Party of Five s02e14 Episode Script

So is it, like, serious, more than three dates? Well, this makes five.
You tell me.
BOTH: It's serious.
You guys are gonna love her.
She's She's funny, and And And smart.
And And And late.
God, I am so late.
Hey, handsome.
Cool shirt.
Oh, you wouldn't believe what happened to me.
I go get my nails done, right? This chick is having this nervous breakdown.
She caught her boyfriend cheating.
Something.
Anyways, she wouldn't shut up.
The whole time she's doing my cuticles, I'm, like, "God, hello, lady, I have a date, okay?" Gina, this is-- Oh, my God.
I am such a brain donor.
You must be Billy.
Uh, Bailey.
Yeah.
Hi.
And you are Sharon, Sherry-- Hmm.
Whew! I am so bad with names! Sarah.
I'm really-- Sarah.
Duh! How could I forget that? We had a cat named Sarah, but it died.
Cancer.
Isn't that funny? [GINA LAUGHS.]
I mean, it's not funny that it died.
Actually, it's kind of sad.
Anyway.
Well, it's really nice to-- Oh, listen.
I'm gonna have whatever you're having, but, God, no caffeine or I'm gonna be bouncing off the walls.
Listen, I gotta hit the wee-wee.
Don't go anywhere.
We'll totally bond.
Did you hear that? Um, which part? She thinks I'm handsome.
Hmm.
And how about this one? Oh! You wore that dress to our anniversary party, remember? Yeah, but it hangs kind of funny on my waist.
Just be thankful you still have a waist.
[BOTH LAUGH.]
Put it in the pile.
There's no reason the homeless shouldn't have a few stylish things too.
Mm.
I've really missed you.
You know that? You guys never hang around the house anymore.
And please, don't tell me it's because you've outgrown me.
Of course not.
We've just been so busy and all, with school.
I just wish you'd come over more.
Nobody talks at my house.
Justin's always off doing a million things, and his dad's always working.
I don't know what's going on with those two.
That's why I roped everybody into this clothing drive.
You know, I thought maybe if we spent a little time together-- Let me help you with that.
I'm just so glad you two got back together.
Yeah.
Me too.
I mean, you're just-- You're good together.
You know, you're really-- Oh, I'll get it.
I'll get it.
Oh.
Oh! Oh.
Um-- Well, I guess we should take this stuff out to the car, huh? [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 No, I swear.
Why do you think he had his backpack over his lap? Oh, Jody.
Hey, I don't make the news.
Hey, you want a smoke? Best one of the day, right after math.
Uh, I don't know.
I guess.
Hey, anybody got fire? Dweebs.
Hey, you got a-- Oh, addictive little suckers, aren't they? Ms.
Schrader.
Umhi.
I, um-- We were just-- Looking for a light? I'd love to help you, but Principal Bullock would have me flogged.
Come on, Jody.
You know the drill.
I see your mom more than I see my cat.
And as for you, your brother's in for quite a surprise.
[BELL RINGS.]
Hey, Gina loved you guys.
She went on and on about you.
Really? Gina went on and on? Wow.
Isn't she a crack-up? God, she's got this incredible energy.
Oh, she said to tell you, uh, next time you get a migraine, try cold compresses and Yogi Tea.
You feeling better? Oh, yeah.
Yeah, it was just a caffeine headache.
I'm fine now.
Good.
Because we're all gonna go see the new Harrison Ford movie tonight, my treat.
Um, Sarah-- Bailey-- I mean, it was always weird with just the three of us, but now that I'm seeing someone, we can double.
Wait a minute.
Did you say tonight, as in tonight? SARAH: Oh, God, I-- That's right.
I forgot.
We have that-- That thing.
The test.
Yeah.
He's got a test this week.
And I promised to help him study.
It covers the Crusades, and they took, man, like, forever.
So I gotta get a jump on it.
And I promised to help him study, so BAILEY: Rain check? Yeah.
Yeah.
Okay.
Bye.
[KNOCKS.]
Ah! Oh.
Ha-ha.
Oh, I'm sorry.
I'm a little jumpy.
Who are you? I'm, uh, Charlie Salinger.
Um, Claudia's brother.
Are you Ms.
Schrader? Uh, I'mEmily.
And I'm not really nuts.
I, uh, just quit three days agosmoking, so I'm kind of nuts.
Oh, God.
It'll pass.
It'll pass, I hope.
Uh, carrot? Um, no.
No, thanks.
I already ate.
Oh.
So, what's this about-- About Claudia? I got a message that you-- You sent her to detention.
Uh, yeah.
Umbottom desk drawer.
Would you mind? She was smoking? In the girls' room.
Um, could you, um, put those in your pocket? And button it, okay? Man, I-- I don't know what's going on with her lately.
It's-- Yeah, well, you need to talk to her before it gets out of control.
I mean, before you know it, she'll be up to a pack a day, eating cold cereal for dinner and composing personal ads in her head, while she puffs away.
And then she'll probably find herself on the rebound from an empty relationship.
And that's when she'll realize she has to take charge of her life and give up smoking and caffeine and sugar, all in one fell swoop, and she'll try to quit.
And that is when she'll find out how hard it is to start her life over without all those crutches.
I mean-- [LAUGHS.]
Oh, wow.
Oh, I'm sorry.
I sort of went off there, didn't I? That's okay.
I I think I know how you feel.
Oh, really? You quit too? Well, no, but the starting over part.
Oh, right.
Right.
So anyway, talk to her.
Offer her some kind of deal.
Use positive reinforcement, something.
Then maybe I won't have to call you down here again.
Well, that's not really a problem.
CLAUDIA: Aren't you gonna yell at me? CHARLIE: I'm not sure yet.
I mean, Ms.
Schrader and I talked, and we both think that you probably already know what a stupid thing you're doing and how it causes cancer and emphysema and death.
And I figure you're probably just doing it because you think it makes you look cool, so what good's yelling gonna do? So maybe we should just, you know, be reasonable.
I was thinking maybe we could work something out.
What happened in there? You're scaring me.
No, look.
What do you want, within reason? A new bike? A A leather jacket? Let's make a deal.
I'll give it some thought.
So Emily, I mean, Ms.
Schrader, what's her story? She's gotta be what, 25, 26? Oh, no.
What? You're amazing, Charlie, you know that? Look, you want me to quit smoking? It won't cost you a penny.
Just stay away from my teacher.
Claudia-- No.
I mean it.
The last thing I need is you making Ms.
Schrader miserable, which is what you'll end up doing.
Hey, you said anything within reason.
Well, this seems pretty reasonable to me.
Deal? Okay.
Okay.
Deal.
It was the end of me, baby You were right on time Shaking my hand And then, baby Gotta make you mine Gotta make you mine Hey, this song's kinda cool.
You know what? Maybe we should cover this.
Maybe.
GINA: Oh, my God! Look who's here! BAILEY: Will! SARAH: Gina.
We were just talking about you! Yeah.
I was telling her about that test you were cramming for.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, you know, we just, uh, kinda got burnt out, so-- Yeah, it was too late to meet you guys at the movies.
GINA: Oh, you didn't miss anything.
The only seats that were left were, like, in the front row, on the side.
So the screen was like this huge trapezoid, you know, like this-- We left right after the previews.
It was awful.
Wasn't it, Will? Totally.
It was-- We're glad we left.
We get to see you.
Hello! Hello.
Whoo! Sucky tune! Doesn't he look cute tonight? Come on, Willy.
On the dance floor, now.
You were right on time You had to study, huh? Right.
Look, I'm sorry to drag you both in here like this.
I know it's embarrassing, and I don't even wanna be having this conversation, but Maybe we should have realized this was going on.
I don't know.
The fact is you're too young.
Come on.
Like you didn't have sex before you were married? What if something happened, Justin? Have you thought about that? Have you? I'm sorry.
I mean, we're sorry.
JUSTIN: No, no.
We're not sorry.
I don't know what the big deal is.
I mean, we're always careful-- Justin, that's not the point.
We know that you two are always responsible.
Then why are you acting like we blew up a building or something? I mean, we're careful.
We're not hurting anybody.
I don't wanna hear this-- Whoa.
Whoa.
Wait a second.
Your mother's talking to you now, Justin.
Meaning what? You don't have anything to add? I'm getting sick and tired of your attitude and continue this, we're gonna have a problem! Guys, come on.
Will you cut it out, please! Can we just, please, talk about this? Justin, you think nothing's gonna happen, but it can.
And then what? Julia, I know what's going on with you.
You're letting your hormones make decisions for you.
That is dangerous.
It's a mistake.
And it has to stop.
I'm sorry, but that's not a request.
Yeah, well, why don't you guys stay out of our business, and we'll stay out of yours.
Come on, Julia.
MRS.
THOMPSON: Justin! MR.
THOMPSON: Justin! MRS.
THOMPSON: Justin?! [DOOR SLAMS.]
BAILEY: Nah, it was just, you know, crazy in that place.
And soI guess we just lost you in the crowd.
I mean, we looked for you before we left.
When we couldn't find you, we just figured you guys took off, so-- Man, why don't you Why don't you just come out and say it.
Saywhat? You don't like her.
What? Will, come on.
It's not that I don't like her.
It's-- I mean, she's great.
You know, she'sgreat.
You know, she just She never stops talking, though.
She's got a lot of energy.
That's all.
And she's not like that when it's just the two of us.
She gets nervous around people.
You have to get to know her.
That's hard to do when she never lets you finish a sentence.
And she's kind of opinionated, don't you think? What, and you aren't? Look, I'm your best friend, right? Debatable at the moment.
And if your best friend can't tell you stuff, you know, or make, like, observations, then who can? So I just think that Gina's great and all.
She is, but I just think that you could do better.
Hmm.
I like her, Bay.
She makes me laugh.
Then Then all that stuff I just said, forget about it.
Really.
So what are you saying? You don't wanna sleep with me anymore because my parents disapprove? Well, no.
Of course not.
It's just, now we have to sneak around, and that feels kinda icky.
Yeah, but we've been sneaking around.
Come on, Jule, just don't let this freak you out.
I mean, so what? We just don't do it at my house anymore.
Big deal.
Yeah, I know.
It was just the way your mom was looking at me like I'm a slut.
All right.
Stop it.
You know she doesn't think that.
She's a mom.
It's her job to overreact.
And my dad? I mean, he has no right to lecture anybody.
I mean, he's cheating on her.
That's not even a double standard.
That's, like, quadruple.
Come on.
They're just trying to take all the fun out of this.
Justin-- Please don't tell me that it's working.
Look, I don't know about you, but I can't just stop.
I mean, I want you, like, all the time, and that's something that can't just go away because my parents say it should.
Well, maybe if we just do it at my house.
[LAUGHS.]
Okay.
[BELL RINGS.]
Tomorrow, sets, subsets and supersets.
The fun continues.
Claudia, got a minute? Um sure, Ms.
Schrader.
Just wanted to check in.
See how it was going with the smoking.
Did your brother talk to you? Uh, yesma'am.
Thanks.
Uh, we sort of worked out a deal.
Good.
Good.
I know how hard it is to quit.
Day four for me.
I think I'm finally past the irritability stage.
I'm working through denial.
Of course, I'd still kill puppies for a cigarette, but that should go away in another, oh, 20 years or so.
Mm.
Carrot? Well, I never really got hooked, so it's not too bad.
Hmm.
You're lucky.
And you're lucky to have somebody like, um-- Charlie? Is that his name? --to support you in this.
You know, I gotta go it alone.
I mean, it's great that you guys are so close, even though there's this huge gap in your ages.
I mean, he's gotta be what, hmm, 23, 24? Twenty-five, actually.
Oh.
And if your next question is whether he's seeing anyone or not, well, the answer is no.
But that seems to change from minute to minute, so I can't really say for sure.
Claudia, we're talking about you.
I've been around the block a few times on this one, Ms.
Schrader, so I can spot the symptoms.
Let me put this in terms you'll understand.
CLAUDIA: Let's say "A" is the group of women Charlie has dated in, oh, the past five years.
This is not to scale.
It should be bigger.
And "B" is the set of women whose lives he's left in shambles.
"A" equals "B," Ms.
Schrader.
Trust me.
He was totally sexy in Sleepless in Seattle.
And I cried throughout all of Philadelphia.
That scene where he's listening to that woman sing.
Oh, Maria Callas? Oh, my God.
Oh.
I'm welling up just thinking about it.
It was just so-- Gina.
Gina, maybe you should let Sarah finish.
GINA: Excuse me? No.
No, no.
That's okay.
I was just gonna say I loved it too.
What about, uh What about Forrest Gump? He was amazing in that.
Oh.
Well, yeah.
If you like that sort of thing.
Well, you just said that you loved all of his movies.
Mm.
It's not that I didn't like it.
It's just, I sort of, you know I hated it.
I mean, if they wanted to make a movie about a moron, they could have filmed my science teacher.
[GINA LAUGHS.]
Hey, uh, did you guys catch that-- That Warriors game? Will? I am talking here, okay? I mean, all that "Life is like a box of chocolate" stuff.
Whew! I thought I'd just crawl out of my skin and die.
All right? Look, a lot of people loved it.
Okay? It made millions.
Foreign and domestic.
Okay, I was just trying to have a conversation.
This is our responsibility, Charlie.
We-- We've gotta make some rules.
What do you want me to say? Sure, I could tell Julia not to let him come over anymore, but I doubt that's gonna do any good.
I don't know what goes on in this house anymore.
Look, I know you work a lot.
But there's gotta be some-- Look, Mrs.
Thompson, no offense, but I kind of remember what it was like to be 16.
I had to take my girlfriend to this parking lot in the Presidio.
Well, you're not 16 anymore.
You are the adult in this house, and we are talking about your sister.
And I hear what you're saying.
It's just, the way I see it, as long as they're gonna do it, and as long as they're, you know, careful, I'd just as soon see them someplace safe and not in a car parked in the middle of a parking lot, which is exactly where they're gonna be if we lay down some kind of law.
You're not gonna help me with this? [SIGHS.]
CHARLIE: Mrs.
Thompson-- I worry about you, Julia.
No one is looking out for you.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
Thanks, Charlie, for being cool about this.
I'm not cool, okay? If you're stupid enough to be having sex, risking getting pregnant and God knows what else, that's your business.
But don't think that I'm happy about it, because I'm not.
MAN [ON TELEVISION.]
: I never wanna lose you.
That's all I'm trying to say, and I'm never gonna.
SARAH: Oh.
[BAILEY LAUGHS.]
Ow.
Mm! What? The remote.
MAN [ON TELEVISION.]
: Good night.
[KNOCK AT DOOR.]
WILL: Bay? Hello? In here, Will! You're alone.
You could say that.
[TURNS OFF TELEVISION.]
Did something just happen? I don't know.
We We sort of had this fight.
I said some things I probably shouldn't have.
And she said some things she definitely shouldn't have.
Oh, I'm I'm sure if you talk about it-- WILL: Nah.
Not much point.
I mean, it wasn't really working out, anyway, and so we decided tobreak up.
[EXCITEDLY.]
Really? [SERIOUSLY.]
Really? Yeah.
So I guess that's that.
Wow.
I'm sorry.
Yeah.
Me too.
Maybe I'll just hang out with you guys for a little bit.
If that's okay with you guys.
Sure.
Sure.
Not a problem.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING.]
Hey, Charlie.
The lady on table seven has a couple of music requests.
Did you tell her we don't have a-- "Help" and "Rescue me.
" There, uh, were no binoculars in the crow's-nests.
And you know, I mean-- Without binoculars.
You know, of course.
But everybody thinks it sank because the iceberg tore a huge gash in the hull when, actually, the plates buckled and popped their rivets.
Really? Wow.
Wow.
You certainly know a lot about the Titanic.
Well, it's kind of a hobby of mine.
Disasters at sea.
And not just the Titanic.
You know the Andrea Doria? CHARLIE: Excuse me.
Uh, are you Emily Schrader? That's me.
You, uh You have a phone call at the bar.
Wow.
Oh, wow.
Ha-ha.
Excuse me, Bob.
Sure.
Blind date? It happens every time.
You break up, and people start playing matchmaker.
This was Principal Bullock's chiropractor, so I couldn't exactly refuse.
And you just happened to be at Salinger's.
Call it a wild coincidence.
Just in case you want it to look real.
This is so mean.
God, what do I tell him? How about, uh, your neighbor called, and there's an emergency with your dog, and you have to take him to the vet? Wow, impressive.
I like that.
But what if he asks me out tomorrow? Tell him you already have a date.
Good.
I like that too.
So So Dan Campbell gave me these extra tickets to the Sharks on Saturday.
Center ice.
I thought maybe we could, uh-- I I got plans.
Ah, come on, Justin.
We-- You didn't have to go to him, you know, Charlie, I mean.
If your parents were alive, I would have gone to them.
Belts, belts.
What are we doing with belts? Over there.
I just don't get it.
I mean, it's not like we're being irresponsible.
I mean, I went to a doctor and we're careful, and we love each other.
And what if you get pregnant? What happens then? I'm not gonna get pregnant.
You don't know that, Julia.
Look, I worry about my son, but let's be honest, girls bear the brunt of it.
You're the one who's gonna have to live with it.
And no matter what happens, it's gonna affect you for the rest of your life.
You know, I thought we were friends.
You don't need a friend right now.
You need an adult in your life who's gonna tell you if you're making a mistake, someone who can explain consequences-- Oh, you're not my mother.
Oh! [BOTH SIGH.]
You're amazing.
All those different positions.
I could barely keep up.
Mm.
You were pretty Pretty good yourself.
Hmm.
Did that feel good or what? Oh, yeah.
But, uh, next time, I pick.
Dinner and a movie.
It's safer.
Oh.
So, um, you're a real expert at this.
It's my second time.
I'm really proud of myself for sticking with it too.
You know? Part of the new, healthier me.
It's funny, you know? I can't exactly picture you with a cigarette hanging out of your mouth.
How long did you smoke, anyway? Since college.
I fell in with the cheap wine and poetry crowd.
And my ex-boyfriend, Wayne, all we had in common was menthol.
It got to the point, we'd go to bed, skip sex and light up.
That's when I knew we had a problem.
That's sad.
Mm.
Tragic.
I think it's 'cause we sorta jumped past "get to know you" and went right to hot and heavy.
I tend to do that.
It's sort of a character flaw.
Really? Me too.
I'm trying to learn to take things slow and stop jumping into everything.
Hmm.
So what movie did you have in mind? You pick.
Oh, thanks.
Hey.
Hey.
You mind? No.
No, absolutely.
Of course not.
You know what? Actually, you can help me.
I need a rhyme for star, but nothing like far, car or bar.
Something cool like caviar.
Guitar? That's perfect.
That's absolutely perfect.
"With my guitar.
" So I've been thinking, maybe I should ask someone out or something.
Hey, that's a good idea.
Yeah, I mean, the best way to get over something is to throw yourself back out there.
So who were you thinking of? Nobody yet.
Oh, well, what about Dana? She thinks you're really cute.
No.
She pops her gum, drives me nuts.
Valerie Shoemaker? Friends with Gina's sister.
Oh, yeah.
Wow.
You writing a love song? Yeah.
Yeah.
I'm gonna give it to the guys in the band and see if they can put a tune to it.
But don't tell Bailey, okay? I wanna sing it for him for our two-month anniversary.
I know it's kind of corny.
No, no, it's, uh really sweet.
You know, what about Cindy Pickard? I mean, she's perfect for you.
No, she's got that adenoid thing.
MAN: I'll catch up with you, all right? [TOILET FLUSHES.]
You okay? Yeah.
I just needed to take a minute.
If you're coming down with something, I mean, maybe we can take you home.
I'm not coming down with something.
Mrs.
Thompson-- Julia, I'm fine.
Please.
Wait a minute.
Are you-- I teased your mother about this when it happened to her with Owen.
I gave her such a hard time for her getting carried away like a teenager, not being careful.
Wow.
Justin didn't tell me-- He doesn't know yet.
I'm still trying to get used to it myself.
But this is a good thing, right? I don't know.
There are good times to get pregnant, and there are not-so-good times.
Things happen.
No matter how careful you are You just never know.
Okay.
[CLEARS THROAT.]
Taste test.
Okay.
Mmm.
Garlic.
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING.]
Don't mind me.
Ross's date had the flu, so he didn't need a babysitter after all.
Claudia, um Emily and I-- I mean, Ms.
Schrader and I.
--we're just, uh Having a parent-teacher conference? Well, no.
You see, um Claudia! You couldn't do it, Charlie, could you? One stupid little thing, and you couldn't do it.
Well, look who's still carrying cigarettes around.
Hey, I'm keeping them for Jody, okay? Look, I haven't smoked any since I thought we had an agreement.
But obviously you have a few bad habits you can't break.
No offense, Ms.
Schrader.
That was the deal you made? Emily-- I should probably just go.
Was the time of my life Knew the whole town By name Stayed out Half the night Hey, man.
Stayed in half the day You want something? 'Cause I'm kind of busy here.
So I see.
Out after lights-- [SWITCHES OFF MUSIC.]
Come on, Will.
You're taking this kind of hard, don't you think? I mean, you only went out with her like, what, like, six times or something.
Man, I don't know who's the bigger jerk here, me or you.
Excuse me? You for opening your stupid mouth in the first place, or me for listening to you.
Hey, come on, Will-- Who the hell do you think you are, Bay? You know, I never knew you were so-- You had no right to say all that stuff about Gina.
No right.
Okay.
Okay.
I'm sorry.
No.
No.
You know what? Sorry doesn't cut it this time.
You get everything, Bay.
Everything you want comes so easy to you.
Apart from grades.
And you don't realize.
Like Like with Sarah.
You wanted Sarah back, and poof, she's yours.
Wait a second.
Is this about Sarah? No, it's not about Sarah.
It's about you.
It's about the fact that I finally find somebody that I like, somebody who really likes me, somebody who laughs at my jokes and who thinks I'm handsome.
And you-- You with your perfect hair and your straight teeth and your stupid dimples.
--say that she talks too much and she's opinionated and she's whatever! But you know what? I don't care what you think.
I like Gina.
And I'm gonna talk to her, and I'm gonna give her the greatest apology in history and I'm gonna pray to God that she'll forgive me.
And you can just keep your stupid opinions to yourself.
JUSTIN: I mean, here's my mom sitting me down, telling me she's gonna have a baby.
And I'm trying to smile.
I say, "Wow, Mom, that's great.
That's really cool.
" And I'm trying to make myself believe that, because I know I should.
But the whole time, I'm thinking about my dad, who's with this other woman-- Justin-- And it-- No, it is sick! I have to tell her, and it's not like before where I just had to get it off my chest, all right? All that's gonna do is hurt her, and right now-- She has to know! And if you're the one who tells her, I mean, if that comes from you and not him, her marriage is over.
And she'll be alone and having a baby.
Is that what you really want? So maybe it isn't your mom you need to talk to.
And he's making out with her.
I mean, right there in the kitchen.
Ms.
Schrader? Man, tongues and everything? And they were, like, you know, like groping? Jody, that is so not the point.
Okay, everybody, pop quiz! Books on the floor, and no talking.
Um, Ms.
Schrader, you said we wouldn't have any pop quizzes.
What do you know? I changed my mind.
I thought you said things were going pretty well last night? No.
I was trying to tell you.
I made them stop.
SCHRADER: I am sick of you people not paying attention in class, so this quiz is going to count as a regular test on your final grade.
JODY: Oh, man.
Don't you get it, Claud? She's frustrated.
I mean, she already gave up smoking.
That's enough to piss anybody off.
And now this guy comes along, and she's, like, attracted and stuff, you know? And now she can't have that either.
SCHRADER: Jody, Claudia, I said no talking! Now, that's two points off for both of you.
Oh, man, this chick needs it bad.
And right now, you're sort of the only thing standing in her way.
Now the muon is a heavy electron, and it can carry a positive charge, a negative charge.
And the pion is heavier than the muon.
Now, the pion can have a positive charge, a negative charge, or no charge at all.
Now, who wants to take a stab at elementary particles? Bailey? Elementary particles are like, particles that are you know, elementary.
Yes, well, thank you.
Anyone else? You see each particle has its own antiparticle, only-- Only with a different charge.
BAILEY: And if there's two particles, and they're, say, like, best friends, and the one particle says something bad about the other particle's antiparticle then it can set off, like, this nuclear reaction.
Sit down, Bailey.
I'm not done yet, sir.
You see, the The one particle, the one that said all of the bad stuff, that's called the butthead particle.
[CLASS LAUGHS.]
And he owed it to the other particle to keep his stupid mouth shut in the first place.
Hi.
Go home.
Bye.
Charlie! All right, Claudia, this is This is how it is.
I've thought a lot about this This This whole thing with EmilyMs.
Schrader.
And, uh And you are not the boss.
I am the boss.
Me.
Not you.
You're the boss.
And that means that you don't tell me what to do.
And you don't blackmail me.
Okay.
I'm gonna date whoever I want to.
Whatever happens with us is our business.
Not yours.
Okay.
I need this right now.
And maybe you don't care about that, but I do.
This is a good thing for me.
You're right.
And all deals are off.
You're gonna quit smoking right now.
I don't ever wanna hear another word about-- Okay.
What? I said okay.
I mean, you're right.
I've overstepped my boundaries.
So you wanna date my math teacher.
Who am I to say anything? Go with my blessing.
JUSTIN: I gotta know, Dad.
I gotta know so I can deal with it.
It's over, Justin.
If you didn't walk out of the room every time I come in, you'd know that by now.
You know, it was over a long time ago.
Okay, okay, fine.
But I'm the one who still carries it around all the time, and I'm sick of it.
So you gotta tell her, 'cause if you don't-- She already knows.
I told her.
And it's not easy.
And we're working on it.
You know, uh, look, Justin, things just kind of happen in marriages, son.
It's just It gets complicated.
But the truth of the matter is that-- That I love this baby.
I'm-- I'm happy about this baby because I love your mother.
And we're gonna just see this through.
You know what? Justin, this-- This isn't your issue.
This is, uh This is between your mother and me.
Fine.
It's none of my business.
Just like what I do with Julia is none of your business.
No.
Wait.
Wait.
Justin, wait.
No, no.
I made some mistakes.
Yeah.
I made some bad mistakes, but I love you.
And I'm not gonna give up my right to worry about you and to care about you.
And I'm not gonna stop trying to make sure that you do the right thing.
Because, no matter what, I am still your father.
Hey.
Ah! God, you scared me.
Again.
I'm sorry.
You really shouldn't be here.
Right now, the only thing worse than you being in my classroom would be you in my classroom, smoking, so This really isn't gonna work.
It's okay.
No, it isn't.
I like you, Charlie.
I do.
But with Claudia involved, it's just a little weird.
That's what I'm trying to tell you.
It's okay.
Claudia's okay.
She gave us her blessing.
Really? Really? So what does this mean exactly? Have you been smoking? Oh! Just one.
Hey, I had a bad day, okay? But maybe things are looking up.
You were looking your best In your little white dress Just arriving with The people you know [LAUGHS.]
I must really love you.
It's for Will.
GINA: Hey.
Hey.
GINA: Hi, strangers.
I missed you two.
Uh, can we join you? It's okay.
Sit your butts down.
GINA: You won't believe how Will apologized to me.
Hey, they probably don't wanna hear about this, actually.
Are you kidding? Of course we do.
Well, he actually stood on my front lawn and sang.
With his guitar! I didn't know you sing.
GINA: Does he ever! He's standing, singing "Baby, Come Back.
" Then, all of a sudden, the sprinklers go off.
I swear.
Just tinkling everywhere.
You know what he does? Nothing.
He just stands there, singing and playing his guitar.
Oh, gosh, it was something like out of a movie.
You dog.
It's It's really sweet.
WILL: Yeah.
Yeah, well, anyway, um, we were just talking about whether or not Madonna would ever get her career back on track.
Really? So, Gina, what do you think? Well, I think she should just get on a boat and drift off to sea.
[ALL LAUGH.]
Honey, hello! Get over yourself.
You're not that great.
[ALL LAUGH.]
Don't bother kneelin' No more You know, we probably shouldn't be here.
Two kids, alone in a big house with clean sheets and raging hormones, without the benefit of adult supervision.
And dreaming of a place With the sun on my face When I'm with someone But now I gotta find My own way I may be facedown On the floor Gets kind of complicated, huh? Sex, I mean.
Seems pretty simple to me.
You just take off your clothes and then you You know what I mean.
I mean, think about your parents.
That's the last thing I wanna think about right now.
And we're always gonna be careful? Always.
I mean, what would you do if, you know, something like that happened to me? It's not gonna happen.
Just something to think about, that's all.
Can we think about it later? I kind of have a curfew.
Sure.
Later.
And I don't wanna hold Anybody's hand No, not today I just want to Fade away