Leanne (2025) s01e02 Episode Script

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You're not leaving, are you?
I was hoping to.
- Did I do something wrong?
- No, no, no, you're great.
Last night was great.
I'll definitely see you again.
Carol?
I just gotta go home and shower,
change my clothes.
Shower here. Borrow something of mine.
I don't wanna wear your clothes.
Why not?
No offense, but my tastes
are a little more cosmopolitan.
What does that mean?
I've lived in Chicago.
Well, aren't you hoopty-doo?
See, your clothes are great
for someone who says hoopty-doo.
Please don't leave me.
Come on, Leanne!
What happened to that strong-willed,
independent, southern woman?
She got dumped. Now get into bed.
Just curious, exactly how long
are we gonna be holed up in your bedroom?
I don't know. A week?
A week?
How long did you stay in bed
after your divorces?
I didn't. I hopped into other people's
beds like you're supposed to.
Mom?
Lord.
Maybe if we're quiet, he'll just go away.
Up here, Tyler!
Why?
I'm not a good person.
Hey.
What's this?
I've taken to the bed.
And she's taken me with her.
Are those for me?
They are.
I thought they might cheer you up.
Very thoughtful of you, my darling.
Nothing for me.
I didn't expect you
to be in bed with my mother.
- You on your way to work?
- Yeah. Unfortunately.
I know it's not an easy time
to be working with your dad,
but he does sign your paychecks.
Nora said the same thing.
How is your lovely wife?
She's, she's…
I love her.
- Tyler?
- She is out of her mind.
Honey, she's breastfeeding
and pregnant at the same time.
- I know.
- And that's on you, Tyler.
Barely home from the hospital,
and you jumped on her
like a hillbilly on his cousin.
That's enough, Miss Chicago.
He needs to go to work.
Well, I just want you to know,
Dad and I are strictly employer-employee.
You don't have to do that.
I mean it. I'm Team Mom.
- Love you.
- I love you too.
What are you smiling about?
I get Tyler in the divorce.
It's a beautiful day, Leanne.
You might want to consider enjoying it.
Ain't nothing out there
but darkness and despair.
All I see is Mrs. Snyder
walking her two pugs.
Darkness, despair, and two ugly dogs.
Those are pretty.
Yeah.
Bill didn't believe in flowers.
How do you not believe in flowers?
He'd say,
"What's the point of buying something
just to watch it die?"
And yet you married him.
I thought his quirks were charming.
When he sneezes,
he actually says the word "achoo".
And that's what put the cheese
in the trap for you.
Not just that.
He was a really good kisser.
Once I taught him
to close his eyes and get rid of the gum.
Forgive me for being unsentimental.
There might be
someone better for you out there.
I don't want anybody else.
I've got Mom and Daddy
and the kids and you.
Well, someday you might want
to find a fellow to spoon with.
Maybe do some forking.
Where are you going?
I'm going to make some coffee.
What do you need your clothes for?
I thought I'd change downstairs.
And the car keys?
So close!
What on Earth?
Josie?
Hey!
What are you doing?
Helping Mom. Her life's a mess.
Her house doesn't have to be.
What are you on?
Nothing.
Just normal prescribed medications.
Yours?
They are now.
You know, Josie, when I was your age, I…
Never mind, I can't do this before coffee.
Don't drink too much.
I don't want you falling asleep later on.
If you catch my drift.
Your drift?
Whatever do you mean, lanky stranger?
You know.
No, I don't.
Perhaps you should explain it to me.
Well, it is my intention to…
Shoot, Leanne,
you're making me embarrassed.
Happy anniversary, darling.
Happy anniversary to you too.
- Eyes closed.
- Right, right.
- Do you remember our first date?
- Sure do.
You pulled up in front
of my sorority house
in that tiny little red Miata.
That was pretty badass.
Your head was higher than the windshield.
You looked like Fred Flintstone.
Well, that just makes you my Wilma.
Yabba-dabba-doo.
Should I check
on Bamm-Bamm and Pebbles?
They're with your parents.
They're fine. This is our time.
Can you imagine one day
we'll be taking care of our baby's babies?
Absolutely. Till death do us part.
"Till death do us part."
I guess this means
I'm gonna have to kill you.
Mama's emergency alert.
- Mama's alert!
- I know!
- Think it's another false alarm?
- We can't take a chance. We gotta go.
Whatever busts me out of Sing Sing.
Look, Josie's here.
Still not picking up.
Daddy, it's Carol. Call me back.
He never checks his messages.
I don't know why we bought him that phone.
You don't enjoy
the butt dials when he's taking a leak?
Healthy stream for a man his age, though.
- Why don't you try her doctor again?
- I already left him a message.
What else am I gonna do?
Let me ask you, has this whole thing
with Bill taken away your will to live?
- Of course not.
- Then pick a lane!
Sorry.
I can't help thinking
one of these alerts are gonna be the last.
I know.
- Please, Lord, not today.
- Amen.
You know, Jim Benson called me.
Help me out.
Estate lawyer.
He always talks to your boobs.
- Right. Why'd he call you?
- I'm the executor of their will.
- Of course you are.
- You want that job? You can have it.
No, I don't want it.
I just want to resent you having it.
She made some changes to her will.
God, am I out?
No, you're not out.
She just saw a commercial on TV
about composting dead people.
- No.
- Yeah, that's what she wants.
So we're not gonna do
that whole Neptune thing anymore?
No. She wants to be mulched.
I don't know how I feel about that.
I think it's kinda nice.
Over time,
the body becomes part of the Earth.
Maybe an apple tree.
So you would eat an apple
that grew out of our mother?
Well, maybe if she was in a pie.
Or a fritter.
Yeah, fritter works.
We're looking for Margaret Hayes,
our mother.
Whose palm
do I gotta grease to get a damn doctor?
Never mind.
Gosh, Mom, are you okay?
It's my time.
It's not your time.
Don't you tell me what my time is.
What happened?
- She fainted onto the kitchen floor.
- You fell?
Like a bird hitting a window.
Still waiting on a doctor.
John, give me your hand.
What is it, darling?
We're gonna meet up again in Heaven.
But in the meantime,
you need a woman to take care of you.
Now, you knock that talk off.
Listen to me.
I want you to call Janice Davenport
and get things going.
Her husband ain't dead.
He's dead. He just won't lie down.
Mama, you're not done.
And Daddy can do better
than Janice Davenport.
- I came as fast as I could.
- What are you doing here?
Mama's alert. Are you alright?
Bill's here.
Everything's gonna be okay.
Everything's not gonna be okay.
We don't need you here.
Leanne, what's gotten into you?
You two have a quarrel?
No, did you?
You didn't tell them?
Tell us what, sweetheart?
Nothing, Mama.
This is not the time.
We're here to focus on you getting better.
Isn't that right, Bill?
Right. Focus, absolutely.
Margaret Hayes?
I'm here.
For now.
About time you showed up.
Let him talk.
Mrs. Hayes, your blood pressure is low,
which would explain the fainting.
It looks like you're dehydrated.
We'd like to keep you for the night
to get some fluids in you.
- No, I want to go home.
- Just do what the doctor says.
I don't want to spend the night
in a bed somebody died in.
Nobody died in the bed.
Isn't that right, Doctor?
Well…
Okay, this is what we're gonna do.
Mom and Daddy will stay at my house.
Go over to their place
and pack an overnight bag.
- What do you want me to do?
- You don't want to know.
Alright, we've got a plan.
Mama!
It's alright, I'll wait here.
My God. My gosh.
- Mama, come back!
- Mama, please!
Car! Car!
Thank you.
Comfy?
I want to be in my own home.
I'm sorry,
but it was this or the hospital.
And nobody's died in this bed.
You got the Netflix?
Yeah, Daddy, I've got the Netflix.
- What about the Roku?
- No.
Roku's got Rockford File.
Where's Bill?
He had to go back to work.
Will he be home for supper?
Of course. Um, where else would he be?
You just rest
and holler if you need anything.
The Roku's got Rockford File.
- You just promised them Bill for dinner.
- I know, I'm drowning in the lies.
You have to tell them
the truth eventually.
And kill Mama? I don't think so.
Hey, you greasy turd, I need a favor.
See, what doctors don't understand
is there's no more
powerful medicine in life
than the healing magic of family.
So true. Isn't it, Bill?
Yep, yep, magic stuff. Achoo!
Bless you.
Tyler, where's your wife?
Home with Bill Junior.
- Is she too good to have supper with us?
- Of course not.
This pregnancy's
just been really hard on her.
Doctor put her on bed rest.
Phooey.
When I was pregnant with your mama,
I put a new roof on our house.
Her water broke up there
and we didn't have a single leak.
Leanne, you're awful quiet. You alright?
Yeah, just enjoying family time,
you know, like you do.
Precious moments.
Bill, why aren't you eating?
I'm trying to lose a few pounds.
Why?
Leanne loves you just the way you are.
Tell him, Leanne.
He knows how I feel.
Got it.
This is crazy.
I left my body an hour ago.
- Carol, wanna give me a hand with dessert?
- Do I.
Carol's single. She's the one
that should be counting calories.
Thank you, Daddy!
Think anyone will notice
if I get in the car and leave?
This was your brilliant idea.
Forgive me for trying
to keep our mother alive.
The longer you put it off,
the worse it's gonna get.
I know. When she's strong enough,
I'm gonna tell her what a lying,
cheating snake her beloved son-in-law is.
She does dote on him, doesn't she?
"Bill's here.
Everything's gonna be alright."
Do young folks
even have wedding albums anymore?
Or do they just
look at pictures on their phone?
All young folks are idiots.
Thank you, Grandpa.
What are you thanking me for?
I just insulted you.
Look how handsome you were
on your wedding day, Bill.
All that hair.
You looked like
a stalk of celery in a blue tuxedo.
Yeah, that was the look back then.
And how beautiful was Leanne.
Tyler,
did you know you're in this picture?
Grandma, I don't think that I am.
Your mama wasn't showing,
but you were swimming in there somewhere.
So I was a mistake?
- We were gonna get married anyway.
- Still a mistake.
What's going on?
Mama found your wedding album
and we're reminiscing.
Of course you are.
I think God hates you.
I just want to attend one more wedding
before I return to the soil.
Mom, I'm not looking to get married again.
I'm talking about Josie.
She just has to find a man
as wonderful as her daddy.
That shouldn't be too hard.
Alright, this is enough.
What? Wh-what's wrong?
A lot. Everything.
It's time to be done with all this lying.
And I'm sorry for making you kids join in.
It's okay, Mom.
No, it's not. I'm damaged.
What's going on?
I've been trying to wait
for a good time to tell you,
but there's no good time.
And I hope y'all
can all take this in with some grace.
Bill and I are splitting up.
Lord!
Here you go.
- Thank you.
- You hear anything yet?
No.
- What are you doing?
- I'm going to wait here with you.
You don't have to do that.
Yeah, I do.
No matter what's going on
between you and me,
it doesn't change
how I feel about your parents.
Thank you.
I'm sure Mama will appreciate that.
Leanne, you and I
are always going to be connected.
We've got children. Grandchildren.
So the only thing you're dropping is me?
Look, our lives may be going down
different roads, but I'll never drop you.
You may not want to hear this,
but I'll always love you.