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It gives you the power to do things

you would never have the courage to do otherwise.

It inspires you to make yourself vulnerable

put your heart on the line.

To give more than you can give.

To speak heartfelt sentiments

you thought only existed in old books and flowery poetry.

And it can make you forget everything

except love itself.

That one thing that makes life worth living

the object of your affection.

[exhales]

What´s wrong?

- You hated it, didn´t you? - No.

Not at all. It was..

Bad? Really bad? I knew it.

Don´t be crazy. It was great.

It was.. I mean, in the middle, you were really rolling there.

- Kind of Tom Waits-y, right? - What, you got that?

How could I not?

Oh God. You´re dying, aren´t you?

- You´re really embarrassed. - It´s amazing. I love it.

And the band´s gonna freak out over it.

You wanna show it to the band?

Well, obviously.

Come here, you.

[instrumental music]

Can I help you?

Oh, hi. Um..

You from the church?

No, I think I have the wrong place.

I´m sorry to bother you.

Inspired by love, we can move mountains

make great changes, do great things

but we can also become so blinded by it

that we forget everything, everyone

even ourselves.

[theme music]

- We do own spoons, Bright. - Oh, it´s faster this way.

Don´t wanna be late for my first day back to school.

Don´t forget you´re going to the market for me later.

´I need a few things for your father´s birthday dinner.´

Are we still doing that?

Of course we are. Why wouldn´t we?

Oh, you slept late. I was starting to worry.

Just tired, that´s all.

Why on earth do we need two dozen eggs?

Go, Harold. It´s your birthday.

- Go, Harold. - That´s enough of that.

You needn´t go through the trouble.

A celebration seems somewhat gratuitous

everything considered.

You gotta whoop it up, Dad. You only turn 45 once.

Yes. And last year, when I turned 45, I whooped it up.

It´s just a small party, Harold. Nothing extravagant.

It´s something to look forward to.

Up to you.

You can do better than that.

Senor Brown.

[speaking Spanish]

Whatever. It was a stupid assignment.

Who could write four pages on the tortilla

and its influence on Mayan culture?

We´ll get to make it up in summer escuela.

No worries. This is totally fixable.

Wow, can you cry on command too?

Look, we´re really--

En espanol, Senor Brown.

Um..

[speaking Spanish]

You just said we´re very pregnant.

Well, I´ll let you fix this.

I´ll let you do an extra credit project.

Great. What do we do?

A time-line history on the pinata?

I´d like for you to prepare an authentic Mexican meal

for the entire class.

Translate the recipes into Spanish

and bring it all in by Monday.

Perfect.

- Hope you know how to cook. - As well as I speak Spanish.

- I can cook. - No. You cooked last time.

You´re not warming up to my meatless meals.

The plus side is there´s never any worry about food poisoning.

Oh, maybe we could just go see a movie.

What do you think, Nina? Anything worth seeing lately?

I´m probably not the best person to ask.

The last movie I saw in a theater starred Molly Ringwald.

Fair enough. What about you, Harold?

You know of any good fests this weekend?

[sighs] I endure these lunches as a forum

to discuss topical medical issues

not to engage in a dialogue over your weekend´s events calendar.

Harry has a birthday coming up this weekend.

- What´re you doing on that day? - Little as possible.

- It´s 1:00. I got a patient. - Hang on, I´ll walk with you.

Well, they´re moving right along, aren´t they?

I didn´t realize they´d gotten so--

Annoying, I believe is the word you´re looking for.

I assume this is my sister´s way of getting back at me

for never letting her win a hand of Go Fish.

So, it´s pretty serious then, huh?

You would know more than I

being his neighbor and only actual friend in this community.

I haven´t seen that much of Andy lately.

I guess now I know why.

Before I forget, Sam needs a flu shot.

You don´t have any openings in your schedule tomorrow?

I´m sure I can accommodate you, but doesn´t Dr. Brown..

His book´s full these days. I just wanna get it done.

Of course.

Any patient of Andy Brown´s..

...was once mine.

- Ta-da! - No way.

I think one-month anniversaries are supposed to be vinyl.

I´m just keeping with tradition.

Do you know what I was doing a month and a day ago?

- I have no idea. - Me neither.

I can´t remember what my life was like before I met you.

It´s pretty sad, right?

[phone ringing]

Sorry.

Oh, my buddy Alan´s been bugging me about this homework thing.

Alright, there.

- Now, where were we? - Right about..

[phone ringing]

For our 2nd-month anniversary, I´m getting Alan a tutor.

Hmm. It´s not mine.

That´s weird.

[phone continues ringing]

What´s this?

I thought one-month anniversaries

were wireless communication devices.

- This is expensive. - You don´t like it?

I thought about doing the whole earrings thing

but I figured you didn´t want that.

No, I mean, these are like 300 bucks. You can´t afford--

I mean, nobody our age can afford things like this.

- I know I can´t. - I know.

That´s why it´s a present. I got them cheap.

Some rebate, kickback, illegal scam sort of thing.

But trust me, it´s completely safe.

[phone ringing]

Sorry. I gotta go.

My mom needs me to look after my little brother.

- You gotta meet the tripper. - I´d love to meet him..

...and your mom, both sometime, you know, whenever.

Hey, you know what? Let me..

Let me try to shut this thing off before I go.

You know, just in case.

- What about your mom? - She can wait five minutes.

- Eyew! - It´s bulgur wheat.

I decided to cook for Linda this weekend

so I´m testing out a few recipes.

Dividing them into things I can eat and that make me nauseous.

Do Ephram and I have to eat it?

- ´Eat what?´ - Booger wheat.

- I´m making something else too. - Don´t worry about me.

- I´m dining with Madison. - What? Right now?

I could move it to tomorrow afternoon

but that´d make it lunch.

Why doesn´t Madison just eat with us, like usual?

Because she only eats here when she´s getting paid to.

Tonight´s her night off.

- What about your homework? - Did it.

- And piano? - Practiced. What else you got?

I´ve no idea what you´re doing in your life besides Madison

because you´re never around.

This past week you´ve come home to change clothes and to sleep.

- Am I missing something? - Yes, your sister for one.

Relationship add to your life, not become your life.

Before Madison, I had no life. Now I do.

You don´t have to spend all your time with her.

You can let it breathe occasionally.

- Spread the happy around. - I got you.

I´m feeling the wisdom. Be home by 10:00.

I liked it better when they hated each other.

Oh, that wasn´t too bad, was it?

[Sam humming]

We´re almost done here.

Can you teach me how to drive?

I´m sorry. He´s in his monster-truck phase.

It´s certainly an improvement over the biting phase

I last saw him in.

Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam.

How´d Dr. Brown react when you told him Sam was coming here?

Oh, I didn´t mention it.

I doubt he´ll notice anyway. His schedule´s so crammed.

´As is yours, I would imagine.´

Am I wrong, or have I noticed you working more shifts lately?

´Yeah, a few more.´

Plus I started this telemarketing job

that takes up a lot of my nights.

But the upside is I can do it at home, it´s just a little crazy.

Alright, Sam. We are all done.

So why don´t you go have Nurse Louise get you a lollipop?

I want grape! No, cherry!

He hits quite a decibel level, doesn´t he?

Well, you should hear him after he finishes the lollipop.

It sounds like you and Carl are due for a vacation.

So when is he coming back?

Actually, Carl and I are separated.

We´re probably gonna get a divorce.

A divorce? Nina..

Well, I haven´t exactly been broadcasting it.

I keep waiting for him to come home

so we can explain it to Sam together, but..

You´ve been dealing with this alone? Nobody else knows?

I told Andy, but you know how it is.

He´s got his kids, his practice, his home life.

Yeah, as do we all.

It doesn´t mean we can simply shirk our responsibility

as friend and physician.

Especially not during difficult times.

It´s not so bad.

Besides, you know Andy. He gets overwhelmed easily.

I´m sure he´ll pop back up again once he gets his ducks in a row.

- Well.. - ´I want two lollipops!´

- ´Mom!´ - I better go get him

before he breaks Louise.

I don´t get it.

You wrote her a song, which, by the way,

was girly move number one, but whatever.

You played it. She dug it. You macked down.

So, what´s the problem?

Something just feels off. I don´t think she liked it.

As long as she´s still willing to make out with you

- who cares about the song? - I do.

- Maybe I should talk to her. - Bro, you´re killing me here.

All this talking and caring.

And, you know, writing cheesy love songs.

Why don´t you hand over your testicles and get it over with?

Are you calling me a girl? You´re fluffing your hair.

I have a wingding. Okay? It happens.

Ephram.

- What´s she doing here? - We´re going shopping.

For school.

Hey.

It´s dad´s birthday. Mom wants you to come.

- I was planning to-- - Whatever. Do us all a favor.

Bring him a present, okay?

I´m out.

That´s the longest conversation I´ve had with him in two weeks.

Okay.

Are you ready for Nacho Fest 2004?

I poached us a couple menus from Taco Bell.

Figured we could use it as source material.

Works for me.

[phone ringing]

Hold on one second.

Hey.

Uh-huh. Okay.

Yeah. No, sure. You want me to pick you up?

Alright, I´ll see you then. Bye.

I take it things are going well with you and Madison?

Yeah, you know.

Is it weird, us talking about this?

No. No, I don´t.. I don´t feel weird at all, do you?

- No, no, not at all. - Good.

So, what do you wanna know?

She´s awesome. She actually likes me, which is odd.

No, it´s not. I´m glad it worked out with you two.

It must be cool having so much in common, whole music thing.

So did she actually ever see the Beatles play, or..

[laughs sarcastically] Very funny.

And how´s Rico Suave? You guys sharing needles yet?

Look, I know Bright played him up to be a big crack addict

but he´s not like that.

He´s actually really smart. I think you´d like him.

Yeah.

[phone ringing]

- Is that a BlackBerry? - Yeah. Tommy got it for me..

- ...for our anniversary. - Cool.

What are you gonna get for one year? A GPS tracking system?

I´m thinking this, a couple bags of chips, we´re in the clear.

- What do you say? - Keep walking, amigo.

What goes better with breaded tofu?

Merlot or cabernet?

You´re planning yet another evening with my sister?

I don´t usually tofu it alone.

I´m thinking of adding seitan noodles to the menu

- in case that changes anything. - Who cares?

Honestly, entire religions have been created

with less forethought.

Problem, Harold?

Far be it from me to intrude on your relationship

but your behavior is bordering dangerously close on obsessive.

You´re letting the lifeblood of your practice slip out

from under you without so much as batting an eye.

What? My office has never been busier.

That´d explain why you didn´t know

one of your former patients came to see me today.

Sam Feeney. The overly rambunctious child.

Nina brought Sam to you? Why?

I would assume that your hectic schedule

of Linda, Linda and Linda has made it difficult

for some patients to meet with you.

That´s ridiculous.

Nina knows I´d always make room for her and Sam.

Not for nothing

but Nina extended her warmth and hospitality to you

when you exploded into her neighborhood.

I think it´s time that you return the courtesy

now, when she needs it most.

- What did she tell you? - About as much as she told you.

My understanding of single parenthood

is limited to what I´ve gleaned from the occasional movie.

But you have actual firsthand experience with it.

- You know how difficult it is. - Of course I do.

Then I´m sure you´ve offered to babysit from time to time?

Cooked a few meals for her, that sort of thing?

If Nina wants something from me, all she has to do is ask.

- We have that relationship. - Really?

I thought that you two had the kind of relationship

where she wouldn´t have to.

Hey. You´re never gonna believe what I did.

I tried to BlackBerry you some sappy message

and I wound up messaging some Japanese businessman instead.

And now he won´t stop writing me.

Is everything okay?

I have a question for you.

Two days ago, I´m at the pharmacy. Where were you?

I don´t know. At school probably.

I´m talking about after school.

I don´t really remember.

That´s funny. My mom seems to remember.

She says someone who looks like you stopped by my house.

Only you pretended to be from the church?

No. That was a mistake.

- So you were there. - Yeah, but--

- What were you doing? - Wanted to give you your gift.

And you didn´t think you should tell me about that?

Well, I decided I wanted to give it to you in person.

- So, now you´re lying to me? - No.

Look, I just wanted to surprise you.

You show up at my house, uninvited,

and you don´t even bother to tell me?

You met my mother and you don´t even mention it.

Did I ask you to come by? Did I say it would be okay?

Either you´re invited to someone´s house or you´re not.

So, if I don´t ask you to do something, you don´t do it.

Excuse me?

Are you mad because I went to your house

or that I didn´t tell you about it?

Look, just don´t do it again, okay?

I gotta get back to work.

Jay.

She´s in there, going over the latest.

Cool, it´s coming together good? How´s that progression after the chorus?

It was tricky. I was thinking about tweaking it.

- What are you talking about? - What, the song that I wrote.

Nothing.

Wait, you wrote a little love song for Madison?

- Oh, that´s so cute. - Shut up.

It´s cool. Wrote a lotta songs for chicks when I was your age.

It´s totally normal, prepubescent behavior.

Just tell me it´s not called "Madison."

[laughs] Hey, don´t stress, kid.

If the song´s good, it´s good. Is it good?

Obviously not, otherwise you would´ve heard it by now.

True that. Sucks to be you.

Ephram. Perfect timing, we´re wrapping up.

You should´ve told me the truth.

- What are you talking about? - I come here..

...end up looking like an idiot.

Which is hard, considering he has the IQ of a potato.

Hey, slow down. I have no idea--

The song. You never showed it. Never planned on showing it.

Instead you lied to me. Why?

I don´t know.

Oh, that´s good. Thank you. That´s really helpful.

I´m sorry.

I never should´ve said I´d show the song

because you´re right, I wasn´t going to.

- So you hate it? - No, I´m just--

I´m not comfortable sharing that stuff. Especially here.

- Because of Jay? - Because of everybody.

Because it´s a little embarrassing.

- This is coming out all wrong. - I get it. It´s embarrassing.

I embarrassed you. I´ll leave before I do it again.

- It´s not you. Can we talk? - No, I get it. It´s cool.

I´ll see you later.

Behold my chicken.

Wow, that´s some garlic in there.

The recipe calls for 25 cloves. But you know what?

It sounds like a lot, but it´s pretty tasty.

No need to thank me.

- Hey, Sam. How´s it going? - I´m driving.

Oh, fantastic.

Hey, you know what?

Delia used to have these little Hot Wheels.

Maybe they´re still around somewhere.

First chicken, now Hot Wheels.

Christmas must´ve come early this year.

- I´m just feeling neighborly. - Is everything okay?

Yeah, everything´s great. Work is good. Kids are good.

- How are things with you? - Oh, they´re fine.

- Sam feeling okay? - You talked to Dr. Abbott.

Harold? Did we talk? I don´t remember.

Sam, honey? I need you to go to bed.

- Already? - Yes, already.

You can shove that chicken where the sun don´t shine, Andy.

Well, now, that is just uncalled for.

You steamroll into my house with your peace offering

so you can guilt me about taking Sam to see another doctor?

I´m not trying to guilt trip you.

I just wanna understand why you didn´t talk to me first

before making the decision to switch doctors.

It wasn´t a decision. I needed to get Sam in

and you can be difficult to pin down.

- Since when? - Since lately.

I haven´t seen you at Mama Joy´s

in I don´t know how long. Do you know?

Well, I just.. I assumed that you were busy.

My ass.

Alright, fine. I assumed that you were depressed

and didn´t wanna talk about it.

When I´ve been depressed I´ve come to you.

I guess I thought that if you needed me, you´d find me too.

- That´s how friends work. - Who said I needed you?

If you don´t need me, what am I doing here?

I´ve no idea. I kind of wish you´d leave.

I´ve to get Sam to bed, finish doing the dishes, laundry

and get a head start on my new career of telemarketing.

Telemarketing? Since when?

I really don´t have time for this right now.

I get it. You´re overextended. I can see that.

And no one understands that feeling better than I do

so why don´t you just let me help you with some of it?

Tomorrow, I´ll have Madison watch Sam.

And you can do whatever you want.

You can see a movie. You can read a book.

Whatever. You deserve it.

- I don´t need your babysitter. - I´m just trying to help here.

- What do you want me to do? - I just want you to go.

Is there no service anywhere in this house?

I´m getting, like, one bar.

You gonna help or obsess over your phone?

My dad´s birthday dinner is in an hour. I´d like to get there.

I am helping. And I´m not obsessing, thanks.

Why are you freaking out? She´s probably got things going.

- Like what? - A jam session or bingo night.

I´m sure she´s not sitting around

wondering when she should call her boyfriend.

Sounds like somebody had a fight with Tommy Crackhead.

Like you would be able to tell if I was upset about something.

You´re right. I probably wouldn´t.

You can only be friends with one Abbott at a time.

Bright´s the winner. Next year you´ll be my friend.

- Like a trade-off system. - I don´t see you coming to me.

Amy gets a boyfriend and everybody else ceases to exist.

I can´t take it personally as you don´t talk to relatives.

How´d you know? You haven´t asked.

We´re at my grandparents´, you haven´t said one word.

What do I say? You´re wacked?

You move out of your house over some guy you barely know.

You think this is about Tommy? He´s the reason?

- I don´t know. - Yeah. That´s right, you don´t.

I´ve been on antidepressants for the past few months.

I didn´t ask to move out, my parents basically kicked me out.

My dad can´t even look me in the eyes.

My grandparents are tolerating me because they feel guilty.

First I lost Colin and then I lost my family.

It´s fine, because I met a guy that made it all better.

- Yeah, that´s what happened. - This all went down recently.

- You never came to me. - No. You never came to me.

Look, I´m out of here.

You have a visitor.

Is there no service anywhere in this town?

I come in peace.

We need to talk about what happened yesterday.

Yeah, I know. Sorry.

I don´t know where that came from.

If we´re gonna be together

I need to understand what´s going on with you.

I said I was sorry.

I don´t want an apology. I want an explanation.

Can we pretend like the whole thing never happened?

No. We can´t do that. I´m sorry.

I was embarrassed, okay?

Have you ever been called white trash?

Or stand in line at the grocery store

and pay for stuff with food stamps?

I mean, it´s about as humiliating as it sounds.

Your dad´s a doctor.

You know, your mom is the fricking mayor of Everwood.

My mom..

...she cleans motels for $6 an hour.

My job at the pharmacy isn´t some

after-school-saving-up-for -a-car kind of job.

What I make goes for rent, water and electricity.

You know, we used to have this great old house up on Mulberry

but when my parents split, he kept the house.

But he didn´t keep us.

All my mom could afford..

...was 300 bucks a month and a two-bedroom trailer.

I lost most of my friends.

It´s a tough sell, you know

getting kids to hang out at the trailer park.

Anyways..

...I guess..

...I didn´t want you to see where I lived

or that part of my life, because I was afraid I´d lose you too.

And I proved you right by freaking out and leaving.

[sighs] Yeah, well, you were sweet enough to lie about it.

- No. I´m sorry I did that. - It´s okay.

I probably would´ve done the same thing.

- It´s weird, isn´t it? - It´s not that weird.

So you live in a trailer park. So what?

I live in the guest room of my grandparents´ house.

It´s just where we live.

It´s not who we are or the reason we´re together.

I´m not going anywhere.

Hey, can I take you out to dinner?

I know this great restaurant I think I can get us into.

You know, burgers, fries, McNuggets.

- What´s for dinner? - What are you doing here?

This is where I come at the end of the day.

What´s with the table?

Linda´s coming over for dinner tonight.

She should be here any minute.

I´ll take Delia for pizza and a video game.

Delia´s over at Brittany´s.

I figured that you´d be with Madison tonight.

Wait a minute. Why aren´t you with Madison tonight?

You believe our relationship is strong enough

that we don´t need to spend every waking moment together?

No.

Then I think we´re in a fight.

[doorbell chiming]

- What happened? - I don´t know.

I wrote her a song. She didn´t like it.

I got mad, and now she´s not calling me.

[doorbell continues chiming]

- It´s hard, isn´t it? - What?

Trying to have a relationship and a life at the same time.

Yes, it is, but I wanna talk to you about this.

I´ll tell Linda to postpone. You can tell me everything.

That´s all right. That´s pretty much it.

- Have dinner with us? - No.

I´m fairly certain seeing you in date mode

would scar me for the rest of my life.

I´ll be in my room.

Damn fine meal, Rose. What did you put in that glaze?

In case I wanna cook and give Irv another heart attack.

It´s very simple.

Just a bit of marmalade and some cloves.

Now, who´s ready for some cake?

Why don´t we hold off on serving cake just now, Rose?

Give everyone a little time to digest.

Why don´t we open presents? That´s the fun part. Right, dad?

Sure.

That´s from Edna and me.

´A window defroster.´

Top-of-the-line window defroster.

Yes, I know.

You might recall I gave you one like this for Christmas.

Well, we loved ours so much.

Here, open this one.

Oh, it´s beautiful.

My word.. Well, it looks like an antique.

It´s 1952. It´s an Allen ´N Hanbury.

That´s right.

Your grandfather had one like this.

That´s how I got the idea.

I remember how when I used to go to his office, me and..

Well, we used to play with his stethoscope.

I´d check if the plants had a heartbeat..

...because mom said plants were alive and grandpa called me an idiot.

Good times.

"Love, Bright and Amy."

It´s from both of us. It was actually more Amy´s idea.

It´s a wonderful gift. Thank you very much.

Why don´t we go ahead and serve that cake now?

´No need waiting any longer.´

I offered to help by lending Madison to her

she slammed the door in my face.

Then to answer my initial question, Nina´s not okay.

I can´t believe she was being so defensive and cut-off.

- Wow! - I know.

No, I mean, wow, you screwed up.

What? What did I do?

You didn´t do anything, which was your first mistake.

I mean, Nina´s entire life is changing right now.

I´m sure she´s dying for her friend.

That´s what I was doing. Being her friend.

Sometimes to be a friend, you just pull up a chair

and make a pot of coffee and listen.

You don´t bribe them with babysitters and chicken.

Well.

- I screwed up. - Yeah. You did, a little.

I should probably talk to her.

You know what, if you wanna go over there right now

I´ll completely understand.

No, no, that´s okay. We still have dessert.

[indistinct chatter on TV]

Thanks.

[slow instrumental music]

[mimicking car engine]

[engine cranks]

[engine revs]

[car crashing]

[car honking]

[honking continues]

- It´s Nina. - Oh, my God.

Call 911.

Oh God, it´s Sam.

Where´s Nina?

- How is he? Can I see him? - Doctors are just finishing up.

Sit down and I´ll give you all the details.

It´s bad, isn´t it?

He has a fracture in his arm, he´s young, bones are resilient.

- He should heal right up. - Why can´t I take him home?

He had a mild concussion. They ran a CAT scan. Nothing wrong.

No serious injuries, they wanna keep him overnight to be sure.

Oh, my God.

How could I have let this happen?

- It was an accident, Nina. - It was so irresponsible.

How could I have just fallen asleep like that?

Listen to me, sit down. Sit down. Listen.

You were exhausted.

You were doing the work of three people with no help.

If anyone should feel responsible, it should be me.

- Please, this isn´t your fault. - I haven´t been there for you.

Not as your doctor, and certainly not as your friend.

You shouldn´t have to ask me for help.

It´s something I should know instinctively.

I mean, you´ve been there for me more times than I can count.

I honestly don´t know how I missed the signs, Nina.

I am so sorry.

I guess I just got caught up in--

Your life? It´s okay. You´re allowed.

Well, I´m gonna get better at this friend stuff. I promise.

I hope that doesn´t mean you´re gonna make me more chicken.

You should go. It´s so late. Linda´s probably waiting.

No, no, no. I´m staying right here with my friend.

And I´m not going anywhere.

´Where were you tonight?´

I was out with Tommy. Why?

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God! Dad´s birthday.

Grandma, I completely forgot. Is it too late?

´They´ve all gone to bed.´

I know you´re having a tough time

and it isn´t like I agree with everything your folks are doing

but to miss your father´s birthday..

I know, I know. I screwed up. I meant to--

No one cares what you meant to do.

The only thing anyone´s gonna remember is you weren´t there.

´There was one person your dad wanted to see tonight.´

You.

So, what do I do?

I don´t know.

From the look on your dad´s face

I´d say it´d take a hell of a birthday present.

I hope you saved your allowance.

Good night, Amy.

Sitting in the middle of your garage with my eyes closed.

As far as apologies goes, this one leaves a lot to be desired.

One second.

Okay. Open.

You´re giving me back the song I wrote for you. That´s nice.

That´s how you say I´m sorry? Then you suck at this.

Look closer, dumb-ass.

There´s lyrics here? I didn´t write any lyrics.

I know. I did.

That´s what I spent the last 24 hours doing.

Which is why I didn´t call you yesterday.

What? You wrote lyrics for me?

Yup.

You´re amazing, Ephram.

You surprise me almost every day.

But I´m not gonna lie, you freak me out sometimes too.

And when you gave me that song, it blew my mind.

In a good way, but also in a scary way.

It´s like every time I´ve caught up to you

in terms of how much you´re into this..

Us.

You race ahead of me again.

I like you more than you like me?

I´m saying that you put 1,000% of your energy into this

and I´m not used to that.

I wanna catch up to where you are

but in order for that to happen, you´re gonna have to slow down.

I guess you´re right. I mean, I can be a little overeager.

I don´t have to put 1,000% into this. I could do 800.

- Maybe 850. - That would help me a lot.

Then that´s what I´ll do.

Now, will you do me one more favor

and play that song you wrote for me?

[piano music]

What´s wrong?

Is it the lyrics? You hate them.

- They suck. - No, no. It´s not the lyrics.

It´s this song. It´s bad.

Look at this intro. What was I smoking when I wrote this?

- You have a pen? - You´re out of your mind.

It´s a good thing you didn´t show this.

I never would´ve been able to show my face around here again.

Oh, my God. The band.

I told them to take five like half an hour ago.

Guys, we can start up again.

- Let´s go. - Alright.

Do you wanna hang out? We always like having your ear around.

No, I got this Spanish thing that I gotta finish up.

- But what are you doing later? - Nothing. Wanna grab dinner?

Actually, I have an Overeagers Anonymous meeting.

Gum?

Thank you.

You were right. I wasn´t there for you.

You had the worst year of your life and I disappeared.

- Sorry. - It´s okay, Ephram.

I want you to know, if anything ever did happen to you

- if you really did need me-- - I know.

- Because I would. - I know.

The truth is, I wasn´t really mad at you the other day.

I was upset with Tommy and instead of dealing with him

I took it out on you. I´m sorry.

Yeah, it was pretty much the same for me.

- I was all wrapped up in.. - Madison.

Yeah.

Yeah, it is kind of weird talking about them.

I know it shouldn´t be.

In a perfect world, I´d be all European about it.

I don´t think you need to be.

We can be friends and not talk about that part of our lives.

We need to remember to talk to each other.

Yeah, it´s not like they´re our entire lives or anything.

I don´t think they should take up as much time as they do.

In my opinion, what makes a relationship great

is when it gives you more time for other people.

Yeah, I guess.

[phone ringing]

I´m sorry.

What´s up?

Nothing.

It´s okay. We could stop talking about them in three minutes.

No, it´s just..

Tommy´s been working all day and he´s to work an extra two hours.

There should be labor laws on that stuff.

(Male #1) ´Thirty enchilada specials?´

[instrumental music]

(Amy) ´Dear Dad, I´m sorry I forgot your birthday.´

´It´s not like me to do that.´

´You probably think that´s just how I am these days.´

´That missing your birthday is more proof´

´that I´ve become a different person.´

´Someone who forgets her family for a boy or a fight´

´or whatever it was that got between us.´

´That´s the thing, I don´t even know anymore.´

´I know I´ve disappointed you´

´more than you ever thought possible.´

´I never thought it was possible either.´

´Now I feel stuck in this pattern of messing stuff up´

´and I don´t know how to fix it.´

´I wish we could make everything like it used to be´

´but I´m old enough to know we can´t.´

´I know you won´t believe me but I think about you every day.´

´And no matter how bad things get´

´or how far apart we might seem´

´you´ll always be my dad.´

´And I´ll always be your Amy.´

[instrumental music continues]

[theme music]