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[sirens wail]

[indistinct yelling]

♪ tense music playing ♪

♪

‐ What do you think she's saying?

‐ She'll probably find
a way to blame Izzy.

‐ She always does.

LOU:
They found evidence of an accelerant.

Guys said when they went in,
there were, um...

little fires everywhere.

‐ What does that mean?

‐ Well, the fire didn't just happen.
It was set.

Where's Izzy?
Is she, uh, is she around?

‐ She doesn't have anything to do
with this, Lou.

‐ Okay, well,
I'd just like to talk to her.

Where is she?

‐ We don't know.

‐ Look, she's a minor.
No other homes were damaged.

[exhales]

Elena.

Someone intentionally burned down
your house with you inside.

If Izzy didn't do this, then who did?

♪ soft music playing ♪

♪

♪ theme music playing ♪

♪

[alarm blares]

♪ "Little Bird" by Annie Lennox ♪

♪

♪ I look up to the ♪

♪ Little bird ♪

♪ That glides across the sky ♪

‐ [knocking]
‐ Rise and shine!

Come on, up and at 'em.

LEXIE: Oh, my God, no.

No, tell Jim if he's not ready
in time, he's not going.

Brian wants to get there before the line
for the Raptor just gets insane.

‐ Isabelle Marie, if you want a ride,
we have to go now, honey.

And don't forget your violin.

Coffee.
‐ Thank you, honey.

See you tonight.
‐ Will you tell her to come
downstairs, please?

‐ She's coming, but go easy on her.
She's on vacation time.

ELENA:
Trip, don't forget your Gatorades.

And Moody, if you're gonna go
to Carl's pool,

make sure and get
a little sun on your legs.

You're looking a little pale.
It's summer.

You should look like you've seen the sun.

MOODY:
Trip's just as white as I am.

ELENA: Honey, everybody
looks better with a tan.

LEXIE: Okay, I'm going.
‐ Are you wearing that to orchestra camp?

‐ Yes. Are there Pop‐Tarts?

‐ Uh, no, there's eggs and bacon
like everyone else had

with no complaints.

‐ You know pigs have the mental capacity
of a three‐year‐old, right?

So when you eat bacon,
you're basically eating me 11 years ago.

ELENA:
Fascinating. Let's get in the car.

Listen, Linda, I'm with you.
Memoirs of a Geisha had my vote.

But you know Elizabeth. Ever since
she started at Planned Parenthood,

she's just been so political.

So I guess Vagina Monologues it is.

♪ tense music playing ♪

You know, I'm over my minutes.
Can I call you back?

Okay.

[phone beeps]

[phone rings]

Hi, everybody.
‐ Good morning.

‐ Hi.
‐ Hi.

‐ Good morning, Elena.
‐ Marci, any day now.

Just sleep when they sleep,
and it'll be the best thing you do.

I promise.
STU: Take it from the woman who knows.

She took six weeks
of paid vacation times four.

Right?

ELENA: Look, I never normally
do something like this,

but I would hate to not say something
and then have something bad happen.

Yes, okay, so it's an older model car.

Blue, and it looked as though
there was a woman living in there.

African‐American, I think.

♪ tense music playing ♪

♪

‐ Hey, hi.
You slept well.

Yeah.

Hands visible, honey, okay?

OFFICER:
How we doing this morning, ma'am?

‐ Morning, officer.

♪ "Hole In the Bucket" by Spearhead ♪

♪

♪ Ooh, baby ♪

♪ I work 9 to 5
but it starts in the P. M. ♪

♪ And I love the sunrise
so I step out in the A. M. ♪

♪ The street is black and shiny
from the nightly raining ♪

♪ The glory of the light
brings evaporation ♪

♪ Morning's fresh, oxygen cleanest ♪

♪ I take a deep hit,
help my mind stay the greenest ♪

♪ I'm already awake
so I'm not drinking coffee ♪

♪ Don't want a cigarette
'cause it's a form of slavery ♪

♪ I walk into the store
'cause I need a few items ♪

♪ The sun heats my blood
like a hit of vitamins ♪

♪ I need to buy some food,
some 'poo for my dreads ♪

♪ I can't remember why,
but I need a spool of thread ♪

♪ When a man with dirty dreads,
he steps around the corner ♪

♪ He asked me for a dime,
a nickel, or a quarter ♪

♪ I don't have any change
so I'm stepping along ♪

♪ But as I'm walking past
he sings to me a song ♪

♪ There's a hole in the bucket ♪

♪ Dear Liza ♪

♪ There's a hole in the bucket ♪

♪ Dear Liza, dear Liza ♪

♪ There's a hole in the bucket ♪

♪ Dear Liza, Liza ♪

♪ There's a hole in the bucket ♪

‐ Hey.
‐ Hm?

♪ Dear Liza, dear Liza ♪

‐ It's in the right zone.
‐ Yeah.

Mm, I like it.
‐ Do you?

‐ I do.
‐ Should we go?

‐ Yes, let's go.

‐ Yeah, let's go.

‐ Wow.

I thought the ad said "duplex."

‐ It did.

‐ Every house on Windsor
has two families in it

even though it appears to only have one.

It was actually designed that way
to avoid any stigma

of renting instead of owning.

‐ How thoughtful.

ELENA: You can look around wherever
you want to, honey.

So rent is $300 a month.

That is well below market, and it's
really not about the money for us.

I've lived in Shaker all my life.
My parents left this rental to me.

The point is to rent
to someone who can, um...enjoy it.

You'll see the appliances
were updated a few years back.

The heat is all electric.
Water and power included.

What else?

‐ Wait, there's two bedrooms
and a sun room?

ELENA: Yes.
‐ Pearl.

‐ Mom, you could have an art studio
and I could finally have my own room.

‐ Uh, are you an artist?

‐ I am.
‐ Oh, wow, that's fantastic.

I love art.

‐ I can tell.

‐ Well, you know,
I never normally do this,

but I might be willing to knock a little
off the rent if you can mow the lawn.

'Cause our downstairs tenant, Mr. Yang,

he was doing it,
but then he let it get patchy,

and with his arthritis,
we've taken to hiring someone.

MIA:
That's very generous of you.

I'd be happy to mow your lawn
whenever you want.

ELENA: Well, it would actually have to be
every two weeks

because the grass in Shaker
can't be over six inches tall.

[laughs]

‐ Does someone measure it?

‐ And ticket you.
It's all in the town welcome packet.

‐ Thank you.

Mom, it's perfect.

[Mia chuckles]

‐ You would be zoned to East Shaker,
which is private school education

at public school prices.

It was actually one of the first schools
integrated in the city.

I know that because my mother
was on the board there when it happened.

And my own children go there.

Actually, my youngest
is starting there this year.

God help us all.

‐ And the lease?

‐ Oh, it's a year to start,
and month to month after that.

‐ No I, I need month to month to start.

We move around a lot for work.

‐ But you said that
we could stay the year.

‐ I said maybe.

‐ What is it that you do?

‐ I'm an artist.

‐ Oh, yes, of course, you said that.

I didn't realize you meant professionally.

I feel like that's one of those ideal jobs
you just see on TV.

Like a spy or a marine biologist.

[chuckles]

I, I would love to rent month to month.
It just becomes a management thing.

It's just a full‐time job
on top of my other job.

‐ No, we don't expect you
to change the rules for us.

PEARL: But Mom.
‐ Hey, we will find another place.

There's always another place.

♪

‐ Excuse me.

‐ So you rented it to her on the spot,
just like that?

Do you even know anything
about this woman?

‐ Well, I know she's a single mom
and she has a 15‐year‐old daughter.

Actually, her daughter
is a rising sophomore as well.

You should do the neighborly thing
and introduce yourself.

TRIP: Can I get the rolls?
‐ What about the mom?

‐ Well, she's very attractive.
African‐American.

‐ What does that matter?
TRIP: Could I get the pasta?

‐ And an artist.
‐ You know it's not all for you, right?

‐ Brian says his parents say
we should say "black" now.

‐ Well, Jesse Jackson says
African‐American and he's on television.

‐ What kind of artist is she?
‐ Well, apparently, a struggling one.

I saw her sleeping in her car.

‐ You rented to a homeless person?

‐ Between homes isn't homeless, Bill.

‐ Did you even have time
to check her references?

‐ You know what felt good?
Helping.

It is a beautiful thing
to know that your actions

can affect another person's life.

And that's what life is about, guys.
Doing kind things for kind people

who appreciate your kindness.

‐ Well, thank you for dinner, Mom.
It was great.

‐ You're welcome.
TRIP: It was really good.

‐ There's bacon in the sauce.

‐ How was practice today?

You ready for the concert on Friday?

I didn't go.

[horn honks]

TRIP: Mm.
‐ What do you mean you didn't go?

TRIP: That's Jen.

‐ We're going to talk about this.
Which Jen are you‐‐

‐ Jen R. and Jen H.
BILL: Son.

ELENA: Both?
TRIP: Yeah.

ELENA: You know, you should take
your brother with you.

‐ That's okay.
ELENA: No, honey, you should go.

I'm sure your brother would like
to meet some nice Jens.

‐ You know, I would, but um,
he's, he's not really their type.

Or anyone's.
BILL: Trip.

ELENA: That's not nice.

‐ The town history.
Ah, the town rules.

[scoffs] A good neighbor guide.
Ooh, look.

Bumper sticker.

‐ Oh, don't even think about
defacing the Chevette.

[Pearl chuckles]

‐ Did you know that Shaker was the first
planned community in America?

‐ I did.

‐ Yeah, it uh, it says here that all
the schools were built

so that no kid would ever have to cross
a major street to get to one.

‐ Uh‐huh.

Here, your horses.

‐ Okay, see, this is interesting.

"Shaker was built
on the underlying philosophy

"by the founders
that everything can

and should be planned to avoid
uncertainty and disaster."

What?

‐ [chuckles]
Less reading, more unpacking, please.

‐ Okay.
‐ Okay.

‐ Okay.
‐ Okay.

‐ Okay, okay.
[chuckles]

‐ You do realize
this whole youth orchestra

costs more than all of the kids'
summer activities combined?

[Bill grunts]

I mean, we could have gone to Nantucket
for a week for what it costs,

and she just takes it all for granted.

‐ She's 14 years old, hon.

Taking it for granted is kind of her job.

‐ Lexie never took anything for granted.

And neither did Trip or Moody.

‐ Different kids.

‐ There are just children out there

who have never even
had their own room before.

‐ Why do you let her
get you this worked up?

‐ [sighs]
She just doesn't participate.

And if you don't participate,
you can't succeed.

‐ [sighs]
She'll be fine.

Can we stop talking about Izzy, please?

‐ Isabelle.
‐ Sorry.

‐ It's not Wednesday or Saturday.

‐ You know, we are allowed
to have sex on other days.

‐ [grunts]
But it's so much more fun when we plan it.

‐ Tomorrow, we'll get you a bed.

‐ Get?
‐ Mm, find.

[chuckles]

‐ Except we'd have to trespass
to find anything.

"Trash bins and discarded items
have to stay behind your house

to avoid the unsightly spectacle
of clutter."

‐ No.
‐ I kid you not.

‐ No, you are making this up.
‐ I'm not.

‐ So that we have to splurge
and go to Goodwill.

‐ No, I'm not.
‐ Uh‐huh.

[Pearl chuckles]

‐ I'll miss being next to you.

♪ soft music plays ♪

♪

‐ We could do our knock.

From Ann Arbor, when we had
that weird partition between us?

‐ Yeah, I remember.

I love you so much.

‐ I love you, too.

[Pearl chuckles]

[exhales]

[both grunt]

[laughter]

[Mia exhales deeply]

‐ I love you.

[distorted voices]

[heavy breathing]

♪ bright music playing ♪

♪

[both chuckle]

MIA: What's so funny?

PEARL: You, you're‐‐ stop taking pictures.
MIA: What?

You're my child, I can take as many
pictures of you as I want.

[camera clicks]

Are they all there?
‐ Uh, two slats are missing.

MIA: We'll find new ones.
‐ Okay.

[camera clicks]

‐ You've got a friend.

‐ Hi. I just came by to...

my mom
is the landlord on the house.

I'm Moody.

‐ Moody?
‐ Uh, yeah. It's a nickname.

‐ Pearl.

MOODY:
"I came..." what does that say?

"I came to explore the wreck."

‐ Yeah, it's, uh, it's a line from a poem.
Adrienne Rich.

I love her writing.
‐ Yeah, no, she's cool.

‐ You know her?

‐ No.
‐ [chuckles] Okay.

Are you good at lifting things?

‐ Yeah, yeah, I'm...
I love lifting things.

I lift things all the time.
It's kind of my thing.

♪ "Rain King" by the Counting Crows ♪

‐ You good back there, Moody?
MOODY: Yeah.

‐ You got it? Good.

♪ When I think of heaven ♪

♪ Deliver me in a black‐winged bird ♪

♪ I think of flying ♪

♪ Down into a sea of pens
and feathers and ♪

♪ All other instruments of faith
and sex and God ♪

♪ In the belly of a black‐winged bird ♪

PEARL:
Your family must be so fun.

I mean, four of you.

‐ [chuckles] It's like a litter.

‐ [chuckles] I used to beg for
a little sister, but, uh,

my mom always said that work
was her other kid.

So yours is a journalist?

‐ Yeah, just part‐time for, like,
this small‐time paper.

The Plain Dealer is the big one here,

but when she finally got an offer there,

she had to turn it down
because she was pregnant with Izzy.

‐ Um, here, let's switch.

‐ Yeah.
‐ Okay.

‐ She did interview
Janet Reno once, though.

Hang around long enough,
she will bring it up.

[Pearl chuckles]

‐ Oh, wait.

Sorry, I just do one.
‐ One what?

‐ Wall.

Well, see, the sample size is free,
and we just have to repaint

every few months when we move.

‐ What do you mean "every few months"?

‐ My mom picks a place that she wants
as her subject.

We stay till she finishes a series,
and then we move on.

MIA: Cerulean blue.

I love it.
‐ [Pearl chuckles]

‐ Where's the interview?
MIA: Oh, it doesn't matter.

You'll be here when I get back?

‐ Um, Moody, you said that you had some
cool spot you wanted to show me, right?

‐ You kind of need a bike to get there.

‐ We'll be here.

‐ Oh, I think I recognize
those girls from East Shaker.

Is she showing her belly button?
Is it pierced?

Look, is that April?

I feel like she's barely
been around this summer.

Did something come between you two?

Oh, I see there's been
some new developments.

Oh, I remember being 14,
being in this body

and feeling like I had no control
over what was happening.

‐ Weren't you like, super popular?

I thought you and Linda, like,
ruled the school.

‐ Well, sure, we fit in.

You could fit in, too, honey.
Maybe you should wear your hair down‐‐

‐ Mom.
‐ What?

‐ Stop.
‐ I don't know what you're so upset about.

It's, it's actually your best feature.

LINDA: I'm gonna give you money.
You didn't need to do this.

‐ [scoffs] Please, I forced you to join.

‐ You didn't. Elizabeth forced us to join.

‐ With everything that
you have on your plate,

you do not need to be buying
this off‐Broadway smut.

‐ What, what's on my plate?

‐ A little baby.
‐ One.

You have four.
‐ But that is a lot of work.

‐ I just can't wait to watch you avoid
saying the word "vagina"

for two hours straight.

‐ I hate that word.

It's just...can we just say "Virginia"?
‐ What?

Yeah, the Virginia Monologues.
‐ Yes, better.

[laughter]

‐ Hi, shh.
LINDA: How'd she do?

‐ She's totally out. She finished
the whole bottle of formula, too.

‐ You are a godsend.

‐ Oh, Mom, have you seen my roller blades?
I want to work off the fro‐yo.

ELENA: Uh, I think they're in your closet.
‐ Okay, thank you.

‐ Thank you.

I mean, she is a mini you.

‐ Well, at least one of them is.
‐ Mm.

‐ You know, I'm just trying to raise
nice children who do good in the world.

‐ You are doing that
and setting a great example.

What did Lexie tell me?
You're renting to a homeless woman
for practically nothing?

I mean, who does that?

Come on, you're Superwoman.

LEXIE: Oh, my God, Mom.
‐ What?

What is it?
What's the matter?

LEXIE: Mom.
‐ What, what?

LEXIE: Mom, it just, it smelled bad‐‐
‐ Oh, my God.

LEXIE: And it started smoking
and I didn't know what to do‐‐

‐ What is that smell?
LEXIE: So I just threw something at her.

‐ Oh, my God, honey, are you okay?
Are you okay? What's the matter?

Oh, my God, are you all right?

Isabelle?

♪ tense music playing ♪

Did you do this on purpose?

♪

We have to do something, Bill.
You saw it.

One side is completely singed.
‐ Something, yes, but therapy, no.

‐ She set her hair on fire on purpose.

‐ Because she's trying
to push your buttons, hon.

So don't give her the satisfaction.

Right, I mean, why do you
keep on taking the bait?

So should I do what you do
and deny anything's wrong

and just make me the bad guy?
‐ I'm just saying if we fixate

on what Izzy is doing‐‐
‐ I'm not fixating. I'm mothering.

‐ I know you are, honey.

[exhales]

Have you ever thought about
talking to somebody?

‐ I'm talking to you right now.

‐ [exhales]
Honey.

[sighs]

Izzy has always been Izzy.

‐ [exhales] Isabelle.

I warned you when we named her.
It's not even a proper name.

‐ We call our son Moody.
‐ She could have called herself anything.

Belle, Bella, Elle, Ella is cute.
‐ But none of those names

would have pissed you off, would they?

I'm just saying, hon.
Why all the constant battling?

I mean, really, is it because
you want Izzy to be happy,

or because you want Izzy
to be more like you?

ELENA: I just think that
maybe we could do something

with, like, layers.

Like, um, Rachel from Friends.

‐ I was thinking Drew Barrymore.
Mad Love, Boys on the Side.

‐ We can definitely have fun.

We just have to take
your bone structure into account.

IZZY:
Drew Barrymore's is fun.

Coke at 12, rehab at 14,
flashing David Letterman at 20.

‐ So I think we're thinking layers.

Um, and short, but not too short.

I'm just gonna pop out for an errand
and I'll be right back.

It's gonna be great, honey.

Mia! Elena.

‐ Hey.

ELENA: Um, are you biking?
MIA: No, I'm building something.

‐ Oh, you're a sculptor.

‐ Uh, mixed media.
Photography, textiles.

‐ I love your bumper sticker.

Shaker spirit. I love it.

‐ Oh, that's all Pearl.

‐ Are you working at Lucky Palace?

‐ Yeah, a couple nights a week.

‐ Oh, nights. That's tough.

I hate to think of Pearl
all by herself, alone.

‐ She's used to it.

I used to clean at the Cam
in St. Louis till 3:00 A. M.

‐ You know what you should do?

Weddings and family photos.

You would make a killing in Shaker.
You should do ours.

If you could get my youngest to smile,
I would pay you extra.

‐ Yeah, the thing about portraits

is you need to show people
how they want to be seen.

I prefer to show people
as they really are.

‐ There has to be something.
‐ I'm fine.

‐ You know, I...I've been meaning
to hire someone for my house.

Um, just to do a little light cleaning.
Some laundry.

Maybe cook dinner.

‐ You mean, like, to be your maid?

‐ More, more like a housekeeper.

‐ Yeah, I don't do that.

‐ Oh, I wasn't assuming, I‐‐
you said the thing about the museum

and the 3:00 A. M.

‐ Yeah, because I wanted to cultivate
a relationship with the curator.

I got something that I needed out of it.

‐ No, no, you would get something
out of this as well.

I mean, we would pay.
We pay very‐‐

We pay really well.

I mean, we pay what's fair,

and whatever you thought was fair,
that's what we would pay.

But I just‐‐ you know, what I meant was
house helper, house manager.

That's what I really meant
because I'm so unorganized.

But it was just a suggestion,
so take it or leave it.

Take it or leave it.

‐ I went to use the lawnmower,
and it's out of gas.

‐ Oh, I'll send Bill over with gas.

‐ Yeah, or Moody, next time
he comes over.

‐ Uh, wait, I'm sorry. My son, Moody?

‐ Yeah.

He and Pearl have been
hanging out every day.

You didn't know.

Okay.

ELENA:
Do you think it was offensive?

‐ Well, I mean, housekeeper is loaded.

‐ No, no, no, I said house manager.

And what does that mean, loaded?

You mean racist.

‐ Mm‐mm.
‐ Isn't it more racist

to not offer her the job
because of her race?

Now that's racist.

[Bill gargling]

And I'd already had such a day
with Isabelle and her hair.

I should never have left her
at that salon.

And then when I leave,
and I'm clearly just trying to help

somebody who needs it‐‐
‐ Hon.

‐ I'm made to feel like
I'm a horrible person.
‐ Honey, hon.

You obviously had the best of intentions.

‐ Well, I try.

‐ But asking this woman
to come work in our house.

I mean, really?
You don't even know her.

[exhales]

You have the biggest heart.

It's one of the things I love
the most about you.

‐ Oh.

It's Thursday now.

‐ Yeah, okay, so there's two guys
in the hotel room.

‐ Okay.
‐ And then they're finally going to sleep

and they're snuggling in the bed
and he's like, wait.

Those aren't pillows. It's like‐‐
‐ What?

‐ I don't know, I'm probably
not explaining it right.

‐ That sounds great.
‐ We should watch that movie next.

‐ This is it.

♪ tense music playing ♪

♪

Come on, it's in here.

‐ Okay.

ELENA: Hi, honey.
MOODY: Hey.

ELENA: How are you?

Where have you been?
MOODY: Video store.

Pearl's never seen Before Sunrise.

ELENA: Oh, fun.
MOODY: Yeah.

‐ Hi, Pearl.
PEARL: Hi, Mrs. Richardson.

‐ Call me Elena.
‐ Okay.

‐ How are you?
‐ I'm, I'm‐I'm good.

‐ Uh, we're out of Snapple, honey.
We only have Shasta.

MOODY: Shoot, really?

‐ Uh, Pearl, are you
joining us for dinner?

‐ Oh, um, I‐I don't know.
‐ Well, you are welcome to.

I just don't want to
step on your mother's toes.

‐ Oh, no, trust me, you wouldn't
be stepping on her toes.

She's not really a dinner person.

She's more of an
"eat what's left" type of person.

Yeah, and she might be
working late tonight too, so.

‐ Working nights is so tough.
I used to do it before the kids were born.

But you have to
take the good with the bad.

We can't all be interviewing Janet Reno.

Moody, will you take these
into the TV room?

And tell everybody only one before dinner.

‐ Can I help you with anything?

‐ Oh, no, I'm fine. Please enjoy yourself.
I'll track down your mom, okay?

‐ All right, thank you.
‐ Okay.

‐ But what happened when they had
to initiate you into the gang?

‐ Hey, go. We wanna watch something.
‐ This is something.

‐ Yeah, Izzy in ten years.
IZZY: Dude, fuck off.

‐ More like five with that haircut.

IZZY: You're a bitch.
LEXIE: Holy sensitive, Batman.

Take a joke.

‐ This is Pearl.
Pearl, Lexie and Trip.

‐ Hi.

‐ You can take Izzy's spot.

‐ Okay, sorry.

MIA:
Um, yeah, no, that's fine.

As long as it's not too much trouble.

ELENA: Oh, please, when you have
six mouths to feed,

you hardly notice one more.

I just didn't want to step on any
plans that you had.

‐ No, I don't, I don't plan.
I just wing it usually with leftovers.

ELENA:
Yes, that's what Pearl said.

You know, it was so nice
running into you the other day.

I, I hope that, um,

you're still liking the place.

‐ Tell Pearl to call me when she needs me.
I'll come get her.

‐ Will do.

[phone beeps]

LEXIE:
I mean, that's got to be a record, Mom.

That's like the second time this week.

MOODY:
Third. She said it earlier, too.

ELENA: Well, she is
the Attorney General

who rose from a rustic life
in the Everglades

to the height of political power.

‐ That's a quote from the article.

‐ Do you see the abuse I suffer, Pearl?

[chuckles]

‐ Is she really not coming to dinner?
‐ She said she's not hungry.

LEXIE:
I'd hide too if I had that haircut.

‐ [chuckles]
She should just G.I. Jane it.

‐ Hey, you two, knock it off.

‐ Oh, I can't believe she did this
the day before the concert.

Trip, can you pass
the potatoes to Pearl, please?

‐ Sure.
BILL: Speaking of the concert,

I'm not gonna be able
to make it tomorrow night.

ELENA: What?
‐ I tried, but Anderson said

he could only meet on Friday night.

‐ But it's in the calendar, honey.
BILL: I know, hon.

‐ Is she even playing?
LEXIE: She better be.

I mean, she's not getting a college
scholarship with her grades.

‐ Pearl, have you been looking
at colleges yet?

‐ Oh, um, no.

‐ Wait, aren't you
gonna be a sophomore?

‐ Not everyone
has their whole life planned out.

‐ I'm going to Yale.

You know, kids here statistically
go to the best colleges,

so you'll have a leg up
just by going to Shaker.

‐ Congratulations.
‐ Thanks.

MOODY:
She hasn't even applied yet,

and Pearl is not
going to have any trouble.

She reads The Bell Jar for fun.

‐ Oh.
BILL: Really?

‐ [chuckles] Yeah.

‐ Well, with all
this affirmative action stuff,

you'll be a shoe‐in practically anywhere.

[thump]

Ow, what?
It's what Brian always says.

‐ That's her boyfriend.
He's African‐American.

PEARL: Hm.

♪

You really didn't have to drive me.
My mom could have come.

‐ Oh, I wanted to.

So is it just you and your mom?
‐ Mm‐hmm.

‐ Oh, you two must be so close.

‐ Your house is so beautiful.

I really liked how all your books
were arranged by color.

‐ Thank you so much for noticing.
‐ Of course.

‐ So when did you get to interview‐‐
‐ So what kind of artist is‐‐

Oh.
‐ I'm sorry.

‐ No, no, you go ahead.

‐ I was just gonna ask if it was recent.
That interview.

‐ Yes, well, it was right after
the Oklahoma City bombing,

and I couldn't believe I got her.

‐ Well, I'm, I'd love to read it.
If you have a copy, of course.

‐ Oh, I have eight.

[Pearl laughs]

‐ I write, too.

Poetry. It's, it's not the same
as what you do, I know, but it's‐‐

‐ I‐I'm sure it's wonderful.

Journalism can be so prescribed, you know?

But I find comfort
in the who, what, where.

I'd be curious to read your work.

And see your mother's art.
It sounds very impressive.

‐ Well, what you do is impressive, too.
I'd love to do that someday.

‐ Really?
‐ Yeah.

‐ Well, like Lexie said,
you're in Shaker now.

Anything is possible.

[Pearl sighs]

♪ groovy music playing ♪

♪

[sniffs]

[music clicks off]

[vehicle approaches]

[sniffs]

[indistinct chatter]

PEARL: Thanks again for the ride,
and these.

‐ Yes, of course, of course.

‐ Okay, good night.
‐ Good night.

Oh, Pearl.

I want you to know
you're always welcome at our house, okay?

[camera clicks]

‐ Okay, thank you.

MOODY: Pearl.

Hey, Pearl.

I got you something.

PEARL: Moody, are you serious?
‐ Yeah.

‐ Oh, my God.

♪ upbeat music playing ♪

♪

[dog barking]

This is where you wanted to take me?
A junkyard?

‐ You'll see. Come on.

♪ soft music playing ♪

♪

‐ Oh, my God.

What is this place?

‐ Uh, my wreck.

‐ You read it.

That poem.

‐ Yeah.

I love that line.

"I came to see the damage that was done."

‐ "And the treasures that prevail."

[chuckles]

ELENA: Isabelle Marie,
we're gonna be late.

[knocking]
We've got to go.

What are you wearing?

‐ I'm gonna button it.

‐ No, just no. Where is the dress
that I bought you last week?

‐ Mom, just please stop.
‐ Here, put this on.

‐ It's not me.

‐ You lost the privilege of being you
when you set your hair on fire.

No one wears cutoff jeans to perform with
the Cleveland Youth Chamber Orchestra.

‐ I do.
‐ Well this isn't about you.

That's not how the world works.

There are rules,
and they exist for a reason.

If you follow the rules, you'll succeed.

‐ Succeed in profiling?

‐ Just put on the god damn dress.

And brush what's left of your hair.

♪ acoustic guitar strumming ♪

♪

‐ Okay, so the options are,
we have Dylan, uh, Neil Young.

PEARL: Mm‐hmm.

‐ I know that one
Toad the Wet Sprocket song.

‐ Their one song, yay.
‐ Um.

Or how about a poem?

‐ You write poetry, too?

‐ No, I meant one of yours.

[Pearl chuckles]

‐ Okay.

[indistinct chatter]

IZZY:
Why aren't we friends anymore?

‐ You know why.

Freak.

♪

PEARL:
"You'll say I stole them

"when I took them off your dresser
and put them in my mom's black purse.

"The one she got in Arizona.

Or Sacramento.
Or maybe it was New Orleans."

[applause]

"But I put them
where I knew they'd be safe.

Their smooth ceramic skin."

‐ Second stand at 14.

PEARL: "One like ivory.

"One like strawberry.

"One like chocolate.

"You'll say I stole them
and that horses should ride free.

But can something be stolen
if it was always meant for you?"

[exhales sharply]

Moody, what is that?

♪ bright classical music playing ♪

♪

‐ Wait, what is she doing?

Why isn't she playing?
‐ I don't know.

[mouthing words]

[indistinct whispering]

‐ Oh, shit.

‐ I'm trying.
MOODY: Hurry, let's go.

[phone rings]

‐ Hello?

♪ tense music playing ♪

♪

[exhales]

[shuddering breath]

[exhales sharply]

‐ What happened?
PEARL: Mom.

‐ What did you do?
‐ Mom, I can explain.

‐ This wasn't Pearl's fault.

‐ Bruce, thank you.

BRUCE:
Your son insisted we come here first.

‐ I'm sorry it was such a hassle for you.

‐ Well, you're lucky
the security guard called us,

or it could have been
even more of a hassle.

ELENA: Trespassing? What are you doing?
‐ Trespassing?

ELENA: He will not be doing that again,
I promise you.

BRUCE: Don't be too hard on him.
We did worse in high school.

‐ Oh, stop. Give Helen my love.
BRUCE: Will do.

Let me get the bikes.
‐ Bikes?

ELENA:
Moody, help him, please.

‐ Get inside now.
PEARL: Mom, I'm trying to explain.

‐ This is so careless and stupid.
What if you got arrested? What then?

‐ Uh, Bruce is not a police officer.

He's just neighborhood watch.

There's no reason to be this upset.

‐ Good night, Elena. Thank you.

‐ Of course. Good night.

Moody, hurry up.

‐ Get upstairs. Get upstairs.

I want to know where you got that bike.
PEARL: From Moody.

He got it for me.
‐ [Mia scoffs]

‐ You know you're not like
the Richardsons, right?

‐ I know that.
‐ The cops are not on our side.

‐ It wasn't even a cop.
‐ We don't get passes like them.

The last thing we need
is to be on somebody's radar.

‐ Mrs. Richardson wasn't even upset.

You're the one
making a big deal out of this.

‐ This was a mistake. We should go.

‐ What? What, no.
‐ We should go to Connecticut.

‐ No, Mom, Mom, please.
‐ To that school in Guilford

you told me about.
‐ Mom, no.

‐ There's still time to enroll you
before the school year starts.

‐ No, Mom, you can't do that
because you promised that‐‐

‐ I never promised.
‐ Yes, you did.

‐ I said I would try!

[exhales]

You heard what you wanted to hear.

‐ Do you even care about what I want?

Because most moms do.

They actually
put their kids first, you know?

That's what Mrs. Richardson does.
She puts all of her kids first.

I am tired!
I‐I'm tired of, of moving around.

Of going wherever you want to go
whenever you want to go there.

I am tired of not even having a home.

[inhales]

I just...

I want more than just one wall.

‐ You know what, Pearl?
You have had 100 walls in 100 places.

How many kids get to experience
a life like yours?

[exhales]
Go to your room.

You wanted your own room so badly.
Go to your room.

Go to your room!

Shit.

♪ soft music playing ♪

♪

[heavy breathing]

[mutters]

[sniffles]

[rhythmic knocking]

[exhales]

‐ Hey.
‐ Hey.

Um, is, is Moody here?

‐ Uh, no, he actually, he ran
to the store to return a video.

‐ Okay, um, well, could I just
leave this somewhere for him?

‐ Yeah, sure, just right up
around the corner.

‐ All right.

‐ Uh, me and Lexie are inside if you want
to hang out until he gets back.

‐ Okay, yeah, sure.

[exhales]

‐ When I was 18, you were 14.

‐ Psh, yeah, and you still look 15
so shut up.

MAN [on TV]:
Oh, my God, you're so rude.

‐ Marathon just started.
Real World: Boston.

It'll be hard to beat
San Francisco, though.

TRIP: Aw, Puck.
‐ Oh, Pedro.

It was, like, an AIDS thing.
It was, like, super sad.

‐ Okay.

♪ chill rock music playing ♪

♪

[camera clicks]

[camera clicks]

IZZY: What are you doing?
‐ Where's Pearl?

‐ My mom would hate that.
You walking on the grass.

‐ How does she feel
about black spray paint?

‐ She's in the TV room
with the rest of them.

‐ Have you seen that brand, Rustoleum?

Quality's twice as good
but it's half as expensive.

We artists got to stick together.

♪ soft music playing ♪

♪

LEXIE: No, you obviously don't have AIDS.
Like, clearly.

MOODY: How do you get AIDS?
TRIP: What is AIDS? What is AIDS?

Is that like HI‐‐ like I know,
no, no, I know, it's like,

you get a cold and then you die.

But like, what...
LEXIE: Yeah.

PEARL: It stands for
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.

It's basically where your body,
like, breaks down

and can't fight off any form of disease.

LEXIE:
But it's, like, super rare.

TRIP: Can, can you like,
get it from, like, germs, right?

LEXIE:
Oh, my God, you're such a moron.

You can't‐‐ no, you're not‐‐

You can't get it
from like, anything.

MOODY:
You have to have like, an open sore.

TRIP: Look, Puck's not the one I wouldn't
want to live with, that all I'm saying.

MOODY: That's a double negative.
TRIP: Dude, you're a double negative.

‐ Pearl.

I'll meet you in the car.

Go.

PEARL: Hey.
IZZY: Hey.

ELENA: Isabelle Marie,
what on Earth are you doing?

MIA:
Can I talk to you, if you have a minute?

‐ Oh, uh, hello.

‐ Does the offer still stand?

‐ I'm sorry?

‐ That you made the other day

that I should have reacted to
more graciously.

I'd like to take you up on it.
To help you in your household

if the offer still stands.

‐ Oh, um.

If you'd like to.

Sure.

‐ Great.

‐ Great.

MIA:
We should stop at a paint store.

Pick up a quart of cerulean blue.

‐ What?
‐ Hm?

‐ Wait, what? Wait, are you serious?

‐ Yes.
‐ Thank you.

Thank you, thank you,
thank you, thank you.

[exhales]

[answering machine beeps]

ELENA: Hello, It's Elena Richardson again
calling about your former tenant.

I was wondering if you could call me back
anytime tonight, no matter how late.

Um, thank you so much.
I would really appreciate it.

‐ [phone beeps]
‐ ♪ "Sex and Candy" by Unions ♪

♪ And I've had so much time ♪

♪ To sit and think about myself ♪

♪ And then there she was ♪

♪ Like double cherry pie ♪

‐ What do you think?

‐ I love it.
[Mia laughs]

I love it.

♪ I smell sex and candy here ♪

♪ Who's that lounging in my chair ♪

♪ Who's that casting... ♪

‐ Bill.

It's Saturday.

♪ Mama, this surely is a dream ♪

♪ Hanging around ♪

♪ Downtown by myself ♪

♪ And I've had too much caffeine ♪

♪ And time to think about myself ♪

♪ And there she was ♪

♪ In platform double suede ♪

♪ There she was ♪

[heavy breathing]

[exhales]

♪ I smell sex and candy here ♪

♪ Who's that lounging in my chair ♪

♪ Who's that casting devious stares ♪

[phone rings]

ELENA [whispering]:
Yes, hello?

Yes, thank you for calling me back.
I really appreciate it.

I was calling about
your former tenant, Mia Warren.

MAN [on phone]:
Yeah, no, she wasn't my tenant.

‐ Okay, I... she had you down
as a reference.

Are you sure?

MAN: Positive. I've never met
a Mia Warren in my life.

‐ Okay, thank you.

♪ I smell sex and candy here ♪

♪ Who's that lounging in my chair ♪

♪ And who's that casting devious stares ♪

♪ In my direction ♪

♪ Mama, this surely is a dream ♪

♪ This surely is a dream ♪

♪ This must be my dream ♪

♪♪

CHILD:
Best day ever!