1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:02,040 I'm so depressed. 2 00:00:02,700 --> 00:00:05,120 Jeremy, my new boyfriend, he moved back east. 3 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:06,640 No way. 4 00:00:07,380 --> 00:00:10,200 Yeah, his father got a job with the New York Philharmonic. 5 00:00:11,140 --> 00:00:12,140 It's so unfair. 6 00:00:12,380 --> 00:00:15,780 I finally meet the man of my dreams and fall madly in love with him, and now 7 00:00:15,780 --> 00:00:16,698 he's gone. 8 00:00:16,700 --> 00:00:17,700 Don't worry, Luce. 9 00:00:17,980 --> 00:00:22,920 You'll fall madly in love again and again, and then you'll meet Mr. Right 10 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:24,160 live happily ever after. 11 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:25,520 Thanks. 12 00:00:25,820 --> 00:00:27,200 Are you talking to Lucy again? 13 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:30,280 Yeah. Quit hogging my friends, Mom. 14 00:00:31,340 --> 00:00:32,700 Sorry. Bye, Luce. 15 00:00:36,500 --> 00:00:39,760 Hey, why don't the three of us go up and shoot some pool? 16 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:41,680 Help Lucy get her mind off of Jeremy leaving. 17 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:44,000 That sounds fun. Count me in. 18 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:46,860 I'm going to go change, and then we'll go pick up Lucy. 19 00:00:49,020 --> 00:00:53,080 Your mom is so un -mom -like. Tell me about it. 20 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:07,000 Hi, Dad. 21 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:09,700 How's your UN research paper coming? 22 00:01:10,180 --> 00:01:11,180 Oh, it's coming. 23 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:14,760 Well, it better be more than just coming. It's due Monday. It counts for a 24 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:15,760 of your grade in history. 25 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:17,220 I've got everything under control. 26 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:19,040 Yeah, yeah, everything's under control. 27 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:21,160 And you've already finished your paper? 28 00:01:21,420 --> 00:01:24,620 Oh, I'm in a different history class. I don't have a paper deal. 29 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:26,120 Keith's helping me. 30 00:01:27,060 --> 00:01:30,240 Well, when you're ready to go home, just let me know. I don't need a ride. 31 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:31,378 I drove. 32 00:01:31,380 --> 00:01:33,040 Keith just got his license last week. 33 00:01:33,860 --> 00:01:35,220 Congratulations. Finish your paper. 34 00:01:48,940 --> 00:01:49,940 I was looking for. 35 00:01:50,020 --> 00:01:52,000 No. I haven't asked anything yet. 36 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:55,020 But you were going to ask me something. 37 00:01:55,300 --> 00:01:56,940 Well, maybe I was, maybe I wasn't. 38 00:01:57,560 --> 00:01:58,560 Yeah. 39 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:00,580 Okay, so let's say I was going to ask for something. 40 00:02:01,380 --> 00:02:03,360 How can you say no before I've even asked? 41 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:05,480 Maybe it's something you can't say no to. 42 00:02:07,100 --> 00:02:11,020 Can I have that really huge, really cool makeup kit that's on sale at the 43 00:02:11,020 --> 00:02:11,839 department store? 44 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:12,960 The one you asked about yesterday? 45 00:02:14,740 --> 00:02:16,340 No, you're too young to wear makeup. 46 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,160 But my friend Rachel gets to wear makeup. You have a ten -year -old friend 47 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:20,879 wears makeup? 48 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:21,920 Just blush and lipstick. 49 00:02:23,640 --> 00:02:26,780 Rachel's parents don't think she's too young. Her mom bought her that makeup 50 00:02:26,780 --> 00:02:28,600 kit. Sorry, no makeup. 51 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:30,840 Thanks for nothing. 52 00:02:34,460 --> 00:02:35,960 Parenting really is its own reward. 53 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:41,780 Good job. 54 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:58,820 I'm sorry, is this Reverend Camden's house? 55 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:00,960 Yeah, I'm Eric Camden. Oh, great. 56 00:03:01,380 --> 00:03:05,100 I wasn't sure if I had the right address or not. I had it scribbled on a 57 00:03:05,100 --> 00:03:06,100 cocktail napkin. 58 00:03:06,380 --> 00:03:07,720 Did the church send you over? 59 00:03:08,100 --> 00:03:09,960 Oh, will you look at me? 60 00:03:10,740 --> 00:03:13,640 Where are my manners? What must you good people think? 61 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:15,940 I'm Ed, Ed Palmer. 62 00:03:16,620 --> 00:03:20,740 I was looking for Robbie. I was just passing through town, and I heard he was 63 00:03:20,740 --> 00:03:23,820 living with you good people, and I thought I'd look him up. 64 00:03:24,820 --> 00:03:25,820 Robbie's at work. 65 00:03:27,050 --> 00:03:28,630 Did you say your last name was Palmer? 66 00:03:28,990 --> 00:03:29,990 Yes, ma 'am. 67 00:03:30,730 --> 00:03:31,730 Just like Robbie's? 68 00:03:32,110 --> 00:03:33,290 I hope so. 69 00:03:34,030 --> 00:03:35,030 I'm his father. 70 00:03:52,430 --> 00:03:59,210 When I see their happy faces smiling back at me, seven 71 00:03:59,210 --> 00:04:05,470 heavens, I know there's no greater feeling than the love of family. 72 00:04:06,130 --> 00:04:13,030 Where can you go when the world don't treat 73 00:04:13,030 --> 00:04:17,029 you right? The answer is home. 74 00:04:22,540 --> 00:04:29,400 7th Heaven 7th Heaven 75 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:33,220 7th Heaven 76 00:05:08,650 --> 00:05:10,130 What's wrong with the guy in the living room? 77 00:05:11,130 --> 00:05:13,050 What makes you think anything's wrong with him? 78 00:05:13,270 --> 00:05:16,350 Every time someone shows up at our house late at night, they usually have a 79 00:05:16,350 --> 00:05:18,750 problem. The later they come, the bigger the problem. 80 00:05:19,310 --> 00:05:20,310 Yeah, what's his problem? 81 00:05:21,130 --> 00:05:23,450 He doesn't have a problem. He's looking for Robbie. 82 00:05:23,890 --> 00:05:24,890 What's Robbie's problem? 83 00:05:25,050 --> 00:05:28,630 No one has a problem. Ed, the man in the living room, is Robbie's father, and 84 00:05:28,630 --> 00:05:29,630 he's here to see Robbie. 85 00:05:29,790 --> 00:05:31,030 I didn't know Robbie had a father. 86 00:05:31,290 --> 00:05:32,370 Oh, everyone has a father. 87 00:05:32,650 --> 00:05:35,330 Yeah, but not everybody has a father who lets them buy makeup. 88 00:05:36,210 --> 00:05:40,950 I have already spoken with your father. We are in total agreement. No makeup. 89 00:05:46,630 --> 00:05:47,630 Makeup kit. 90 00:05:48,030 --> 00:05:51,650 I don't understand why she wants it so badly. Her friend has it. 91 00:05:52,410 --> 00:05:59,290 Remind me to call Rachel's parents and thank them for buying their 10 -year 92 00:05:59,290 --> 00:06:00,290 daughter makeup. 93 00:06:00,350 --> 00:06:02,130 Did you get a hold of Robbie at the grocery store? 94 00:06:02,530 --> 00:06:05,230 Well, how did he take the news that his father is here? 95 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:10,020 I didn't tell him. I wasn't sure how Robbie would react to his dad being back 96 00:06:10,020 --> 00:06:13,080 town, and I didn't want him upset and driving, so I just told him he needed to 97 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:14,260 come home as soon as possible. 98 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:18,280 You don't like Ed, do you? I don't know him well enough not to like him. I don't 99 00:06:18,280 --> 00:06:19,059 trust him. 100 00:06:19,060 --> 00:06:23,940 He did abandon Robbie and his family when Robbie was just a kid. Okay, I 101 00:06:23,940 --> 00:06:25,940 trust him, and I don't like him. Me neither. 102 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:36,480 Did you have to go to Columbia for that coffee? 103 00:06:38,020 --> 00:06:41,240 I spoke with Robbie. He's on his way home. 104 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:43,240 You didn't tell him I'm here. 105 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:45,440 It's okay. 106 00:06:45,780 --> 00:06:48,380 I don't know how Robbie's going to take the news either. 107 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:51,920 You know, I had to leave town when he was very young. 108 00:06:52,780 --> 00:06:53,539 Had to? 109 00:06:53,540 --> 00:06:54,560 I had no choice. 110 00:06:55,020 --> 00:06:56,280 My parents needed me. 111 00:06:58,120 --> 00:06:59,560 How do you take your coffee, Ed? 112 00:07:00,330 --> 00:07:03,830 Well, when I was living in France, it was black. Now it's kind of half coffee, 113 00:07:03,870 --> 00:07:04,870 half sugar. 114 00:07:05,630 --> 00:07:06,630 France, huh? 115 00:07:06,650 --> 00:07:11,990 Yeah, well, that was back in the 70s. I joined the Peace Corps, and they had me 116 00:07:11,990 --> 00:07:13,970 stationed in a little village outside Paris. 117 00:07:14,330 --> 00:07:17,850 I helped the local farmers build a dam so they would have water for their 118 00:07:17,850 --> 00:07:20,270 farming. You don't look like a Peace Corps kind of guy. 119 00:07:20,930 --> 00:07:22,130 Well, that was a long time ago. 120 00:07:22,350 --> 00:07:26,230 Yeah, let's see, 1970, that's 30 years ago. You must have been very young. 121 00:07:26,710 --> 00:07:28,810 Did I say 70s? I meant 80s. 122 00:07:30,260 --> 00:07:34,820 I wasn't aware that the Peace Corps operated in developed countries like 123 00:07:35,500 --> 00:07:36,500 I'm hungry. 124 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:41,420 Do you have anything to go with this coffee besides cookies? Maybe a little 125 00:07:41,420 --> 00:07:42,540 sandwich, some chips? 126 00:07:43,020 --> 00:07:44,780 I could really go for a sandwich. 127 00:07:45,100 --> 00:07:46,240 Oh, I'll see what I can do. 128 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:51,520 You're a lucky man. 129 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:54,920 I had plenty of wives. None of them ever did anything for me. 130 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:56,840 And this one's a looker, too. 131 00:07:57,340 --> 00:07:58,340 Yeah, she is. 132 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:09,040 Have you finished your paper? 133 00:08:10,340 --> 00:08:12,900 You know, Keith's parents never bug him about his homework. 134 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:15,740 And they gave him a car last week when he turned 16. 135 00:08:16,260 --> 00:08:18,360 Your father and I are never going to give you a car. 136 00:08:18,580 --> 00:08:20,900 And we're always going to bug you about your schoolwork. 137 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:24,720 Finish your paper. 138 00:08:31,700 --> 00:08:32,700 Hi, Mr. Camden? 139 00:08:33,799 --> 00:08:34,799 I'm here to pick up Lucy. 140 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:39,280 Oh, you look great. 141 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:41,760 Thanks. 142 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:43,059 Hey, that's my shirt. 143 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:45,460 I borrowed it from Ashley. I hope you don't mind. 144 00:08:46,620 --> 00:08:47,620 What are friends for? 145 00:08:48,560 --> 00:08:49,560 Did you meet my mom? 146 00:08:50,020 --> 00:08:50,999 You're going out? 147 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:56,100 Yeah. Well, I figured it wouldn't be a problem since Ashley's mom's coming, 148 00:08:57,600 --> 00:08:58,680 You're Ashley's mother? 149 00:08:59,540 --> 00:09:00,540 I thought you knew. 150 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:04,980 No, I didn't. Well, we're just going up to the pool hall. I promised to have her 151 00:09:04,980 --> 00:09:05,980 home early. 152 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:07,209 I just... 153 00:09:07,210 --> 00:09:09,910 You know, I kind of wanted to take her out and try to cheer her up. It's not 154 00:09:09,910 --> 00:09:10,910 easy losing a boyfriend. 155 00:09:11,810 --> 00:09:13,190 You and Jeremy broke up? 156 00:09:13,970 --> 00:09:15,650 They didn't break up, but he's moving away. 157 00:09:15,970 --> 00:09:17,170 What's the difference? He's gone. 158 00:09:17,810 --> 00:09:18,810 Well, I didn't know. 159 00:09:18,930 --> 00:09:19,930 It just happened. 160 00:09:20,690 --> 00:09:21,890 Come on, you guys, let's go. 161 00:09:22,250 --> 00:09:23,470 Ed says no mail. 162 00:09:24,830 --> 00:09:25,830 Hi. Hi. 163 00:09:26,450 --> 00:09:32,350 Oh, honey, this is Serena, Ashley's mother, Serena. Oh, nice to meet you. 164 00:09:34,550 --> 00:09:35,550 You're Ashley's mother? 165 00:09:36,349 --> 00:09:38,230 People always think Ashley and I are sisters. 166 00:09:39,450 --> 00:09:41,690 No, Mom. That's what you always tell people. 167 00:09:42,350 --> 00:09:43,350 Come on, let's go. 168 00:09:45,190 --> 00:09:46,190 Bye. 169 00:09:52,630 --> 00:09:53,630 Serena's the mother? 170 00:10:08,870 --> 00:10:09,870 Ruthie, is that you? 171 00:10:10,050 --> 00:10:12,170 Yes. Why are you whispering? 172 00:10:12,610 --> 00:10:14,130 Because I don't want anyone to hear me. 173 00:10:14,530 --> 00:10:15,530 I need your help. 174 00:10:16,250 --> 00:10:20,470 Help? I want something that Mom and Dad say I can't have. It's a makeup kit. 175 00:10:20,890 --> 00:10:22,290 But you're too young to wear makeup. 176 00:10:22,630 --> 00:10:26,850 Look, I have the money, but the store is too far away for me to go on my bike. 177 00:10:27,170 --> 00:10:31,770 So I need someone to drive me. But everyone in this house who drives also 178 00:10:31,770 --> 00:10:33,350 I'm too young to have makeup. 179 00:10:34,210 --> 00:10:35,210 That's because you are. 180 00:10:35,630 --> 00:10:37,270 Look, what I need from you is a plan. 181 00:10:37,870 --> 00:10:38,870 A plan. 182 00:10:38,890 --> 00:10:39,890 Yeah, a plan. 183 00:10:39,930 --> 00:10:44,110 I want to do something, and Mom and Dad say I can't. You practically made a 184 00:10:44,110 --> 00:10:46,350 career of doing stuff Mom and Dad said you couldn't do. 185 00:10:47,410 --> 00:10:48,690 And look where that got me. 186 00:10:49,170 --> 00:10:51,390 They're going to send me to Buffalo for buying makeup? 187 00:10:52,190 --> 00:10:54,070 Disobeying Mom and Dad is a very bad idea. 188 00:10:54,490 --> 00:10:55,490 Don't do it. 189 00:10:55,790 --> 00:10:58,050 You don't understand. I have to have that makeup kit. 190 00:10:58,270 --> 00:11:00,950 I saved my money, and I'm going to get it whether you help me or not. 191 00:11:02,010 --> 00:11:04,110 I'm sorry, Ruthie. I can't help you do this. 192 00:11:04,470 --> 00:11:05,790 I won't help you do this. 193 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:07,640 It's wrong and you know it. 194 00:11:25,500 --> 00:11:27,960 What? Shut the door. We need to talk. 195 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:45,520 Look at that guy. 196 00:11:45,580 --> 00:11:47,640 He's gorgeous. I can't believe you're a mom. 197 00:11:48,300 --> 00:11:51,940 She does this all the time. She's always picking up guys that are way too young 198 00:11:51,940 --> 00:11:52,940 for her. 199 00:11:54,300 --> 00:11:55,740 Well, he's gorgeous. 200 00:11:56,540 --> 00:11:57,540 Come on, show us your shot. 201 00:12:04,220 --> 00:12:07,420 Okay. Who wants to go to Alan's party with me tomorrow night? 202 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:09,240 Mom, you just met Alan. 203 00:12:09,540 --> 00:12:11,060 I know. That's why I can't go alone. 204 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:13,080 You two have to come and protect me. 205 00:12:15,020 --> 00:12:17,480 He's got a lot of cute friends, and he wants you guys to come. 206 00:12:17,980 --> 00:12:19,700 Did you tell Alan that I'm your daughter? 207 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:21,480 Why would I do that? 208 00:12:23,580 --> 00:12:24,580 Oh, please? 209 00:12:25,980 --> 00:12:27,560 Okay, okay, I'll go. 210 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:29,620 Cute guys, I'm there. 211 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:33,120 But will your parents let you go to a party thrown by someone they don't know? 212 00:12:33,340 --> 00:12:34,340 Hey, no problem. 213 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:36,280 Just tell your parents to be out with me. 214 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:39,160 A sane, rational, responsible adult. 215 00:12:40,420 --> 00:12:42,900 So, is everyone coming to my party tomorrow night? Yes. 216 00:12:44,220 --> 00:12:45,720 Come on, there's somebody I want you to meet. 217 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:49,040 I love your mom. 218 00:12:50,820 --> 00:12:51,820 Yeah, she's great. 219 00:12:57,060 --> 00:13:00,040 I had to get someone to cover me at the store. I got home as quickly as I could. 220 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:00,839 What's going on? 221 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:02,620 There's somebody here who wants to see you. 222 00:13:06,620 --> 00:13:07,620 Dad! Hey! 223 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:12,320 Man, I can't believe it's you and you're here. 224 00:13:12,700 --> 00:13:13,800 I can't believe I'm here either. 225 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:15,580 Did you get my letters? 226 00:13:16,100 --> 00:13:20,120 Because no matter where I've been the last ten years, I've always taken the 227 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:21,740 to sit down and write you a letter. 228 00:13:22,460 --> 00:13:23,460 Every day. 229 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:25,020 I haven't gotten any letters. 230 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:27,160 Darn post office. 231 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:29,760 Well, they must have lost them because I sent them. 232 00:13:30,560 --> 00:13:31,640 So what are you doing here? 233 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:33,020 Well, I'm here because you're here. 234 00:13:33,220 --> 00:13:34,620 I wanted to see my boy. 235 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:36,480 Well, where are you staying? 236 00:13:36,970 --> 00:13:39,690 Well, I can only afford to stay for one night, so I thought maybe after we had a 237 00:13:39,690 --> 00:13:43,650 chance to visit that you could drive me downtown and help me find a cheap motel. 238 00:13:43,970 --> 00:13:45,950 It's already pretty late. Not to worry. 239 00:13:46,730 --> 00:13:47,890 Dad. Hey. 240 00:13:48,330 --> 00:13:51,690 Why spend money on a nice motel room? It's only for one night. 241 00:13:53,690 --> 00:13:54,690 Hey. 242 00:13:54,930 --> 00:13:56,930 The truth is I'm between jobs. 243 00:13:58,470 --> 00:14:02,170 Actually, I'm between a lot of things. Job, car, home, wife. 244 00:14:03,290 --> 00:14:04,290 I, uh... 245 00:14:04,590 --> 00:14:08,630 I spent the last of my savings on my bus ticket to get to Glen Oak. 246 00:14:09,550 --> 00:14:11,030 I'm not here to sponge off anybody. 247 00:14:12,310 --> 00:14:13,550 I just need a ride downtown. 248 00:14:14,770 --> 00:14:19,030 Yeah. Since it's only one night, why don't you stay with us? That way, you 249 00:14:19,030 --> 00:14:20,410 Robbie will have plenty of time to catch up. 250 00:14:20,930 --> 00:14:22,110 I don't want to bother anyone. 251 00:14:22,710 --> 00:14:23,710 It's not a bother. 252 00:14:24,970 --> 00:14:26,470 Well, if you insist. 253 00:14:28,790 --> 00:14:29,870 Thanks. Yeah. 254 00:14:31,050 --> 00:14:33,210 Thanks. Come on, Dad. Let's go to my room. 255 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:38,160 What just happened? 256 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:40,960 I think Ed just happened. 257 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:48,520 Where are you two going? 258 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:52,020 Oh, we're going to... Ow! 259 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:53,840 What's going on? 260 00:14:54,060 --> 00:14:55,060 My leg flipped. 261 00:14:55,620 --> 00:14:58,640 I'm getting the feeling that you don't want me to know where you're going. 262 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:03,560 Normally, I'd be a little concerned, but since you're with Matt, okay, fine, go 263 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:04,940 do. Just be careful. 264 00:15:10,890 --> 00:15:11,689 Stop kicking me. 265 00:15:11,690 --> 00:15:12,870 You almost ruined everything. 266 00:15:13,310 --> 00:15:14,690 Remember, it's supposed to be a surprise. 267 00:15:15,350 --> 00:15:17,410 Right, right. I'm sorry, I forgot. 268 00:15:17,770 --> 00:15:19,810 Well, I'm taking you to the store to get Mom a present, right? 269 00:15:21,190 --> 00:15:22,450 Why are you getting Mom a present? 270 00:15:22,790 --> 00:15:23,790 I don't have to have a reason. 271 00:15:24,290 --> 00:15:25,290 I love her. 272 00:15:25,650 --> 00:15:26,650 You love her. 273 00:15:26,670 --> 00:15:28,730 We all love her. She's a great mom. 274 00:15:29,470 --> 00:15:32,610 She works really hard, and there's a lot of stuff for all of us. 275 00:15:33,830 --> 00:15:34,990 We're lucky we have her. 276 00:15:36,210 --> 00:15:37,710 Maybe I should get her a present, too. 277 00:15:38,590 --> 00:15:39,590 Maybe. 278 00:15:41,710 --> 00:15:43,510 I'm going out with Keith tonight. Excuse me? 279 00:15:44,530 --> 00:15:45,790 May I go out with Keith tonight? 280 00:15:45,990 --> 00:15:46,990 Did you finish your paper? 281 00:15:47,110 --> 00:15:50,450 I'm almost done. I'm just, I'm proofing it. You're not going anywhere with 282 00:15:50,450 --> 00:15:51,450 anyone until you finish. 283 00:15:51,750 --> 00:15:54,750 Does that mean I can go? Finish your paper and then we'll talk. 284 00:16:00,610 --> 00:16:01,610 Oh. 285 00:16:01,970 --> 00:16:05,770 Ed? How can one man make so much mess? 286 00:16:06,310 --> 00:16:07,310 Determination. 287 00:16:07,510 --> 00:16:09,070 Make sure he's on that bus tonight. 288 00:16:09,630 --> 00:16:11,130 I'm sorry about all this mess. 289 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:14,580 No, it's not that. It's just that I don't trust him, and I don't want Robbie 290 00:16:14,580 --> 00:16:15,580 get hurt. 291 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:18,040 Neither do I. I spoke to Robbie, and he and Ed are going to spend the day 292 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:19,820 together, and then he's driving Ed to the bus station. 293 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:21,680 Good. 294 00:16:30,980 --> 00:16:31,980 Hey, good. 295 00:16:32,340 --> 00:16:36,260 I promised myself I wouldn't ask any big questions, but something I have to 296 00:16:36,260 --> 00:16:37,260 know. 297 00:16:39,100 --> 00:16:40,400 You want to know why I left? 298 00:16:42,060 --> 00:16:45,460 Mom said you met some woman in a bar, cleaned out the checking accounts and 299 00:16:45,460 --> 00:16:46,460 off. 300 00:16:46,580 --> 00:16:49,360 But you were such a great dad and great dads don't do things like that. 301 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:53,460 I remember that time you took me to the zoo. I think I was only five, but I 302 00:16:53,460 --> 00:16:56,860 remember. You held my hand and you bought me nuts for the monkeys and we 303 00:16:56,860 --> 00:16:57,860 the train. 304 00:17:00,220 --> 00:17:01,220 So what happened? 305 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:08,040 I didn't leave for another woman. I left to take care of my sick parents. 306 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:14,140 They needed somebody to move in and look after them, so I went back home and 307 00:17:14,140 --> 00:17:16,839 took care of them until they died. 308 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:21,640 And I never took anything from the family or from your mother. As a matter 309 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:23,319 fact, I sent money back home. 310 00:17:26,260 --> 00:17:32,060 Well, your mother didn't believe me, so we got a divorce, and then she refused 311 00:17:32,060 --> 00:17:33,540 to let me see you or your brothers. 312 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:35,720 She shut me out of your lives. 313 00:17:36,990 --> 00:17:38,330 Couldn't you have called or something? 314 00:17:38,530 --> 00:17:39,670 She got a court order. 315 00:17:40,770 --> 00:17:42,730 All I could do was write, which I did. 316 00:17:43,730 --> 00:17:45,250 You know those letters you didn't get? 317 00:17:46,070 --> 00:17:50,190 For a long time, I thought that staying out of yours and your brother's lives 318 00:17:50,190 --> 00:17:53,530 was for the best, and, uh, well, now I see that was wrong. 319 00:17:55,070 --> 00:17:59,610 If I had one thing to do over again in life, I would have fought your mother 320 00:17:59,610 --> 00:18:00,610 harder for custody. 321 00:18:04,910 --> 00:18:06,550 I'm not here just for a visit, Robbie. 322 00:18:07,430 --> 00:18:09,590 I want to make it up to you and your brothers. 323 00:18:10,530 --> 00:18:11,910 I want my family back. 324 00:18:12,710 --> 00:18:14,790 And this time I'm not going to let your mother stop me. 325 00:18:17,950 --> 00:18:19,650 I'd like to stay in town for a while. 326 00:18:20,590 --> 00:18:21,970 Really? Yes. 327 00:18:24,130 --> 00:18:25,230 I'm going to need some help. 328 00:18:26,150 --> 00:18:27,410 Maybe we could help each other. 329 00:18:28,370 --> 00:18:30,610 You know, like family? 330 00:18:37,540 --> 00:18:38,920 Hey, you got in late last night. 331 00:18:40,620 --> 00:18:44,620 After the pool hall closed, we went out for ice cream with these really cute 332 00:18:44,620 --> 00:18:45,620 guys. 333 00:18:46,500 --> 00:18:48,240 Come on, we were out with Ashley's mother. 334 00:18:51,020 --> 00:18:55,500 Oh, so... Can I go to a party with Ashley and Serena tonight? 335 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:57,040 Whose party? 336 00:18:57,500 --> 00:19:00,520 Some friend of Serena's. But you don't have to worry because we'll be with an 337 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:01,620 adult the whole time. 338 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:02,840 Serena. 339 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:05,400 You're going to a party with your girlfriend's mother? 340 00:19:06,010 --> 00:19:09,130 Ashley's going too, and there'll be people of all ages at the party. 341 00:19:09,810 --> 00:19:11,130 What? She's cool. 342 00:19:11,430 --> 00:19:15,010 She's not like... You were going to say she's not like most moms. 343 00:19:15,310 --> 00:19:16,550 Moms like me, right? 344 00:19:16,790 --> 00:19:20,790 I didn't mean it as an insult, but yes, she's not like most moms. 345 00:19:22,270 --> 00:19:25,770 You just don't like her because she doesn't bake pies and go to church 346 00:19:25,770 --> 00:19:27,830 activities and make lunches. 347 00:19:29,570 --> 00:19:30,570 That's not true. 348 00:19:31,430 --> 00:19:32,850 She's fun. I like her. 349 00:19:33,050 --> 00:19:34,090 What's wrong with that? 350 00:19:34,730 --> 00:19:36,150 Serena's funness isn't the point. 351 00:19:37,050 --> 00:19:38,810 So are you saying I can't go? 352 00:19:39,050 --> 00:19:43,150 You know, you're going to be graduating soon, and you'll be off in college, and 353 00:19:43,150 --> 00:19:46,530 I won't be there to make these decisions for you, should you, shouldn't you, go 354 00:19:46,530 --> 00:19:47,449 here or there. 355 00:19:47,450 --> 00:19:50,390 So I think maybe it's time that you start making your own decisions. 356 00:19:51,690 --> 00:19:53,970 If you want to go tonight, go. 357 00:19:54,790 --> 00:19:56,450 If it's my decision, I'm going. 358 00:20:15,870 --> 00:20:19,910 Hello? I got it. Matt took me. You should confess and take it back. 359 00:20:20,370 --> 00:20:22,270 Never. My plan was too perfect. 360 00:20:22,750 --> 00:20:23,810 I'll never get caught. 361 00:20:24,390 --> 00:20:27,370 I told Matt I wanted to go to the store to buy something for Mom. 362 00:20:27,890 --> 00:20:30,990 So Matt thinks that the makeup kit is for Mom, not me. 363 00:20:31,430 --> 00:20:33,110 Now, Mom seemed a little suspicious. 364 00:20:33,610 --> 00:20:37,130 So while Matt was flirting with the sales lady, I bought some little flower 365 00:20:37,130 --> 00:20:41,090 thing. When I got home, I gave the flower thing to Mom and told her Matt 366 00:20:41,090 --> 00:20:44,310 to the mall because I wanted to get her something special for being such a great 367 00:20:44,310 --> 00:20:46,820 mom. It was great. She almost cried. 368 00:20:47,220 --> 00:20:48,400 So you lied to everyone. 369 00:20:48,820 --> 00:20:50,700 Yeah. That's not good. 370 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:54,460 Mom and Dad will find out. They always do, and then you'll be in big trouble. 371 00:20:54,940 --> 00:20:57,680 Trust me. When it comes to trouble, I am an expert. 372 00:20:58,040 --> 00:20:59,360 I'm not going to get caught. 373 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:01,780 And you're not just going to be in trouble with Mom and Dad. 374 00:21:02,120 --> 00:21:05,600 Matt is going to be really mad when he finds out you lied to him and used him. 375 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:08,640 No, you were a lot more fun when you were messing up your life. 376 00:21:24,170 --> 00:21:25,170 Be careful. 377 00:21:25,210 --> 00:21:27,190 It's just a party. I'll be fine. Okay. 378 00:21:30,470 --> 00:21:34,270 Where are you going? 379 00:21:34,490 --> 00:21:35,490 You said I can go out. 380 00:21:35,610 --> 00:21:36,610 No, I didn't. 381 00:21:41,710 --> 00:21:47,590 Maybe we should talk in the living room. 382 00:21:48,150 --> 00:21:49,630 There's nothing to talk about. 383 00:21:49,870 --> 00:21:51,110 Did you finish your paper? 384 00:21:51,490 --> 00:21:52,490 Almost. 385 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:54,940 I'm sorry, but Simon won't be able to go with you tonight. 386 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:57,680 You must be kidding. 387 00:21:58,080 --> 00:21:59,080 No, I'm not kidding. 388 00:21:59,960 --> 00:22:00,960 We're going to take off. 389 00:22:01,940 --> 00:22:03,120 Get to the list if you can. 390 00:22:03,340 --> 00:22:04,119 All right. 391 00:22:04,120 --> 00:22:05,120 Let's go. 392 00:22:05,860 --> 00:22:11,920 I hope you're happy because you just completely humiliated me in front of my 393 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:13,660 friends. I want to read your paper. 394 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:15,000 I'm not finished. 395 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:16,980 You need to finish it. 396 00:22:17,380 --> 00:22:20,320 You know, I don't like you very much right now. 397 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:21,720 Well, the feeling's mutual. 398 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:24,840 So I suggest you go upstairs and finish your paper. 399 00:22:25,100 --> 00:22:28,320 Change your attitude, or the next time you leave the house, it'll be for your 400 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:29,320 high school graduation. 401 00:22:42,460 --> 00:22:44,520 Hello? Hi, Reverend Hamden. 402 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:47,220 This is Sally Palmer, Robbie's mother. 403 00:22:47,660 --> 00:22:48,660 Oh. 404 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:51,000 Hello. How are things in Florida? 405 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:52,359 Pretty well. 406 00:22:52,360 --> 00:22:53,360 How's Robbie doing? 407 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:54,880 Well, he's doing great. 408 00:22:55,120 --> 00:22:59,880 He's very popular down at the daycare center, and he's still working part 409 00:22:59,880 --> 00:23:01,040 at the grocery store. 410 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:03,160 He's doing really well at school. 411 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:07,320 Thank you so much for helping him and taking him in. You don't have to thank 412 00:23:08,360 --> 00:23:10,240 Is my ex -husband there in town? 413 00:23:10,940 --> 00:23:12,760 Yes. Ed got here last night. 414 00:23:12,980 --> 00:23:14,180 I was afraid of that. 415 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:17,420 Afraid? He came here first. 416 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:19,520 He was in Florida? 417 00:23:20,120 --> 00:23:22,540 He left two days ago. I'm worried about Robbie. 418 00:23:23,300 --> 00:23:28,520 Well, uh, Ed is leaving tonight. He's probably already gone. 419 00:23:29,540 --> 00:23:33,400 The thing you have to know about my ex, he's always there when you don't want 420 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:35,560 him, and he's never there when you need him. 421 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:42,540 Aren't you going to miss your bus? 422 00:23:43,140 --> 00:23:48,400 Well, I... Actually, I should let Robbie tell you the good news. 423 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:50,080 Good news? 424 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:53,640 My dad and I decided we need to spend some more time together. 425 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:58,940 He didn't want to leave and I didn't want him to leave, so we rented an 426 00:23:58,940 --> 00:23:59,940 apartment together. 427 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:03,860 We put down a deposit and tomorrow we move in. 428 00:24:04,740 --> 00:24:06,720 Isn't this great? I finally have my dad back. 429 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:08,860 And I finally have my son with me again. 430 00:24:49,360 --> 00:24:51,180 I'm sorry I'm late. Oh, that's okay. 431 00:24:52,580 --> 00:24:56,180 It's been a rough night, so I ordered pizza for the kids, and I made you a 432 00:24:56,180 --> 00:24:58,080 salad. Rough night? What happened? 433 00:24:58,640 --> 00:24:59,640 Well, let's see. 434 00:25:00,340 --> 00:25:04,280 Lucy's out with her new best friend, Serena, who I think is 40 going on 17. 435 00:25:05,380 --> 00:25:08,260 And Simon didn't finish his paper, so I wouldn't let him go out with his 436 00:25:08,260 --> 00:25:10,340 friends. So now Simon hates me. 437 00:25:10,940 --> 00:25:13,200 And of course, I saved the best for last. 438 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:15,280 Ed isn't leaving. 439 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:16,520 Ed is staying. 440 00:25:16,940 --> 00:25:21,120 He and Robbie put a deposit down on an apartment today, and Robbie is moving 441 00:25:21,120 --> 00:25:23,740 out. Robbie can't move in with Ed. I know. 442 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:28,380 Robbie's mom called from Florida, and... Ed is no good. All that's old news. We 443 00:25:28,380 --> 00:25:29,500 knew that the second we met him. 444 00:25:29,740 --> 00:25:34,820 Well, the trick is convincing Robbie, not us. He and Ed went out. They'll be 445 00:25:34,820 --> 00:25:35,699 back any minute. 446 00:25:35,700 --> 00:25:38,300 Well, I'll talk to Robbie when he gets home. 447 00:25:42,300 --> 00:25:44,160 When did Robbie become one of our children? 448 00:25:47,630 --> 00:25:53,670 I'm not sure but he is and I can't just stand around and watch Ed ruin his life. 449 00:25:54,150 --> 00:25:55,150 No. 450 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:17,020 Did you know it was going to be like this? 451 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:21,060 Oh, no. 452 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:22,800 Here they come again. 453 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:25,280 Why don't they leave us alone? 454 00:26:27,120 --> 00:26:28,260 You know, why don't we just go? 455 00:26:29,540 --> 00:26:30,660 I don't want to leave my mother. 456 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:34,060 Okay, well, let's do something. 457 00:26:34,460 --> 00:26:38,480 Those two guys are giving me the creeps. I mean, they're 27 and we're 18. 458 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:42,920 Bathroom. 459 00:26:52,360 --> 00:26:53,360 I think we should talk. 460 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:04,060 You see the problem? You want me to treat you like a man and you're acting 461 00:27:04,060 --> 00:27:05,060 a child. 462 00:27:06,260 --> 00:27:08,220 Fine. Talk to me. Don't talk to me. 463 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:12,180 I want to read your paper. I don't care if you're not finished. I want to read 464 00:27:12,180 --> 00:27:13,180 what you've done so far. 465 00:27:14,860 --> 00:27:16,760 Do you really want to be in more trouble than you're in already? 466 00:27:24,860 --> 00:27:25,860 Thank you. 467 00:27:36,100 --> 00:27:37,300 Are you okay? 468 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:40,440 What's wrong? 469 00:27:42,700 --> 00:27:44,120 Mommy, I can't get it off. 470 00:27:44,780 --> 00:27:47,140 I tried soap and water, but it just won't come off. 471 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:49,100 Whose makeup did you get into? 472 00:27:49,900 --> 00:27:50,900 It's my makeup. 473 00:27:51,390 --> 00:27:54,590 Matt took me to the store today and I bought that makeup kit that you and 474 00:27:54,590 --> 00:27:55,590 said I couldn't have. 475 00:27:56,350 --> 00:27:59,630 So you didn't go to the store to buy me something. You went to the store to buy 476 00:27:59,630 --> 00:28:00,630 you something. 477 00:28:00,790 --> 00:28:02,610 Something you were told you could not have. 478 00:28:05,550 --> 00:28:08,510 I'm in trouble, aren't I? You're in more trouble than you've ever been in 479 00:28:08,510 --> 00:28:09,510 before. 480 00:28:09,570 --> 00:28:12,230 First I'm going to take you in the bathroom and get that stuff off your 481 00:28:12,270 --> 00:28:14,750 And then when Matt gets home from the library, we're going to have a long talk 482 00:28:14,750 --> 00:28:15,750 about this. 483 00:28:18,150 --> 00:28:19,150 Hi. 484 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:21,180 Did you hear the good news? I'm moving in with my dad. 485 00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:23,720 Yeah, I know. I spoke to your mother tonight. 486 00:28:24,580 --> 00:28:26,740 Well, she hates my dad. She always has. 487 00:28:27,120 --> 00:28:28,960 She never has anything good to say about him. 488 00:28:29,300 --> 00:28:31,300 He did abandon her and you and your brothers. 489 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:32,640 That's not true. 490 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:34,280 My dad told me what really happened. 491 00:28:34,660 --> 00:28:37,860 You know, my mom's not exactly June Cleaver. You can't believe everything 492 00:28:37,860 --> 00:28:40,160 tells you. She'd tell you anything to keep me and my dad apart. 493 00:28:40,580 --> 00:28:41,800 She kept us apart for years. 494 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:44,600 Maybe she had good reasons for wanting to keep... 495 00:28:44,860 --> 00:28:49,100 Ed away from you. You may not be able to believe everything your mom says, but I 496 00:28:49,100 --> 00:28:51,060 think you can believe what she says about Ed. 497 00:28:51,460 --> 00:28:54,480 I finally have my dad around after years and years of not having him, and 498 00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:55,640 everyone's trying to take him away. 499 00:28:55,920 --> 00:29:00,720 No one's trying to keep Ed away from you, but we are trying to protect you. 500 00:29:00,940 --> 00:29:02,060 I don't need protecting. 501 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:06,240 I can take care of myself, and I know my dad's not perfect, but neither am I. 502 00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:11,360 I hate to be the one to tell you this, but... Yeah, the police in New York are 503 00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:13,040 looking for my dad because he wrote some bad checks. 504 00:29:13,919 --> 00:29:14,919 Yes. See? 505 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:18,480 He told me that. He didn't have to, but he wants to be honest with me. 506 00:29:19,140 --> 00:29:20,420 You really should call your mother. 507 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:23,420 Why? So she can badmouth my dad some more? 508 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:25,000 No thanks. 509 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:28,240 Look, one more night and I'll be out of here and everyone can stop worrying. 510 00:29:28,500 --> 00:29:32,240 I'll be fine. My dad will be fine. We're going to take care of each other and 511 00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:33,400 we're going to be just fine. 512 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:46,640 I'm sorry. 513 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:48,720 Why are you apologizing? 514 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:50,760 I'm apologizing for my mother. 515 00:29:51,620 --> 00:29:52,620 It's okay. 516 00:29:52,860 --> 00:29:54,140 No, it isn't. 517 00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:57,300 You wouldn't understand. You have a mother. 518 00:29:57,640 --> 00:29:58,640 A real mother. 519 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:01,880 Sometimes I wish I had a real mother, too. 520 00:30:02,940 --> 00:30:05,440 Not some woman who'd rather be my friend than my mother. 521 00:30:06,900 --> 00:30:07,900 Friends I have. 522 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:10,520 People to go to parties and dances. I have. 523 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:13,280 A mother I don't have. 524 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:19,510 And haven't had since... My parents got divorced, and my mother decided that she 525 00:30:19,510 --> 00:30:20,790 no longer wanted to be a mother. 526 00:30:22,070 --> 00:30:24,510 I had no idea you felt this way about her. 527 00:30:25,190 --> 00:30:31,550 I thought that you liked that your mother was hip and cool and 528 00:30:32,030 --> 00:30:36,710 What's so hip and cool about being locked up in some stranger's bathroom 529 00:30:36,710 --> 00:30:41,430 your mom flirts and carries on with some guy who's too old for us and too young 530 00:30:41,430 --> 00:30:42,430 for her? 531 00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:46,280 Welcome to the dark side of having a hip and cool mom. 532 00:30:50,780 --> 00:30:53,900 I stayed longer at the library than I planned. Is there any dinner left? 533 00:30:56,840 --> 00:30:58,460 Or I could eat out. 534 00:30:58,660 --> 00:31:00,260 Did you take Ruthie to the store today? 535 00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:04,760 Do you like the makeup kit she bought you? The makeup kit wasn't for me. 536 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:06,320 Who was it for? 537 00:31:06,780 --> 00:31:07,780 Ruthie. 538 00:31:07,940 --> 00:31:09,720 But Ruthie's too young to wear makeup. 539 00:31:10,140 --> 00:31:12,280 Bingo. Her father and I told her she couldn't have it. 540 00:31:12,620 --> 00:31:14,920 Wait, so she lied to me so I'd help her get it? 541 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:20,540 I know Ruthie's done some questionable things before, but she's never looked me 542 00:31:20,540 --> 00:31:21,540 in the eye and lied. 543 00:31:21,620 --> 00:31:22,820 Doesn't feel so great, does it? 544 00:31:23,020 --> 00:31:24,020 No, it doesn't. 545 00:31:24,220 --> 00:31:26,280 I was waiting for you so we could both talk to her. 546 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:30,700 No, this whole thing was my fault. I was the adult in charge. I'd like to handle 547 00:31:30,700 --> 00:31:31,700 Ruthie by myself. 548 00:31:31,900 --> 00:31:32,900 Are you sure? 549 00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:36,240 You're going to have to punish her, and she's not going to like you for it. 550 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:37,960 I don't care. 551 00:31:48,750 --> 00:31:49,750 We need to talk. 552 00:31:50,390 --> 00:31:52,810 I figured this was coming. 553 00:31:54,250 --> 00:31:56,390 I know you don't want me and Robbie to move in together. 554 00:31:57,370 --> 00:31:58,890 I talked to Robbie's mother. 555 00:32:00,230 --> 00:32:01,250 I know everything. 556 00:32:02,550 --> 00:32:05,230 So did you tell Robbie everything? 557 00:32:06,910 --> 00:32:11,370 Yes. Well, I'm guessing either Robbie didn't believe you or he doesn't care. 558 00:32:11,590 --> 00:32:14,870 If he did, you wouldn't be out here asking me to leave town. 559 00:32:15,410 --> 00:32:17,750 That is what you're doing, isn't it? 560 00:32:19,870 --> 00:32:23,930 Well, I've had a lot of people ask me to leave, so I generally know when it's 561 00:32:23,930 --> 00:32:24,930 coming. 562 00:32:26,910 --> 00:32:29,150 Robbie doesn't want to believe anything bad about you. 563 00:32:30,250 --> 00:32:34,090 I don't know what my ex told you exactly, but you can't believe 564 00:32:34,090 --> 00:32:35,150 says. She's no saint. 565 00:32:35,490 --> 00:32:36,490 That's true. 566 00:32:36,750 --> 00:32:40,990 She's had her share of problems, financial, emotional. She hasn't always 567 00:32:40,990 --> 00:32:45,110 the best decisions, but she tried. She did the best she could under the 568 00:32:45,110 --> 00:32:46,110 circumstances. 569 00:32:46,550 --> 00:32:48,270 Circumstances? Being left. 570 00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:50,340 To raise three sons on her own. 571 00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:56,300 But my parents... Look, you and I both know that you didn't leave her and your 572 00:32:56,300 --> 00:32:59,180 children so you could take care of your sick parents. You did leave because you 573 00:32:59,180 --> 00:33:02,540 weren't really into being a father, right? I mean, this is a little too much 574 00:33:02,540 --> 00:33:06,620 responsibility. You were okay with making the kids, just not raising them 575 00:33:06,620 --> 00:33:07,960 taking care of them. 576 00:33:09,420 --> 00:33:12,160 Did you know that Robbie was homeless not too long ago? 577 00:33:12,700 --> 00:33:14,120 I don't want to see that happen again. 578 00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:15,640 Robbie's doing great. 579 00:33:15,860 --> 00:33:17,720 He should just stay right where he is. 580 00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:20,920 You're not his father. 581 00:33:22,540 --> 00:33:23,540 Neither are you. 582 00:33:24,340 --> 00:33:28,300 Sticks and stones, ouch. Robbie may not be my son, but he is a part of this 583 00:33:28,300 --> 00:33:30,300 family, and this is the best place for him. 584 00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:31,520 And he knows that. 585 00:33:32,020 --> 00:33:37,680 But he loves you, or the idea of you. He's willing to risk his future because 586 00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:38,900 believes he has a future with you. 587 00:33:39,780 --> 00:33:42,500 You can't stop me from getting an apartment with my son. 588 00:33:42,820 --> 00:33:44,140 The state of New York can't. 589 00:33:44,900 --> 00:33:45,900 Is that a threat? 590 00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:47,560 No, it's not a threat, but... 591 00:33:48,530 --> 00:33:49,530 Okay, it's a threat. 592 00:33:51,210 --> 00:33:52,690 Robbie's welfare means a lot to me. 593 00:33:52,930 --> 00:33:55,750 If you don't leave, I'll call the police. I'll let them know where you 594 00:33:55,750 --> 00:34:01,130 don't want to do it, but I can't just watch Robbie throw everything away. I 595 00:34:01,130 --> 00:34:02,130 him. 596 00:34:02,810 --> 00:34:07,390 And he'll never reach his potential if he's too busy taking care of you to take 597 00:34:07,390 --> 00:34:08,390 care of himself. 598 00:34:09,590 --> 00:34:10,610 Well, I love him, too. 599 00:34:11,510 --> 00:34:13,870 And he is my son. 600 00:34:14,170 --> 00:34:15,170 Then do the right thing. 601 00:34:16,050 --> 00:34:17,350 Put your son's needs... 602 00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:18,920 Before your own. 603 00:34:19,659 --> 00:34:20,659 Do the right thing. 604 00:34:30,260 --> 00:34:31,920 I've been home for a while. 605 00:34:32,540 --> 00:34:33,760 But I've been in my room. 606 00:34:34,139 --> 00:34:36,260 Thinking of what I wanted to say. I'm very upset. 607 00:34:36,620 --> 00:34:37,920 The devil made me do it. 608 00:34:38,300 --> 00:34:39,920 Let's not bring the devil into this. 609 00:34:40,159 --> 00:34:42,360 What do you want me to do? I want you to apologize. 610 00:34:42,980 --> 00:34:43,759 Oh, okay. 611 00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:47,040 I'm sorry. No, I want you to apologize and mean it. 612 00:34:47,449 --> 00:34:48,428 I am sorry. 613 00:34:48,429 --> 00:34:51,090 I didn't mean to lie, but I had to have that makeup kit. 614 00:34:51,650 --> 00:34:52,650 That's not an apology. 615 00:34:52,989 --> 00:34:54,290 Why are you being so mean to me? 616 00:34:54,750 --> 00:34:56,790 Look, I'm not being mean. I'm being nice. 617 00:34:57,490 --> 00:35:00,250 You have to learn that what you did was wrong, and if you don't learn it today, 618 00:35:00,510 --> 00:35:03,570 you could go out and do the same thing tomorrow and hurt someone else like you 619 00:35:03,570 --> 00:35:04,570 hurt me. 620 00:35:06,330 --> 00:35:09,570 Now, it's okay if you don't understand what I'm saying, because we can talk 621 00:35:09,570 --> 00:35:12,030 tomorrow when I drive you back to the store to return that makeup kit. 622 00:35:20,319 --> 00:35:22,140 Hello? So did Mom and Dad find out yet? 623 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:23,820 What are you, psychic? 624 00:35:24,340 --> 00:35:26,400 I told you, they always find out. 625 00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:28,720 So did you call just to say I told you so? 626 00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:30,320 No, I called for two reasons. 627 00:35:30,940 --> 00:35:33,940 One, I knew you were going to get into trouble, and I figured that you were 628 00:35:33,940 --> 00:35:36,800 going to get yelled at, and I know how that feels, so I wanted to make sure you 629 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:37,558 were okay. 630 00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:38,339 Me too. 631 00:35:38,340 --> 00:35:39,339 I love you. 632 00:35:39,340 --> 00:35:42,340 And I wanted to make sure that you learn your lesson, because I don't want you 633 00:35:42,340 --> 00:35:43,560 to end up in Buffalo like me. 634 00:35:43,940 --> 00:35:44,940 Okay, okay. 635 00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:46,118 I get it. 636 00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:47,180 I really get it. 637 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:49,000 Good. 638 00:35:59,299 --> 00:36:00,299 What happened? 639 00:36:00,380 --> 00:36:03,620 You had months to work on this, and it's nowhere near your best work. 640 00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:08,780 So? I'm not going to get an A on everything I do. If this paper was truly 641 00:36:08,780 --> 00:36:12,460 best you can do, it would be fine. You could turn it in and that would be that. 642 00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:14,860 You can still turn it in and probably get a passing grade. 643 00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:17,100 But then what would you have learned? 644 00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:21,860 That to get by in life you don't have to do much because you're a smart kid? If 645 00:36:21,860 --> 00:36:25,200 all you want to do is pass, the truth is you don't have to work very hard. Why 646 00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:26,880 are you making such a big deal out of this? 647 00:36:27,180 --> 00:36:28,340 Because it is a big deal. 648 00:36:28,810 --> 00:36:30,630 You are smart, very smart. 649 00:36:30,910 --> 00:36:35,130 And if you don't work up to your potential, you will never truly be 650 00:36:35,230 --> 00:36:39,130 you'll have time to goof around with your friends, but deep down inside, 651 00:36:39,130 --> 00:36:41,130 know that you're not the person you could be. 652 00:36:41,350 --> 00:36:42,870 And that will make you very unhappy. 653 00:36:43,770 --> 00:36:46,810 I'd rather see you mad at me for the rest of your life than to let that 654 00:36:54,310 --> 00:36:55,870 Hello? Oh, hi, Luz. 655 00:36:56,550 --> 00:36:57,850 What? You're where? 656 00:36:58,410 --> 00:37:00,230 No, no, no. I'll be right there. Give me the address. 657 00:37:01,830 --> 00:37:02,830 Uh -huh. 658 00:37:02,850 --> 00:37:03,970 Okay. Bye. 659 00:37:07,530 --> 00:37:09,170 I made some notes on your paper. 660 00:37:09,410 --> 00:37:11,350 You should read them over and start rewriting. 661 00:37:12,390 --> 00:37:14,030 I'll be back and we can work on it together. 662 00:37:23,770 --> 00:37:24,770 Hello? 663 00:37:25,870 --> 00:37:28,130 I'm sorry I called so late. I'll try back tomorrow. 664 00:37:28,410 --> 00:37:29,530 Don't hang up. I'm awake. 665 00:37:30,210 --> 00:37:31,490 What did you call to talk about? 666 00:37:32,310 --> 00:37:33,310 Dad. 667 00:37:34,450 --> 00:37:35,450 Okay. 668 00:37:36,810 --> 00:37:38,810 When I was younger, who used to take me to the zoo? 669 00:37:39,290 --> 00:37:40,690 My brother, your uncle. 670 00:37:41,250 --> 00:37:45,010 Your dad wasn't around much, and he thought you boys should have a guy to do 671 00:37:45,010 --> 00:37:46,410 stuff with, so he took you places. 672 00:37:47,070 --> 00:37:49,450 He loved the zoo, especially those monkeys. 673 00:37:52,270 --> 00:37:53,270 Are you still there? 674 00:37:54,310 --> 00:37:55,310 Yeah, I'm still here. 675 00:38:01,690 --> 00:38:02,970 Ashley. Hey. 676 00:38:03,970 --> 00:38:04,970 Ashley. 677 00:38:06,070 --> 00:38:09,310 Mom, I'm staying the night at Lucy's. I'll call you in the morning. 678 00:38:10,010 --> 00:38:11,130 Weren't you having a good time? 679 00:38:12,450 --> 00:38:13,450 No. 680 00:38:13,590 --> 00:38:16,230 And it would have been hard for you to notice that since you've been throwing 681 00:38:16,230 --> 00:38:17,790 yourself at that Alan guy all night. 682 00:38:19,610 --> 00:38:20,670 Hey, hold on. 683 00:38:21,210 --> 00:38:22,810 Did you just grow up, Mom? 684 00:38:23,210 --> 00:38:27,310 And at your age, just once... You cannot talk to me that way. I am your mother. 685 00:38:27,490 --> 00:38:29,710 Mother? I thought you were my best friend. 686 00:38:30,660 --> 00:38:32,960 So what is it? Mother or best friend? 687 00:38:34,060 --> 00:38:35,060 Can't I be both? 688 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:36,820 No. Why? 689 00:38:37,460 --> 00:38:41,180 Because I want a mom that I can call to come get me if I'm having a bad time at 690 00:38:41,180 --> 00:38:44,940 a party. I want a mom that yells at me when I'm late, tells me to eat my 691 00:38:44,940 --> 00:38:46,220 vegetables, go to bed. 692 00:38:46,620 --> 00:38:50,180 I want a mom with her own social life, her own friends. 693 00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:54,500 I don't want to go to parties with my mom and watch her make a fool of herself 694 00:38:54,500 --> 00:38:57,200 flirting with some guy who's half her age. 695 00:38:58,299 --> 00:39:02,800 I'm not saying that it has to be all about me, but why does it always have to 696 00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:03,800 all about you? 697 00:39:04,280 --> 00:39:05,580 I know what's going on here. 698 00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:13,180 You know, just because you bake cookies and make lunches and drive a carpool 699 00:39:13,180 --> 00:39:14,540 does not make you better than me. 700 00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:18,660 It doesn't make you a better mother. I'm a good mother, too. This isn't about 701 00:39:18,660 --> 00:39:22,300 us. This is about you and your daughter. This is about you growing up and acting 702 00:39:22,300 --> 00:39:25,480 your age. It's about you being an adult so she can be a child. 703 00:39:26,180 --> 00:39:27,340 It's called parenthood. 704 00:39:27,720 --> 00:39:31,400 And it has nothing to do with cookies and everything to do with raising 705 00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:35,860 children, helping them find their way, being there for them, putting their 706 00:39:35,860 --> 00:39:36,860 first. 707 00:39:37,100 --> 00:39:41,020 How is your daughter supposed to learn how to be a mother if you won't be a 708 00:39:41,020 --> 00:39:42,020 mother to her? 709 00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:45,760 I don't know what you want from me. 710 00:39:46,140 --> 00:39:48,400 Well, I don't either, but I don't want this. 711 00:39:54,620 --> 00:39:57,080 Ashley, I had no idea you felt the way you do. 712 00:39:58,000 --> 00:39:59,000 I love you, Mom. 713 00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:01,320 But I don't want to do this anymore. 714 00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:04,200 I love you, too. 715 00:40:07,420 --> 00:40:12,360 Look, I know that you were planning on spending the night at Lucy's, but maybe 716 00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:14,240 instead we could go home and talk. 717 00:40:15,940 --> 00:40:17,340 Things we have a lot to talk about. 718 00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:19,800 All right. 719 00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:21,320 We can talk. 720 00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:24,040 But we're not going to settle this in one night. 721 00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:25,680 No. 722 00:40:26,030 --> 00:40:27,330 But it'll be a start, huh? 723 00:40:28,690 --> 00:40:31,050 I'm gonna go get my coat and then we can go, okay? 724 00:40:40,030 --> 00:40:41,030 You guys can go. 725 00:40:41,490 --> 00:40:42,490 I'll call you tomorrow. 726 00:40:51,870 --> 00:40:53,750 You're welcome. 727 00:40:55,470 --> 00:40:57,350 How did you know I was going to say thank you? 728 00:40:57,970 --> 00:40:58,970 I'm your mother. 729 00:40:59,230 --> 00:41:00,230 Your mother knows. 730 00:41:06,430 --> 00:41:07,650 So did my dad get off okay? 731 00:41:08,610 --> 00:41:09,610 Yeah. 732 00:41:10,090 --> 00:41:13,110 I heard Mrs. Camden tell Matt you were out with my dad, so I figured you were 733 00:41:13,110 --> 00:41:14,110 putting him on the bus. 734 00:41:15,950 --> 00:41:17,890 I called my mom and had a long talk with her. 735 00:41:19,450 --> 00:41:20,890 Sorry. Sorry for what? 736 00:41:21,310 --> 00:41:22,410 For caring about me? 737 00:41:24,110 --> 00:41:26,590 For giving me the first... Real home I've ever had. 738 00:41:27,770 --> 00:41:30,190 For being the father I never had and always wanted. 739 00:41:31,590 --> 00:41:33,470 For forgiving me of my past mistakes. 740 00:41:33,850 --> 00:41:35,470 Being so supportive and kind. 741 00:41:37,090 --> 00:41:38,630 You have nothing to be sorry for. 742 00:41:41,830 --> 00:41:43,850 My mom told me he showed up in Florida. 743 00:41:45,390 --> 00:41:46,570 Stole money from her. 744 00:41:47,590 --> 00:41:51,330 And took my underage brothers out to a bar and used them to pick up women. 745 00:41:53,190 --> 00:41:54,310 My mom thinks... 746 00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:56,180 I can't see the bad in my father. 747 00:41:58,140 --> 00:41:59,140 That's not true. 748 00:42:00,840 --> 00:42:03,140 I don't want to see the bad in my father. 749 00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:07,080 I want to believe he's just like everyone else's dad. 750 00:42:08,540 --> 00:42:14,320 When I was younger, he used to disappear for months at a time. 751 00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:20,780 So I'd pretend he was in the CIA and he was doing undercover work. 752 00:42:22,830 --> 00:42:24,810 Couldn't let myself believe he didn't want to be with us. 753 00:42:26,630 --> 00:42:28,170 I guess I'm still pretending. 754 00:42:29,290 --> 00:42:31,310 That's why I let him talk me into renting that apartment. 755 00:42:32,410 --> 00:42:36,530 I figured all I had to do was pay the rent and he'd be there. 756 00:42:38,350 --> 00:42:39,570 Like he never was there. 757 00:42:40,570 --> 00:42:41,570 My whole life. 758 00:42:43,430 --> 00:42:45,990 I know that sounds stupid, childish. 759 00:42:48,370 --> 00:42:51,550 But to have a dad, I'd do almost anything. 760 00:42:53,400 --> 00:42:59,480 After I dropped Ed off at the bus station, I stopped by the apartment. I 761 00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:01,420 landlord to give me back your deposit check. 762 00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:11,900 That was very fatherly of you. 763 00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:16,960 Do you think my dad will ever be a dad to me or my brothers? 764 00:43:17,840 --> 00:43:19,240 A dad like you? 765 00:43:20,820 --> 00:43:21,860 I don't know. I hope so. 766 00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:26,120 What exactly did I do to deserve you and this family? 767 00:43:26,820 --> 00:43:28,060 I think you dated Mary. 768 00:43:29,700 --> 00:43:31,680 So you do this for all your daughter's ex -boyfriends? 769 00:43:32,140 --> 00:43:33,140 No. 770 00:43:33,980 --> 00:43:36,260 Just the special ones. 771 00:43:39,020 --> 00:43:40,020 Thanks. 772 00:43:40,420 --> 00:43:41,420 You're welcome. 773 00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:46,340 I want to give you a hug. 774 00:43:47,380 --> 00:43:48,980 You know, I want to give you a hug, too. 775 00:43:49,660 --> 00:43:50,940 This will be our first hug. 776 00:43:52,220 --> 00:43:53,220 Yeah, it will.