The Secret Life of the American Teenager s02e23 Episode Script
I Got You, Babe
Things are better for both of you- you and your son-- if you'd just stop fooling around every time you get an opportunity and get serious about yourself and who you're gonna be in life.
We haven't been very involved as grandparents, and we want to be more involved.
That way you can be more involved in your son's life.
And by "fun," you mean-- Sex.
It's freeing to think I don't have to be the good girl.
Fun, as we know, has consequences.
So I guess the two of you are friends after everything was said and done? Yes.
I don't wanna start over.
I just wanna end this.
I'm ending this.
So, can we still hang out as friends-- you and me? Of course, Grace.
Thanks for letting me come over on a school night.
Thanks for letting me come over any night.
Let's see if we're still in love a year from now when our anniversary rolls around.
And if we are, let's get remarried on our anniversary.
No, I'm not doing that.
I wanna get married now.
I wanna take John on weekends.
No.
I don't wanna hurt my relationship with my son over a lifetime by not doing what I should be doing.
No wonder this man has success.
He shouldn't just be the Sausage King, he should be the Sausage Czar.
That is a damn fine piece of meat.
So, about John-- Oh, yeah.
You gonna take him on the weekends? Am I? Isn't that what you said? I said I wanna take him on the weekends.
That's why I wanted you to come over here.
So you could see where I'm taking him.
I'm all set up for him here.
I've got all the safety stuff-- cabinet locks, the outlet covers, the corner bumpers on the furniture.
I've got a high chair, food, an earthquake kit for two.
I can take care of my kid.
You got any more sausage biscuits? Something can still happen.
Something always happens.
He's gonna fall, bump his head, split his lip, something.
No, he's not.
They all do.
You just gotta make sure that the worst thing that could happen is not the worst thing that does happen.
That's called parenting, my friend.
Split his lip? Girls did it a few times.
He can't fall and split his lip.
I'd get accused of child abuse.
Yeah, different times.
Back in the old days, no one said anything.
I was an abused child.
Someone will say something if anything like that happens- if an accident happens.
That's why they do it.
That's why they say something.
That's why they ask questions.
'Cause when kids got abused in the old days, when they went to the doctor or the emergency room, no one asked them anything.
So now you're gonna be like everyone else.
So if there's an accident, expect questions.
You prepared for that? I hadn't even thought of that.
Why don't you stay at your parents' on the weekend when you have John? Because I want him to myself.
This is my home.
I got this place so I could be with John-- just the two of us.
I'm just pointing out the worst that could happen.
Now you made me all nervous.
Good.
You'll be extra careful.
You'll be alert, on your toes.
This pork or beef? What? The sausage.
It's pork.
Wow.
Okay.
Gotta go to work.
Are you gonna talk to Amy? About what? About John coming over here on weekends.
Oh.
You have to talk to her about that.
I thought you just wanted my blessing.
And you have my blessing.
I'm happy for you to take John on the weekends.
It's good for John and for Amy.
So go forth, young man, and ask Amy.
I did.
She said no.
Well, then the answer's no.
I rescind my blessing.
What? I take it back.
I know what "rescind" means.
I got it off my Word of the Day Calendar Donovan gave me for Christmas.
Gotta go.
Mr.
Juergens, please, could you just talk to Amy? Tell her it's not such a bad idea.
I'm really determined to do this.
All right.
I'll talk to her.
But if she's made up her mind, she's made up her mind.
How about a compromise? I don't think so.
I guess we all knew it'd come to this-- all the adults in your life and Amy's life.
I just didn't know it was coming this soon.
All right.
I'll do what I can.
But I can tell you, you just fired the first shot of what could be a lifelong war.
* Falling in love * Is such an easy thing to do * * Birds can do it We can do it * * Let's stop talking Let's get to it * * Let's fall in love Hey, where are the moms? The nursery.
John and Robbie are all cranked out today.
Oh, good.
No, not good.
Not good at all.
Not for you anyway.
And I think Mom's coming down with something.
She's losing her voice.
That could be good.
She's not happy about it.
She doesn't wanna get the babies sick.
Would you mind if Grant came over tonight? There's a Twilight Zone marathon.
One condition: You talk to Amy and you tell her it's a good idea for Ricky to take John on the weekends.
I just talked to her last week telling her what a good mother she is and everything.
You're good at it.
If you don't watch your tone, I'll make you talk to her every week.
How did you even get in the middle of Ricky and Amy's stuff anyway? Amy's been screaming about Ricky all day which is why John and Robbie are all cranked out.
So is Mom.
She's in a bad mood, too? Who's in a bad mood? You look pretty.
See? Why'd she say that? 'Cause you do.
You look pretty.
You don't sound so good, but you look pretty.
I don't wanna get married for a while, and I don't wanna argue about it tonight.
I've been dealing with Amy all day.
All of a sudden, it seems that Ricky wants to have John on the weekends.
He wants to pick up John on Friday nights and have Amy pick him up from him on Sunday nights.
Oh.
Hmm? Well, what would be the problem with that? The problem would be that Amy doesn't wanna do that.
She wants to decide when John can go over there.
When does she think John should go over there? Whenever she says he can go over there.
So Ricky's just on call? He's gotta sit around and hope Amy lets him see his son? Well, that's what she wants, and I suggest that we stay out of it.
I wish you suggested that earlier before I dropped by Ricky's this morning.
Well, maybe I would've suggested it earlier if I'd known that's where you were going this morning.
You see, if we were married, I'd have to tell you where I'm going.
But we're not married.
So there you go.
Well, if you had been home, I would've told you that I'd told Ricky's parents that we would have dinner with them tonight so we could talk about it.
So you didn't need to talk to Ricky.
Amy's okay with that? I didn't ask her.
She doesn't know anything about it, and she doesn't need to know anything about it.
The mood that she's in, she'll just think that we're turning against her.
Isn't Ricky's dad in prison? We going to prison for dinner? His foster parents- Margaret and Shakur.
I see.
So your refusal to put yourself in the middle of things seems to have put you in the middle of things.
No, it hasn't.
I'm not getting in the middle of Amy and Ricky.
I'm going around them, and I'm taking you with me.
I don't wanna see Amy have to go to court.
I want Amy and Ricky to work out an agreement on their own.
Dad, you have to talk to Ricky.
Way ahead of you.
Really? You told him he can't take John on the weekends? I told him I'd talk to you about it.
But I won't, because this is something that you and Ricky need to work out on your own.
And I suggest that you do it before a judge or a mediator does it for you.
Or your parents.
Dad, you don't want a judge or a mediator deciding what's best for your grandson, do you? Well, of course not.
So maybe you and Ricky could work out some compromise.
No.
This is how it works: I get John all the time because I gave birth to him after stupidly having sex with that idiot.
And now the idiot does not get to take him.
I get to decide when and if Ricky gets to see his son.
And that's the way it works.
Well, right now.
That's probably worked fine for a while.
But John's getting older, and so are you and so is Ricky, so things might just change a little.
No.
If you didn't have John on the weekends, you could go out, have a life.
I'll tell you what, you wanna go have a life, you wanna go out, why don't you give Robbie to Ricky on the weekends, huh? Why don't you do that? 'Cause I don't want a life.
I want your mother.
Well, here's the difference between you and me: I'm gonna get what I want, and you're not.
Come in.
Hi.
How are you? What? I'm not gonna hit you or anything.
I came over here to support you.
What? I heard about Ricky trying to take John.
Where did you hear that? Ricky told Ben.
Ben told Grace.
Grace told me.
And I think it's terrible.
Really? Yeah, I do.
The guy runs away, and then comes back and wants more responsibility? Yeah.
That's what I said.
I feel so bad for you.
Don't feel bad for me.
Ricky's not gonna get John.
I don't blame you for feeling that way.
The guy can't be trusted.
It was just a kiss, right? Yes, Adrian, it was just a kiss.
But you had sex with Ben.
That wasn't just a kiss.
And I wanna apologize for that.
If I hurt you in any way, I'm really sorry.
I wasn't trying to hurt you, Amy.
I was trying to hurt Ricky.
You know, I don't really like him right now.
Mmm.
What do you know.
We have something in common.
And when people have something in common, like a common hate for someone, what do you call those people? What? Friends.
And you're gonna need friends.
Because if you don't give Ricky what he wants, he'll go to court.
And when he goes to court and you go to court, he's gonna have his friends, and you're gonna have yours.
And you're gonna need all the friends you can get.
It's not gonna get that far.
They're not going to court- Ricky and Amy.
Adrian thinks so.
Amy's just upset.
And I've seen her upset.
But she'll get over being upset, and she'll realize that Ricky should have John on the weekends.
He's his son.
I think it's perfectly reasonable for Ricky to have his son for part of the time.
I think you should have John part of the time.
Me? Hello.
You were there every day for the first nine months of his life.
Well, maybe not every day.
I did go to Italy.
Yeah, you did.
Tell me about Italy.
Oh, I'd rather not.
Come on.
Did you have sex in Italy with Maria? No.
Grace, I, uh- I'd rather not talk about this.
She's cute.
I saw her.
She looks like a lot of fun.
Have you ever been to Italy? No, I haven't, but I'd like to go.
Maybe you and I could go together sometime.
You could show me around.
Or we could go somewhere else.
We could go somewhere neither of us has been.
Or we could go somewhere you've been, and I haven't, and you could show me around.
Have you ever seen my bedroom? That's funny.
Uh No, I haven't seen your bedroom.
Well, would you like to? No one's home.
Maybe you could give me a tour of the house.
I haven't really seen the house.
Okay.
We'll start with my bedroom.
I'm in here.
This is a nice room.
It looks kind of like I thought it might.
Not that I've thought about it too much.
Just if I had thought about it I have thought about it.
What are we doing here, Grace? I wanna make out.
In your bedroom with no one home? That's usually the best time, isn't it? I thought we were just friends.
We are.
I don't wanna really do anything.
But making out's a fun thing to do, don't you think? Honestly, I just don't wanna get in any trouble.
I mean, the last time I made out, it didn't have the best consequences.
That's 'cause you were making out with the wrong person.
You make a compelling argument.
* Oh You gonna answer that? Yeah.
I'm sorry.
It might be my dad.
Take it.
Really? We're just friends.
Friends that were about to make out.
Take it.
Hello? Hello? Ben? Hi, Amy.
Is everything okay? I just thought we should talk.
Can you come over? I can't right now.
He's hanging out with me.
Hi, Amy.
Grace? Adrian? Hi, Grace.
Hi, Adrian.
Amy, can I call you back? Tell them to come over here.
What? You need all the friends you can get.
Um, Ben, I need your help with something.
Grace's, too.
What's that, Amy? I need you and Grace to be on my side if Ricky and I get into some legal thing about John.
You'd do that for me, right, Ben? I, um Don't wanna get in the middle.
I really don't wanna get in the middle of this, Amy.
I'm sure that you and Ricky can work out whatever it is you need to work out.
You've always been in the middle of this, Ben Boykewich.
And now Amy needs you, so get over here.
You and Grace.
You're her friends.
Amy needs you to make a statement she can use in court to say what a good mother she is.
And you know what a good mother she is, so do it.
Either come over here or do it yourself, but do it.
See? This is just the kind of thing that can bring people together.
So, do you wanna go over there? No.
We can make a video.
For us or for Amy? Amy.
Of us doing this? I know what you mean.
Do we have to do that right now? No.
Okay.
I can't believe that I would ask Ben to do my any favors after what he did.
Amy, guys do stupid things.
If you had had sex with Ben, I would've never had sex with Ben.
He wouldn't even have been interested in having sex with me.
I would've had to have sex with someone else to get back at Ricky.
This is not my fault.
Stop trying to make it my fault.
It is partially your fault, so just accept some of the responsibility as well as my apology.
I'm so confused.
Let me un-confuse you.
You are the mother of the child.
You're in charge of the child's life.
You have to do what's best for him, and what's best for him is to see his dad on the weekends.
What's best for John is to see Ricky.
And it's best for John to have a routine and have some stability, and Ricky can help with that.
And it's good for a boy to have his father around, so get over yourself, make the sacrifice, give in.
No.
I have sacrificed all I'm going to sacrifice.
Ricky does not get John every weekend.
That's all there is to it.
I've made my decision.
All right.
Well, I just told Dad I would talk to you.
Hi, Adrian.
Hi, Ashley.
She's too young to understand.
And again, I'm sorry I slept with Ben.
And me, too.
Adrian, I wanted to sleep with Ben.
I really did.
I always thought he'd be my first and my last.
The second and my last.
Yeah, and I thought Ricky would be my last.
Adrian, I appreciate that you came over here tonight, but I really don't think that I'm ready to forgive you for having sex with Ben.
I don't think I'll ever be able to forget that you did that.
And I'm never gonna be able to forget that you had sex with Ricky.
Here's where girls screw up.
The guys have already forgiven each other and moved on.
For all you know, Ricky's already gotten Ben and Grace on his side.
So you and I need to forgive each other and move on, because it's the best thing for your son-- for John.
Look, Ricky is not a stable person.
Just because he's the biological father doesn't mean he's the best father.
Look, there's gotta be a better father out there.
You need a guy who's gonna stand by you and stand up to Ricky.
Who is that guy, Amy? I don't know.
You know.
What's-his-name.
Um, you know, the guy-- your-- your mother's boyfriend's son.
Oh.
You know, the guy with the hair.
Uh, Jimmy.
Yes.
Call him.
And call Lauren and Madison and Jack and Zoe and Claire-- What? Who? They slept with Ricky.
They know he's not daddy material.
Look, you get anyone you can get, and we'll get videos of them as character witnesses.
A judge or a mediator-- whoever-- is not going to question my character.
They're gonna question Ricky's character.
I've done nothing wrong.
I don't need to prove myself.
Why would they question my character? Um, you're the one who got pregnant.
This is fun.
Shut up.
I like the way you say that.
Shut up.
I can't believe we got conned into babysitting.
I don't mind.
I'm good with children.
Yeah, I am, too.
But that's besides the point.
The point is Robbie is not our responsibility.
No.
But someday we might have responsibilities of our own.
Someday I may not want to have responsibilities of our own.
'Cause I'm so tired of my mother's responsibilities and my sister's responsibilities and Babies are great birth control.
Birth control, huh? Yeah.
You have, um Do you use-- I have condoms.
But I'm not planning on needing a condom before I get out of high school.
But if you did need or want a condom, you'd have one available nearby? Yeah.
So you've at least anticipated using a condom before? Who hasn't, besides my mother and Amy? You had sex? No.
Have you? Yeah, it probably wouldn't hurt the kid to watch a couple episodes of The Twilight Zone.
Well, that wasn't a no.
Rod Serling's a genius.
Yeah.
You're not.
You're clearly avoiding the question.
Yes.
Yes, what? I've had sex.
All right.
"All right"? Yeah, all right.
Doesn't mean you and I are gonna have sex.
No.
Does it mean you and I could possibly have sex? Not tonight, but sometime in the next year? I'm 15.
I wanna wait until I get out of high school.
I mean, I want to.
I don't know if I will.
That's why I have the condoms.
ButI'm definitely not ready.
Got it.
Yeah, so, if that's what you're looking for, go somewhere else.
That's not what I'm looking for.
I just want you to be my girlfriend.
I don't have to have sex with you to be your girlfriend, do I? 'Cause I'm not having sex with you.
Oh.
I'd never push you to have sex with me.
Although I wouldn't push you away, either.
I'm a gentleman.
I'll let you come to me when you're ready.
Don't hold your breath.
I'm a swimmer.
I can hold my breath for years.
Good.
You may have to.
I will.
Let's see how long you can hold your breath.
Go.
Four seconds.
I'm so happy that we're finally getting together to talk about John and Ricky and Amy.
Oh, me, too.
I'm so sorry that it's taken so long to call you.
We'd be happy to keep an eye on John on Saturdays when Ricky's at work.
Well, I'm sure you know we've been foster parents to a lot of children over the years, and we've had a lot of babies in the house.
We both love babies and children and our son Ricky.
And we would be very happy to have more time with our grandson.
We want to get to know John, and we want to make sure that he gets to know us.
You know, Ricky lived with us in foster care for many years, and we consider him our son.
He's really a very special kid.
Well, not kid.
Young man.
We agree.
We both like him a lot.
And we understand that he wants to spend more time with John and with all of you on the weekends.
That's not necessarily a bad thing.
We just feel that Amy should be the one to make the decision.
She is the mom.
What? I think that what they might want to say is Ricky's the dad.
Well, they can say that if they wanna say that.
Ricky's the dad.
I know that.
I just feel that if he would back off a little, that maybe in time, Amy would change her mind or be willing to compromise.
How much time? John's gonna be a year old soon.
I don't know how much time.
You're both aware that I'm a social worker, right? I've been through a few hundred cases over the years involving teenage parents, and while judges favored the mother in the past, that's not the case anymore.
So if Ricky decides to take this to court or to a mediator, they're probably gonna rule in his favor.
Yep.
I really hope that Ricky's not gonna take this to court or have it mediated.
Amy has been through so much this past year.
Not that Ricky hasn't.
I know I'm not with Adrian anymore, but You know why I'm not with Adrian.
We're just no good for each other.
Right now I just wanna focus on my son.
At one time, you offered to help me.
Would you still help me? Would you please tell me how to solve this legally? I want a legal agreement.
All right.
Well, probably the best thing is for you to get a mediation.
I don't think you wanna get into a court case.
And just be prepared that it could go either way.
The mediator's recommendation might be what you want, or it might go another way.
They might recommend that you see John less than you're seeing him now, or that you only get supervised visitation rights.
You never know how things will go.
All I know is that I wanna do this.
I'm sick of the uncertainty.
The only way I'm gonna feel like I've done a better job as a parent than my mother did is if I speak up.
Okay.
Well, here's the thing.
I'll talk to your parents and to Amy's parents, and I'll set this up for all of you.
But only on one condition: That you go back to Amy and try-- really try to work this out.
Because once it's official, once it's in the system, you can't just decide to make it unofficial and get it out of the system.
And once the decision is made, one person's going to win, and the other loses, even with a compromise.
And that's how it's gonna feel-- that one person has lost and the other one has won.
If you lose, you're gonna resent Amy.
And if you win, she's gonna resent you.
I can only speak for myself.
If I lose, I'll just have to get over it.
And if I win, I don't know if I care if Amy resents me.
I don't know if I care what she thinks about me anymore.
I only care about what John thinks or what he will think.
Talk to Amy, and then call me.
Hi, Amy.
Thanks for agreeing to talk to me.
But I kind of thought you might bring John.
Why? He doesn't get a vote in this.
I make his decisions for him.
I know that.
And you've been making good decisions for him all along.
I don't need your approval or your fake compliments.
It wasn't fake, and I wasn't finished.
I think you've been making good decisions for our son all along.
But now I think you're making a bad one, and you know it.
Oh, is that right? In whose opinion? In my opinion.
Other people have different opinions.
Would you like to see? Like to see what? Adrian and I recorded some people who would be my character witnesses if you and I go to court.
Let me guess.
That would've been Adrian's idea.
Not just her idea.
It was my idea, too.
Adrian's not your friend.
Well, she's not your friend.
It wasn't that long ago that you wouldn't even let me see John because I was spending time with Adrian, and you didn't want her near him.
And you know that if I were to call her up and tell her that I wanted to get back together with her, she would turn around and be my friend and not your friend.
Whatever.
She's my friend right now.
Here.
Look at th.
I don't wanna look at that.
I just wanna talk.
Can we please just talk, Amy? My name is Adrian Lee.
I've known Ricky Underwood for almost two years, and I've known Amy Juergens for about the same time.
Ricky is an unstable person.
One day he's in love with you, and then the next day he's not.
I know, because we've been intimate for almost two years.
We've even been in therapy together, but it didn't help.
He has intimacy issues with me and with women in general and with anyone that gets close to him.
He recently disappeared for days without letting anyone know where he was.
He can't be trusted.
Amy, on the other hand, is solid as a rock.
She's a good mother.
She continued going to high school after she got pregnant, and then continued after the baby came.
And she has a job after school.
She has been the one to take care of John every day of his life.
She only has her son's best interest at heart when she says she should be the one to decide when and where Ricky should see him.
And she's my friend.
We used to hate each other because I was Ricky's girlfriend for a while, but after Ricky and I broke up, and Amy and I got to know each other, we found out we have a lot in common.
And she's a good mother.
Well, I already said that, but it's true.
Would you like to see more? That's not gonna help you.
Clearly, she's just being vindictive.
Well, Madison and Lauren aren't being vindictive.
Hi.
I'm Lauren.
And I'm Madison.
And we're Amy's best friends.
And we think that she should get full custody of John.
Yes.
Although Ricky should have visitation rights as dictated by Amy.
Or you, Your Honor, if you're watching this.
I can go on.
Please don't.
I'm Jack Pappas.
Uh, I'm friends with Ricky and Amy.
I like both of them, but if one of them needs to make decisions for John, like where he's gonna be every day, well, I guess it should be his mother, Amy.
It definitely should be his mother.
I can go to my friends and get them to do the same thing, Amy.
Like Ben? Hi.
I'm Ben Boykewich, former boyfriend to Amy Juergens.
I was her-- I was her boyfriend at the time that John was born and for many months afterwards.
And I just wanna say that Amy is a very good mother.
Hi.
I'm Grace Bowman.
I'm a Christian, and I got Amy a job working in our church in the nursery so she could work and see her son ever day after school.
And she's doing a really good job, from what I hear, and she's a really good mother.
You're cute.
You're still recording.
Oops.
I'm gonna edit that part.
Yeah, you should, if you're gonna use that.
So you and Ben are speaking again? That's good, Amy.
I'm glad.
And I hope you let Ben come around John, too, 'cause John likes him.
Yeah.
He e-mailed me that.
All of them did.
You wanna know why? 'Cause they're my friends.
And how would you know that John likes Ben? Because I used to see him with him at your house.
Don't do this, okay? Just keep things the way they are.
I don't want any changes.
I do.
That's why I'm asking you.
Please let me have John on the weekends.
No.
Why not, Amy? Just tell me why not.
Let me hear your point of view on all this.
I wanna know why you don't want me to have John 48 hours a week.
Because I don't.
Because he's mine.
Because I changed my whole life for him.
I'm just asking for you to let me change mine for the same reason, Amy-- because I love John.
No.
I can't.
I just-- I can't.
I don't want to, and I don't think I should have to.
Why can't you just be satisfied to see him when I let you see him? Because my being a father shouldn't be limited to your whims.
That's why.
And if you want a fight, you got one, you know that? I really resent your getting people to make those videos, and I resent them doing that, too.
Those are my friends, too.
At least Ben is.
And Grace and Jack's okay.
We shouldn't put our friends in the middle of this.
We shouldn't put our families in the middle of this.
Oh, yeah, is that what you think? Then why did our parents have dinner together last night? Who asked them to do that? Not me.
I didn't ask them to do that.
You invited my dad over to your place.
I did do that, and I invited Adrian's dad over and talked to him which is why I'm talking to you.
Because he asked me to try to talk to you one more time.
Why is it such a big deal? Why is it so important that I not take John on the weekends? I told you why I want him.
Why do you want him? Why do I want him? He's my baby.
I love him.
And I don't want him to love you.
Ah, there it is.
So I guess we'll see each other in court.
I know I promised I would.
But I'm sorry.
I-- I can't.
All right.
If you can't, you can't.
But why can't you? What if the judge finds out? That you said you'd have sex with me if I made a video statement for Amy? Yeah.
You really think a judge would find out something like that? That he'd even care? Isn't it illegal? Lauren said it's illegal for me to offer you oral sex in exchange for your testimony.
Even so, I'm sure it happens all the time.
especially in divorces and custody hearings where friends are set up against friends.
But it's illegal.
I don't wanna go to jail for something like that.
You're not gonna go to jail.
Juvie hall maybe, but not prison.
Oh, God.
Don't say that.
My biggest fear in life is going to jail.
I won't press charges if you do it with me now.
Jack I'm joking.
I'm just joking around.
No one's pressuring anyone into having sex.
I would've made that video anyway.
I think you're gonna have to make another one, just so it's clear that nothing was offered in exchange.
All right.
Whatever you want, Madison.
Really? Really? Well, I might wanna have real sex.
Maybe.
After Betty and Leo's wedding.
Why then? I don't know.
I mean, we'll be all dressed up, and I'm not gonna have a curfew that night.
I don't know.
I was just thinking, I guess.
All right.
I like the way you think.
So, I was thinking, maybe we should do it after Leo and Betty's wedding.
Okay.
Do what? Have sex.
Sex? Are we thinking about having sex? We are.
I didn't know.
What do you think? Oh, I think it would be slightly awkward since we haven't really done a whole lot.
It might be.
Yeah.
But I guess that would be okay, if you want.
What made you suddenly wanna have sex? Madison.
She and Jack are gonna do it.
Shouldn't you and I decide rather than you and Madison? All right.
All right.
I'll do it.
Good.
I just talked to Amy.
Oh, good.
How'd it go? I saw the video.
I can explain.
Explain.
Amy and Adrian asked some of us to record video statements on her behalf.
That's not an explanation.
You're right.
The explanation is I was over at Grace's house, and we weren't really thinking right.
You had sex with Grace? Oh, God, no.
We're just friends.
Who weren't thinking right.
We made out a little.
Don't have sex with Grace.
I'm not gonna have sex with Grace.
Although she is a lot more fun than I had thought.
Fun enough to get you to betray me on camera? I didn't betray you.
I just-- I didn't endorse you.
I can make a video for you.
I can get everybody to maka video for you.
Good, because I'm gonna need that, because the conversation with Amy didn't go that well.
What happened? He knows.
Amy showed him the videos.
Ugh! Yeah, I know.
Ugh.
We're idiots.
I know.
And now we're gonna have to fix this.
We're gonna make a video statement endorsing Ricky.
All right.
Do you wanna come over tonight? Really? You want me to come over there tonight? Yeah.
Do you want to? Do I want to? Oh.
No cell phones at work! Don't have sex with Grace.
Oh, hey.
There you are.
I didn't know you'd be in this afternoon, so I came over.
Thought I'd hang out a bit and give Ben a ride home.
Maybe grab some dinner.
Only got a week left as a single man.
You excited about the wedding? Of course.
You're gonna be there, right? After all you've done for me, I wouldn't miss it for anything, Mr.
Boykewich.
Good.
Good.
So, how'd it go? Not well.
What are you gonna do? I'm gonna call Adrian's dad, Ruben, and ask him to go ahead and set up some kind of mediation.
You sure? I'm sure.
And if it doesn't go your way? Then it doesn't go my way.
And then you're gonna take off again.
No, I'm gonna stay here.
But I may have to punch Ben again.
What did you do now? Nothing yet.
What does she mean by that? That's another conversation about Grace.
Oh, boy.
I can't keep up with you.
What did you do to Ricky? You didn't get in the middle of his business with Amy, did you? I told you to stay out of that.
Did you? I did.
Did you stay out of it? No, but neither did a whole bunch of other people.
Ben, you and a whole bunch of other people don't wanna be responsible for making a decision for a one-year-old baby, do you? A decision that could affect the rest of John's life and Amy's life and Ricky's life? I mean, what is wrong with you? I'll tell you what's wrong with him.
He's thinking about having sex with Grace.
No, no, no, no, no.
We're just friends.
Yeah, well, sometimes friends do some really stupid things.
Griffin and I are friends, but I don't want to be friends with you.
Not just friends.
Me, neither.
What are you saying? I'm saying that I wanna make my own decisions about sex.
I don't want my parents making those decisions for me.
I said it should be his mother, but maybe that's because I didn't have a father.
And since John has a father as well as a mother, and since his father's been around ever since he was born, then maybe his father should be in on the decisions as well, and that would be Ricky Underwood.
I'm making this video on my own volition, and I have received no favors.
I have to admit, Ricky has come a long way.
Yeah.
No one thought he'd even come around after John was born.
I mean, I think he's a player, but, hey, that hasn't gotten in the way of his being a father, that I know of.
They're both good parents- Ricky and Amy.
I mean, for teenagers.
They spend a lot of time with John.
Yeah, I would never wanna spend that much time with my parents.
Me neither.
But it's important, at John's age, to have both parents around, and it's nice that they're fighting over spending more time with him.
Rather than fighting over not spending time with him, and pushing him on the person.
They don't do that.
No.
They both love John.
I'm generally considered an expert, you know? And I get paid for my testimony, but, uh, this is- this is just a mediation, so I'll waive my fee.
Uh, well, everybody knows Amy's done a great- oh-- a great job with her son.
And, uh, I mean, look at her.
She's a mother, and she looks like that.
You know? I mean, come on.
She's hot.
Where was I? Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Uh, Ricky's not that bad either.
I mean, you know, he should keep- he should keep the son.
I mean, just- just for the weekends.
And, hey, Amy, that makes available, right? I think Ricky would be fine to take John on weekends.
I didn't realize it was one or the other-- that if we spoke up for Amy, then Ricky wouldn't get to take John on weekends.
And by the way, Ricky has a job, too.
He works after school, and he contributes money whenever he can.
He's trying really hard to be a good father, just like Amy's trying really hard to be a good mother.
She is a good mother.
I'm Amy's ex-boyfriend, which isn't why I said all the nice things about her before.
I really think that she's a really nice girl and a good mother, and I hope one day we can be friends again, but Here's the thing: I work with Ricky.
We both work at my dad's butcher shop, and the two of us are friends.
He's my friend.
I may not have always been the best friend to him, but we're friends.
And he's a good dad.
I mean that.
Amy's a good mom, but Ricky's also a good dad.
Sorry, Amy.
Okay.
Is that it? Are we not going to hear from Adrian Lee, on your behalf? No, she's not speaking to me.
Wasn't it her father who got us all here today? Was it? Yes.
I've heard from your parents.
I've heard from your friends.
I've looked at your school records.
Ricky, I wanna thank you for volunteering your court records.
By the way, I've duly noted that you've been working on your issues in therapy for some years.
And, Amy, I wanna commend you for staying in school and getting your grades back up to where they were before the baby, while working.
And oh, when you see your friends, please pass along to them that it's unusual for friends to stick by teen mothers and fathers, so they're also to be commended for their support, as are the families.
Nice to see the mothers and fathers here today, and good to know you both have family support.
So, with that in mind, and being that both parties have been unable to reach a compromise on their own, I'm ready to announce my recommendation.
Wait.
For what? Jeez.
Um For me-- For me to do the right thing.
Please don't make a decision.
Let me make a decision.
I'm wrong, and he's right.
Ricky should be able to take John on the weekends.
I, um-- I know that it's important for John to be around his dad, and I know that Ricky will be around John for the rest of his life, and that he'll be a good dad, because if he isn't, I will not hesitate to stand up for my son.
I also shouldn't stand in the way of my son and his father.
Thank you, Amy.
Good decision.
Very good decision.
Of course, it's not actually your decision.
It's my decision.
So, um, starting next weekend, Ricky, you'll pick your son up at Amy's house before bedtime on Friday night.
And, Amy, you will pick John up at Ricky's house before bedtime on Sunday evening.
And I want you both to keep this arrangement pleasant and civil.
Hope I don't see you here again.
So I get John for his first birthday? His first birthday's next weekend.
Next weekend? Yeah.
Well, I guess that'll be a good test of your pleasantness and civility.
You did great, Amy.
That was the right thing to do.
Was it? I don't get to have John on his first birthday.
Amy, you'll see John on his birthday.
You and Ricky plan a birthday party together.
Have everyone all together.
That's the way it should be anyway.
Amy, Ricky got what he wanted here, so I think he'll be willing to compromise with you on this.
You'll work it out.
This is the beginning of working out lots of birthdays, holidays and weekends.
You both just need to continue doing what the right thing is for John.
I'm really proud of you.
Me, too.
Thank you for encouraging me to do this and for supporting me in this.
Of course.
Just remember, this is the easy part.
The hard part's the next 18 years- working things out.
Well, 17 after next weekend.
And you're going to invite Amy and her family to the birthday party, right? And I would suggest that you give it a park or some other neutral location so you can always go back there in the years when his birthday doesn't fall on the weekend.
And remember, Amy is going to treat you the way you treat her in all of this, so be nice.
I am nice.
Well Okay.
We're gonna let the two of you talk.
So, is this how you want you and me to end up-- in a conference room discussing who gets Robbie on holidays and weekends? George, I said I would think about it.
Let's just see how things go.
And I said I don't wanna just see how things go.
I don't wanna wait.
But we were miserable when we were married.
And we're not miserable now, are we? I kind of am, yeah.
Well, you didn't seem too miserable until lately when the subject of marriage came up.
Let's just run off after Leo and Betty's wedding.
Just you and me and Amy and Robbie and Ashley.
We'll go to some Vegas chapel and get married and just have the family there.
What do you say? I say what I've always said: I'll think about it.
You got until Leo and Betty's wedding.
I'll see you outside, Amy.
Bye, Ricky.
Oh, and if you and Amy want me to bake the birthday cake, just let me know.
I'd love to do it.
What do you wanna do? We're in this together.
Your mom can bake the cake if you want, and you and I can plan the party together.
What do you say? Are they home yet? No.
Have you heard from them? No.
Rats! All right.
I'm sorry I bothered you.
No, it's okay.
I'm happy you came over.
I actually wanted to ask you something.
Sure.
What? If a person wanted to get birth control pills without their mother knowing they were getting birth control pills, how would a person do that? And that person would be you? You're how old? when she got pregnant.
Oh, yeah.
Well, then, you can get birth control pills at the free clinic without your mother knowing.
But I suggest you ask your mother.
I asked my mother.
My mother took me to get birth control pills.
In fact, I just changed birth control pills.
With change, your body has to get used to it6 And, you know, you have to be on the pill for at least a month before they really get started.
I hope that's why I'm late-- that I changed pills.
I mean, I always use condoms, too, butcondoms can break.
I had a condom break just recently.
Do you have a calendar? How recently? When was the mother-daughter dance?
We haven't been very involved as grandparents, and we want to be more involved.
That way you can be more involved in your son's life.
And by "fun," you mean-- Sex.
It's freeing to think I don't have to be the good girl.
Fun, as we know, has consequences.
So I guess the two of you are friends after everything was said and done? Yes.
I don't wanna start over.
I just wanna end this.
I'm ending this.
So, can we still hang out as friends-- you and me? Of course, Grace.
Thanks for letting me come over on a school night.
Thanks for letting me come over any night.
Let's see if we're still in love a year from now when our anniversary rolls around.
And if we are, let's get remarried on our anniversary.
No, I'm not doing that.
I wanna get married now.
I wanna take John on weekends.
No.
I don't wanna hurt my relationship with my son over a lifetime by not doing what I should be doing.
No wonder this man has success.
He shouldn't just be the Sausage King, he should be the Sausage Czar.
That is a damn fine piece of meat.
So, about John-- Oh, yeah.
You gonna take him on the weekends? Am I? Isn't that what you said? I said I wanna take him on the weekends.
That's why I wanted you to come over here.
So you could see where I'm taking him.
I'm all set up for him here.
I've got all the safety stuff-- cabinet locks, the outlet covers, the corner bumpers on the furniture.
I've got a high chair, food, an earthquake kit for two.
I can take care of my kid.
You got any more sausage biscuits? Something can still happen.
Something always happens.
He's gonna fall, bump his head, split his lip, something.
No, he's not.
They all do.
You just gotta make sure that the worst thing that could happen is not the worst thing that does happen.
That's called parenting, my friend.
Split his lip? Girls did it a few times.
He can't fall and split his lip.
I'd get accused of child abuse.
Yeah, different times.
Back in the old days, no one said anything.
I was an abused child.
Someone will say something if anything like that happens- if an accident happens.
That's why they do it.
That's why they say something.
That's why they ask questions.
'Cause when kids got abused in the old days, when they went to the doctor or the emergency room, no one asked them anything.
So now you're gonna be like everyone else.
So if there's an accident, expect questions.
You prepared for that? I hadn't even thought of that.
Why don't you stay at your parents' on the weekend when you have John? Because I want him to myself.
This is my home.
I got this place so I could be with John-- just the two of us.
I'm just pointing out the worst that could happen.
Now you made me all nervous.
Good.
You'll be extra careful.
You'll be alert, on your toes.
This pork or beef? What? The sausage.
It's pork.
Wow.
Okay.
Gotta go to work.
Are you gonna talk to Amy? About what? About John coming over here on weekends.
Oh.
You have to talk to her about that.
I thought you just wanted my blessing.
And you have my blessing.
I'm happy for you to take John on the weekends.
It's good for John and for Amy.
So go forth, young man, and ask Amy.
I did.
She said no.
Well, then the answer's no.
I rescind my blessing.
What? I take it back.
I know what "rescind" means.
I got it off my Word of the Day Calendar Donovan gave me for Christmas.
Gotta go.
Mr.
Juergens, please, could you just talk to Amy? Tell her it's not such a bad idea.
I'm really determined to do this.
All right.
I'll talk to her.
But if she's made up her mind, she's made up her mind.
How about a compromise? I don't think so.
I guess we all knew it'd come to this-- all the adults in your life and Amy's life.
I just didn't know it was coming this soon.
All right.
I'll do what I can.
But I can tell you, you just fired the first shot of what could be a lifelong war.
* Falling in love * Is such an easy thing to do * * Birds can do it We can do it * * Let's stop talking Let's get to it * * Let's fall in love Hey, where are the moms? The nursery.
John and Robbie are all cranked out today.
Oh, good.
No, not good.
Not good at all.
Not for you anyway.
And I think Mom's coming down with something.
She's losing her voice.
That could be good.
She's not happy about it.
She doesn't wanna get the babies sick.
Would you mind if Grant came over tonight? There's a Twilight Zone marathon.
One condition: You talk to Amy and you tell her it's a good idea for Ricky to take John on the weekends.
I just talked to her last week telling her what a good mother she is and everything.
You're good at it.
If you don't watch your tone, I'll make you talk to her every week.
How did you even get in the middle of Ricky and Amy's stuff anyway? Amy's been screaming about Ricky all day which is why John and Robbie are all cranked out.
So is Mom.
She's in a bad mood, too? Who's in a bad mood? You look pretty.
See? Why'd she say that? 'Cause you do.
You look pretty.
You don't sound so good, but you look pretty.
I don't wanna get married for a while, and I don't wanna argue about it tonight.
I've been dealing with Amy all day.
All of a sudden, it seems that Ricky wants to have John on the weekends.
He wants to pick up John on Friday nights and have Amy pick him up from him on Sunday nights.
Oh.
Hmm? Well, what would be the problem with that? The problem would be that Amy doesn't wanna do that.
She wants to decide when John can go over there.
When does she think John should go over there? Whenever she says he can go over there.
So Ricky's just on call? He's gotta sit around and hope Amy lets him see his son? Well, that's what she wants, and I suggest that we stay out of it.
I wish you suggested that earlier before I dropped by Ricky's this morning.
Well, maybe I would've suggested it earlier if I'd known that's where you were going this morning.
You see, if we were married, I'd have to tell you where I'm going.
But we're not married.
So there you go.
Well, if you had been home, I would've told you that I'd told Ricky's parents that we would have dinner with them tonight so we could talk about it.
So you didn't need to talk to Ricky.
Amy's okay with that? I didn't ask her.
She doesn't know anything about it, and she doesn't need to know anything about it.
The mood that she's in, she'll just think that we're turning against her.
Isn't Ricky's dad in prison? We going to prison for dinner? His foster parents- Margaret and Shakur.
I see.
So your refusal to put yourself in the middle of things seems to have put you in the middle of things.
No, it hasn't.
I'm not getting in the middle of Amy and Ricky.
I'm going around them, and I'm taking you with me.
I don't wanna see Amy have to go to court.
I want Amy and Ricky to work out an agreement on their own.
Dad, you have to talk to Ricky.
Way ahead of you.
Really? You told him he can't take John on the weekends? I told him I'd talk to you about it.
But I won't, because this is something that you and Ricky need to work out on your own.
And I suggest that you do it before a judge or a mediator does it for you.
Or your parents.
Dad, you don't want a judge or a mediator deciding what's best for your grandson, do you? Well, of course not.
So maybe you and Ricky could work out some compromise.
No.
This is how it works: I get John all the time because I gave birth to him after stupidly having sex with that idiot.
And now the idiot does not get to take him.
I get to decide when and if Ricky gets to see his son.
And that's the way it works.
Well, right now.
That's probably worked fine for a while.
But John's getting older, and so are you and so is Ricky, so things might just change a little.
No.
If you didn't have John on the weekends, you could go out, have a life.
I'll tell you what, you wanna go have a life, you wanna go out, why don't you give Robbie to Ricky on the weekends, huh? Why don't you do that? 'Cause I don't want a life.
I want your mother.
Well, here's the difference between you and me: I'm gonna get what I want, and you're not.
Come in.
Hi.
How are you? What? I'm not gonna hit you or anything.
I came over here to support you.
What? I heard about Ricky trying to take John.
Where did you hear that? Ricky told Ben.
Ben told Grace.
Grace told me.
And I think it's terrible.
Really? Yeah, I do.
The guy runs away, and then comes back and wants more responsibility? Yeah.
That's what I said.
I feel so bad for you.
Don't feel bad for me.
Ricky's not gonna get John.
I don't blame you for feeling that way.
The guy can't be trusted.
It was just a kiss, right? Yes, Adrian, it was just a kiss.
But you had sex with Ben.
That wasn't just a kiss.
And I wanna apologize for that.
If I hurt you in any way, I'm really sorry.
I wasn't trying to hurt you, Amy.
I was trying to hurt Ricky.
You know, I don't really like him right now.
Mmm.
What do you know.
We have something in common.
And when people have something in common, like a common hate for someone, what do you call those people? What? Friends.
And you're gonna need friends.
Because if you don't give Ricky what he wants, he'll go to court.
And when he goes to court and you go to court, he's gonna have his friends, and you're gonna have yours.
And you're gonna need all the friends you can get.
It's not gonna get that far.
They're not going to court- Ricky and Amy.
Adrian thinks so.
Amy's just upset.
And I've seen her upset.
But she'll get over being upset, and she'll realize that Ricky should have John on the weekends.
He's his son.
I think it's perfectly reasonable for Ricky to have his son for part of the time.
I think you should have John part of the time.
Me? Hello.
You were there every day for the first nine months of his life.
Well, maybe not every day.
I did go to Italy.
Yeah, you did.
Tell me about Italy.
Oh, I'd rather not.
Come on.
Did you have sex in Italy with Maria? No.
Grace, I, uh- I'd rather not talk about this.
She's cute.
I saw her.
She looks like a lot of fun.
Have you ever been to Italy? No, I haven't, but I'd like to go.
Maybe you and I could go together sometime.
You could show me around.
Or we could go somewhere else.
We could go somewhere neither of us has been.
Or we could go somewhere you've been, and I haven't, and you could show me around.
Have you ever seen my bedroom? That's funny.
Uh No, I haven't seen your bedroom.
Well, would you like to? No one's home.
Maybe you could give me a tour of the house.
I haven't really seen the house.
Okay.
We'll start with my bedroom.
I'm in here.
This is a nice room.
It looks kind of like I thought it might.
Not that I've thought about it too much.
Just if I had thought about it I have thought about it.
What are we doing here, Grace? I wanna make out.
In your bedroom with no one home? That's usually the best time, isn't it? I thought we were just friends.
We are.
I don't wanna really do anything.
But making out's a fun thing to do, don't you think? Honestly, I just don't wanna get in any trouble.
I mean, the last time I made out, it didn't have the best consequences.
That's 'cause you were making out with the wrong person.
You make a compelling argument.
* Oh You gonna answer that? Yeah.
I'm sorry.
It might be my dad.
Take it.
Really? We're just friends.
Friends that were about to make out.
Take it.
Hello? Hello? Ben? Hi, Amy.
Is everything okay? I just thought we should talk.
Can you come over? I can't right now.
He's hanging out with me.
Hi, Amy.
Grace? Adrian? Hi, Grace.
Hi, Adrian.
Amy, can I call you back? Tell them to come over here.
What? You need all the friends you can get.
Um, Ben, I need your help with something.
Grace's, too.
What's that, Amy? I need you and Grace to be on my side if Ricky and I get into some legal thing about John.
You'd do that for me, right, Ben? I, um Don't wanna get in the middle.
I really don't wanna get in the middle of this, Amy.
I'm sure that you and Ricky can work out whatever it is you need to work out.
You've always been in the middle of this, Ben Boykewich.
And now Amy needs you, so get over here.
You and Grace.
You're her friends.
Amy needs you to make a statement she can use in court to say what a good mother she is.
And you know what a good mother she is, so do it.
Either come over here or do it yourself, but do it.
See? This is just the kind of thing that can bring people together.
So, do you wanna go over there? No.
We can make a video.
For us or for Amy? Amy.
Of us doing this? I know what you mean.
Do we have to do that right now? No.
Okay.
I can't believe that I would ask Ben to do my any favors after what he did.
Amy, guys do stupid things.
If you had had sex with Ben, I would've never had sex with Ben.
He wouldn't even have been interested in having sex with me.
I would've had to have sex with someone else to get back at Ricky.
This is not my fault.
Stop trying to make it my fault.
It is partially your fault, so just accept some of the responsibility as well as my apology.
I'm so confused.
Let me un-confuse you.
You are the mother of the child.
You're in charge of the child's life.
You have to do what's best for him, and what's best for him is to see his dad on the weekends.
What's best for John is to see Ricky.
And it's best for John to have a routine and have some stability, and Ricky can help with that.
And it's good for a boy to have his father around, so get over yourself, make the sacrifice, give in.
No.
I have sacrificed all I'm going to sacrifice.
Ricky does not get John every weekend.
That's all there is to it.
I've made my decision.
All right.
Well, I just told Dad I would talk to you.
Hi, Adrian.
Hi, Ashley.
She's too young to understand.
And again, I'm sorry I slept with Ben.
And me, too.
Adrian, I wanted to sleep with Ben.
I really did.
I always thought he'd be my first and my last.
The second and my last.
Yeah, and I thought Ricky would be my last.
Adrian, I appreciate that you came over here tonight, but I really don't think that I'm ready to forgive you for having sex with Ben.
I don't think I'll ever be able to forget that you did that.
And I'm never gonna be able to forget that you had sex with Ricky.
Here's where girls screw up.
The guys have already forgiven each other and moved on.
For all you know, Ricky's already gotten Ben and Grace on his side.
So you and I need to forgive each other and move on, because it's the best thing for your son-- for John.
Look, Ricky is not a stable person.
Just because he's the biological father doesn't mean he's the best father.
Look, there's gotta be a better father out there.
You need a guy who's gonna stand by you and stand up to Ricky.
Who is that guy, Amy? I don't know.
You know.
What's-his-name.
Um, you know, the guy-- your-- your mother's boyfriend's son.
Oh.
You know, the guy with the hair.
Uh, Jimmy.
Yes.
Call him.
And call Lauren and Madison and Jack and Zoe and Claire-- What? Who? They slept with Ricky.
They know he's not daddy material.
Look, you get anyone you can get, and we'll get videos of them as character witnesses.
A judge or a mediator-- whoever-- is not going to question my character.
They're gonna question Ricky's character.
I've done nothing wrong.
I don't need to prove myself.
Why would they question my character? Um, you're the one who got pregnant.
This is fun.
Shut up.
I like the way you say that.
Shut up.
I can't believe we got conned into babysitting.
I don't mind.
I'm good with children.
Yeah, I am, too.
But that's besides the point.
The point is Robbie is not our responsibility.
No.
But someday we might have responsibilities of our own.
Someday I may not want to have responsibilities of our own.
'Cause I'm so tired of my mother's responsibilities and my sister's responsibilities and Babies are great birth control.
Birth control, huh? Yeah.
You have, um Do you use-- I have condoms.
But I'm not planning on needing a condom before I get out of high school.
But if you did need or want a condom, you'd have one available nearby? Yeah.
So you've at least anticipated using a condom before? Who hasn't, besides my mother and Amy? You had sex? No.
Have you? Yeah, it probably wouldn't hurt the kid to watch a couple episodes of The Twilight Zone.
Well, that wasn't a no.
Rod Serling's a genius.
Yeah.
You're not.
You're clearly avoiding the question.
Yes.
Yes, what? I've had sex.
All right.
"All right"? Yeah, all right.
Doesn't mean you and I are gonna have sex.
No.
Does it mean you and I could possibly have sex? Not tonight, but sometime in the next year? I'm 15.
I wanna wait until I get out of high school.
I mean, I want to.
I don't know if I will.
That's why I have the condoms.
ButI'm definitely not ready.
Got it.
Yeah, so, if that's what you're looking for, go somewhere else.
That's not what I'm looking for.
I just want you to be my girlfriend.
I don't have to have sex with you to be your girlfriend, do I? 'Cause I'm not having sex with you.
Oh.
I'd never push you to have sex with me.
Although I wouldn't push you away, either.
I'm a gentleman.
I'll let you come to me when you're ready.
Don't hold your breath.
I'm a swimmer.
I can hold my breath for years.
Good.
You may have to.
I will.
Let's see how long you can hold your breath.
Go.
Four seconds.
I'm so happy that we're finally getting together to talk about John and Ricky and Amy.
Oh, me, too.
I'm so sorry that it's taken so long to call you.
We'd be happy to keep an eye on John on Saturdays when Ricky's at work.
Well, I'm sure you know we've been foster parents to a lot of children over the years, and we've had a lot of babies in the house.
We both love babies and children and our son Ricky.
And we would be very happy to have more time with our grandson.
We want to get to know John, and we want to make sure that he gets to know us.
You know, Ricky lived with us in foster care for many years, and we consider him our son.
He's really a very special kid.
Well, not kid.
Young man.
We agree.
We both like him a lot.
And we understand that he wants to spend more time with John and with all of you on the weekends.
That's not necessarily a bad thing.
We just feel that Amy should be the one to make the decision.
She is the mom.
What? I think that what they might want to say is Ricky's the dad.
Well, they can say that if they wanna say that.
Ricky's the dad.
I know that.
I just feel that if he would back off a little, that maybe in time, Amy would change her mind or be willing to compromise.
How much time? John's gonna be a year old soon.
I don't know how much time.
You're both aware that I'm a social worker, right? I've been through a few hundred cases over the years involving teenage parents, and while judges favored the mother in the past, that's not the case anymore.
So if Ricky decides to take this to court or to a mediator, they're probably gonna rule in his favor.
Yep.
I really hope that Ricky's not gonna take this to court or have it mediated.
Amy has been through so much this past year.
Not that Ricky hasn't.
I know I'm not with Adrian anymore, but You know why I'm not with Adrian.
We're just no good for each other.
Right now I just wanna focus on my son.
At one time, you offered to help me.
Would you still help me? Would you please tell me how to solve this legally? I want a legal agreement.
All right.
Well, probably the best thing is for you to get a mediation.
I don't think you wanna get into a court case.
And just be prepared that it could go either way.
The mediator's recommendation might be what you want, or it might go another way.
They might recommend that you see John less than you're seeing him now, or that you only get supervised visitation rights.
You never know how things will go.
All I know is that I wanna do this.
I'm sick of the uncertainty.
The only way I'm gonna feel like I've done a better job as a parent than my mother did is if I speak up.
Okay.
Well, here's the thing.
I'll talk to your parents and to Amy's parents, and I'll set this up for all of you.
But only on one condition: That you go back to Amy and try-- really try to work this out.
Because once it's official, once it's in the system, you can't just decide to make it unofficial and get it out of the system.
And once the decision is made, one person's going to win, and the other loses, even with a compromise.
And that's how it's gonna feel-- that one person has lost and the other one has won.
If you lose, you're gonna resent Amy.
And if you win, she's gonna resent you.
I can only speak for myself.
If I lose, I'll just have to get over it.
And if I win, I don't know if I care if Amy resents me.
I don't know if I care what she thinks about me anymore.
I only care about what John thinks or what he will think.
Talk to Amy, and then call me.
Hi, Amy.
Thanks for agreeing to talk to me.
But I kind of thought you might bring John.
Why? He doesn't get a vote in this.
I make his decisions for him.
I know that.
And you've been making good decisions for him all along.
I don't need your approval or your fake compliments.
It wasn't fake, and I wasn't finished.
I think you've been making good decisions for our son all along.
But now I think you're making a bad one, and you know it.
Oh, is that right? In whose opinion? In my opinion.
Other people have different opinions.
Would you like to see? Like to see what? Adrian and I recorded some people who would be my character witnesses if you and I go to court.
Let me guess.
That would've been Adrian's idea.
Not just her idea.
It was my idea, too.
Adrian's not your friend.
Well, she's not your friend.
It wasn't that long ago that you wouldn't even let me see John because I was spending time with Adrian, and you didn't want her near him.
And you know that if I were to call her up and tell her that I wanted to get back together with her, she would turn around and be my friend and not your friend.
Whatever.
She's my friend right now.
Here.
Look at th.
I don't wanna look at that.
I just wanna talk.
Can we please just talk, Amy? My name is Adrian Lee.
I've known Ricky Underwood for almost two years, and I've known Amy Juergens for about the same time.
Ricky is an unstable person.
One day he's in love with you, and then the next day he's not.
I know, because we've been intimate for almost two years.
We've even been in therapy together, but it didn't help.
He has intimacy issues with me and with women in general and with anyone that gets close to him.
He recently disappeared for days without letting anyone know where he was.
He can't be trusted.
Amy, on the other hand, is solid as a rock.
She's a good mother.
She continued going to high school after she got pregnant, and then continued after the baby came.
And she has a job after school.
She has been the one to take care of John every day of his life.
She only has her son's best interest at heart when she says she should be the one to decide when and where Ricky should see him.
And she's my friend.
We used to hate each other because I was Ricky's girlfriend for a while, but after Ricky and I broke up, and Amy and I got to know each other, we found out we have a lot in common.
And she's a good mother.
Well, I already said that, but it's true.
Would you like to see more? That's not gonna help you.
Clearly, she's just being vindictive.
Well, Madison and Lauren aren't being vindictive.
Hi.
I'm Lauren.
And I'm Madison.
And we're Amy's best friends.
And we think that she should get full custody of John.
Yes.
Although Ricky should have visitation rights as dictated by Amy.
Or you, Your Honor, if you're watching this.
I can go on.
Please don't.
I'm Jack Pappas.
Uh, I'm friends with Ricky and Amy.
I like both of them, but if one of them needs to make decisions for John, like where he's gonna be every day, well, I guess it should be his mother, Amy.
It definitely should be his mother.
I can go to my friends and get them to do the same thing, Amy.
Like Ben? Hi.
I'm Ben Boykewich, former boyfriend to Amy Juergens.
I was her-- I was her boyfriend at the time that John was born and for many months afterwards.
And I just wanna say that Amy is a very good mother.
Hi.
I'm Grace Bowman.
I'm a Christian, and I got Amy a job working in our church in the nursery so she could work and see her son ever day after school.
And she's doing a really good job, from what I hear, and she's a really good mother.
You're cute.
You're still recording.
Oops.
I'm gonna edit that part.
Yeah, you should, if you're gonna use that.
So you and Ben are speaking again? That's good, Amy.
I'm glad.
And I hope you let Ben come around John, too, 'cause John likes him.
Yeah.
He e-mailed me that.
All of them did.
You wanna know why? 'Cause they're my friends.
And how would you know that John likes Ben? Because I used to see him with him at your house.
Don't do this, okay? Just keep things the way they are.
I don't want any changes.
I do.
That's why I'm asking you.
Please let me have John on the weekends.
No.
Why not, Amy? Just tell me why not.
Let me hear your point of view on all this.
I wanna know why you don't want me to have John 48 hours a week.
Because I don't.
Because he's mine.
Because I changed my whole life for him.
I'm just asking for you to let me change mine for the same reason, Amy-- because I love John.
No.
I can't.
I just-- I can't.
I don't want to, and I don't think I should have to.
Why can't you just be satisfied to see him when I let you see him? Because my being a father shouldn't be limited to your whims.
That's why.
And if you want a fight, you got one, you know that? I really resent your getting people to make those videos, and I resent them doing that, too.
Those are my friends, too.
At least Ben is.
And Grace and Jack's okay.
We shouldn't put our friends in the middle of this.
We shouldn't put our families in the middle of this.
Oh, yeah, is that what you think? Then why did our parents have dinner together last night? Who asked them to do that? Not me.
I didn't ask them to do that.
You invited my dad over to your place.
I did do that, and I invited Adrian's dad over and talked to him which is why I'm talking to you.
Because he asked me to try to talk to you one more time.
Why is it such a big deal? Why is it so important that I not take John on the weekends? I told you why I want him.
Why do you want him? Why do I want him? He's my baby.
I love him.
And I don't want him to love you.
Ah, there it is.
So I guess we'll see each other in court.
I know I promised I would.
But I'm sorry.
I-- I can't.
All right.
If you can't, you can't.
But why can't you? What if the judge finds out? That you said you'd have sex with me if I made a video statement for Amy? Yeah.
You really think a judge would find out something like that? That he'd even care? Isn't it illegal? Lauren said it's illegal for me to offer you oral sex in exchange for your testimony.
Even so, I'm sure it happens all the time.
especially in divorces and custody hearings where friends are set up against friends.
But it's illegal.
I don't wanna go to jail for something like that.
You're not gonna go to jail.
Juvie hall maybe, but not prison.
Oh, God.
Don't say that.
My biggest fear in life is going to jail.
I won't press charges if you do it with me now.
Jack I'm joking.
I'm just joking around.
No one's pressuring anyone into having sex.
I would've made that video anyway.
I think you're gonna have to make another one, just so it's clear that nothing was offered in exchange.
All right.
Whatever you want, Madison.
Really? Really? Well, I might wanna have real sex.
Maybe.
After Betty and Leo's wedding.
Why then? I don't know.
I mean, we'll be all dressed up, and I'm not gonna have a curfew that night.
I don't know.
I was just thinking, I guess.
All right.
I like the way you think.
So, I was thinking, maybe we should do it after Leo and Betty's wedding.
Okay.
Do what? Have sex.
Sex? Are we thinking about having sex? We are.
I didn't know.
What do you think? Oh, I think it would be slightly awkward since we haven't really done a whole lot.
It might be.
Yeah.
But I guess that would be okay, if you want.
What made you suddenly wanna have sex? Madison.
She and Jack are gonna do it.
Shouldn't you and I decide rather than you and Madison? All right.
All right.
I'll do it.
Good.
I just talked to Amy.
Oh, good.
How'd it go? I saw the video.
I can explain.
Explain.
Amy and Adrian asked some of us to record video statements on her behalf.
That's not an explanation.
You're right.
The explanation is I was over at Grace's house, and we weren't really thinking right.
You had sex with Grace? Oh, God, no.
We're just friends.
Who weren't thinking right.
We made out a little.
Don't have sex with Grace.
I'm not gonna have sex with Grace.
Although she is a lot more fun than I had thought.
Fun enough to get you to betray me on camera? I didn't betray you.
I just-- I didn't endorse you.
I can make a video for you.
I can get everybody to maka video for you.
Good, because I'm gonna need that, because the conversation with Amy didn't go that well.
What happened? He knows.
Amy showed him the videos.
Ugh! Yeah, I know.
Ugh.
We're idiots.
I know.
And now we're gonna have to fix this.
We're gonna make a video statement endorsing Ricky.
All right.
Do you wanna come over tonight? Really? You want me to come over there tonight? Yeah.
Do you want to? Do I want to? Oh.
No cell phones at work! Don't have sex with Grace.
Oh, hey.
There you are.
I didn't know you'd be in this afternoon, so I came over.
Thought I'd hang out a bit and give Ben a ride home.
Maybe grab some dinner.
Only got a week left as a single man.
You excited about the wedding? Of course.
You're gonna be there, right? After all you've done for me, I wouldn't miss it for anything, Mr.
Boykewich.
Good.
Good.
So, how'd it go? Not well.
What are you gonna do? I'm gonna call Adrian's dad, Ruben, and ask him to go ahead and set up some kind of mediation.
You sure? I'm sure.
And if it doesn't go your way? Then it doesn't go my way.
And then you're gonna take off again.
No, I'm gonna stay here.
But I may have to punch Ben again.
What did you do now? Nothing yet.
What does she mean by that? That's another conversation about Grace.
Oh, boy.
I can't keep up with you.
What did you do to Ricky? You didn't get in the middle of his business with Amy, did you? I told you to stay out of that.
Did you? I did.
Did you stay out of it? No, but neither did a whole bunch of other people.
Ben, you and a whole bunch of other people don't wanna be responsible for making a decision for a one-year-old baby, do you? A decision that could affect the rest of John's life and Amy's life and Ricky's life? I mean, what is wrong with you? I'll tell you what's wrong with him.
He's thinking about having sex with Grace.
No, no, no, no, no.
We're just friends.
Yeah, well, sometimes friends do some really stupid things.
Griffin and I are friends, but I don't want to be friends with you.
Not just friends.
Me, neither.
What are you saying? I'm saying that I wanna make my own decisions about sex.
I don't want my parents making those decisions for me.
I said it should be his mother, but maybe that's because I didn't have a father.
And since John has a father as well as a mother, and since his father's been around ever since he was born, then maybe his father should be in on the decisions as well, and that would be Ricky Underwood.
I'm making this video on my own volition, and I have received no favors.
I have to admit, Ricky has come a long way.
Yeah.
No one thought he'd even come around after John was born.
I mean, I think he's a player, but, hey, that hasn't gotten in the way of his being a father, that I know of.
They're both good parents- Ricky and Amy.
I mean, for teenagers.
They spend a lot of time with John.
Yeah, I would never wanna spend that much time with my parents.
Me neither.
But it's important, at John's age, to have both parents around, and it's nice that they're fighting over spending more time with him.
Rather than fighting over not spending time with him, and pushing him on the person.
They don't do that.
No.
They both love John.
I'm generally considered an expert, you know? And I get paid for my testimony, but, uh, this is- this is just a mediation, so I'll waive my fee.
Uh, well, everybody knows Amy's done a great- oh-- a great job with her son.
And, uh, I mean, look at her.
She's a mother, and she looks like that.
You know? I mean, come on.
She's hot.
Where was I? Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Uh, Ricky's not that bad either.
I mean, you know, he should keep- he should keep the son.
I mean, just- just for the weekends.
And, hey, Amy, that makes available, right? I think Ricky would be fine to take John on weekends.
I didn't realize it was one or the other-- that if we spoke up for Amy, then Ricky wouldn't get to take John on weekends.
And by the way, Ricky has a job, too.
He works after school, and he contributes money whenever he can.
He's trying really hard to be a good father, just like Amy's trying really hard to be a good mother.
She is a good mother.
I'm Amy's ex-boyfriend, which isn't why I said all the nice things about her before.
I really think that she's a really nice girl and a good mother, and I hope one day we can be friends again, but Here's the thing: I work with Ricky.
We both work at my dad's butcher shop, and the two of us are friends.
He's my friend.
I may not have always been the best friend to him, but we're friends.
And he's a good dad.
I mean that.
Amy's a good mom, but Ricky's also a good dad.
Sorry, Amy.
Okay.
Is that it? Are we not going to hear from Adrian Lee, on your behalf? No, she's not speaking to me.
Wasn't it her father who got us all here today? Was it? Yes.
I've heard from your parents.
I've heard from your friends.
I've looked at your school records.
Ricky, I wanna thank you for volunteering your court records.
By the way, I've duly noted that you've been working on your issues in therapy for some years.
And, Amy, I wanna commend you for staying in school and getting your grades back up to where they were before the baby, while working.
And oh, when you see your friends, please pass along to them that it's unusual for friends to stick by teen mothers and fathers, so they're also to be commended for their support, as are the families.
Nice to see the mothers and fathers here today, and good to know you both have family support.
So, with that in mind, and being that both parties have been unable to reach a compromise on their own, I'm ready to announce my recommendation.
Wait.
For what? Jeez.
Um For me-- For me to do the right thing.
Please don't make a decision.
Let me make a decision.
I'm wrong, and he's right.
Ricky should be able to take John on the weekends.
I, um-- I know that it's important for John to be around his dad, and I know that Ricky will be around John for the rest of his life, and that he'll be a good dad, because if he isn't, I will not hesitate to stand up for my son.
I also shouldn't stand in the way of my son and his father.
Thank you, Amy.
Good decision.
Very good decision.
Of course, it's not actually your decision.
It's my decision.
So, um, starting next weekend, Ricky, you'll pick your son up at Amy's house before bedtime on Friday night.
And, Amy, you will pick John up at Ricky's house before bedtime on Sunday evening.
And I want you both to keep this arrangement pleasant and civil.
Hope I don't see you here again.
So I get John for his first birthday? His first birthday's next weekend.
Next weekend? Yeah.
Well, I guess that'll be a good test of your pleasantness and civility.
You did great, Amy.
That was the right thing to do.
Was it? I don't get to have John on his first birthday.
Amy, you'll see John on his birthday.
You and Ricky plan a birthday party together.
Have everyone all together.
That's the way it should be anyway.
Amy, Ricky got what he wanted here, so I think he'll be willing to compromise with you on this.
You'll work it out.
This is the beginning of working out lots of birthdays, holidays and weekends.
You both just need to continue doing what the right thing is for John.
I'm really proud of you.
Me, too.
Thank you for encouraging me to do this and for supporting me in this.
Of course.
Just remember, this is the easy part.
The hard part's the next 18 years- working things out.
Well, 17 after next weekend.
And you're going to invite Amy and her family to the birthday party, right? And I would suggest that you give it a park or some other neutral location so you can always go back there in the years when his birthday doesn't fall on the weekend.
And remember, Amy is going to treat you the way you treat her in all of this, so be nice.
I am nice.
Well Okay.
We're gonna let the two of you talk.
So, is this how you want you and me to end up-- in a conference room discussing who gets Robbie on holidays and weekends? George, I said I would think about it.
Let's just see how things go.
And I said I don't wanna just see how things go.
I don't wanna wait.
But we were miserable when we were married.
And we're not miserable now, are we? I kind of am, yeah.
Well, you didn't seem too miserable until lately when the subject of marriage came up.
Let's just run off after Leo and Betty's wedding.
Just you and me and Amy and Robbie and Ashley.
We'll go to some Vegas chapel and get married and just have the family there.
What do you say? I say what I've always said: I'll think about it.
You got until Leo and Betty's wedding.
I'll see you outside, Amy.
Bye, Ricky.
Oh, and if you and Amy want me to bake the birthday cake, just let me know.
I'd love to do it.
What do you wanna do? We're in this together.
Your mom can bake the cake if you want, and you and I can plan the party together.
What do you say? Are they home yet? No.
Have you heard from them? No.
Rats! All right.
I'm sorry I bothered you.
No, it's okay.
I'm happy you came over.
I actually wanted to ask you something.
Sure.
What? If a person wanted to get birth control pills without their mother knowing they were getting birth control pills, how would a person do that? And that person would be you? You're how old? when she got pregnant.
Oh, yeah.
Well, then, you can get birth control pills at the free clinic without your mother knowing.
But I suggest you ask your mother.
I asked my mother.
My mother took me to get birth control pills.
In fact, I just changed birth control pills.
With change, your body has to get used to it6 And, you know, you have to be on the pill for at least a month before they really get started.
I hope that's why I'm late-- that I changed pills.
I mean, I always use condoms, too, butcondoms can break.
I had a condom break just recently.
Do you have a calendar? How recently? When was the mother-daughter dance?