather vest.
She loved this leather vest.
She would not be seen
without her leather vest.
You talking
about Hilda Morris?
-Yes, I am.
-You never knew Hilda Morris.
I beg to differ.
No, I don't think you did.
-Mom, where's Sean?
-I don't know.
I couldn't find him.
Well, that's his loss.
You know this other friend
of mine has a house...
I thought you
were getting him.
Well, he wasn't there.
And I...
I thought he might be here.
He shouldn't
just be out by himself.
Mom, that's not good.
I'm sure he's fine.
He's probably at a friend's.
Sean doesn't have any friends.
Craig's a friend.
LIZZY: Mom, he could
be anywhere right now.
JEAN: Lizzy, please relax.
This is your night.
Try to enjoy yourself.
Well, I'm not
just gonna stand here
while Sean has gone missing.
Who said he's gone missing?
Sean...
Oh, there you are.
I... I went to pick you up.
I said I was coming.
I took the bus.
I thought we said
that I was getting you.
No matter.
-Hey.
-I'm happy you're here.
Here I am.
Try picking up your phone
once in a while.
(PIGEON COOING)
Easy on the cheese.
What do you mean?
It's for everyone.
I don't want to run out.
Cheese is out on the table.
You shouldn't put cheese
out on the table
if you don't
want people to eat it.
-This isn't dinner, Sean.
-It's my dinner.
Leave the cheese alone,
seriously.
Sean, uh,
have you spoken to Craig?
-Uh, he was looking for you.
-What did he want?
Stop it.
Yeah, they came
to the Derick Tibbs show.
Late...
I think they do it on purpose.
Kind of just come.
And then leave.
Hello, Sean! Finally, huh?
(CHUCKLES)
Hey, Lizzy, I...
I just wanted to tell you,
I... I really like
your friend Janet.
And, uh, and she said
she wants to come and see, uh,
my pots,
if you know what I'm saying.
LIZZY: Oh, my God,
did you say that to her?
No, I didn't have
to say anything. She offered.
That was to get you to leave.
No, it was not
to get me to leave, Jean.
We had a meeting
of the minds, all right?
We have a lot in common.
Well, we do. We do.
As it turns out, we do.
You're not supposed
to have any cheese.
Who the hell are you?
I can eat as much as I want.
Oh, Lizzy,
the show is awesome.
You should be so proud.
Thanks, Terri.
Thanks for coming.
Yeah, of course.
People sure love
to kiss your ass, huh?
Stop talking to me.
Both of you please stop.
You're embarrassing me.
All right, all right,
all right.
Leave them alone, will you?
You don't have to tell them
how to talk to each other.
JEAN: What I say to them
doesn't really concern you.
BILL: Concerns me
in that I'm here
and I have to listen to it.
JEAN: No one,
but you in there, Bill.
BILL: No, you're standing in
your own little world, Jean.
Listen, buddy, don't you begin
to tell me
how to talk to my kids.
BILL: Oh, I wouldn't dare.
SEAN: Not like
she'd listen anyway.
-MAN: Bird!
-(PEOPLE GASPING)
(PEOPLE EXCLAIMING)
(WHISPERS) Wow.
(PIGEON COOING)
LIZZY: No, Sean, wait!
(MAN LAUGHING)
I guess he was ready to go.
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC STOPS)
Gonna go to get
some cigarettes.
Saw Mike's show yesterday.
LIZZY: How was it?
JO: It was good.
LIZZY: I heard
he's doing deserts again.
JO: Yeah...
I liked his trees better.
LIZZY: I like the deserts.
(CHUCKLES) I always forget
Mike's color blind.
Isn't that weird?
JO: Totally.
(PIGEON COOING)
(MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING)