Party of Five s02e04 Episode Script
Have No Fear
So how did you get so good with this? Mechanics and all? Uh, my dad.
Before he decided to start hitting me.
Ugh! Come here.
I could use your help for a sec.
On a white horse He arrives All right.
Ah! I can see you've done this before.
Well, I don't usually like to get my hands dirty.
God, I sound like such a princess.
No, it's good for you: grease under the nails.
It'll make a man out of you.
Well, that has always been my goal.
[LAUGHS.]
Ugh! There.
Done.
[GRUNTS.]
Here.
Do you wanna, uh You wanna take her for a test-drive? Oh, um Well, I have to meet everybody at the restaurant.
It's kind of this thing we do.
You wanna come with? Uh, no.
Umanyway Candle burning Oh, so bright Bring it home To all the poor and lonely How does it feel to be In love for the first time? I'm really not all that hungry.
[WAILING.]
[GLASS CHINKING.]
Claud.
Claudia! Claud? Stick to the violin.
I'm starving.
Where is she? WAITRESS: Here.
There's a boy.
[OWEN WAILING.]
Manning, your drinks have been on the bar since Tuesday.
This isn't really like her.
It is since she's been hanging out with Griffin.
He's kind of sexy and everything, but Sexy? Sexy, Claud? What do--? What do you know about sexy? Charlie! We're eating! Hi there, kids.
I had Tony get a jump on your usual, uh, salads.
You're still winded, Joe? I I should have skipped the manicotti for lunch.
So listen, Tony.
You gotta take care of your regular customers.
Come on.
These are very important people.
All right.
The caesar goes to Kirsten.
House, no tomato, goes to Charlie.
[JOE PANTING.]
The chopped romaine with radish roses goes to Claudia.
I got you three of those today, sweetheart.
Thanks, Joe.
"House" house goes to Bailey.
Thanks.
All right.
And Tony, Tony.
Table eight, huh? Thank you.
Okay.
There you go.
So Julia's out with Justin again tonight? I wish.
I bet she's not coming.
Uh-oh! Trouble in paradise.
Joe, you all right? Here, sit down.
God, you look terrible.
No, no.
I'm fine.
I'm fine.
I think that, uh, Felipe went a little crazy with the garlic-- Ugh! Joe.
[GROANS.]
Joe! What's the matter? My God! Joe! Joe? Ugh! It's okay, now, Joe.
God, hurry! Tony, call 911.
Just hang in there, Joe.
You're gonna be okay.
Ch-Charlie.
Charlie.
[GROANS.]
[THE BODEANS' "CLOSER TO FREE" PLAYING.]
Everybody wants to live Like they wanna live And everybody wants to love Like they wanna love Everybody wants to be Closer to free-ee-ee Closer to free [PHONE DIALING.]
Yeah.
Joe Mangus, please, room 32-11.
Sure, I'll hold.
How's he doing? Any word? Charlie's trying to find out.
Ask him when he can have visitors.
Yeah, maybe we can go by after school.
Probably a good idea, since you weren't there last night.
Yeah, like I planned that, Bailey.
Right.
M-A-N-G-U-S.
He was admitted last night.
And released this morning.
KIRSTEN: Joe! Bagels.
I was gonna buy crullers, but my doctor says to cut back on the fat.
Hiya, sweetie.
Joe! They released you already? Apparently I'm gonna live.
That is, until I see the hospital bills, and then all bets are off.
But what's wrong with you? You could barely breathe last night.
What did the doctor say? You sure you're okay? It sounds a hell of a lot worse than it is.
What did she call it? It's, um "congestive heart" something.
Anyway, apparently my heart wasn't working up to speed.
The doctor says all I gotta do is I gotta watch my diet, and then I gotta take these little pills.
Anyway, all I know is they make my blood flow easier, and they cost $300 a bottle.
Claudia, forget the fiddle.
Medicine is where the money is.
So you're okay? Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
I'm fine.
No, this scare, it was the best thing that could have happened, because I take care of the problem now, and I live to be a hundred.
Oh, look at you guys.
All worried.
Relax.
You're all in my will.
Think a little cream cheese'll kill me? [SCHOOL BELL RINGING.]
Whoa! Oh! Hey.
I'm sorry.
Are you okay? Yeah, well, at least now I know you're not avoiding me.
Me? No! So, uh Guess what.
I had this wild dream that I wanted to tell you about.
You see, I was at your house, and it was a party or something.
And listen to this.
This is really bizarre.
See, I told you that I was in love with you.
[LAUGHS.]
And it's funny because at the time it felt so real Look, Sarah-- No, let me.
Um Oh, God.
I'm sorry that I put you on the spot like that.
It's just sometimes things fly out of my mouth for no reason.
So what I'd like to do is put the most embarrassing thing I've done in my life behind us and move forward to potentially more embarrassing moments.
[LAUGHS.]
That sounds fair.
So I heard you dropped out of the election.
Yeah.
Yeah, what happened was I realized that I don't really have the time for it right now.
I don't have time for a lot of things.
You know, now that I'm back on the football team, there's gonna be scouts coming to the games, and a scholarship's probably the only way I'm gonna get anywhere near a good college next year.
Bailey-- And-- It's okay.
I get it.
I see him in the halls, you know, and for a second I forget.
[TOILET FLUSHING.]
And I'm about to go, like, "Hey, isn't that a new shirt?" or, "The funniest thing happened in Soc.
" And then he gives me this look and I remember.
Do you think he's gonna hate me forever? I mean, do you? 'Cause I really miss him.
Would you give yourself a break, please? You're allowed to break up with somebody.
[PAPER RUSTLING.]
Anyway, technically, Justin broke up with you.
Well, can you blame him? Okay.
Okay.
Look, I was gonna save this until later, but I think you could use some cheering up now.
[PLASTIC CRACKLES.]
This is a "Don't be bummed" present.
Use them in good health, as my grandma used to say.
Well, I don't think she ever meant condoms, but-- Nin, I don't need these.
Griffin and I, we're not even Well, maybe not yet.
You're dating a guy who has had sex.
So what? So the guys who have had sex have sex.
You think they're obsessed with it before.
Once they've done it, forget about it.
There's no going back.
Well, that's ridiculous.
Besides it's never even come up.
I am just telling you, Jule, with a guy like Griffin, be afraid.
Be very afraid.
[LAUGHS.]
[TITTERS.]
And drive down this street.
Check out that paint job.
My paint job.
[LAUGHS.]
Great paint job, Charlie.
It's an $800 paint job.
Not bad.
[LAUGHS.]
So lunch is on me.
A big splurge.
Let's go to Salinger's.
I wanna check on Joe.
Okay.
[DOG BARKING.]
You're not worried about him? Of course I'm worried about him.
He's gotta take better care of himself.
He's pretty sick, Charlie.
Yeah, he's sick.
I know he's sick.
He's got a heart problem.
But he's gonna be okay.
It's scary, isn't it? I mean, you love him.
What? What are you doing, Kirsten? I'm trying to be realistic.
Everybody's walking around like Joe just got diagnosed with a bad case of the hiccups or something.
He went into the hospital for observation.
One night.
[SIGHS.]
Okay.
But things are gonna have to change at Salinger's.
What? Someone's gonna have to run the place for him.
Then I'll help him find someone.
No.
No.
Forget it.
And you know what, Kirsten? You're just making trouble here, so cut it out.
You didn't see his doctors running around getting nervous.
I'm telling you, he's just gonna take it easy for a while.
By Christmas, he'll be the same old Joe.
GRIFFIN: I might like you better if we slept together.
What? It's that song.
I haven't heard it in a while.
Oh, yeah, me neither.
Ugh! Oh, people really care about this stuff? I guess.
Did you see this quiz thing? Look at this.
"Is your sex drive more like a station wagon or a Porsche?" Ha-ha, yeah, it's pretty silly.
You know, those pencil marks aren't mine.
Oh.
"If you made love every time you thought about it, how many times a week would that be?" [PAGES RUSTLE.]
You got a calculator on you? I'm kidding.
Kidding.
See Oh, "What's the most outrageous place you ever--?" Could you please, um? Ah, you're right.
It's boring to talk about it anyway.
Wanna get out of here? Oh, uh, God.
You know what? I completely forgot.
I have to I have to babysit Owen.
You need a ride? No, thanks.
I'm okay.
See you.
Bye.
[BELL DINGS.]
[WHISTLE BLOWS.]
PLAYER 1: All right! Come on! Possum D, possum D.
ALL: Team! COACH: All right, let's go, boys.
Come on.
Set it up.
Set it up! Right.
Fourth and eight to go.
No time-outs left.
'Niners are up by 2.
Whole stadium knows Aikman's gonna throw it to Irvin.
You, Bailey Salinger, are the only thing between the Cowboys and the Super Bowl.
Come on.
PLAYER 2: That's it! Good.
[WHISTLE TOOTS.]
PLAYER 2: All right! Let's go! Whoo! All right! Hut! [PLAYERS GRUNT.]
PLAYER 2: Come on! Get him! PLAYER 3: Go, go, go, go, go! Get him! PLAYER 2: Yeah! Let's go.
Ooh! COACH: Break! Ugh! [PLAYERS CHEER, WHISTLE BLOWS.]
Come on.
Get up so I can knock you down again.
[GROANS FAINTLY.]
Hughes, you You all right? PLAYER 3: Good hit, man.
Come on.
PLAYER 2: Andy, what's up? I can't.
I can't move.
Come on, man.
Stop kidding around.
Andy.
COACH: Clear out of here.
Hey, man.
Give me some room.
Give me some room.
Come on.
Now.
Okay, son.
Lie still.
Can't move until the ambulance gets here.
Take it easy.
All right.
You'll be okay.
[.]
[PHONE RINGING.]
[WOMAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY OVER PA.]
Hi.
Claudia, what are you--? Charlie brought me.
It's 7:00.
Why didn't you wake me up? Charlie! You're awake.
Couldn't get a damn thing out of any of these night nurses.
Maybe somebody on the morning shift will be able-- Or you.
Charlie, maybe they'll tell you.
What? What? Look, they can't really tell anything for sure.
Not yet.
What? What can't they tell? Something bad, right? Something really bad? There's swelling around the spinal cord.
They can't really tell if there's nerve damage.
He might not be able to walk again.
They don't know.
Hey.
You put out that fire yesterday? You kind of took off from me in a hurry.
No, I just, um, had to get home.
Yeah.
Whatever.
I could use some sleep.
Oh, my God.
When did you get that? Oh, yeah.
The major practically had a stroke when I got the first one.
He'll probably throw me out of the house this time.
[SNIGGERS.]
You hate it.
No.
I don't know.
It's mean-looking.
It's a good thing I didn't go with the skull and bones, then.
You know, uh, you should get one.
Mmm, I don't know.
Yeah, yeah.
Maybe a Maybe a rose.
Or one of those yin-yang symbols.
You know? COACH: We, uh We really don't know anything more about Andy's condition.
I talked to his dad today.
Some of you fellas know his dad.
He told me that Andy I was looking for you all day.
Where you been? You okay? Yeah.
I kind of thought you wouldn't show.
So, anyway, we've decided we're gonna leave it up to you fellas whether we play tomorrow What are you doing here, Bay? So who says play? Let's play! All right! Yeah.
All right.
Then let's have a good practice.
And tomorrow night, what do you say we bring that game ball home for Hughes? [YELLING & CHEERING.]
Salinger.
Hey, coach.
You don't have to be here today, son.
I know.
[YELLING, WHISTLE BLOWS.]
[.]
[WHISTLE BLOWS.]
MAN: All right! [CLAPPING.]
[SPITS & PANTS.]
What's goin' on with you, man? Huh? What are you doing? Shut up, Will.
What, are you trying to get yourself killed? Huh? Are we gonna play or what? Come on.
COACH: Huddle up! [WHISTLE BLOWS.]
This smells like you.
I pass girls in the hallway now, wearing this, and, uh, sometimes I think it's you.
Yeah? Yeah.
[.]
Lip-lock alert.
Let me ask you something, Claud.
On your home planet, didn't they teach you about knocking? I'm going over to Ross's to play with the baby.
But Kirsten's still here, right? Right? No, she's out, and Bill's got Owen, sosee you.
Claud, wait.
Um Just so I'm clear on this, um, no one else is home, right? Duh! So Maybe we should, you know, figure out what we're gonna do.
We should go out, right? Oh, actually, you know, I'm, uh, kind of beat.
You think, uh Think we could just stay in tonight? Joe.
Oh, hey, Charlie.
Yeah, I'm just catching a little break.
I guess I better-- Oh! Joe-- No, I'm all right.
I'm all right.
I'm fine.
It's, uh-- Mostly I'm just sitting here worrying whether table two got the pellegrino they asked me for.
What's going on, Joe? I'm sick, Charlie.
I'm not dying, but I'm sick.
It's, uh, congestive heart failure.
Then what were they doing letting you out of the hospital? They didn't let me out.
I, uh I signed myself out early.
What? I don't wanna deal with it, okay? It just pisses me off.
Because I think about it, and I'm still a young man.
I mean, in my mind, you know, I'm 25 years old, and I'm staying out all night, and I'm still drinking, and I'mwhatever.
Butthis damn body of mine [.]
You can't really do this anymore, can you? Oh, yeah.
I can.
I'm gonna take over for you, Joe.
No.
No, you're not.
Yeah.
Charlie-- What? What are we gonna do? Turn this place over to a total stranger? Dad's place? I can't let you do this, Charlie.
You got too much you wanna do with your life.
Yeah, I know.
SoI'll quit painting houses.
I think I can live with that.
What are you looking at me like that for? Give me a little support here, huh? This is kind of a momentous decision.
Right.
I don't know.
I made so much noise for so long about how much I hated this place It could be there was just some stupid little voice in me I just didn't wanna hear, you know? Saying, "Hey, you could do worse.
You could do way worse than Salinger's.
" You know, Griffin, I just don't feel ready.
The thing is I've taken this vow.
It's not gonna happen, buddy, so just keep it in your pants.
Yeah, right.
Griffin, we need to talk.
Griffin, I'm, uh You got an extra pillow? I'm-- Oh.
Thanks.
Hey, turn the lights off.
Um, Griffin, we need to talk.
Can we do it in the morning? Do what? Talk.
I'm really wiped.
Sure.
Sure.
So, the light? Oh.
Hey.
Will said you'd be here.
God.
Who did that to you? I keep seeing it over and over again, you know? I hit him and he goes down, and he doesn't get up.
Bailey you didn't mean to.
You know, what happened with Andy, you didn't mean to.
What difference does that make? Does it hurt? Not enough.
[.]
[TELEPHONE RINGING.]
Hello? Brannan and Delancy between 5 and 8.
Best Colombian.
Ask for Xerxes.
Got it.
What's wrong with our regular coffee guy? It's Joe.
Again.
Yeah? [DOOR CLOSES.]
No.
Okay.
Okay, okay.
All right! No, I don't have a pen, Joe.
I'm in the shower.
Joe, his wife is having a sonogram.
Morning.
Morning.
Well, Tony will be there.
He made the dough last night.
[MOTORCYCLE ENGINE REVVING.]
It's dough, Joe.
Hey.
Hey! Jule? Get out here now! What? What's going on? First of all First of all, you are 16 years old.
Sixteen! That is not old enough to be having sex.
What? I just saw that guy, that Griffin.
Oh.
Oh! Charlie, relax.
I mean, God, all we did was sleep together.
I mean, we slept in the same bed together, [PHONE RINGS.]
but we didn't do anything.
If it's Sarah, I'm not here.
If it's Joe, I'm not here.
Come on, Jule, I know about guys like Griffin.
They do not crawl into a girl's bed and sleep! Charlie, you don't understand.
It's Sarah.
You're supposed to go to the hospital.
I said I'm not here.
CHARLIE: I don't wanna hear it.
Yes, you are.
I don't wanna hear it, Jule.
You're not having sex in this house, and you're not having sex, period! Exactly.
[SOBS.]
[.]
Mrs Mrs.
Hughes? I didn't want him to see me cry.
Here.
Thank you.
Is he bad? No.
The doctor said he's gonna be okay.
He's gonna be okay.
Hey! It's the human tank! Oh, what happened to you? Uh, your mom-- Your mom told me that, uh-- Yep.
Just bruised, not broken.
[SIGHS.]
I'm glad.
I mean I mean, that's great.
Yeah, bad news is I'm through for the season.
But I should get sympathy A's all around, don't you think? Probably, yeah.
Look, you know that I didn't mean to do this to you, right? I mean, you know that.
Because I've been making myself crazy, thinking-- Hey, hey.
It's football.
I mean, these things happen.
Any two guys on the team could be having this conversation right now.
Oh, except for Bynder.
I mean, he hasn't left the bench yet this season.
Well, he's playing now.
That's my replacement? Oh, man, you guys are screwed! You know, you could crack a smile, Salinger.
It wouldn't kill you.
Right.
Right.
You got it.
I'm a lucky guy.
The doc said if it had been an eighth of an inch higher, oh, man, I wouldn't be laughing about anything anymore.
No kidding? Bynder! Man! What about Pomerantz, man? Why don't you tell the coach to play him.
You sure? Maybe just a glass of water or something? No, I'm fine, sweetheart, thank you.
Hey, Joe.
Hey.
I was just putting Owen to bed before I went back to the restaurant.
What's up? Well, it's no big deal.
It's just that I was counting up the lunch receipts Why? I-- I did that already.
No, I know, I know, I just thought maybe-- That I couldn't do it? Is that what you thought? What? No, Charlie.
It's jus-- It never hurts to double-check.
And, uh, look.
You were off, right there.
See? Um, Claud, could you go check on Owen for me? Please? Uh, help me out here, Joe.
You just climbed 72 stairs in your condition to tell me my math is off by $14 and some change? Hey, every penny counts.
You know, Charlie, you gotta stay on top of it.
I am on top of it, Joe.
I know what I'm doing here.
I can't do it with you riding my ass all day! Hey, you know, a restaurant doesn't run like clockwork overnight, okay? Charlie, I'm just trying to show you the ins and the outs.
I'm trying to help you out here.
Are you, Joe, or are you just trying to prove that I can't do it, that no one can, not like you? That's it, isn't it? You need to believe that, don't you? 'Cause that place is your life.
Joe.
HeyJoe.
[.]
[CROWD CHEERING.]
[BAND PLAYING.]
[CHEERLEADERS CHANTING.]
[WHISTLE BLOWS.]
CROWD: Boo! Boo! COACH: All right, defense, we gotta hold them.
Linebackers, cover the underneath! Let's go get 'em! Salinger, what are you, on vacation? Come on.
I'm talking to you.
D, get in there.
Come on, Bay.
What's the problem, man? Everything's cool.
Hughes is gonna be okay.
Come on.
I can't.
McCorkle, I gotta send someone in for you too? No.
No, coach.
Get out of here.
[.]
JULIA: What exactly are we looking for? GRIFFIN: Headlight.
Mine's not the original.
Well, wouldn't it be easier to find one during the day? Then I'd have to pay for it.
Besides, I kind of like it out here when it's dark.
[KISSING.]
It's like there's, uh, ghosts.
All these old cars and parts and stuff.
It makes me wonder where they've been who drove them how come they junked 'em? Griffin.
Wow, that's it! This is what you were looking for? Yeah! Yeah, wow.
Well, don't I get some kind of reward? Thanks.
Look, I have to ask you something.
And I know that maybe this is kind of pushy and, um I'm not saying that I want to, because I-I don't.
It just seems like you don't want to either, and I just I don't know, I figured that you would, because, I mean, obviously you have.
Umcan we try this in English? Don't you wanna sleep with me? I mean, um, sleep-with-me sleep with me? Uhwhat? Well, umdon'tyou want me? I, uh I Busy day today, huh? Uh-huh.
I mean, a lot happened, like Andy being okay.
That's good news, huh? That's a relief.
And then the game tonight for you guys.
I mean, that's-- That's a big deal.
If you're really-- You're really busy-- Could you stop? Please? Okay.
So-- So I can really understand why you didn't have time to talk to me today.
Why you decided to say you weren't home when I called this morning.
And why you didn't say anything about Andy being better even though you knew I was worried.
I mean, you knew.
I'm sorry.
Why are you such a jerk? Why did you have to turn out to be such a jerk? I've never gone that far with anybody else.
Never.
I kept thinking about you all night.
I couldn't stop thinking about you.
Sarah-- And I feel really stupid now.
I don't know what's wrong with me.
I don't.
I don't mean to hurt anyone.
Is that really the best you can do? It's pretty lame.
I didn't play in the gametonight.
Coach tried to put me in, but I just sat there on the bench.
I just [SIGHS.]
I just couldn't.
I couldn't.
What do you do, Bailey? Do you just bag out on everything? You don't understand.
I was at the hospital the night it happened.
And And I saw his mom.
And I saw the look on her face.
And I thought, "I took something from you.
"And I know exactly how you feel, because "Because somebody once "took something that important away from me.
"AndI can't make it up to you, and I can't make it go away.
" Nothing happened, Bailey.
This close.
I came this close, and And I'm scared.
Because I can do terrible things.
I can do terrible things to people.
Yeah.
Well, I could have told you that.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
CHARLIE: Anybody home? [BAILEY EXHALES.]
Yeah.
What? It's almost noon.
Justwanted to know if you were planning on getting up any time today.
Nope.
I heard you didn't play in the game last night.
Yeah.
So are you gonna give me a hard time about that? No, Bay, I'm not.
You haven't been around much, so I don't know if you know, but, uh I'm taking over the restaurantfrom Joe.
You are? Yeah.
I didn't think you wanted that.
Yeah, well, I don't know.
Maybe it's the right thing.
Maybe it'll work out great.
I mean, if I never take a chance, you know? So, anyway, I'll turn off the phone ringer so it doesn't bother you.
[DOORBELL RINGS.]
Don't worry.
I'm not staying.
It's okay, Joe.
Listen, last night, what I said.
I didn't mean that.
Hey, forget it.
It's nothing I already didn't know.
Okay.
I guess I got everything.
Hey, it'snot like you're never coming back.
If Wednesday night's good for you, come by for dinner.
Or any night, really.
You know that.
Well, it's still my restaurant.
I'll come back any time I want.
Hey, listen, um, table 14, it's still wobbling, so you take a look at it.
You're good with furniture.
And the new menus, they're coming in on Friday, so if they don't-- Ah, you know.
[.]
[DOOR CLOSES.]
Can't you come up and ring the doorbell like everybody else? What are you? Here's what I'm thinking.
Now, it's like this really big obligation, you know, being a girl's first.
What? Well, you're a virgin, right? Why are you saying that? Why would you assume--? Because you are, right, a virgin? Would you stop saying that word? Yes, I am, okay? Well, you are, aren't you? Yeah, yeah.
I mean, it's cool.
Butuh I mean, look, if we did it, then Well, it would be great and all, but I know you, and it would be a big deal andI'm not into big deals.
You know, so I'm thinking that we shouldn't.
[.]
You wanna You wanna go for a ride or something? Hey, you.
Hey.
I'm almost done.
I'm just double-checking these receipts.
Actually, I'm triple-checking.
I mean, I've closed up before, you know, but now it feels kind ofdifferent.
My guess is you know what you're doing.
You know this place the way Joe did, the way your father did.
No, it was different with Dad.
He'd close up at 11:00, and then he'd make up this huge pot of spaghetti and sit around with Joe and the other guys and they'd tell stories, you know, about the business, about their kids.
At his funeral, guys he hadn't worked with for 15 years told stories like he was still their best friend.
Because this place wasn't work for him.
It was his life.
He made it his life.
Is that what you're afraid of, Charlie? Are you afraid of turning into your father? No.
No.
I'm just afraid of not being as good as he was.
[CONVERSING INDISTINCTLY.]
Ma'am.
What are you doing here? The doorman said it was okay if I waited.
What do you want, Bailey? I don't know.
I was-- I was walking around.
Must have called you, like, five times today.
You did? Really? 'Cause-- Only I never picked up the phone.
See, I-- I kept having these conversations with you in my head.
You know how they started? This is funny.
Wait till you hear this.
"I'm sorry for being mad at you, Bailey.
" Pretty incredible, huh? I mean, isn't that incredible? I was apologizing to you.
Like you're entitled to feel bad, and I'm not.
And like it's okay for you to Well, for you to kiss me and touch me, because, I don't know-- Because you needed some kind of distraction.
And that it's my fault for wanting that to mean more to you.
How pathetic does that make me look? But you know what? It's not my fault, Bailey.
It's yours.
And I'm not gonna apologize.
And if you're here to say you're sorry and hope that I'll make it better for you well, I'm not.
Because I can't.
Because it's too late.
[.]
It's just-- It's just too late.
And I think I really think .
.
it's gonna be okay.
Everything's gonna be okay.
[.]
[.]
Before he decided to start hitting me.
Ugh! Come here.
I could use your help for a sec.
On a white horse He arrives All right.
Ah! I can see you've done this before.
Well, I don't usually like to get my hands dirty.
God, I sound like such a princess.
No, it's good for you: grease under the nails.
It'll make a man out of you.
Well, that has always been my goal.
[LAUGHS.]
Ugh! There.
Done.
[GRUNTS.]
Here.
Do you wanna, uh You wanna take her for a test-drive? Oh, um Well, I have to meet everybody at the restaurant.
It's kind of this thing we do.
You wanna come with? Uh, no.
Umanyway Candle burning Oh, so bright Bring it home To all the poor and lonely How does it feel to be In love for the first time? I'm really not all that hungry.
[WAILING.]
[GLASS CHINKING.]
Claud.
Claudia! Claud? Stick to the violin.
I'm starving.
Where is she? WAITRESS: Here.
There's a boy.
[OWEN WAILING.]
Manning, your drinks have been on the bar since Tuesday.
This isn't really like her.
It is since she's been hanging out with Griffin.
He's kind of sexy and everything, but Sexy? Sexy, Claud? What do--? What do you know about sexy? Charlie! We're eating! Hi there, kids.
I had Tony get a jump on your usual, uh, salads.
You're still winded, Joe? I I should have skipped the manicotti for lunch.
So listen, Tony.
You gotta take care of your regular customers.
Come on.
These are very important people.
All right.
The caesar goes to Kirsten.
House, no tomato, goes to Charlie.
[JOE PANTING.]
The chopped romaine with radish roses goes to Claudia.
I got you three of those today, sweetheart.
Thanks, Joe.
"House" house goes to Bailey.
Thanks.
All right.
And Tony, Tony.
Table eight, huh? Thank you.
Okay.
There you go.
So Julia's out with Justin again tonight? I wish.
I bet she's not coming.
Uh-oh! Trouble in paradise.
Joe, you all right? Here, sit down.
God, you look terrible.
No, no.
I'm fine.
I'm fine.
I think that, uh, Felipe went a little crazy with the garlic-- Ugh! Joe.
[GROANS.]
Joe! What's the matter? My God! Joe! Joe? Ugh! It's okay, now, Joe.
God, hurry! Tony, call 911.
Just hang in there, Joe.
You're gonna be okay.
Ch-Charlie.
Charlie.
[GROANS.]
[THE BODEANS' "CLOSER TO FREE" PLAYING.]
Everybody wants to live Like they wanna live And everybody wants to love Like they wanna love Everybody wants to be Closer to free-ee-ee Closer to free [PHONE DIALING.]
Yeah.
Joe Mangus, please, room 32-11.
Sure, I'll hold.
How's he doing? Any word? Charlie's trying to find out.
Ask him when he can have visitors.
Yeah, maybe we can go by after school.
Probably a good idea, since you weren't there last night.
Yeah, like I planned that, Bailey.
Right.
M-A-N-G-U-S.
He was admitted last night.
And released this morning.
KIRSTEN: Joe! Bagels.
I was gonna buy crullers, but my doctor says to cut back on the fat.
Hiya, sweetie.
Joe! They released you already? Apparently I'm gonna live.
That is, until I see the hospital bills, and then all bets are off.
But what's wrong with you? You could barely breathe last night.
What did the doctor say? You sure you're okay? It sounds a hell of a lot worse than it is.
What did she call it? It's, um "congestive heart" something.
Anyway, apparently my heart wasn't working up to speed.
The doctor says all I gotta do is I gotta watch my diet, and then I gotta take these little pills.
Anyway, all I know is they make my blood flow easier, and they cost $300 a bottle.
Claudia, forget the fiddle.
Medicine is where the money is.
So you're okay? Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
I'm fine.
No, this scare, it was the best thing that could have happened, because I take care of the problem now, and I live to be a hundred.
Oh, look at you guys.
All worried.
Relax.
You're all in my will.
Think a little cream cheese'll kill me? [SCHOOL BELL RINGING.]
Whoa! Oh! Hey.
I'm sorry.
Are you okay? Yeah, well, at least now I know you're not avoiding me.
Me? No! So, uh Guess what.
I had this wild dream that I wanted to tell you about.
You see, I was at your house, and it was a party or something.
And listen to this.
This is really bizarre.
See, I told you that I was in love with you.
[LAUGHS.]
And it's funny because at the time it felt so real Look, Sarah-- No, let me.
Um Oh, God.
I'm sorry that I put you on the spot like that.
It's just sometimes things fly out of my mouth for no reason.
So what I'd like to do is put the most embarrassing thing I've done in my life behind us and move forward to potentially more embarrassing moments.
[LAUGHS.]
That sounds fair.
So I heard you dropped out of the election.
Yeah.
Yeah, what happened was I realized that I don't really have the time for it right now.
I don't have time for a lot of things.
You know, now that I'm back on the football team, there's gonna be scouts coming to the games, and a scholarship's probably the only way I'm gonna get anywhere near a good college next year.
Bailey-- And-- It's okay.
I get it.
I see him in the halls, you know, and for a second I forget.
[TOILET FLUSHING.]
And I'm about to go, like, "Hey, isn't that a new shirt?" or, "The funniest thing happened in Soc.
" And then he gives me this look and I remember.
Do you think he's gonna hate me forever? I mean, do you? 'Cause I really miss him.
Would you give yourself a break, please? You're allowed to break up with somebody.
[PAPER RUSTLING.]
Anyway, technically, Justin broke up with you.
Well, can you blame him? Okay.
Okay.
Look, I was gonna save this until later, but I think you could use some cheering up now.
[PLASTIC CRACKLES.]
This is a "Don't be bummed" present.
Use them in good health, as my grandma used to say.
Well, I don't think she ever meant condoms, but-- Nin, I don't need these.
Griffin and I, we're not even Well, maybe not yet.
You're dating a guy who has had sex.
So what? So the guys who have had sex have sex.
You think they're obsessed with it before.
Once they've done it, forget about it.
There's no going back.
Well, that's ridiculous.
Besides it's never even come up.
I am just telling you, Jule, with a guy like Griffin, be afraid.
Be very afraid.
[LAUGHS.]
[TITTERS.]
And drive down this street.
Check out that paint job.
My paint job.
[LAUGHS.]
Great paint job, Charlie.
It's an $800 paint job.
Not bad.
[LAUGHS.]
So lunch is on me.
A big splurge.
Let's go to Salinger's.
I wanna check on Joe.
Okay.
[DOG BARKING.]
You're not worried about him? Of course I'm worried about him.
He's gotta take better care of himself.
He's pretty sick, Charlie.
Yeah, he's sick.
I know he's sick.
He's got a heart problem.
But he's gonna be okay.
It's scary, isn't it? I mean, you love him.
What? What are you doing, Kirsten? I'm trying to be realistic.
Everybody's walking around like Joe just got diagnosed with a bad case of the hiccups or something.
He went into the hospital for observation.
One night.
[SIGHS.]
Okay.
But things are gonna have to change at Salinger's.
What? Someone's gonna have to run the place for him.
Then I'll help him find someone.
No.
No.
Forget it.
And you know what, Kirsten? You're just making trouble here, so cut it out.
You didn't see his doctors running around getting nervous.
I'm telling you, he's just gonna take it easy for a while.
By Christmas, he'll be the same old Joe.
GRIFFIN: I might like you better if we slept together.
What? It's that song.
I haven't heard it in a while.
Oh, yeah, me neither.
Ugh! Oh, people really care about this stuff? I guess.
Did you see this quiz thing? Look at this.
"Is your sex drive more like a station wagon or a Porsche?" Ha-ha, yeah, it's pretty silly.
You know, those pencil marks aren't mine.
Oh.
"If you made love every time you thought about it, how many times a week would that be?" [PAGES RUSTLE.]
You got a calculator on you? I'm kidding.
Kidding.
See Oh, "What's the most outrageous place you ever--?" Could you please, um? Ah, you're right.
It's boring to talk about it anyway.
Wanna get out of here? Oh, uh, God.
You know what? I completely forgot.
I have to I have to babysit Owen.
You need a ride? No, thanks.
I'm okay.
See you.
Bye.
[BELL DINGS.]
[WHISTLE BLOWS.]
PLAYER 1: All right! Come on! Possum D, possum D.
ALL: Team! COACH: All right, let's go, boys.
Come on.
Set it up.
Set it up! Right.
Fourth and eight to go.
No time-outs left.
'Niners are up by 2.
Whole stadium knows Aikman's gonna throw it to Irvin.
You, Bailey Salinger, are the only thing between the Cowboys and the Super Bowl.
Come on.
PLAYER 2: That's it! Good.
[WHISTLE TOOTS.]
PLAYER 2: All right! Let's go! Whoo! All right! Hut! [PLAYERS GRUNT.]
PLAYER 2: Come on! Get him! PLAYER 3: Go, go, go, go, go! Get him! PLAYER 2: Yeah! Let's go.
Ooh! COACH: Break! Ugh! [PLAYERS CHEER, WHISTLE BLOWS.]
Come on.
Get up so I can knock you down again.
[GROANS FAINTLY.]
Hughes, you You all right? PLAYER 3: Good hit, man.
Come on.
PLAYER 2: Andy, what's up? I can't.
I can't move.
Come on, man.
Stop kidding around.
Andy.
COACH: Clear out of here.
Hey, man.
Give me some room.
Give me some room.
Come on.
Now.
Okay, son.
Lie still.
Can't move until the ambulance gets here.
Take it easy.
All right.
You'll be okay.
[.]
[PHONE RINGING.]
[WOMAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY OVER PA.]
Hi.
Claudia, what are you--? Charlie brought me.
It's 7:00.
Why didn't you wake me up? Charlie! You're awake.
Couldn't get a damn thing out of any of these night nurses.
Maybe somebody on the morning shift will be able-- Or you.
Charlie, maybe they'll tell you.
What? What? Look, they can't really tell anything for sure.
Not yet.
What? What can't they tell? Something bad, right? Something really bad? There's swelling around the spinal cord.
They can't really tell if there's nerve damage.
He might not be able to walk again.
They don't know.
Hey.
You put out that fire yesterday? You kind of took off from me in a hurry.
No, I just, um, had to get home.
Yeah.
Whatever.
I could use some sleep.
Oh, my God.
When did you get that? Oh, yeah.
The major practically had a stroke when I got the first one.
He'll probably throw me out of the house this time.
[SNIGGERS.]
You hate it.
No.
I don't know.
It's mean-looking.
It's a good thing I didn't go with the skull and bones, then.
You know, uh, you should get one.
Mmm, I don't know.
Yeah, yeah.
Maybe a Maybe a rose.
Or one of those yin-yang symbols.
You know? COACH: We, uh We really don't know anything more about Andy's condition.
I talked to his dad today.
Some of you fellas know his dad.
He told me that Andy I was looking for you all day.
Where you been? You okay? Yeah.
I kind of thought you wouldn't show.
So, anyway, we've decided we're gonna leave it up to you fellas whether we play tomorrow What are you doing here, Bay? So who says play? Let's play! All right! Yeah.
All right.
Then let's have a good practice.
And tomorrow night, what do you say we bring that game ball home for Hughes? [YELLING & CHEERING.]
Salinger.
Hey, coach.
You don't have to be here today, son.
I know.
[YELLING, WHISTLE BLOWS.]
[.]
[WHISTLE BLOWS.]
MAN: All right! [CLAPPING.]
[SPITS & PANTS.]
What's goin' on with you, man? Huh? What are you doing? Shut up, Will.
What, are you trying to get yourself killed? Huh? Are we gonna play or what? Come on.
COACH: Huddle up! [WHISTLE BLOWS.]
This smells like you.
I pass girls in the hallway now, wearing this, and, uh, sometimes I think it's you.
Yeah? Yeah.
[.]
Lip-lock alert.
Let me ask you something, Claud.
On your home planet, didn't they teach you about knocking? I'm going over to Ross's to play with the baby.
But Kirsten's still here, right? Right? No, she's out, and Bill's got Owen, sosee you.
Claud, wait.
Um Just so I'm clear on this, um, no one else is home, right? Duh! So Maybe we should, you know, figure out what we're gonna do.
We should go out, right? Oh, actually, you know, I'm, uh, kind of beat.
You think, uh Think we could just stay in tonight? Joe.
Oh, hey, Charlie.
Yeah, I'm just catching a little break.
I guess I better-- Oh! Joe-- No, I'm all right.
I'm all right.
I'm fine.
It's, uh-- Mostly I'm just sitting here worrying whether table two got the pellegrino they asked me for.
What's going on, Joe? I'm sick, Charlie.
I'm not dying, but I'm sick.
It's, uh, congestive heart failure.
Then what were they doing letting you out of the hospital? They didn't let me out.
I, uh I signed myself out early.
What? I don't wanna deal with it, okay? It just pisses me off.
Because I think about it, and I'm still a young man.
I mean, in my mind, you know, I'm 25 years old, and I'm staying out all night, and I'm still drinking, and I'mwhatever.
Butthis damn body of mine [.]
You can't really do this anymore, can you? Oh, yeah.
I can.
I'm gonna take over for you, Joe.
No.
No, you're not.
Yeah.
Charlie-- What? What are we gonna do? Turn this place over to a total stranger? Dad's place? I can't let you do this, Charlie.
You got too much you wanna do with your life.
Yeah, I know.
SoI'll quit painting houses.
I think I can live with that.
What are you looking at me like that for? Give me a little support here, huh? This is kind of a momentous decision.
Right.
I don't know.
I made so much noise for so long about how much I hated this place It could be there was just some stupid little voice in me I just didn't wanna hear, you know? Saying, "Hey, you could do worse.
You could do way worse than Salinger's.
" You know, Griffin, I just don't feel ready.
The thing is I've taken this vow.
It's not gonna happen, buddy, so just keep it in your pants.
Yeah, right.
Griffin, we need to talk.
Griffin, I'm, uh You got an extra pillow? I'm-- Oh.
Thanks.
Hey, turn the lights off.
Um, Griffin, we need to talk.
Can we do it in the morning? Do what? Talk.
I'm really wiped.
Sure.
Sure.
So, the light? Oh.
Hey.
Will said you'd be here.
God.
Who did that to you? I keep seeing it over and over again, you know? I hit him and he goes down, and he doesn't get up.
Bailey you didn't mean to.
You know, what happened with Andy, you didn't mean to.
What difference does that make? Does it hurt? Not enough.
[.]
[TELEPHONE RINGING.]
Hello? Brannan and Delancy between 5 and 8.
Best Colombian.
Ask for Xerxes.
Got it.
What's wrong with our regular coffee guy? It's Joe.
Again.
Yeah? [DOOR CLOSES.]
No.
Okay.
Okay, okay.
All right! No, I don't have a pen, Joe.
I'm in the shower.
Joe, his wife is having a sonogram.
Morning.
Morning.
Well, Tony will be there.
He made the dough last night.
[MOTORCYCLE ENGINE REVVING.]
It's dough, Joe.
Hey.
Hey! Jule? Get out here now! What? What's going on? First of all First of all, you are 16 years old.
Sixteen! That is not old enough to be having sex.
What? I just saw that guy, that Griffin.
Oh.
Oh! Charlie, relax.
I mean, God, all we did was sleep together.
I mean, we slept in the same bed together, [PHONE RINGS.]
but we didn't do anything.
If it's Sarah, I'm not here.
If it's Joe, I'm not here.
Come on, Jule, I know about guys like Griffin.
They do not crawl into a girl's bed and sleep! Charlie, you don't understand.
It's Sarah.
You're supposed to go to the hospital.
I said I'm not here.
CHARLIE: I don't wanna hear it.
Yes, you are.
I don't wanna hear it, Jule.
You're not having sex in this house, and you're not having sex, period! Exactly.
[SOBS.]
[.]
Mrs Mrs.
Hughes? I didn't want him to see me cry.
Here.
Thank you.
Is he bad? No.
The doctor said he's gonna be okay.
He's gonna be okay.
Hey! It's the human tank! Oh, what happened to you? Uh, your mom-- Your mom told me that, uh-- Yep.
Just bruised, not broken.
[SIGHS.]
I'm glad.
I mean I mean, that's great.
Yeah, bad news is I'm through for the season.
But I should get sympathy A's all around, don't you think? Probably, yeah.
Look, you know that I didn't mean to do this to you, right? I mean, you know that.
Because I've been making myself crazy, thinking-- Hey, hey.
It's football.
I mean, these things happen.
Any two guys on the team could be having this conversation right now.
Oh, except for Bynder.
I mean, he hasn't left the bench yet this season.
Well, he's playing now.
That's my replacement? Oh, man, you guys are screwed! You know, you could crack a smile, Salinger.
It wouldn't kill you.
Right.
Right.
You got it.
I'm a lucky guy.
The doc said if it had been an eighth of an inch higher, oh, man, I wouldn't be laughing about anything anymore.
No kidding? Bynder! Man! What about Pomerantz, man? Why don't you tell the coach to play him.
You sure? Maybe just a glass of water or something? No, I'm fine, sweetheart, thank you.
Hey, Joe.
Hey.
I was just putting Owen to bed before I went back to the restaurant.
What's up? Well, it's no big deal.
It's just that I was counting up the lunch receipts Why? I-- I did that already.
No, I know, I know, I just thought maybe-- That I couldn't do it? Is that what you thought? What? No, Charlie.
It's jus-- It never hurts to double-check.
And, uh, look.
You were off, right there.
See? Um, Claud, could you go check on Owen for me? Please? Uh, help me out here, Joe.
You just climbed 72 stairs in your condition to tell me my math is off by $14 and some change? Hey, every penny counts.
You know, Charlie, you gotta stay on top of it.
I am on top of it, Joe.
I know what I'm doing here.
I can't do it with you riding my ass all day! Hey, you know, a restaurant doesn't run like clockwork overnight, okay? Charlie, I'm just trying to show you the ins and the outs.
I'm trying to help you out here.
Are you, Joe, or are you just trying to prove that I can't do it, that no one can, not like you? That's it, isn't it? You need to believe that, don't you? 'Cause that place is your life.
Joe.
HeyJoe.
[.]
[CROWD CHEERING.]
[BAND PLAYING.]
[CHEERLEADERS CHANTING.]
[WHISTLE BLOWS.]
CROWD: Boo! Boo! COACH: All right, defense, we gotta hold them.
Linebackers, cover the underneath! Let's go get 'em! Salinger, what are you, on vacation? Come on.
I'm talking to you.
D, get in there.
Come on, Bay.
What's the problem, man? Everything's cool.
Hughes is gonna be okay.
Come on.
I can't.
McCorkle, I gotta send someone in for you too? No.
No, coach.
Get out of here.
[.]
JULIA: What exactly are we looking for? GRIFFIN: Headlight.
Mine's not the original.
Well, wouldn't it be easier to find one during the day? Then I'd have to pay for it.
Besides, I kind of like it out here when it's dark.
[KISSING.]
It's like there's, uh, ghosts.
All these old cars and parts and stuff.
It makes me wonder where they've been who drove them how come they junked 'em? Griffin.
Wow, that's it! This is what you were looking for? Yeah! Yeah, wow.
Well, don't I get some kind of reward? Thanks.
Look, I have to ask you something.
And I know that maybe this is kind of pushy and, um I'm not saying that I want to, because I-I don't.
It just seems like you don't want to either, and I just I don't know, I figured that you would, because, I mean, obviously you have.
Umcan we try this in English? Don't you wanna sleep with me? I mean, um, sleep-with-me sleep with me? Uhwhat? Well, umdon'tyou want me? I, uh I Busy day today, huh? Uh-huh.
I mean, a lot happened, like Andy being okay.
That's good news, huh? That's a relief.
And then the game tonight for you guys.
I mean, that's-- That's a big deal.
If you're really-- You're really busy-- Could you stop? Please? Okay.
So-- So I can really understand why you didn't have time to talk to me today.
Why you decided to say you weren't home when I called this morning.
And why you didn't say anything about Andy being better even though you knew I was worried.
I mean, you knew.
I'm sorry.
Why are you such a jerk? Why did you have to turn out to be such a jerk? I've never gone that far with anybody else.
Never.
I kept thinking about you all night.
I couldn't stop thinking about you.
Sarah-- And I feel really stupid now.
I don't know what's wrong with me.
I don't.
I don't mean to hurt anyone.
Is that really the best you can do? It's pretty lame.
I didn't play in the gametonight.
Coach tried to put me in, but I just sat there on the bench.
I just [SIGHS.]
I just couldn't.
I couldn't.
What do you do, Bailey? Do you just bag out on everything? You don't understand.
I was at the hospital the night it happened.
And And I saw his mom.
And I saw the look on her face.
And I thought, "I took something from you.
"And I know exactly how you feel, because "Because somebody once "took something that important away from me.
"AndI can't make it up to you, and I can't make it go away.
" Nothing happened, Bailey.
This close.
I came this close, and And I'm scared.
Because I can do terrible things.
I can do terrible things to people.
Yeah.
Well, I could have told you that.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
CHARLIE: Anybody home? [BAILEY EXHALES.]
Yeah.
What? It's almost noon.
Justwanted to know if you were planning on getting up any time today.
Nope.
I heard you didn't play in the game last night.
Yeah.
So are you gonna give me a hard time about that? No, Bay, I'm not.
You haven't been around much, so I don't know if you know, but, uh I'm taking over the restaurantfrom Joe.
You are? Yeah.
I didn't think you wanted that.
Yeah, well, I don't know.
Maybe it's the right thing.
Maybe it'll work out great.
I mean, if I never take a chance, you know? So, anyway, I'll turn off the phone ringer so it doesn't bother you.
[DOORBELL RINGS.]
Don't worry.
I'm not staying.
It's okay, Joe.
Listen, last night, what I said.
I didn't mean that.
Hey, forget it.
It's nothing I already didn't know.
Okay.
I guess I got everything.
Hey, it'snot like you're never coming back.
If Wednesday night's good for you, come by for dinner.
Or any night, really.
You know that.
Well, it's still my restaurant.
I'll come back any time I want.
Hey, listen, um, table 14, it's still wobbling, so you take a look at it.
You're good with furniture.
And the new menus, they're coming in on Friday, so if they don't-- Ah, you know.
[.]
[DOOR CLOSES.]
Can't you come up and ring the doorbell like everybody else? What are you? Here's what I'm thinking.
Now, it's like this really big obligation, you know, being a girl's first.
What? Well, you're a virgin, right? Why are you saying that? Why would you assume--? Because you are, right, a virgin? Would you stop saying that word? Yes, I am, okay? Well, you are, aren't you? Yeah, yeah.
I mean, it's cool.
Butuh I mean, look, if we did it, then Well, it would be great and all, but I know you, and it would be a big deal andI'm not into big deals.
You know, so I'm thinking that we shouldn't.
[.]
You wanna You wanna go for a ride or something? Hey, you.
Hey.
I'm almost done.
I'm just double-checking these receipts.
Actually, I'm triple-checking.
I mean, I've closed up before, you know, but now it feels kind ofdifferent.
My guess is you know what you're doing.
You know this place the way Joe did, the way your father did.
No, it was different with Dad.
He'd close up at 11:00, and then he'd make up this huge pot of spaghetti and sit around with Joe and the other guys and they'd tell stories, you know, about the business, about their kids.
At his funeral, guys he hadn't worked with for 15 years told stories like he was still their best friend.
Because this place wasn't work for him.
It was his life.
He made it his life.
Is that what you're afraid of, Charlie? Are you afraid of turning into your father? No.
No.
I'm just afraid of not being as good as he was.
[CONVERSING INDISTINCTLY.]
Ma'am.
What are you doing here? The doorman said it was okay if I waited.
What do you want, Bailey? I don't know.
I was-- I was walking around.
Must have called you, like, five times today.
You did? Really? 'Cause-- Only I never picked up the phone.
See, I-- I kept having these conversations with you in my head.
You know how they started? This is funny.
Wait till you hear this.
"I'm sorry for being mad at you, Bailey.
" Pretty incredible, huh? I mean, isn't that incredible? I was apologizing to you.
Like you're entitled to feel bad, and I'm not.
And like it's okay for you to Well, for you to kiss me and touch me, because, I don't know-- Because you needed some kind of distraction.
And that it's my fault for wanting that to mean more to you.
How pathetic does that make me look? But you know what? It's not my fault, Bailey.
It's yours.
And I'm not gonna apologize.
And if you're here to say you're sorry and hope that I'll make it better for you well, I'm not.
Because I can't.
Because it's too late.
[.]
It's just-- It's just too late.
And I think I really think .
.
it's gonna be okay.
Everything's gonna be okay.
[.]
[.]