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Took some photos? Mmm-hmm.

These are pretty good, Max.

You ought to do people.

| say | wanna talk about

possibly selling the house, and you pull

a yearlong project into the driveway?

JOEL: Peet might not be exactly who you're picturing. So...

Hi, you must be Julia.

Hey.

Open your eyes!

| don't want you to make the mistakes | made.

Your mom called, like two or three times. She's annoying.

And you don't know rock 'n roll!

Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa! Mister suit man!

| gotta tell the band I'm dropping them.

We're gonna get those songs back.

You want Ashes of Rome to come back here?

Thank you.

Okay. You want heavy or light peanut butter?

Um, you already made my sandwich.

| didn't make... |... How did | make your sandwich? Yeah, you did.

It's right there. Oh, my God. | did make your sandwich.

What an idiot? Okay. Um...

Yesterday you gave me two thermoses. | only need one.

Well, that was intentional, though.

Because I'm really concerned about your hydration.

It's my top priority.

Hey, | can't find his backpack anywhere.

Are you sure you brought it home from school yesterday?

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Honey, | didn't pick him up yesterday. You picked him up.

No, | didn't. I... Yes. You picked him up from school.

Hey, everybody! JASMINE: Hey, Uncle Adam!

Sorry... Sorry, for the intrusion. Oh, no problem. No problem.

Some more hand-me-downs from Nora. JASMINE: Oh, thank you!

Hi, Uncle Adam. Jabbar, what's going on, buddy?

Nothing. Coming in hot!

What a beautiful day. Come on, let's get your shoes.

Yeah, that's a number two | think.

Oh, yeah? Yeah. We gota...

Got a little fresh load there?

We sure do, don't we, honey? Listen to me.

| have got some great news.

We got the rights. (BABY COOING)

Congratulations. To the songs.

What songs?

To the Ashes of Rome songs.

The three songs we already recorded.

The label said we could have them.

You got them to give you those songs? Yes, | did.

What deal did you make?

They don't just give songs away. Woo! | made a sweetheart deal.

That's all you need to know.

You made a sweetheart deal? Yes, | did.

What is the sweetheart deal, tell?

| simply traded the studio time for the songs.

All right. | know! | know. | know, but these are... It was 72 billable hours!

...the first three songs on the first album! They were my hours!

We talked about this. Well, yeah.

| said, "I'm gonna go get the songs," you said, "Okay."

But | didn't really think you would

possibly be able to pull it off. Well, that was your mistake.

You didn't believe in me, but look at me. | got the songs.

Kind of. By... By giving away my labor. Listen, you said...

Listen to me, you said they're good. You pulled it off.

You said that they're good songs and he can sing.

He's a great singer, you're right.

But he is insufferable. And I'm not gonna work with him.

This is a good thing, all right?

So you gotta man up.

| want you to be excited.

The Luncheonette label is alive and well. We're making an album!

| tell you what. | will man up. Okay.

If you man up, all right? Dealmaker?

Deal with that for me. Make a deal.

All right, okay. Make a deal with the "Pamper" on that, okay?

I'll see you at work. All right?

(SCHOOL BELL RINGING)

Max Braverman, Cedar Knoll yearbook. (CAMERA CLICKS)

Wait, Max! | don't have my lip gloss on. We weren't smiling.

It doesn't matter. Photography is about real moments.

Fake smiles are not real moments.

Max Braverman, Cedar Knoll yearbook. (CAMERA CLICKS)

(GIRL SOBBING)

(CAMERA CLICKING)

Is he taking a picture? What are you doing?

What is your problem? Max Braverman, Cedar Knoll yearbook.

Stop it! Get away from me! She's crying!

MAX: So? Don't be a jerk.

I'm capturing moments for the yearbook. Real moments.

Go away! What's wrong with you?

GIRL: Stop, stop. STELLA: Get away from me! Stop it.

Just leave us alone, freak. GIRL: Just go away.

(CAMERA CLICKING)

Hey! Hey, hey. Uh, Mill... Millie, look.

There she is again, she's taking pictures.

CAMILLE: Oh, Zeek! Zeek? ZEEK: Hey! Hey!

She's not bugging anyone! (WHISTLES) Hello!

Oh, hi! What are you doing?

Zeek, she's not bothering anyone. lam so sorry.

Well, she's bothering me.

It's fine. | should have introduced myself.

I'm Karen Fillman, Corning Realty. Camille Braverman.

My husband Zeek. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, Zeek.

You guys, this place iS SO gorgeous.

(CHUCKLES) | was just in the neighborhood

dropping off papers at the Taylors’ place.

Oh, | heard they sold.

They did. 30% over asking.

Five solid offers. I've never seen anything like it.

This place is a gold mine.

Did the Taylors have to do a lot of work

to their house before they put it up on the market?

Because we haven't done anything in so long.

And to tell you the truth, we need a new roof.

Sure, the Taylor's house was modernized.

But it doesn't have the charm that this place has.

This one would sell at top of the market.

A handyman special like this would go in a second.

If you want | could take a look.

| could maybe give you a price range,

get you a better idea of what it's worth. That would be great.

No, I... | don't think so. That would be...

|... What you call this? A handyman special?

I... | didn't mean anything by it, Mr. Braverman.

Yeah, well it's gonna stay a handyman special if | have anything to say about it.

Nice to meet you. See you later.

So, you plunged it, eh? | plunged it like crazy.

Okay. I'm not a plunger.

(CHUCKLES) Is, um, the clog very visible?

No, nothing. Okay.

Totally. Watch your step. Totally clean.

Oh, oh! Oh. Okay. Yeah. Yeah.

You know? Oh. We had this problem in 4E last week.

And this... Oopsie. Wow.

This baby fixed it right up.

So, | think you've come to the right place. Do you need help?

What is that baby? Mmm.

This is a plumbing snake.

Is that for toilets? Yeah.

Okay. And what we're gonna do...

Look at you. ..1s really like, work that clog.

I'd like to offer help, but I'm useless. No, it's okay.

Just give it a real good... (GRUNTING)

CARL: Is that too hard, or...

Just really get in there, | think that's something that moved, so...

Need help? ‘Cause | can't offer any. No.

You should be all set.

(FLUSHING) Ha!

Really? Yeah, all right. (GASPS)

(SIGHS)

Job well done.

No, I, uh, | ordered the Sausalitos but | can cancel them.

So let me just make sure | have this.

Uh, you want me to

move the windows so they're facing south and west?

Okay.

Yep. I'll see you then.

Peet wants more changes? Yeah.

It's part of her creative process. (LAUGHS)

That's very nice of you to call it that.

| mean, | can do the work, but it's just

how many times is she gonna change her mind?

Well, until you put your foot down, babe.

Okay, honey, she's an architect.

It's not like | can tell her to stop having ideas.

Okay, but you can bill for the extra hours.

The bid is the bid.

Am | not allowed to talk to you about this?

No, sorry. I'm just... I'm pissed.

Okay, well, I'm not gonna get in the middle of it.

But you agreed to a job, and that job is changing.

So, people like her will take advantage of you,

| know, I've been there. Okay. Well,

the second | realize she's taking advantage of me,

| will tell her.

Good. Good.

It's really good to have boundaries, you know?

From the outset. Mmm-hmm.

| mean, we didn't send a fax at the firm without charging.

Yeah, this is not the firm.

This is a totally different thing. (SIGHS)

All I'm saying is you don't want to end up in a situation

where you're completely behind,

or you've completely eaten into your profits

and you have a family to think of.

No, you're right. I'll talk to her.

Okay.

You can frame it as a conversation about

your "Creative process together,"

and she'll never even know you're talking

about boundaries. (CELL PHONE RINGING)

Uh, Are you kidding? (SIGHS)

Peet again? Your sister.

Hey, Sarah. Uh...

Yeah. Okay.

Um... No, you can't snake it through the, uh, the toilet bowl.

You have to use the outside line.

Oh, you did. Okay.

Uh... I'll take care of it.

You got it.

How do | set boundaries with your sister?

Her you just help.

We know that this has been a rough week for you guys.

Yeah, | quit my cush graphics job to record this album.

Look, screw the label, man.

They talk a sweet game, strutting out their pimp

"A" and "R" guy with some rock credential credit from 1940, all like,

"| discovered the bass player from Minor Threat,

"so | Know what rock 'n' roll is."

| think Minor Threat is 1980, but, yeah...

Uh, let's not quibble over details. It's a valid point.

Look, whatever, man. It's all part of the same

Katy Perry sausage factory.

CROSBY: Mmm-hmm. And | just don't wanna be a creative

hostage anymore. Okay?

| get that. And we don't want you to be

a creative hostage either.

And that's why we want to produce

your record, okay?

And we want your creativity to just flow freely.

Just free flow. Right?

Gates wide-open, full deluge of creativity. Would you please?

Viva creativity.

It's awesome, you flipped a bunch of switches back in the day...

Hmm. ...obut this is a record

and you gotta produce it.

You're producing my record. Right.

What about the songs we already recorded?

Ooh, you're gonna like this.

Tell 'em about the sweetheart deal you brokered.

| made a deal with your former label,

in exchange for the amount that they owed for the recording time...

1.E., my labor. We have the songs. We own the songs.

And that was a big payday for us,

and | think that speaks to how much we believe in you guys.

| don't know. Sounds good to me, man.

Does it? Yeah.

(WHISPERING) Yeah...

Why should we take a chance on you guys?

We're taking a chance on you.

All right, whatever. | just wanna make music.

Great, let's make a great album! We have a deal?

Yep. Whatever. ZACK: Let's do it.

OLIVER: Let's go. All right.

You gotta... You got a nice firm whatever.

Sounds like a... Crosby, could you... Would you please?

No, this is gonna be great. Let's get crackin’!

Yeah. This feels momentous. Come on, let's make this album.

Oh, God. lam so, so sorry, Mr. Carlson.

Look, sometimes emotions are so hard for Max to read,

you have to understand that.

You know, he's come such a long way, but | will... Mmm-hmm.

| will sit down with him tonight

and | will explain to him why it was so inappropriate to take that photo.

| promise you, this will never happen again. It won't. It just won't.

The girl was crying, Mrs. Braverman... | get it.

...and she asked Max to stop taking pictures... God.

...and he wouldn't.

So now the girl's parents are freaking out at me,

‘cause apparently the family dog died that morning.

So, they have a dog. Oh, we have a dog, Otis.

Right. We rescued it. If it died, it would be...

You know what? Maybe what | can do is call the parents.

And sometimes, all you need is a little communication

and just... It'll smooth everything over.

And it'll be fine. Not necessary.

It's all cleared up. You'll see. It'll be fine.

Good. But | wanna move Max to layout.

Well, layout's where you move pictures around, isn't it?

No, no, no. Where you just sort of put ‘em on paper?

Design is a huge part of the yearbook.

Right, | get it. But see, Max is a photographer. Like, he's...

He's loving this so much. Mmm-hmm.

And it's so good for him.

And | get that you wanna do what's best for your kid.

But there's 27 of them in here,

who wanna make this the best yearbook ever.

And yearbook is about best hair,

and cutest couple. Mmm-hmm.

| remember. It was... | get... Yeah, yeah, great.

Max doesn't really get that.

Okay? We sent him last week to get photos

for the, uh, girls Varsity game. Mmm-hmm.

And he stepped on to the court,

with the clock still running.

(SIGHS)

| didn't know this. | wish somebody would've... No big deal.

He can always take pictures.

Just not for the yearbook.

(SIGHS)

Mrs. Braverman, hey. (CHUCKLES)

It's Sarah. Hey. Oh.

Come in.

(DOOR CLOSES)

Can | get you anything to drink?

No, let's just jump right in.

Okay. Um...

When Amber and | had our thing, it's...

I'm concerned about

it just being a rush, and you know,

she hasn't spoken to me in a couple of days. Whoa, whoa, whoa.

No, sorry. Stop, stop, stop. No, l... It's not personal to you.

No, | think that we're...

We're talking maybe about different things.

| was... | was talking about the toilet. Like, isn't there a...

There's a busted toilet here, right?

Oh.

Right.

Forget everything | just said. Yeah, no. | guess | need to...

No, you don't need to anything. ...talk to Amber.

No, no, no, no. Please, l...

Where's the toilet? Is it... It would be better if you didn't...

Upstairs. Yeah, yeah.

(DOOR OPENING)

Ten fingers of rum to my head

Get down with the pantheon

Pour glitter all over my bed

Oh, no. Stop, stop, stop. (MUSIC STOPS)

Let's do, um...

It just... It needs more lute. Really... More lute?

| just want it to almost drown out the Marvin Gaye sample.

Just almost. You wanna also put in a Marvin Gaye sample?

No, we're just gonna keep on layering and layering.

| want it to be like,

a splish of Kanye West, a splash of Daft Punk.

With that little sprinkle of T Rex on that.

But still us. Well,

those are a little bit

conflicting ingredients.

But, yeah. | mean, maybe it'll...

| just want this to sound like

nothing anyone's ever heard before.

We are accomplishing that, | can promise you that.

Thanks, man. How's it going?

(SING-SONG VOICE) Magic time. Yeah, making the magic? All right!

Yes, sir. Doing all right?

We are gonna take another stab at Hear Me Now.

Hear Me Now? Is what's where...

Yeah, that's what we're fixin' to do now.

We already recorded that.

That's one of the three songs we already have recorded.

That's right, but apparently, according to the artist,

it had a startling lack of lute and Marvin Gaye.

That's what was broke about it. Just tell him no.

| can't tell him no. Because the new marching... Listen, we gotta hustle here.

...orders here are, their vision is Our vision.

Oh, | see. So, this is my fault? So, if they want more lute

and Marvin Gaye then by God, their... Their vision...

Their vision within reason. Okay?

Time is money. Be a producer. Hey, I'm... (STUTTERING)

I'm aware of the new paradigm which you created

and its financial consequences. Oh, you are.

So I'm doing | can. Okay, so let's keep it moving.

Let's just keep it moving. I'm gonna keep it moving. All right.

OLIVER: The lute is ready!

HANK: Nice. (CHUCKLES)

Yeah, | used the 2.8 lens,

which seems to have really enhanced the natural light coming in from the window.

Yeah, it really kinda captures the agony of high school.

(DOOR OPENING)

| remember there was always somebody crying about some stuff.

Hey. Hi, guys. Oh, hey. Look who's here.

I still have 17 minutes left.

Yeah, well. Take it up with the boss. All right?

Hey, bud. Look at this one. This is my best one yet.

This is beautiful, honey.

Hank says it really captures the agony of high school.

| think it's gonna be the cover of the yearbook.

You know, buddy, that's why I'm here a little bit early.

l, um... | just spoke with Mr. Carlson,

and this girl and her parents are really, really upset

that you took this photo.

Why? It's a great picture.

| know it's a beautiful picture,

but, | mean, look at how she's feeling in this photo.

How do you think she feels right now here?

Sad. Sad, right.

And sometimes when people feel sad,

you know, they wanna keep those emotions private.

And to themselves. Yeah, then why was she doing it in public?

Right, right. She was doing it in the middle of the hallway.

Sometimes when people express their emotions in public,

it doesn't mean that you're allowed to take their photos.

| mean, you have to ask permission, | think.

Why? Hank says photography is all about

trying to capture real moments.

| stand by that. Right, and that's a real moment.

Certain places and certain times are for real moments.

But this was not one of them.

That's one of those times, like that...

Right there, in that photo. That's...

That's one of those times.

You can't get more real than that moment. That's a good moment.

Buddy, can you, uh, wait in the car for me?

Just for... No, | still have 15 minutes left.

Yeah. | had 17 minutes but then you wasted two of them.

You know what, Mad Max? We gotta finish up that picture in the darkroom.

What, you wanna get that? If that's okay. Okay.

Yeah, it's fine.

I'll be there in a couple minutes.

| call him "Mad Max." | Know.

| think he likes it. | can't tell.

Listen, Hank, I, um...

I'm so thankful for you, for what you're doing for Max.

But you know, I'd...

That photo, it's not a joke.

Like, it's gotten him... He's in so much trouble for that and...

That's a good photo. He's been demoted,

you know, to layout.

Layout. What do you mean? No. Layout.

What's he gonna do in layout? What are... What are they doing?

| don't know, | guess, Photoshop.

Right, that's a good thing for... Ah, that's photo...

That's a joke, Photoshop.

Come on. You don't use...

Photoshop sucks, okay? Everybody does it but it's not photography.

Photography's in the darkroom making photos like this one.

(SIGHS) Look at this. This is good.

| mean, it's... It's really good.

| mean, subject matter aside,

which is a Knockout, it's got composition,

it's got depth, great use of light.

That kid is a photographer.

He should be taking pictures.

He shouldn't be on layout.

So, can we get that leveled by, um, next Thursday?

Uh, all this?

Yeah. Great. Yeah. Yeah.

| really wanna get started on the foundation.

What are those? Uh, that's the windows.

Right. Hold a beat on them.

They're the... The windows

you called me about this morning. Mmm-hmm.

No, | know. Facing west and south...

It's just, there's a better way to integrate

the light and the privacy here.

So, | just wanna take one more look before we set that in stone.

Okay. Um...

You know, I'd love to have a conversation at some point

about our creative process together.

Sure. You wanna talk about boundaries?

Uh...

Uh, no.

Just... Yeah.

Yeah. (CHUCKLES) Let's have dinner.

Tonight.

No, not tonight.

Um... Tomorrow.

Yeah, great.

We'll get dinner and a martini.

| always think a boundary conversation

goes down much better with a martini.

(LAUGHS) Right. Or two. (CHUCKLES)

AMBER: Hi! Hey.

You're home so late.

| had a really uncomfortable conversation with your mom today.

Uh, when... When did you talk to her?

Joel sent me over there to fix a toilet.

She... It doesn't matter. What...

What's going on there?

What did she say to you?

She... She said that...

| guess she said something about the wedding, or me or...

(SIGHS) And now you guys aren't talking to each other.

| feel like you should've mentioned that.

Honestly, it was not that big of a deal.

Okay? That's... Well, it's big enough of a deal that she

apologized to me while | stood there like an idiot

having no idea what she was talking about.

Okay, I... | just don't get why you're avoid...

Why you didn't wanna tell me? It's like you don't trust me or something.

What? Ryan, what?

It has nothing to do with trust.

Then just tell me.

Okay, what do you want to know? | have no idea.

You know how she is. What...

She says stuff and makes a big deal out of things that aren't...

Like what? She was projecting

issues that she has and her own fears

and insecurities about her situation.

What situation? Her marriage, uh, you know, onto mine.

And it was really unfair and stupid. Like your dad stuff?

Like stuff, like she's comparing me to your dad or something?

No. She was making a big deal about...

About the family thing.

About the fact that your family's not gonna be there.

And then... | don't get why she's so obsessed with that.

| don't either, | don't know why you're upset with me.

I'm on your side about this. Okay, okay, okay. I'm sorry.

This is why | didn't wanna bring it up... All right.

...because it doesn't matter. No, no, no. I'm not mad at you.

I'm just trying to figure out what's going on.

Sorry, | just feel like... It's okay. | just...

If there's a case against me, | feel like | have...

I'm entitled to know what it is.

No, it's... She just...

This is what she does. She just...

It's like she, like, holds on to things

and, and then spews them back at me all at once. Mmm-hmm.

You know... Well, what things?

| don't know. What do you mean?

| don't know. Well, you just made... You said things.

You said things that she's saying.

She keeps bringing stuff up. what's... You know,

bringing up things from our past that aren't relevant anymore.

Like what? Our problems last year.

Just like... What problems?

What problems? (SIGHS)

Well, what did you tell her?

You know, with the car and all that stuff.

What? Ryan, she saw the car.

| was going to their house for Christmas.

| mean... Does she know... Does she know about

the fight at the funeral?

| don't know what you want me to Say.

(STAMMERING) At the time...

But that... That doesn't matter.

(SIGHS) It matters to me.

Hey! Oh.

(CHUCKLES) What happened?

| had to...

...pull out a section of the wall

to be able to get to the busted pipe.

Oh, no!

That looks like a lot of work.

How long is it gonna take you, do you think?

(SIGHS) Well, | have to put the drywall back up and...

Right. Okay. ...toilet back in.

Uh, | brought you some coffee.

Oh, no, thank you. Thanks. Oh. Okay.

So, um... I'm gonna have to move that in a sec.

Oh, uh, don't... I'll get it.

Uh, so, a lot of products, huh?

Um, what caused it, could you tell?

Prophylactics.

What? What do you mean? Like flushing.

Yeah. Flushing them?

Ew! Sorry. Mrs. Braverman?

Yeah. It's pretty tight in here.

I'm just trying to... Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Will you please call me Sarah?

Right. Please?

Sorry to bother you, | just trying to figure... Oh, no, don't be sorry.

...out a timeline to tell my tenant.

Yeah, it's gonna get a lot worse before it gets better.

Right.

Hello. ZEEK: Hi!

Hey, partner! Come on over! (CHUCKLING)

You didn't start without me, did you, Grandpa?

Heck, no, I'm not gonna do anything without you.

This is our project.

He's been looking forward to this all day.

Well, he's not the only one.

Good. (LAUGHING)

Okay. Here you go. All right.

There's, uh, the manual. Okay.

You start and we'll see what we can come up with here.

Okay. "Replace..." Good.

"...the...

"..car-bor-a-tor."

Carburetor.

VICTOR: "Replace the carburetor."

That's it! Okay.

Oh, God, | love that car.

That car is the best thing to happen. Well, | don't.

| hate the damn thing.

What? Mom.

(SIGHS) Nothing. Yeah, nobody cares what | think. Mom!

What's going on?

He's just completely shut me out.

Dad has?

Yeah, Dad.

Well, you can talk to me about it.

All | asked him to do was to have a look at a condo with me,

just look, so we could

discuss the possibility of what our Act Three might look like.

Mmm-hmm.

And he goes and he buys that piece of junk to shut me up.

That's not our Act Three.

It's his Act Three.

So you wanna sell the house?

No. Well... | don't know.

Maybe. You know, the Taylors got a lot of money for their house.

Yeah. They got over asking price.

Mmm-hmm. This is a better house.

Yeah. It's a bigger house.

It's too big a house.

You Know, it's a lot of upkeep.

It's a lot of house for two people.

You kids are all grown and gone.

We could do a lot of things that...

That | haven't done.

There's lots of things | wanna do

and | wanna do them while I'm still young enough to enjoy doing them.

Do you know I've never been out of the country?

Mom, | had no idea you were thinking about all this stuff.

(CHUCKLES) Why would it even occur to you?

Joel, he'd never shut you out.

Listen, um...

Don't mention this to the others, okay?

Everyone is so emotional about this house. Yeah.

No, | won't. | didn't even mean to burden you with it.

It's fine. Mom, I'm really glad that you did. | am.

It's just a lot of years, Julia.

It's a whole lot of years with your dad.

Somewhere along the way I...

| lost my voice in the relationship.

| don't know how to get it back.

PEET: Incorporating the outdoors, edible gardens and...

And sliding glass doors. Yeah.

Its natural flow between the inside and outside. Right. Raw materials

and that warm color that you so often... Yeah, yeah. Yeah.

Thank you, yeah.

It's the house that you wish you grew up in, but didn't.

Yeah.

Yeah, it's that house. Yeah.

Huh. You're gonna make me raise my game, Joel.

(CHUCKLES) Well, | haven't even built anything for you yet.

Not yet. But you didn't come here to discuss design.

You wanted to talk about boundaries. Yes.

Uh... Fire away.

Thank you. Um... | just thought I'd...

It'd be good to get out of the way before we get into a situation where...

You Know, uh, we're behind or we're eating into the profits of my team

and, I've just heard horror stories from my wife,

who watched all these young companies,

um, make... So, is this your wife talking?

No. Sorry.

No. No, that's okay. (CHUCKLES) No filter. None.

No, uh, but we're a team.

My wife and I. Mmm-hmm. | get it.

Well, look, I've never been married, not in any traditional sense.

But, um, in this marriage, the one that you and | are in,

this is about the long haul.

This is about, you know, uh... Mmm-hmm.

Putting the sweat equity in now,

and never going back to the client and asking for more money,

and coming in under budget.

And making beautiful homes.

The homes that you wished you grew up in, but you didn't.

All right. And then doing it again,

and again, and again.

And making freaking loads of money. (BOTH LAUGHING)

Well, you sold me! | did! That works?

Yeah, that sounds... That sounds pretty good.

Good. Well, I'm glad we talked. Yeah.

Yeah. Me too.

Let's get another round of martinis.

Come on, let's do it. Yeah.

Cheers. Here's to that. Here's to that.

(OLIVER SINGING) (ADAM LAUGHING)

ADAM: All right, okay.

| mean, that's... This is it, right? That's good.

It's been the same for two days.

(BLOWS RASPBERRIES) That was terrible.

Let's... Let's do that one more time.

You know what, we got it. With all those takes, we got it. We're done.

Solid gold. | mean, boom.

Excellent.

Boom, we're doing it again, how about that?

Let's do... Let's do it one more time. It's your vision.

One more time. Just one more.

One more time. Jesus.

OLIVER: You're so easy to work with! (CELL PHONE VIBRATES)

ADAM: Okay. Okay, just one more.

Just trying to get outta... Gotta get out of here.

CROSBY: "Out of diapers. When are you coming home?"

Okay, you know what? No, we're not.

Hey, guys, | think everyone's pretty exhausted,

so let's just go home for the night.

Come back rested in the morning, give it another shot, okay?

Okay, we gotta finish this one song tonight.

Hey, I'm not going home with a piece of crap take like that.

You guys stay. I'm out. I'm done. ADAM: Crosby?

You can't... You can't leave. I'm done. I'm done!

You can't leave until... lam going to get diapers for my daughter.

Okay, sit down, you can't leave. What are you talking about?

Crosby! What?

Look, we need to finish this. You can't leave

until we finish this song. His label dropped him for a reason.

He has some crazy pseudo artistic fantasy

of how this aloum is gonna turn out. It's going to suck.

Okay, well we can't let it suck. Okay? You gotta make it good!

What do you want me to do? Sprinkle my magic fairy dust on it?

Well, | wish you would, okay? I'm not a psychologist.

You wanted this! (INAUDIBLE)

| would have never tried to take it to the next level

with a brand new baby at home.

I've got a lot going on and | can't be here...

I'm sorry you've got a baby!

...with this idiot for the rest of my life, okay?

Hey, take a breath. There is never a right time, okay?

You think it was easy for me? What?

You think it was easy for you? When you came to me with

the idea for the Luncheonette and Kristina was pregnant.

Oh, when | came to you with the great idea for the Luncheonette.

I'm leaving. Here's the deal.

You can't leave until we finish this song.

| can't leave? No, you can't.

You can't leave, Crosby. Whoa, that opened.

What is this? Huh.

Crosby. | wonder if...

Oh, wow. | can leave! Crosby.

Oh, that's right, because I'm an adult.

ADAM: Don't you go down those stairs. Don't...

Don't you leave this studio!

Crosby, | swear to God!

Crosby, I...

| hope that was a beer run.

‘Cause we're not stopping, right?

Just take five.

Just taking five.

Taking five.

A purple dragon or a blue car.

Pretty cool cakes.

What? (LAUGHING) What's up, dude?

What are you doing here? What are you doing?

I'm... What are you doing with the... Diapers, man.

Right, good call. You buying a cake?

Look at you, Dad. lam, I'm...

Well, | was walking by here...

You know, | walk by all the time,

but | never really looked at the cakes.

How decorative they are.

Look at this. It's like a whole volcano.

Yeah. You feeling good?

Yeah! Yeah! Nice?

Well, I'm drunk.

Oh, you are? | could've never...

It doesn't... It's imperceptible.

Oh, good. Yeah.

Where's Julia? She... She's at home.

| was at dinner

at, um, the place across the street.

Henrick's? That's the one.

That way.

Wherever. That place, Henrick's. Yeah, yeah.

And how you getting home? | was gonna...

Well... The plan was to stop being inebe...

Inebriated. (LAUGHS) Uh-huh.

Once | was done being tipsy | was gonna get in the car, but...

All right, I'll drive you home.

(MUSIC PLAYING) My name is Joel. I'm gonna eat you.

You ready? Look at this. CROSBY: Don't... Don't mess up your shirt.

Watch your collar there.

Mmm. Ah! You're gonna get busted.

Mmm. You know,

it's about choices.

Life is a series of choices.

Now, | can choose to do a little heavy lifting now

and | can put our business at the next level.

You know?

Mmm. That just seems like...

Is that good? Oh, so good.

It is? Can | try it? It's surprisingly excellent.

Yes. Just don't mess with my road right here.

This is all mine. These race courses.

See, how good is that? Ah! Joel, it's terrible.

That's bad cake. You're dru...

Hey, listen to me. You're drunk.

That's not good cake. Really?

Don't eat it. It's starting to make me feel bad.

All right, | gotta go. | gotta get these diapers back to Jasmine.

(SIGHS) She's gonna kill me, okay?

Julia's gonna kill me.

How'd we get here?

(LAUGHS) No, | mean with, you know...

Yeah, no, with, you know having kids and you know

businesses on the precipice of something.

Ah.

Oy, oy, oy. | don't know. Yeah.

Mmm. (TURNS UP STEREO VOLUME)

Oh, this is one of my favorites.

That's a song right there.

Ah, man.

What a song! Listen to how simple that is.

Yeah! It's huge.

It's just... Wow.

Yeah, that's rock n' roll right there.

Mmm-hmm. Mmm-hmm.

Ooh, ooh, ooh. | feel my temperature rising

CARL: Is it okay if | use your loofah? No.

(DOOR OPENING)

“ Uh-oh.

| don't need to loofah, | have... | have very soft skin.

I... Yeah.

Uh, are you sure this kid knows what he's doing?

Who?

The guy fixing the toilet or.. Ryan?

He does. Yes, he does. Absolutely.

Very much so...

‘Cause, you know, | have a plumber buddy who would

probably cut you a deal.

That's okay, thank you.

Unless you just love having me in your shower? | can stay.

| can't wait till you get your water turned back on.

Okay.

Um, so, you could just call him, | guess. Who?

The guy. Uh... Uh... No, no, no, no. | can't fire Ryan.

Why? Are you... Oh, you and Ryan? Are you hitting that?

What? No?

He's my daughter's fiancé.

Oh. Sorry, okay. What do you have to say about that?

Enough said. Let's hear it.

No, no. | get it. That's totally understandable.

Yeah, right, family. You don't mess with family.

‘Cause it's family and family comes first

and | apologize. | didn't know.

Enough said. Yeah. Done.

And, the good news here.

The lesson that we've gotten is you now know

you can't snake a toilet bowl.

And you know you can't flush your condoms.

Mr. Radford, thank you so much

for taking the time to meet with us.

Um, after | left Mr. Carlson

| spoke with a family friend.

Um, he's a photographer,

great photographer, Hank Rizzoli, you may have heard of him?

Mmm-mmm. Really, really well-known in Berkeley.

He's like the Annie Leibovitz of Berkeley.

He's amazing. Wonderful person, too.

He really believes that Max

has talent as a photographer... Mmm.

...and he should be taking pictures of the yearbook, for the yearbook.

Okay. | thought | made it clear that this wasn't about talent, Mrs. Braverman.

You made it clear. But you know,

| sat down with my husband, we talked to Max,

so this won't happen again.

The decision's been made.

| Know the decision's been made.

Mr. Radford, could you maybe

talk to Mr. Carlson about last year

and how great Max was

with President of Student Council, how much he thrived

and how well he did.

And you know, we had some speed bumps here and there,

but in the end,

he did phenomenal.

Yeah. He did do well. Yeah. Hmm.

And I'm happy that Max had that experience.

But | gotta be honest with you,

it was really tough on the rest of the Student Council.

Why do you Say that? | don't even...

| mean, | think the reason that it worked out at all,

the only reason that it worked out at all,

was because Max was in charge.

But | still had to put out a lot of fires.

Like what? Nobody told me any of this.

| was glad to try to make it work,

because | thought it was gonna be good for Max.

But this time, I've gotta agree with Mr. Carlson.

We can't have him doing photography for the yearbook.

It's just not fair to the other kids.

Crosby just happened to be there?

Yeah. He was picking up diapers.

How much had you had to drink? Not too much.

Just, uh... | was, you know... Yeah.

...trying to be safe.

So... That's smart.

Mmm-hmm. Okay, so if you hadn't

been drinking so much,

then, um, may | ask the story behind this?

Uh, that is a cake.

It's, uh...

Looked so much better last night. Mmm-hmm.

That cake. But it was, uh,

something | was buying for the, uh...

| was, uh, drunk.

Yeah. | was drunk.

Yeah.

And I'm gonna choose to

not be upset about the fact that

you were out very late

drunk with Peet,

and just lied to me about it.

Unless you tell me that | should be upset about it.

You should not be upset.

Good, then I'm not.

Good.

Okay. So, how'd it go?

Good. Good, actually. You know, um...

I'm really glad you told me to talk to her about it.

That's awesome. Yeah.

It's so important to nip these things in the bud. It is, yeah.

So you're gonna be billing for the extra hours?

Uh, we agreed to,

you know, put the time in now, for the long haul.

"For the long haul"? Is that what she's saying to you?

That's what we agreed to.

That's what she said to you.

That's what we talked about.

But she said that because... She and I, my business...

... she's not the one paying your guys.

She's not. She's the one... She's not the one...

...employing all of us. ...taking the hit on this.

She is taking advantage of you.

She's taking advantage of me? Yes! | don't know.

Do you realize how big an opportunity this is for me?

Do you understand?

Yeah, but you're setting a precedent here.

And I'm saying... I'm setting a precedent so that | can continue working

with this woman for years to come.

And she's gonna respect you for standing your ground.

One of the most successful architects.

Step off!

| Know what I'm doing.

This is my business.

This is not you. This is me.

(DOOR OPENING)

Hey. Follow me. Hey. Can we talk for...

| need your help. All right.

Hey. It's something like that.

Guys.

Could you come over here for a second?

What are we doing? Listen to me.

Right here. Meet the Beatles.

You see this? Nirvana, Bleach.

Nebraska, Springsteen.

Elvis.

All these were breakout albums, recorded on a shoestring budget.

The title track on this one? Four dollars.

Recorded for four dollars.

Bleach? The whole album, 600 bucks.

Springsteen made Nebraska on a four-track in his bedroom.

Is that right? Yeah.

These albums didn't have any money.

They were all stripped down and raw.

They weren't hiding behind any fancy production.

They had something to say,

they said it, and people listened.

So here's what we're gonna do.

We're getting rid of the lute,

we're getting rid of the samples,

and all the layers,

and we're gonna record you guys down and dirty.

Because you have the goods.

You're actually a great band.

You have great songs.

Oliver, as annoying as you are,

you can sing, man.

So just sing,

and leave the rest to us.

Okay, cool.

Okay?

Okay.

Okay.

Okay!

Hey. JULIA: Hello.

How'd it go, my man?

Good. Can we just stay a little longer?

I'm not finished cleaning the parts.

JULIA: Hmm. Yeah, we're not quite finished doing...

Good.

Right, okay.

Uh, | tell you what, Victor, why don't you go wash your hands,

and, uh, we'll tackle this another time.

All right? Thanks. Great job. Okay.

Thank you.

Man, | am telling you, this, uh,

this whole car idea? | mean, it was...

| should have five of these.

(CHUCKLES INCREDULOUSLY)

Yeah. Yeah.

How does Mom like it?

Your mom? She loves it. Why?

Well,

she told me about the house,

and about that condo

that she wanted you to see.

You wouldn't even talk to her about it, she said.

Huh.

Well, uh...

You know, | gotta tell you, that's between your mother and I.

And, uh, | appreciate your asking, sweetheart,

but really, you're kind of intruding.

She has the right to talk to you about whatever she wants to talk to you about.

She has a voice in this, you know.

Look, |am so grateful for this car.

This has been so good for Victor.

But you have to talk to Mom.

And you have to listen to her.

Because she's your wife...

Oh, hey. ...and because she has a right to weigh in on...

On decisions that affect both of your lives.

You know? Okay, okay. Are you okay here?

(VOICE CRACKING) It's fine.

Sorry.

| just had to say something.

(CHUCKLING)

Can | talk to you fora sec?

Hmm.

So, um,

| talked to your yearbook advisor

and your principal,

and they have decided to move you

to layout on the yearbook.

| don't know if | can do both the layout and take the pictures

at the same time. | don't know.

| don't think I'll have time to do that.

‘Cause | already have Hank and I'm doing Math Warriors three times a week.

Right. Well, you won't be taking pictures anymore.

What do you mean? They just want you to do layout

and learn Photoshop.

No, no. But I'm the best photographer.

You are. You are the best photographer. Yeah.

But there are other kids at the school,

and they have to hear... No, that's totally unjust.

(SIGHS)

| mean, why wouldn't the best photographer be allowed to take pictures?

You'll still be able to take pictures, okay?

You'll still be able to work with Hank.

Hank doesn't have a yearbook. And with him...

| know he doesn't, but this is what the school has decided.

They think that it's best. No, but it's stupid and it's not fair.

Mom, answer me. Do you think that it's fair?

No, | don't think that it's fair.

Right, you don't think... However...

No, if you don't think that it's fair, then why should we listen?

Max, however, listen to me.

This is what they've decided.

Sometimes, in life... If it's not fair.

Things aren't fair, okay?

And as you get older, you have to deal with that.

Okay? | think that this... This sucks for you.

| think it's awful. But we can't change everything.

We have to abide by what they're saying. It's... No, it's stupid.

Why should it be like this?

I'm really mad about this.

You know what? I'm really mad about this too.

I'm so mad about this.

So we're just gonna sit here and we're gonna be mad together.

We're just gonna sit here and be mad together.

(SIGHS)

Can't remember when we last

Took the time to see a sunset

Mrs. Braverman.

(CHUCKLES) Ryan. Yeah.

Hi. Come on in.

Uh, you have just a sec?

Of course. Come on in.

No, I'm okay. | just...

Um...

My dad died when | was 11,

and my, uh, mom remarried

half a year later to a guy from work,

who was okay to her. But...

But thought corporal punishment

was the best way to handle a wild kid

who was pissed as hell about losing his dad.

Oh, Ryan. I'm so sorry. l... SO...

No, no, no, no. | don't... | don't need pity.

I'm just... I'm just telling you the reason

why | left home as quick as | did and never looked back. Never will.

Ryan, you don't have to give me an explanation.

| don't need that. No, no, | wanna give you the answers

to the questions you keep asking. So...

Not everybody has a family like yours.

And, uh,

| Know that | messed up. | Know that | did some things

last time | got back that scared you, and they should have,

it's your daughter.

But | love her. (CHUCKLES)

| love her so much.

And I'm working so hard to get better.

And | wanna be worthy of your family.

| wanna be worthy of her.

And | know you think that we're rushing

and we're going into this too fast.

But | gotta tell you, you grow up real fast on your own.

You grow up fast in the military.

|! Know what | want,

and | want us to start our lives together.

(SOFTLY) Okay.

Thanks.

Okay.

Oh, and, uh, Sarah.

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY) It's fixed.

Thanks.

The toilet.

(WHISPERS) Okay.