The Cleaner (2008) s01e02 Episode Script
Rag Dolls
I'm looking at this from all sides, trying to keep an open mind, but this this doesn't even come close to making sense.
I mean, you tell me how you justify this one.
You tell me how how to find the reason why.
Pl-Please.
It's gonna be okay, all right? Paula Please.
It's all right, Paula.
Paula.
Paula.
Come on, don't do this! Lolly, get in here now! She's not breathing.
What do we do? We need to -call an ambulance! -No, we got to get the hell out of here, okay? Come on.
Jackie, look at me! Look at me.
This is serious.
Let's go.
I'm not leaving her! We need to get her home! Jackie, we barely even know this chick, all right? Let's go, now! Okay, breathe.
Breathe, breathe, okay? Why? I put my trust in you, my faith.
And I'm not even a religious man.
This whole arrangement is based on my my lack of religion.
And where does that leave us? Am I supposed to Am I supposed to continue doing your work? Jackie, I just called Tim.
He's on his way, all right? He says we gotta go now.
I can't leave her alone! She's not going to be alone, okay? Tim's going to take care of everything, all right? She messed up, not us! Come on, Jackie! Come on now! No! I'm out.
And where does that leave me? I mean in terms of this leap of faith.
Because you and me, we don't have faith or religion or trust.
What do we have? Jackie, now! I'm so sorry, Paula.
Jackie! I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry.
Jackie! Shit! I want you so bad.
Good morning.
Mmm! lt is now.
-You talk to Ben? -Yeah.
He having fun up at football camp? lf having fun means getting the crap kicked out of you by a bunch of 160-pound linemen, then, yeah, he's having a blast.
So I had the dream again.
Hotel room in Miami? Hmm-mm.
Here in the house.
You're a romantic.
At least it was in our own bed.
ln our room.
I guess that's how you know it was a dream, huh? Shit.
I gotta go.
Record company's on my ass about this heroin-addicted rock star.
I'm keeping him clean for his tour next month, so Don't forget we have a 10:30 with Sister Alma.
-But Ben's out of town.
-Lula.
Not Lula.
That's impossible.
She couldn't be in trouble.
She didn't say anything about trouble.
Just be there at 10:30, we'll find out what it's about.
And, uh keep me posted on those dreams.
You're such a tease.
So how long has Theo been asleep? And that PR woman from the record label keeps calling here.
Just tell her I'm on it.
-I did.
-Okay.
And there's a woman who came by to get some help with her daughter.
You didn't send her my way, did you? Of course not.
Because I'm pretty slammed right now.
-I know.
-Okay.
Look, give me a call as soon as Theo wakes up, will you? -Will do.
-Thanks.
Excuse me.
Are you William Banks? Yeah, I am.
I'm lrene Kemp.
She told me that you help people with addictions.
-Yeah.
-I-I've been to three treatment centers already, and they've all turned me away.
-Why? -Because I'm not sure my daughter actually has a drug problem, but she's changed.
-Well, have you drug-tested her? -Three times.
And she came up clean every time.
So what makes you think she has a problem? Because I just know something's wrong.
Mr.
Banks, I can't explain the why or what.
I just feel it.
l I found these matches.
Jackie doesn't smoke-- she hates it-- so I looked in the matchbook.
There's a phone number written down.
I called.
It's not connected to a phone.
Please.
I really need your help.
I'll give it some thought.
Oh, thank you.
And-and-and and she has my number.
-You can call me.
-Very good.
Some spoiled rock star slamming dope? I get it.
A basehead smoking crack? No brainer.
But a clean drug test and a mother's intuition? What am I supposed to do with this? Get your hands off me! -Hey! Hey! -Let go of me! -Oh! -Hey! All right, take it easy.
Ugh! Calm down.
Aw, shit! You got it, Neal? -Yeah.
-All right.
-Awesome choice.
-Either this or be late, okay? I'm sorry, Sister.
You'll have to excuse my husband.
-Don't do that.
-Don't do what? Don't apologize for me.
I'm just trying to be polite.
lf you want me to change, I'll go change.
I'll leave right now.
I'm sorry, Sister.
I I just came from work.
Is that vomit, that smell? If it makes you feel any better, it's not mine.
Sorry, Sister.
Look, you wanted to be here.
I'm here, okay? Excuse me.
You only have ten more minutes.
-We're done.
-Completely.
Um You wanted to talk about Lula.
Yes.
ls there a problem? Yes.
What is it? Lula's perfect.
And and that's a problem? At Lula's age, a little rebellion and testing limits are customary.
Perfection is not so good.
Her grades? Perfect.
Her behavior? The same.
Perfection is about control.
At this age, control means safety.
No control, -no safety.
-She's safe.
Why don't we listen to what Sister Alma has to say.
I'm sure she is safe, Mr.
Banks, but I only see part of the picture.
Her life at home is equally important.
Well, the part we're seeing at home is pretty good, too.
Excuse me.
Yeah? All right.
Hold on a second.
Uh, I'm sorry, Sister.
I've got an urgent matter.
I think we're all good here.
-William -I don't see any problems except for that walking hormone, Charlie Mintz.
William Babe, I gotta go, all right? Yeah? Well, I told you to hold on.
Hold on a second.
Let me get out of the classroom, get outside Thank you for your time.
I don't care.
Tell him to calm down, all right? I've done this before.
Well, it's a process, okay? lt takes time.
-Mr.
Banks.
-Hold on a second.
Yeah? You dropped these.
Oh.
Thanks.
Message, messenger.
You don't have to always hit it right on the head.
Hey, Darnell, grab my backpack.
I want you to meet me somewhere.
You gotta feel around the lock from top to bottom.
lf it's a five-pin lock, yes.
You go top to bottom.
That's a three-pin lock.
You gotta go bottom to top.
That's not very Christian of you, Darnell.
Sometimes you gotta stray from the Lord to get back to Him, man.
How did you know this was the spot? Number's on the matchbook.
Dealers in the joint used to pass location codes when they were about to make a move on the outside.
Usually, the first six digits are the address.
Waves are pumping today, huh? Jack Attack.
I am not feeling it.
-I want to go home.
-Home? Everything we're doing is so we can get our asses out of our homes.
We are so close to bouncing.
For good.
We just left her there.
Well, I'm sure she's fine.
Tim always takes care of us, right? Hey, there's nothing to worry about, okay? I'm here.
We're safe.
Okay? Hey.
Now help me get these boards down.
Let's go surfing! Smells like bleach.
This room is way too clean, man.
Maybe they came in yesterday.
No way.
I've crashed in plenty of motels like this when me and Melissa had been going at it.
There's no way a room like this in this motel -would ever be this clean.
-For real? Yep.
Cleaning crew was here three weeks ago.
This room, this this whole place, everything in here, it's just, uh I don't know, it feels like, um Feels like everything's been erased.
Somebody came through here.
Somebody who wanted to make sure this place had no history.
Oh, but they might've gotten sloppy.
Hey, D, hand me that black light in the backpack there.
-Damn it.
-What? Blood.
lrene Kemp, William Banks.
I'm in-- I'll take your daughter's case.
So we're gonna throw a GPS under the car, as soon as the mom shows up.
Well, how do we know which car? Oh, that's him.
That's our signal.
And there's our mark.
Uh, what are we doing here? We are getting you your birthday present.
Hey, guys.
-Hey.
-I'm Billy.
-What's up? -Hi.
-How are you? -Hi.
So, listen, you don't know this, but your mom put your name into our raffle box, and you have won $300 worth of surf gear.
No way! Way.
That never really sounds good when I say that.
So where do you, uh, where do you ride? Dogtown, up at county line, where? Anywhere the waves are fast and hollow.
I hear that.
Listen, when I was stationed over in Guam, I used to get some sick-ass rocket walls, let me tell you.
Guam? The farthest I got was Mexico.
But me and my girl Lol, we're heading west, like Fiji, lndo, Hawaii.
Right on.
Hey, well, listen, come on in, grab yourself $300 worth of gear, and I'll meet you up at the register, all right? -Thanks.
-Good.
GPS is good to go.
Run this.
Can I please have a soy, nonfat, no-sugar-added coffee blended? She'll have a strawberry smoothie.
Just a coffee for me, please.
Coming right up.
I saw your teacher yesterday.
Sister Alma? What did I do wrong? Nothing.
Then why'd she have you come in? What did she say I did wrong? Nothing.
But Lu, it's okay if you do.
-What? -If you do something wrong, it's normal.
Did she say I wasn't normal? No.
Wrong choice of words.
She said you were perfect.
Then why'd she have you come in? Lula, I just want to tell you that if there's anything you want to talk to me or your dad about Everything's fine.
I have to get home to finish my homework, okay? Okay.
Thanks.
Swenton check this out.
Hey.
Hey, want some banana bread? Coffee shop next door makes it organic, so I'm not sure what the difference is, I gotta tell you the truth.
So, buddy, I was just curious.
Do you come from a circus family or did you just kind of pick it up on your own? The juggling.
What are you doing on my dating page?! Hey, I was looking for love, and lo and behold, it directed me to your page.
So I just want to know, is it chain saws or bowling balls or? How about you respect other people's privacy now? How about the fact that we match in 28 out of 40 categories? Hey, guys, listen up.
We got two cases drying out.
Rock Star's calming down, we're gonna throw one more into the mix.
So we're taking the girl? The mark's name is Jackie Kemp, -Rag Doll? -Surfer girl.
You don't surf, do you, Darnell? All right, Jackie Kemp, good grades, just graduated, never been in trouble with the law.
And she just tested clean again.
Good girl, good grades.
And no drugs.
So, what's the case? All right, go with me on this, guys.
Her mother says that she's been acting erratically, hasn't been coming home at night.
So, she's a teenager.
It's a rite of passage to treat your mom like shit and raise a little hell.
Mm, consider the source.
Uh, I hear you, all right, but we've tied her to the Carlton Motel, which is not a place good girls hang out, all right? The place had been nearly sterilized.
Almost, except we found some dried blood on the tub and the walls.
Okay, but that doesn't make her an addict.
No, but it puts her in the wrong place where some heavy shit went down, I think.
So that combined with what her mother shared with me, that's it.
I'm going on that.
So what's the caper? The family lives in a trailer park in Mar Vista, so this one's gonna be pro bono, guys.
Oh, great, that means no cash.
Exodus 23:8, "Thou shalt take no gift, for the gift blindeth the wise.
" Good move, man.
Wow, that is beautiful.
You know, we should put a bow on that and give it to my landlord.
All right, Akani, I want you to pull out the wet suits, get to know these girls.
They hang in Dogtown down at the jetty, which is Mid-tide rising break.
Gonna bust out the short board.
When are you just gonna accept it? Swenton, I want you on the beach as well.
Absolutely.
Lifeguard? I mean, bro, I've been killing it on the Bowflex.
Please.
You want to take a ride? Yeah, man.
Who's the friend? Lolly.
She's the bad egg.
Got a record.
Petty stuff, though.
Shoplifting, tagging, curfew violations, that kind of thing.
But I know there's a case here.
All right, listen up, Rag Dolls are on their way to the beach.
Everyone in position? Depends on what position you want.
Akani I'm just saying I'm limber.
Swenton? This is whack, bro.
I'm telling you, I should have been a lifeguard, William.
I got washboard abs.
William, I got washboard abs! You take your shirt off, Swenton, half the beach goes blind.
Yeah? I just went to check on Theo.
-And he's gone.
-Yeah.
Did he take his cell phone or his credit cards? No, all still here.
lmpulse run.
-He was doing so well.
-Yeah, he was.
But don't worry about it.
I know where he scores.
Have Dino bring the van to that alley behind the Pussycat Theater.
-All right.
-What's up? Gotta make a pit stop.
North Dakota.
Yes! Hey, you, me and my guys, this is our territory.
Yeah? Everything from lifeguard station 20, all the way to Venice.
All right, so what, your mother never taught you how to share? I took Normandy, punk.
I will drop your skinny white ass right here.
Come on, guys! Let's go! Akani, we've got jailbait.
Hey, that slipped off the tongue a little too easily.
Just give me the money.
Just take this.
-All right.
-Give me that.
Hey, get the hell out of here.
Take it easy.
Take it easy.
I can't do it! Take it easy.
All right, take it easy.
It's all right.
Look, l-I thought I was ready, but l I can't I cannot picture my life without ever getting high again.
So don't look at it like that.
Well, that's the only way to look at it.
No, it's not.
No, it's not.
Listen to me.
I know what I'm talking about, all right? Bullshit.
You don't know shit.
Right.
I don't know what it's like to, to fire up that spoon, huh? To feel that rig in your hands? What it's like to feel completely invincible for the first three minutes while the drugs hits your veins, I don't know that? You were a junkie? You're good, Theo, you know, you're good.
But good won't prevent you from becoming another rock star cliché.
You want to come back, come back, man.
You want to piss it all away, I'll buy your tribute CD.
What do you want to do? Lolly, did you see these? These posters are everywhere.
We never should have left that room.
We just left her there.
-Calm down! -You calm down.
You don't even know what happened to Paula.
Okay, I'm sure she's fine.
What if the cops start coming around? The cops, Jackie? We know this girl from a few times, all right? They can't tie us to her.
What if somebody saw us? Okay, if somebody saw us, Jack, we would know by now, right? lf she were dead, we'd know by now.
Grab your board.
Whoo! Hey.
Thought you were gonna bite it out there when that wave cut in.
Yeah, well, you thought wrong.
Hey, I'm Jackie.
This is Lolly.
Hey, I'm Echo.
"Echo.
" That's rad.
Not really.
My parents smoked a lot of weed.
-You Cali? -Nah.
Ditch witch from Oahu.
West side, Makaha local.
-No way.
-No way.
Yeah.
Come on, let's go paddle out before the tide kills the waves.
Yo, Lolly.
-Hey, Tim.
-What's up, girl? So what's the deal? You guys still dawn-patrolling it tonight, or what? Yeah, of course.
Hey, Tim, what happened to Paula? She's all good.
Then where is she? She's just resting, girl, don't worry about it.
Geez.
Hey, Lolly, Jackie.
Hey, I'm Echo.
What's up, Echo? I'm Tim.
Saw you ripping it up out there today, not bad.
Better than not bad.
I don't know about that.
Oh, ouch.
So tell me, Tim, where can I get into a little bit of trouble around here? Oh, I'm thinking what kind of trouble you're looking for.
Mm, the kind that's all fun, all night.
I'll let you know when I hear that kind of trouble's available.
-Good.
-Hey, uh, Tim, uh, Jack and I were still up for tonight.
Yeah? Awesome.
Usual spot? Of course.
Echo.
-Yeah? -Nice to meet you.
Why don't you stick around, you won't be disappointed.
Trouble's everywhere you want to find it.
Okay.
Thanks.
He's kind of cool.
Totally cool.
Swenton, I got eyes on Akani.
She's partying with the girls.
I'm on my way.
Yeah? Slick Willie, our girls are on the move.
All right, well, flip the GPS.
They're not taking Jackie's ride; they just jumped into Lolly's.
All right, well, tag them.
And, Darnell -don't get made.
-Right.
Oh, shit.
What now? Thanks.
That's not good.
Oh, thanks.
lt all makes sense, bro, she's using.
That's why she's so moody and irritable.
lt, it totally makes sense.
And l, I always thought it was just me the whole time.
Just another rich girl with too much money and too much time on her hands, bro.
You and l, we're simpatico, brother.
Be strong, we can do this.
Akani, listen to me.
We're family here, all right? And the first step is admitting that you have a problem no matter how ugly it feels.
I had to let them know I was down.
Yeah, no, that's, that's what I was telling William.
Right, buddy? No need to jump to inappropriate conclusions.
-Why'd the girls go? -I'm not sure.
They rolled out after they finished talking to Lifeguard Tim.
And, yes, he's dealing.
All right, so let's do some homework on Lifeguard Tim.
DMV, medical records, military Ecstasy.
Yeah, it's all party drugs out here.
E, GHB, weed, some acid.
-What about Jackie? -Her mom was right.
She wouldn't even touch a beer.
-Lolly? -A mess.
lf you want to nab her, -I get it.
-What else? Yeah, there's some connection between our girls, especially Jackie, and her.
Paula, the girl who disappeared.
Okay, wait a minute, William, let me get this straight.
Okay, right.
Um, the two girls who aren't our clients are either missing or on drugs.
The girl who is our client, but who's not paying us, is clean as a whistle, right? Does that sound about right to you? Because that doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
What, you got a date? Yeah.
Are you jealous? -Happy.
-Really? -Thrilled.
-Well, good for you.
All right, well, so anyways, since Darnell's tagging the girls, and this party's winding down, I'm gonna jump.
Hey, hey, just be reachable in case I need you.
I always am whenever you do.
Wow, she is so overt with you, bro.
Swenton go do your homework on Lifeguard Tim.
Yeah.
Roger that.
You ever go home? Hey, Sylvie.
How are you? Hi.
Hi.
So what'd you think of the funeral? Um I think Mick would've appreciated the soundtrack.
Creedence, Allmans The bagpipes might've been a little over the top.
You think? Hey, I've been going through some of his stuff.
Pack rat.
You both signed it, so maybe you'll know why he kept it.
Wow.
Foul ball, Dodger stadium, Braves.
July 3, 2007.
Fireworks Night.
McCann hit it.
Next pitch, homered.
Boys and their baseball.
Keep it.
Thanks.
So how you doing? I'm doing.
And the boys? They miss their father.
Yeah.
Well, look, if there's anything I know.
Are you okay? Well, I should go.
He loved you, William.
And even you couldn't have saved him.
Take care of yourself.
Hey, sweetheart.
Uh, did we get paid on the Giles case yet? Listen I want to apologize about the Sister.
And here's half the Giles case money.
I'm working on it.
All right, this is for the house.
I need this for the surf shop.
That leaves us with $43.
Hey, I'll put it in our retirement fund.
Sounds good.
Okay, so, babe, look, let's, uh let's try to keep things in perspective regarding Lula, all right? She's fine.
Better than fine.
William, she's trying to be the perfect little girl to keep us together, okay, so we don't split up again.
I mean, we're not exactly the Waltons.
You sleep on a twin bed in the den.
Not my choice.
Look, my fuse is short.
I'm gonna go crash.
Okay, if you don't want me to smother you in your sleep, you'll listen.
Look, I know that Lula is a blessing in comparison to the horrible shit that you see every day.
But we should want more than that -for our daughter.
-Agreed.
So it's up to us to make it okay -when she fails.
-If she fails.
She will.
Go get some sleep.
Yeah? Hey, you up, boss? Yeah.
What's up? Darnell lost the girls.
What? Shit.
For only an hour, then we found them.
Yeah.
They're chilling over in parking lot 21 .
All right, well, head over there and take a peek.
-All right, why? -Because they were off the radar for over an hour.
I'm on my way.
Hey, girl.
Where's Jackie? Uh, bathroom.
Hey, Jackie, hurry up, tide's high.
It's not gonna last.
I'll be right out.
Hey, do you have any board wax I could borrow? Yeah, in my bag.
Oh, thanks.
-Hey.
-Hey.
I'm gonna get my board ready.
See you down there? Yeah.
Shit.
Hello, Kentucky.
Rag Doll's on the move.
I'm on it.
What've you got? Glycerin.
They're using a laxative.
Are you sure? Yeah.
They were walking out of the crapper when I found them.
Damn it.
You think? Jackie's a drug mule.
What was Echo doing there? I don't care.
That bitch annoys me.
You think she knows? About Paula? I don't care.
God Aren't you coming? I got something I got to do.
Lolly, don't.
You really have to slow down.
I've only got one speed, Jackie.
Have fun out there.
Willie, Lolly's on the move.
What do I do? Let her go.
lf they are drug mules, I need confirmation -of the drop.
-Right.
-Yeah? -Confirmed.
The balloons are in a net under the bowl.
All right, we have confirmation.
Should we grab the heroin or the girl? Neither.
Get the hell out of there.
Dealer's probably close by.
Well, big surprise here.
Lifeguard Tim deals the dope, and he runs a mule train.
I think he might've just made Swenton.
I'm gonna go.
Walk away.
No, he just signaled someone in the parking lot.
I need to know who so I can tell Swenton.
Akani, walk away now.
Hey! What were you doing in there? That's a little personal, don't you think? And, you know, if I may say so, kind of skeevy for you to ask me that.
Don't get smart with me, bitch.
lf smart is what I bring to the party, you'd better set the table, bitch.
Ow! God, doesn't anybody on this beach have a sense of humor? You got all the balloons? One short.
He's clean.
All right, let's go.
Hey! Hey, Tim and Bigfoot just shook down Swenton.
Looks like Jackie's next.
God! Wha?! Hold on a second.
Don't go anywhere.
William, they're gonna kill her, man.
They want something.
Her dead ain't gonna get it.
We're short a balloon, Jackie.
I made the drop, I swear.
-Where's Lolly? -I don't know.
That crazy dope whore bitch probably took it.
Where did she go? Look, I want my dope.
Or my 50 Gs for that balloon.
And if she doesn't have either one of those, I'm gonna kill her.
And then I'm gonna kill you, got it? Bitch.
Lifeguard Tim's missing a balloon.
It's got to be Lolly, then.
All right, Darnell, I want you to follow them.
They find Lolly, you have my permission to hurt them.
My pleasure.
Akani, let's drop our cover.
Go bring Jackie in.
'Kay.
Trust me, you'll be fine.
What the hell? You're the guy from the surf shop.
Look, my name is William Banks.
All right? I was hired by your mother to help you.
-Now, where's Lolly? -I don't know.
Dude, let me go.
This is bullshit.
Let me go.
Was she with you? Look, I'm not a cop, all right? So let me help you.
Why does this lifeguard Tim think that there's a balloon missing? Do you have it? All right, this girl in the flyer, she's still missing.
No, they said that she was fine.
I called the cops-- she's not.
Now, did Lolly take that balloon? Well, I didn't see her take it, but -Where is she? -I-I don't know.
There's only two places she goes.
Um, the first one is her grandfather's garage.
It's on the corner of Pico and Sawtelle.
Um, she crashes there.
All right, Swenton, Akani, get on it right now.
Where's the second place? It's five minutes from here.
Let's go.
Show me now.
So, we'd take a surfing trip down to Baja.
We'd swallow a few balloons and drop them off wherever he told us.
lt was easy.
Till something happened to Paula? Yeah.
Well, how much were you two making? Three Gs a drop; four if we carried a few more balloons -Iike we did this last time.
-And Lolly was using? -Yeah, a lot.
-What about you? No, I don't do that shit.
You all right? I need some water.
Wow, Norman Rockwell.
Norman Rock-Really-Well.
Sometimes Lolly would cop from a guy down here.
Yeah? Yeah, we found Lolly.
She doesn't look too happy.
You happy? Screw you.
Dear Diary, not happy.
You try a drug strip? Yeah.
She's clean-- she's looking for a fix, so if she had the balloon, she would've used it by now.
Well, if Lolly doesn't have it, that means that Jackie's still got a balloon full of heroin stuck inside her, and she doesn't know it.
Jackie? Jackie? Jackie! Whoo! Baby! Yeah! Jackie! She was feeling sick earlier.
A balloon must have burst inside her.
-Jackie! -What? All right, look, call 911 , get an ambulance down to Crescent Park in Venice.
Jackie! Jackie! Hey, over here! Jack Attack.
Hey.
-Hey, girl.
-Hi.
Hey.
You were knocked out in that hospital for, like, three days.
You scared the hell out of me.
That makes two of us.
How are you? I'm okay.
Do you believe this shit? Rehab-- I am so over this place.
Hey, once we get out of here, we do one more job and then we bounce, okay? No.
What? I'm done, Lolly.
What? Come on, you made it.
Jack, it's like a big wave that axes you-- you get up, you get on the next one.
These are not waves, Lolly.
-Are you kidding me? -No.
Whatever.
You know, it doesn't have to be the Maldives or Fiji or Costa Rica.
Right.
I'll just keep carving up Dogtown.
I'm stuck here.
ls that for me? Well, it ain't for me.
You know, there's this break up in Ventura.
It's a it's a private beach just north of Smuggler's.
Got this little white gate.
You hop over it-- no one's gonna see you.
Now, when you get in the water, don't be afraid of the rocks.
Just stay close to the point.
You do that, you'll be in for a really beautiful session.
And who knows, maybe one day if, uh, you're out there sometime after dawn, you might recognize an old homie rockin' the long board.
All right.
See you.
-Hi, Mom.
-Hey.
-How you doing? -I'm good.
-Feeling better? -Yeah.
Wha? I'm gonna send you my dry cleaning bill.
-40 bucks.
-I got it as a present, I swear.
Michael Borno leads the National League in stolen bases Just take good care of him.
I hope you got the game on up there, Hal.
I know it doesn't matter.
Let him have a couple of beers with his dog.
Are you okay? Yeah.
What are you doing up? What I always do-- I'm waiting for you.
I can't sleep unless I know you're home safe.
Mm.
Old habits die hard.
You'll break 'em.
I was talking about yours.
Ben get home from football camp all right? Yeah.
Sat in the bath for two hours.
His legs are a color of purple I didn't even know existed.
And Lula? Asleep.
I just hope she's okay.
She will be.
I don't know, William, I just I can't describe it, l-I just have this What, a feeling? A feeling about her? lntuition? Yeah.
I'm gonna go look in on her.
Hi, Dad.
Hey, sweetheart, what are you doing up? It's past 12:00.
Studying.
Oh, well sleep is a heck of a lot more important than studying right now, young lady.
Why? You never sleep.
I'm the role model? That can't be good.
Hey, uh listen.
I want you to know that I'm here, okay? Your mom is here, no matter what.
One of the best ways to learn in life is is by making mistakes.
Does that does that make sense? "Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
" James Joyce said that.
Right.
He-he said it, then-then I said it.
All right, get some rest.
Dad? Yeah? Have you ever heard of the Scripp's -National Spelling Bee? -Of course.
Over a hundred thousand kids try out every year.
Yeah, they do.
But I'm gonna be the one that wins it.
I mean, you tell me how you justify this one.
You tell me how how to find the reason why.
Pl-Please.
It's gonna be okay, all right? Paula Please.
It's all right, Paula.
Paula.
Paula.
Come on, don't do this! Lolly, get in here now! She's not breathing.
What do we do? We need to -call an ambulance! -No, we got to get the hell out of here, okay? Come on.
Jackie, look at me! Look at me.
This is serious.
Let's go.
I'm not leaving her! We need to get her home! Jackie, we barely even know this chick, all right? Let's go, now! Okay, breathe.
Breathe, breathe, okay? Why? I put my trust in you, my faith.
And I'm not even a religious man.
This whole arrangement is based on my my lack of religion.
And where does that leave us? Am I supposed to Am I supposed to continue doing your work? Jackie, I just called Tim.
He's on his way, all right? He says we gotta go now.
I can't leave her alone! She's not going to be alone, okay? Tim's going to take care of everything, all right? She messed up, not us! Come on, Jackie! Come on now! No! I'm out.
And where does that leave me? I mean in terms of this leap of faith.
Because you and me, we don't have faith or religion or trust.
What do we have? Jackie, now! I'm so sorry, Paula.
Jackie! I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry.
Jackie! Shit! I want you so bad.
Good morning.
Mmm! lt is now.
-You talk to Ben? -Yeah.
He having fun up at football camp? lf having fun means getting the crap kicked out of you by a bunch of 160-pound linemen, then, yeah, he's having a blast.
So I had the dream again.
Hotel room in Miami? Hmm-mm.
Here in the house.
You're a romantic.
At least it was in our own bed.
ln our room.
I guess that's how you know it was a dream, huh? Shit.
I gotta go.
Record company's on my ass about this heroin-addicted rock star.
I'm keeping him clean for his tour next month, so Don't forget we have a 10:30 with Sister Alma.
-But Ben's out of town.
-Lula.
Not Lula.
That's impossible.
She couldn't be in trouble.
She didn't say anything about trouble.
Just be there at 10:30, we'll find out what it's about.
And, uh keep me posted on those dreams.
You're such a tease.
So how long has Theo been asleep? And that PR woman from the record label keeps calling here.
Just tell her I'm on it.
-I did.
-Okay.
And there's a woman who came by to get some help with her daughter.
You didn't send her my way, did you? Of course not.
Because I'm pretty slammed right now.
-I know.
-Okay.
Look, give me a call as soon as Theo wakes up, will you? -Will do.
-Thanks.
Excuse me.
Are you William Banks? Yeah, I am.
I'm lrene Kemp.
She told me that you help people with addictions.
-Yeah.
-I-I've been to three treatment centers already, and they've all turned me away.
-Why? -Because I'm not sure my daughter actually has a drug problem, but she's changed.
-Well, have you drug-tested her? -Three times.
And she came up clean every time.
So what makes you think she has a problem? Because I just know something's wrong.
Mr.
Banks, I can't explain the why or what.
I just feel it.
l I found these matches.
Jackie doesn't smoke-- she hates it-- so I looked in the matchbook.
There's a phone number written down.
I called.
It's not connected to a phone.
Please.
I really need your help.
I'll give it some thought.
Oh, thank you.
And-and-and and she has my number.
-You can call me.
-Very good.
Some spoiled rock star slamming dope? I get it.
A basehead smoking crack? No brainer.
But a clean drug test and a mother's intuition? What am I supposed to do with this? Get your hands off me! -Hey! Hey! -Let go of me! -Oh! -Hey! All right, take it easy.
Ugh! Calm down.
Aw, shit! You got it, Neal? -Yeah.
-All right.
-Awesome choice.
-Either this or be late, okay? I'm sorry, Sister.
You'll have to excuse my husband.
-Don't do that.
-Don't do what? Don't apologize for me.
I'm just trying to be polite.
lf you want me to change, I'll go change.
I'll leave right now.
I'm sorry, Sister.
I I just came from work.
Is that vomit, that smell? If it makes you feel any better, it's not mine.
Sorry, Sister.
Look, you wanted to be here.
I'm here, okay? Excuse me.
You only have ten more minutes.
-We're done.
-Completely.
Um You wanted to talk about Lula.
Yes.
ls there a problem? Yes.
What is it? Lula's perfect.
And and that's a problem? At Lula's age, a little rebellion and testing limits are customary.
Perfection is not so good.
Her grades? Perfect.
Her behavior? The same.
Perfection is about control.
At this age, control means safety.
No control, -no safety.
-She's safe.
Why don't we listen to what Sister Alma has to say.
I'm sure she is safe, Mr.
Banks, but I only see part of the picture.
Her life at home is equally important.
Well, the part we're seeing at home is pretty good, too.
Excuse me.
Yeah? All right.
Hold on a second.
Uh, I'm sorry, Sister.
I've got an urgent matter.
I think we're all good here.
-William -I don't see any problems except for that walking hormone, Charlie Mintz.
William Babe, I gotta go, all right? Yeah? Well, I told you to hold on.
Hold on a second.
Let me get out of the classroom, get outside Thank you for your time.
I don't care.
Tell him to calm down, all right? I've done this before.
Well, it's a process, okay? lt takes time.
-Mr.
Banks.
-Hold on a second.
Yeah? You dropped these.
Oh.
Thanks.
Message, messenger.
You don't have to always hit it right on the head.
Hey, Darnell, grab my backpack.
I want you to meet me somewhere.
You gotta feel around the lock from top to bottom.
lf it's a five-pin lock, yes.
You go top to bottom.
That's a three-pin lock.
You gotta go bottom to top.
That's not very Christian of you, Darnell.
Sometimes you gotta stray from the Lord to get back to Him, man.
How did you know this was the spot? Number's on the matchbook.
Dealers in the joint used to pass location codes when they were about to make a move on the outside.
Usually, the first six digits are the address.
Waves are pumping today, huh? Jack Attack.
I am not feeling it.
-I want to go home.
-Home? Everything we're doing is so we can get our asses out of our homes.
We are so close to bouncing.
For good.
We just left her there.
Well, I'm sure she's fine.
Tim always takes care of us, right? Hey, there's nothing to worry about, okay? I'm here.
We're safe.
Okay? Hey.
Now help me get these boards down.
Let's go surfing! Smells like bleach.
This room is way too clean, man.
Maybe they came in yesterday.
No way.
I've crashed in plenty of motels like this when me and Melissa had been going at it.
There's no way a room like this in this motel -would ever be this clean.
-For real? Yep.
Cleaning crew was here three weeks ago.
This room, this this whole place, everything in here, it's just, uh I don't know, it feels like, um Feels like everything's been erased.
Somebody came through here.
Somebody who wanted to make sure this place had no history.
Oh, but they might've gotten sloppy.
Hey, D, hand me that black light in the backpack there.
-Damn it.
-What? Blood.
lrene Kemp, William Banks.
I'm in-- I'll take your daughter's case.
So we're gonna throw a GPS under the car, as soon as the mom shows up.
Well, how do we know which car? Oh, that's him.
That's our signal.
And there's our mark.
Uh, what are we doing here? We are getting you your birthday present.
Hey, guys.
-Hey.
-I'm Billy.
-What's up? -Hi.
-How are you? -Hi.
So, listen, you don't know this, but your mom put your name into our raffle box, and you have won $300 worth of surf gear.
No way! Way.
That never really sounds good when I say that.
So where do you, uh, where do you ride? Dogtown, up at county line, where? Anywhere the waves are fast and hollow.
I hear that.
Listen, when I was stationed over in Guam, I used to get some sick-ass rocket walls, let me tell you.
Guam? The farthest I got was Mexico.
But me and my girl Lol, we're heading west, like Fiji, lndo, Hawaii.
Right on.
Hey, well, listen, come on in, grab yourself $300 worth of gear, and I'll meet you up at the register, all right? -Thanks.
-Good.
GPS is good to go.
Run this.
Can I please have a soy, nonfat, no-sugar-added coffee blended? She'll have a strawberry smoothie.
Just a coffee for me, please.
Coming right up.
I saw your teacher yesterday.
Sister Alma? What did I do wrong? Nothing.
Then why'd she have you come in? What did she say I did wrong? Nothing.
But Lu, it's okay if you do.
-What? -If you do something wrong, it's normal.
Did she say I wasn't normal? No.
Wrong choice of words.
She said you were perfect.
Then why'd she have you come in? Lula, I just want to tell you that if there's anything you want to talk to me or your dad about Everything's fine.
I have to get home to finish my homework, okay? Okay.
Thanks.
Swenton check this out.
Hey.
Hey, want some banana bread? Coffee shop next door makes it organic, so I'm not sure what the difference is, I gotta tell you the truth.
So, buddy, I was just curious.
Do you come from a circus family or did you just kind of pick it up on your own? The juggling.
What are you doing on my dating page?! Hey, I was looking for love, and lo and behold, it directed me to your page.
So I just want to know, is it chain saws or bowling balls or? How about you respect other people's privacy now? How about the fact that we match in 28 out of 40 categories? Hey, guys, listen up.
We got two cases drying out.
Rock Star's calming down, we're gonna throw one more into the mix.
So we're taking the girl? The mark's name is Jackie Kemp, -Rag Doll? -Surfer girl.
You don't surf, do you, Darnell? All right, Jackie Kemp, good grades, just graduated, never been in trouble with the law.
And she just tested clean again.
Good girl, good grades.
And no drugs.
So, what's the case? All right, go with me on this, guys.
Her mother says that she's been acting erratically, hasn't been coming home at night.
So, she's a teenager.
It's a rite of passage to treat your mom like shit and raise a little hell.
Mm, consider the source.
Uh, I hear you, all right, but we've tied her to the Carlton Motel, which is not a place good girls hang out, all right? The place had been nearly sterilized.
Almost, except we found some dried blood on the tub and the walls.
Okay, but that doesn't make her an addict.
No, but it puts her in the wrong place where some heavy shit went down, I think.
So that combined with what her mother shared with me, that's it.
I'm going on that.
So what's the caper? The family lives in a trailer park in Mar Vista, so this one's gonna be pro bono, guys.
Oh, great, that means no cash.
Exodus 23:8, "Thou shalt take no gift, for the gift blindeth the wise.
" Good move, man.
Wow, that is beautiful.
You know, we should put a bow on that and give it to my landlord.
All right, Akani, I want you to pull out the wet suits, get to know these girls.
They hang in Dogtown down at the jetty, which is Mid-tide rising break.
Gonna bust out the short board.
When are you just gonna accept it? Swenton, I want you on the beach as well.
Absolutely.
Lifeguard? I mean, bro, I've been killing it on the Bowflex.
Please.
You want to take a ride? Yeah, man.
Who's the friend? Lolly.
She's the bad egg.
Got a record.
Petty stuff, though.
Shoplifting, tagging, curfew violations, that kind of thing.
But I know there's a case here.
All right, listen up, Rag Dolls are on their way to the beach.
Everyone in position? Depends on what position you want.
Akani I'm just saying I'm limber.
Swenton? This is whack, bro.
I'm telling you, I should have been a lifeguard, William.
I got washboard abs.
William, I got washboard abs! You take your shirt off, Swenton, half the beach goes blind.
Yeah? I just went to check on Theo.
-And he's gone.
-Yeah.
Did he take his cell phone or his credit cards? No, all still here.
lmpulse run.
-He was doing so well.
-Yeah, he was.
But don't worry about it.
I know where he scores.
Have Dino bring the van to that alley behind the Pussycat Theater.
-All right.
-What's up? Gotta make a pit stop.
North Dakota.
Yes! Hey, you, me and my guys, this is our territory.
Yeah? Everything from lifeguard station 20, all the way to Venice.
All right, so what, your mother never taught you how to share? I took Normandy, punk.
I will drop your skinny white ass right here.
Come on, guys! Let's go! Akani, we've got jailbait.
Hey, that slipped off the tongue a little too easily.
Just give me the money.
Just take this.
-All right.
-Give me that.
Hey, get the hell out of here.
Take it easy.
Take it easy.
I can't do it! Take it easy.
All right, take it easy.
It's all right.
Look, l-I thought I was ready, but l I can't I cannot picture my life without ever getting high again.
So don't look at it like that.
Well, that's the only way to look at it.
No, it's not.
No, it's not.
Listen to me.
I know what I'm talking about, all right? Bullshit.
You don't know shit.
Right.
I don't know what it's like to, to fire up that spoon, huh? To feel that rig in your hands? What it's like to feel completely invincible for the first three minutes while the drugs hits your veins, I don't know that? You were a junkie? You're good, Theo, you know, you're good.
But good won't prevent you from becoming another rock star cliché.
You want to come back, come back, man.
You want to piss it all away, I'll buy your tribute CD.
What do you want to do? Lolly, did you see these? These posters are everywhere.
We never should have left that room.
We just left her there.
-Calm down! -You calm down.
You don't even know what happened to Paula.
Okay, I'm sure she's fine.
What if the cops start coming around? The cops, Jackie? We know this girl from a few times, all right? They can't tie us to her.
What if somebody saw us? Okay, if somebody saw us, Jack, we would know by now, right? lf she were dead, we'd know by now.
Grab your board.
Whoo! Hey.
Thought you were gonna bite it out there when that wave cut in.
Yeah, well, you thought wrong.
Hey, I'm Jackie.
This is Lolly.
Hey, I'm Echo.
"Echo.
" That's rad.
Not really.
My parents smoked a lot of weed.
-You Cali? -Nah.
Ditch witch from Oahu.
West side, Makaha local.
-No way.
-No way.
Yeah.
Come on, let's go paddle out before the tide kills the waves.
Yo, Lolly.
-Hey, Tim.
-What's up, girl? So what's the deal? You guys still dawn-patrolling it tonight, or what? Yeah, of course.
Hey, Tim, what happened to Paula? She's all good.
Then where is she? She's just resting, girl, don't worry about it.
Geez.
Hey, Lolly, Jackie.
Hey, I'm Echo.
What's up, Echo? I'm Tim.
Saw you ripping it up out there today, not bad.
Better than not bad.
I don't know about that.
Oh, ouch.
So tell me, Tim, where can I get into a little bit of trouble around here? Oh, I'm thinking what kind of trouble you're looking for.
Mm, the kind that's all fun, all night.
I'll let you know when I hear that kind of trouble's available.
-Good.
-Hey, uh, Tim, uh, Jack and I were still up for tonight.
Yeah? Awesome.
Usual spot? Of course.
Echo.
-Yeah? -Nice to meet you.
Why don't you stick around, you won't be disappointed.
Trouble's everywhere you want to find it.
Okay.
Thanks.
He's kind of cool.
Totally cool.
Swenton, I got eyes on Akani.
She's partying with the girls.
I'm on my way.
Yeah? Slick Willie, our girls are on the move.
All right, well, flip the GPS.
They're not taking Jackie's ride; they just jumped into Lolly's.
All right, well, tag them.
And, Darnell -don't get made.
-Right.
Oh, shit.
What now? Thanks.
That's not good.
Oh, thanks.
lt all makes sense, bro, she's using.
That's why she's so moody and irritable.
lt, it totally makes sense.
And l, I always thought it was just me the whole time.
Just another rich girl with too much money and too much time on her hands, bro.
You and l, we're simpatico, brother.
Be strong, we can do this.
Akani, listen to me.
We're family here, all right? And the first step is admitting that you have a problem no matter how ugly it feels.
I had to let them know I was down.
Yeah, no, that's, that's what I was telling William.
Right, buddy? No need to jump to inappropriate conclusions.
-Why'd the girls go? -I'm not sure.
They rolled out after they finished talking to Lifeguard Tim.
And, yes, he's dealing.
All right, so let's do some homework on Lifeguard Tim.
DMV, medical records, military Ecstasy.
Yeah, it's all party drugs out here.
E, GHB, weed, some acid.
-What about Jackie? -Her mom was right.
She wouldn't even touch a beer.
-Lolly? -A mess.
lf you want to nab her, -I get it.
-What else? Yeah, there's some connection between our girls, especially Jackie, and her.
Paula, the girl who disappeared.
Okay, wait a minute, William, let me get this straight.
Okay, right.
Um, the two girls who aren't our clients are either missing or on drugs.
The girl who is our client, but who's not paying us, is clean as a whistle, right? Does that sound about right to you? Because that doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
What, you got a date? Yeah.
Are you jealous? -Happy.
-Really? -Thrilled.
-Well, good for you.
All right, well, so anyways, since Darnell's tagging the girls, and this party's winding down, I'm gonna jump.
Hey, hey, just be reachable in case I need you.
I always am whenever you do.
Wow, she is so overt with you, bro.
Swenton go do your homework on Lifeguard Tim.
Yeah.
Roger that.
You ever go home? Hey, Sylvie.
How are you? Hi.
Hi.
So what'd you think of the funeral? Um I think Mick would've appreciated the soundtrack.
Creedence, Allmans The bagpipes might've been a little over the top.
You think? Hey, I've been going through some of his stuff.
Pack rat.
You both signed it, so maybe you'll know why he kept it.
Wow.
Foul ball, Dodger stadium, Braves.
July 3, 2007.
Fireworks Night.
McCann hit it.
Next pitch, homered.
Boys and their baseball.
Keep it.
Thanks.
So how you doing? I'm doing.
And the boys? They miss their father.
Yeah.
Well, look, if there's anything I know.
Are you okay? Well, I should go.
He loved you, William.
And even you couldn't have saved him.
Take care of yourself.
Hey, sweetheart.
Uh, did we get paid on the Giles case yet? Listen I want to apologize about the Sister.
And here's half the Giles case money.
I'm working on it.
All right, this is for the house.
I need this for the surf shop.
That leaves us with $43.
Hey, I'll put it in our retirement fund.
Sounds good.
Okay, so, babe, look, let's, uh let's try to keep things in perspective regarding Lula, all right? She's fine.
Better than fine.
William, she's trying to be the perfect little girl to keep us together, okay, so we don't split up again.
I mean, we're not exactly the Waltons.
You sleep on a twin bed in the den.
Not my choice.
Look, my fuse is short.
I'm gonna go crash.
Okay, if you don't want me to smother you in your sleep, you'll listen.
Look, I know that Lula is a blessing in comparison to the horrible shit that you see every day.
But we should want more than that -for our daughter.
-Agreed.
So it's up to us to make it okay -when she fails.
-If she fails.
She will.
Go get some sleep.
Yeah? Hey, you up, boss? Yeah.
What's up? Darnell lost the girls.
What? Shit.
For only an hour, then we found them.
Yeah.
They're chilling over in parking lot 21 .
All right, well, head over there and take a peek.
-All right, why? -Because they were off the radar for over an hour.
I'm on my way.
Hey, girl.
Where's Jackie? Uh, bathroom.
Hey, Jackie, hurry up, tide's high.
It's not gonna last.
I'll be right out.
Hey, do you have any board wax I could borrow? Yeah, in my bag.
Oh, thanks.
-Hey.
-Hey.
I'm gonna get my board ready.
See you down there? Yeah.
Shit.
Hello, Kentucky.
Rag Doll's on the move.
I'm on it.
What've you got? Glycerin.
They're using a laxative.
Are you sure? Yeah.
They were walking out of the crapper when I found them.
Damn it.
You think? Jackie's a drug mule.
What was Echo doing there? I don't care.
That bitch annoys me.
You think she knows? About Paula? I don't care.
God Aren't you coming? I got something I got to do.
Lolly, don't.
You really have to slow down.
I've only got one speed, Jackie.
Have fun out there.
Willie, Lolly's on the move.
What do I do? Let her go.
lf they are drug mules, I need confirmation -of the drop.
-Right.
-Yeah? -Confirmed.
The balloons are in a net under the bowl.
All right, we have confirmation.
Should we grab the heroin or the girl? Neither.
Get the hell out of there.
Dealer's probably close by.
Well, big surprise here.
Lifeguard Tim deals the dope, and he runs a mule train.
I think he might've just made Swenton.
I'm gonna go.
Walk away.
No, he just signaled someone in the parking lot.
I need to know who so I can tell Swenton.
Akani, walk away now.
Hey! What were you doing in there? That's a little personal, don't you think? And, you know, if I may say so, kind of skeevy for you to ask me that.
Don't get smart with me, bitch.
lf smart is what I bring to the party, you'd better set the table, bitch.
Ow! God, doesn't anybody on this beach have a sense of humor? You got all the balloons? One short.
He's clean.
All right, let's go.
Hey! Hey, Tim and Bigfoot just shook down Swenton.
Looks like Jackie's next.
God! Wha?! Hold on a second.
Don't go anywhere.
William, they're gonna kill her, man.
They want something.
Her dead ain't gonna get it.
We're short a balloon, Jackie.
I made the drop, I swear.
-Where's Lolly? -I don't know.
That crazy dope whore bitch probably took it.
Where did she go? Look, I want my dope.
Or my 50 Gs for that balloon.
And if she doesn't have either one of those, I'm gonna kill her.
And then I'm gonna kill you, got it? Bitch.
Lifeguard Tim's missing a balloon.
It's got to be Lolly, then.
All right, Darnell, I want you to follow them.
They find Lolly, you have my permission to hurt them.
My pleasure.
Akani, let's drop our cover.
Go bring Jackie in.
'Kay.
Trust me, you'll be fine.
What the hell? You're the guy from the surf shop.
Look, my name is William Banks.
All right? I was hired by your mother to help you.
-Now, where's Lolly? -I don't know.
Dude, let me go.
This is bullshit.
Let me go.
Was she with you? Look, I'm not a cop, all right? So let me help you.
Why does this lifeguard Tim think that there's a balloon missing? Do you have it? All right, this girl in the flyer, she's still missing.
No, they said that she was fine.
I called the cops-- she's not.
Now, did Lolly take that balloon? Well, I didn't see her take it, but -Where is she? -I-I don't know.
There's only two places she goes.
Um, the first one is her grandfather's garage.
It's on the corner of Pico and Sawtelle.
Um, she crashes there.
All right, Swenton, Akani, get on it right now.
Where's the second place? It's five minutes from here.
Let's go.
Show me now.
So, we'd take a surfing trip down to Baja.
We'd swallow a few balloons and drop them off wherever he told us.
lt was easy.
Till something happened to Paula? Yeah.
Well, how much were you two making? Three Gs a drop; four if we carried a few more balloons -Iike we did this last time.
-And Lolly was using? -Yeah, a lot.
-What about you? No, I don't do that shit.
You all right? I need some water.
Wow, Norman Rockwell.
Norman Rock-Really-Well.
Sometimes Lolly would cop from a guy down here.
Yeah? Yeah, we found Lolly.
She doesn't look too happy.
You happy? Screw you.
Dear Diary, not happy.
You try a drug strip? Yeah.
She's clean-- she's looking for a fix, so if she had the balloon, she would've used it by now.
Well, if Lolly doesn't have it, that means that Jackie's still got a balloon full of heroin stuck inside her, and she doesn't know it.
Jackie? Jackie? Jackie! Whoo! Baby! Yeah! Jackie! She was feeling sick earlier.
A balloon must have burst inside her.
-Jackie! -What? All right, look, call 911 , get an ambulance down to Crescent Park in Venice.
Jackie! Jackie! Hey, over here! Jack Attack.
Hey.
-Hey, girl.
-Hi.
Hey.
You were knocked out in that hospital for, like, three days.
You scared the hell out of me.
That makes two of us.
How are you? I'm okay.
Do you believe this shit? Rehab-- I am so over this place.
Hey, once we get out of here, we do one more job and then we bounce, okay? No.
What? I'm done, Lolly.
What? Come on, you made it.
Jack, it's like a big wave that axes you-- you get up, you get on the next one.
These are not waves, Lolly.
-Are you kidding me? -No.
Whatever.
You know, it doesn't have to be the Maldives or Fiji or Costa Rica.
Right.
I'll just keep carving up Dogtown.
I'm stuck here.
ls that for me? Well, it ain't for me.
You know, there's this break up in Ventura.
It's a it's a private beach just north of Smuggler's.
Got this little white gate.
You hop over it-- no one's gonna see you.
Now, when you get in the water, don't be afraid of the rocks.
Just stay close to the point.
You do that, you'll be in for a really beautiful session.
And who knows, maybe one day if, uh, you're out there sometime after dawn, you might recognize an old homie rockin' the long board.
All right.
See you.
-Hi, Mom.
-Hey.
-How you doing? -I'm good.
-Feeling better? -Yeah.
Wha? I'm gonna send you my dry cleaning bill.
-40 bucks.
-I got it as a present, I swear.
Michael Borno leads the National League in stolen bases Just take good care of him.
I hope you got the game on up there, Hal.
I know it doesn't matter.
Let him have a couple of beers with his dog.
Are you okay? Yeah.
What are you doing up? What I always do-- I'm waiting for you.
I can't sleep unless I know you're home safe.
Mm.
Old habits die hard.
You'll break 'em.
I was talking about yours.
Ben get home from football camp all right? Yeah.
Sat in the bath for two hours.
His legs are a color of purple I didn't even know existed.
And Lula? Asleep.
I just hope she's okay.
She will be.
I don't know, William, I just I can't describe it, l-I just have this What, a feeling? A feeling about her? lntuition? Yeah.
I'm gonna go look in on her.
Hi, Dad.
Hey, sweetheart, what are you doing up? It's past 12:00.
Studying.
Oh, well sleep is a heck of a lot more important than studying right now, young lady.
Why? You never sleep.
I'm the role model? That can't be good.
Hey, uh listen.
I want you to know that I'm here, okay? Your mom is here, no matter what.
One of the best ways to learn in life is is by making mistakes.
Does that does that make sense? "Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
" James Joyce said that.
Right.
He-he said it, then-then I said it.
All right, get some rest.
Dad? Yeah? Have you ever heard of the Scripp's -National Spelling Bee? -Of course.
Over a hundred thousand kids try out every year.
Yeah, they do.
But I'm gonna be the one that wins it.