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[light music playing]

- [gentle ping]
- [electricity hums gently]

[audience applauding, laughing]

[man] I was right. I was right.

Now, that's nice. That's
got me, that's good.

Most people don't
get me, you know.

Nobody's direct anymore,
you notice this?

Everybody's got, like,
a secret language.

It's like a code for what
they really wanna say.

Like the doctor who first
told me my son was autistic.

You know, he says to me, he says,
"You know, the autistic mind

is wired in brilliant
and revolutionary ways."

I said, "Oh, yeah?

How so?"

Because, you know,
my son didn't speak.

Didn't speak at all for years.

Communicated only
in grunts, growls

and ear-piercing screams.

[dramatic piano
instrumental playing]

And then when he finally started
speaking, he wouldn't shut up.

- [audience laughing] - It's
true. He wouldn't. He wouldn't.

That doctor could've saved us both a
lot of time if he'd just said the truth.

Just slap those bitches,
and show 'em who's boss!

- Ezra!
- Autistic kids don't give a fuck, man.

- Say my name! Say my name!
- [man] They don't. They don't.

[indistinct shouting]

[intense orchestral
music playing]

You look good.

How's work?

Good.

When did Ezra see Breaking Bad?

We binged it last weekend.

- Maybe we should be a little more careful.
- What... what do you mean?

He's been reading the New
York Times since he was five.

He can handle Walter White.

- [woman] Thank you for coming in.
- Hi!

- Hi, Jenna.
- Mrs. Lee, hi. Nice to see you.

Max, you both know Dr. Tamarova.

[Jenna] Mm-hmm.

[woman] Ezra, please
stay with Anthony.

Hi, hi, Ms. Cathro.

Uh, what... what's happening?

Why is Ezra not with
the rest of the class?

[Cathro] He's really
been acting out today.

I have other students
who want to learn,

who count on me
to keep them safe.

- I'm getting so tired of this shit.
- Max, please.

No, you know that he's
bullied here, right?

Yeah, maybe he was trying to make
that vicious little kid laugh.

Ezzie came home with a
bloody lip last week.

Anybody get expelled for that?

Spoke to that boy's
parents as well.

Right, but Ezzie's the bad one.

[doctor] No, no,
Ezra is not bad,

but today, he was a danger
to himself and others.

There it is, there it
is. The secret language.

- I was waiting for it.
- [Jenna] Max.

- Huh?
- Max! Stop.

You can't expel him. He's
been working very, very hard.

And, yes, he has
had his bad days,

but he's also met
a lot of the goals

that you set for him.

Ms. Lee, please.

Y-You can't drop him.

[man] Max, this autism
shit, it's depressing.

[woman] You can talk
about whatever you want

if you give us a reason
to want to listen.

And I want to listen. I
think my cousin's autistic.

- But it's gotta be funny.
- [man] See, the sign says comedy on it.

- It's not a funeral parlor.
- [Max] Huh.

What is this, a
fucking intervention?

[man 2] I disagree. You
need to go deeper, further.

Make a whole set out of it.

Well, make a whole
evening out of it.

You know, "Disabilities
with Max."

Well, I'm not telling
jokes. I'm storytelling.

I know you're not, but
you gotta make it funny.

Sad stories, Jackie, you
should see his sad stories.

[Jackie] Oh, I've
seen 'em plenty.

[man 2] Divorce is
not for pussies.

[man] Nosy, dark, and sexy.

Sorry to interrupt, I
just wanted to tell you

- I loved your set.
- [man] There you go.

- [Max] Thank you.
- You're welcome. I'm Susan.

Can I buy you a drink?

[man] I'd save the dough.
This guy is in mourning.

[Max sobbing]

[Susan] Hey.

- Are you crying?
- Ah, come on.

I'll call you.

Really?

No.

[sighs] He cried, didn't he?

It's his kid, my grandson.

You hungry?

Fix you something to eat.

[piano melody playing]

[Jenna] It's a bigger
number than we discussed,

but it's exactly the
neighborhood that you wanted.

Listen, th-there
are multiple bids,

so I think we have to
come in above the ask.

I wish that wasn't the
case, but, unfortunately,

it's still a seller's market.

Ezra! Breakfast!

[♪]

[urine splashing]

- Where'd you get the shirt?
- Come on. Cut it out. It's not your shirt.

- You sure it's not my shirt?
- I'm sure.

Enrico moved to the Ritz.

And my building is
still a union house,

and there's an
opening now, so...

- Yeah?
- I want you to consider that.

Yeah, okay.

I'm just not gonna be a
doorman, Pop, thank you.

There's nothing wrong
with being a doorman.

And a man your age shouldn't
be living with his father.

They're expelling
him. They expelled Ez.

They want me to put him
in a special needs school.

Nah, none of it's special.
It's all bullshit.

Yeah, there it is, they're
recommending drugs.

Put him in a gym, let him
work off that special sauce.

- Yeah.
- But you gotta keep fighting.

Yeah, keep fighting, right. You
know how much that's costing me?

I'm paying for her
lawyer, my lawyer.

Jenna knows I'm broke.
Can I have a fork, please?

She knows you're still not over
her, too. That's one thing.

Just cut it out already, all
right? Give me a break. Come on.

Okay, who cries after
fucking a stranger?

That's crazy. You
gotta move on, kiddo.

Believe me, I know what it's like
to fuck things up with a woman

and to get stuck with
a kid on top of it.

More coffee?

Yeah, what, am I new
here? I'll take a coffee.

[siren blaring]

Tell me something good, Jayne.

I have something
really, really good.

I'm not doing it. Nah,
I write for me now.

- Come here.
- For me.

Come here.

I'm not sitting on your lap.

I got something to tell you.

Come on.

You don't want me to get up.

All right, no one's gonna
hire me in late night anymore.

Conan fucking blackballed me.

Well, you punched
him in the balls.

Well, I was aiming
for his stomach.

He's so fucking tall!

- Why are you so crazy?
- [grunts]

Listen, Robert Segal has
heard great things about you.

Robert Segal. What,
Kimmel's booker?

He wants to see you down
at the Cellar tonight.

No, I can't. I
can't do it tonight.

I'm taking Ezzie to The
Big Lebowski tribute.

We're gonna dress up like the
characters, throw shit at the screen.

- It's gonna be awesome.
- That's all cute, but not tonight.

I can't. I can't
let the dude down.

You wanna do something
for your son?

You get Mr. Segal to
book you on Mr. Kimmel.

[Jenna] Okay, ready?
I'm getting the costume.

Okay.

Okay, this is cozy.

- This is gonna be itchy.
- I know.

[Jenna] Okay.

- Okay.
- Wait, not now, I got it.

- I got it.
- [Jenna laughing]

You look so cute!

- [Ezra screaming] - I'm
sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

- It's okay. Sorry. It's okay.
- [whimpers]

- [pants]
- I'm sorry, Ezzie. It's okay.

It's okay. It's okay.

It's okay.

- [traffic noise]
- [birds chirping]

[indistinct chatter]

[man] I got it, honey.

Wow, look at you.

- So, a lawyer walks into a bar...
- No, no. Don't do that, Bryce.

- It's Bruce.
- Ezzie! Ezzie!

And you're "Hay-zeus,"
the bowler, right?

It's "Jesus," man.

- Jesus.
- Have you not seen the movie?

No, it's been a... oh! And
here's the Big Lebowski!

I'm not Mr. Lebowski.
You're Mr. Lebowski.

I'm The Dude.

[Max] Well, not yet you're not.

Let's see.

Now you're The Dude.

[Jenna] Let me see.

Just in case. [clears throat]

Okay, he's with me. He's
not gonna have a meltdown.

Sure. Well, we'll
be back by 9:00,

so just the movie
and straight home.

- Promise?
- Yeah, I promise.

- Okay!
- Okay.

[Jenna] Okay.

- Straight home, guys.
- Yeah. You, too. Okay?

- [Jenna] Have fun!
- [Max] All right.

[Bruce] He didn't like my joke.

[hard rock music playing]

[overlapping chatter]

You're nice.

[man] What's up, buddy?

[Max] Jack-Jack-Jacquelyn.

- What's up, Max?
- I'm gonna go get changed.

- Hey, Ezra.
- Hi.

Have you been to a
costume ball, then, love?

No. Big Lebowski,
7:00 p.m. show.

Oh! Great movie. Love it.

I'll have a White Russian.

Virgin White Russian
for The Dude.

Actually, pineapple juice.
I'll have a pineapple juice.

- You make me think of pirates.
- Really? That's weird.

Yes.

Even though the pirate accent

is typically West
Country English.

Yaarrgh!

The Irish are fine pirates.

[door creaks open]

Oh! Drop the lobe!
Drop the lobe.

Max is stoned,
everyone. Max is stoned.

Really, dude?

[Emma] I don't know if anyone's

in an interracial relationship.

I'm in one. My
girlfriend's Puerto Rican.

- Yes! Thank you. I appreciate that.
- [Max] See him?

Okay, see the guy over
there with glasses?

That's him. Okay, I need
my Ezzie mojo, okay?

You ready to be my
good luck charm?

Find me a more
unhappy human being.

Depressing. Why would I do that?

Don't be so literal,
Ezzie. Come on, let's go.

Every time my dad interacts
with a gay person, he calls me.

- [audience laughing]
- [Emma] Every interaction.

It doesn't matter how small it
is. He called me the other day.

He was like, "Emma, I
was at the grocery store,

and I looked over,
and I saw a lesbian."

And I was like, "That's great, dad.
How did you know she was a lesbian?"

He said "Well, she looked
like you." "Goodbye, Pop!"

- Okay, guys, ready for your next comic?
- [audience cheering]

Gimme the mojo. Gimme
the mojo! Gimme the mojo!

One of my personal favorites.

He was a writer for some of the
biggest names in the business.

Now he writes for himself.

Clap it up for my
buddy, Max Bernal!

Let him hear ya!

- [audience applauding]
- Yes!

[audience cheering]

- That's Emma Willmann! Give it up!
- [audience cheering]

- How we feeling?
- [audience] Good.

- Now, take it easy. I don't really care.
- [audience laughing]

My son is here tonight! That's
right. My son is here tonight.

Dying of shame.

Stand up, and take
the wig off, Ez!

- Stop talking about me!
- [audience laughing]

Okay. I didn't expect
that. Uh, you know,

try to have a little
respect, okay, Ez?

I'm up here humiliating myself
to give you a better life.

- [audience laughing]
- All right.

I'm good to you,
you little prick.

- Not like my old man.
- Pop-Pop!

That's right. Pop-Pop.

That's the last time
he'll speak, by the way.

Pop-Pop, that's actually the
perfect name for my old man.

Pop-Pop. It's like two gunshots.

One to the head, one to
the heart. "Pop! Pop!"

Let me tell you a little
bit about my old man.

This guy, you know, he was a...
one of the top gourmet chefs

in New York City
back in the day.

Worked at all the top
restaurants. It's true, you know.

Every one of which he
got shit-canned from

because nobody could
stand working with him.

I mean, the guy got
driven out of town,

and the only place he
could find a job as a chef

was at a steakhouse in Nebraska.

- [audience] Ooh!
- That's right.

You know cuisine
in Nebraska, man.

- There isn't any.
- [audience laughing]

I mean, you kill it, they grill
it, you get a Michelin tire, see?

So, I'm five years old,
I'm living in Nebraska,

it's my birthday party, and you
know, it's a lot of pressure.

I mean, you know, I've got these
fat farmers' kids staring at me.

I'm the only thing standing between
them and the cake, so, you know...

Papier-mâché bib, it's 1980, so
you know everything I'm wearing

is made out of napalm.

I bend down, blow
out my candles,

I'm about to do it
when I hear my pop say,

"Blow out your
fucking candles, Max!"

[audience laughing]

I flinch. I fall forward.

Candle lights me up. I light
up like a fucking road flare.

I'm telling you, I am on fire!

My old man, he grabs
his Dr. Pepper,

he puts me out like
a campfire, and says,

- "You want some cake, Maxie?"
- [audience laughing]

I says, "No, Pop."

- "I want my eyebrows back!"
- I want my eyebrows back!

[audience laughing]

Thanks, kid.

I'm gonna go kill my son.

Hey, I think it's great
that you memorized my set,

but you can't be steppin'
on my punchline, buddy.

I can't let the train
go off the rails!

Okay, Ez, here
comes Mr. Happy now.

Okay, just whatever you're thinking,
don't say it, okay, please.

- Good set.
- Thank you.

- I think I'll book your kid.
- Ha!

You're still not funny, Bob.

Ezzie, meet Mr. Segal.
Bob, this is my son, Ezra.

So, um, next week,
a producer comes in

- to see you and Sal Argento.
- All right.

And then, one of you is doing
the Kimmel show in Los Angeles.

Mr. Segal, are you sad
because you're bald?

- He's dark.
- Mm.

Like his daddy. [chuckles]

- Get your best stuff together, Max.
- Okay.

- All right? You're gonna need it.
- All right. All right.

[Bob chuckles]

Sad and bald? That's
you not talking?

- [Ezra] I was just asking a question.
- [Max] Okay.

Come on, let's get out of here
before your mother kills me.

- [Ezra screams]
- Sorry. Sorry.

[Max] Well...

[yawns] Oh, my god.

[Max] Okay. [grunts]

Snug as a bug in a rug.

[inhales]

[sighs]

- [screams]
- Okay. All right, all right.

I wasn't doing anything.

Hey. We had a good time, right?

- Just one more.
- [screams]

All right, all right!
Hey. I love you.

Good night.

Who says autistic kids
can't communicate?

"Ah, get out of my
room!" And I'm out. Yeah.

He's the best
communicator in the world.

You can use the sensory
brush next time.

Nah, nah, nah, the brushing
thing is your thing.

What is he, an alpaca?

You did a set at the Cellar, and
you promised me you wouldn't.

- You're driving me crazy.
- I'm sorry, okay?

A guy from Kimmel
came to see me,

- and I needed my good luck charm, right?
- Oh.

You know me. I
needed my mojo man.

Did you read
Dr. Tamarova's assessment?

Look at you. You are so pretty.
Come on. Give me a kiss.

- Brad's gone already.
- Stop it.

It's Bruce, and
he's in the kitchen.

- Brian is in my kitchen?
- [Bruce] Hi, Max!

You know, he's never
gonna belong in our house.

Max. This is my house.
Did you read it?

[sighs] Yeah, I read
it. I read it, yes.

But it was a mugging. They
just want him out of there.

The Board of Ed will pay for him
to go to a special needs school.

He doesn't need
a special school.

Max, he led 20 kids
onto Washington Street.

- It was incredibly dangerous.
- Okay, but he's not dangerous.

He's a challenge.

Fuck. Nobody wants to
do the fucking work.

The work? The work.
All I do is work.

You come here, you play dress
up to take him to comedy club.

- Bring him home at midnight.
- That's not what I meant, okay?

Look, we're on the
same team, Jen.

You know how he thinks.
I know how he thinks.

He just needs to be
seen, Jen, you know?

And heard and... and appreciated
for what he has to offer.

Yes, yes, but he also needs
to be able to give us a hug

without screaming.

It's an opportunity, Max.

He'll be with trained
teachers and aides

in a school built for him,

how he needs to learn.

No bullies.

He'll be with kids
just like him.

- Nice. Kids like him, huh?
- Okay.

- That's not what I meant.
- You know what? I know what you meant.

Here's the thing,
I'm a kid like him.

And kids like us, you know what we
need? To be with all kinds of kids.

So, no, I will not accept her
recommendation fucking ever.

- [door opens]
- [sighs]

[door shuts]

- [Bruce] You all right?
- [Jenna] No.

It never fails!

Every time we get
close to something

that might actually work,

Max has to blow it up!

This is the third school that
Ezra's been expelled from.

There's no other options.
What am I supposed to do?

[Bruce] Well, I could
get rid of Max for you.

- [Jenna] Oh, you can do that for me?
- Yeah. I'm a lawyer.

I have no moral compass.

Besides, I know a guy. They
call him Jimmy the Hatchet.

Bang, bang, bitches. Cut off his
head, and feed him to the fishes!

[dramatic orchestral
music playing]

[Ezra murmuring in panic]

- [dog barking] - [woman] Get
down! Get down! [indistinct]

- [car honking]
- [tires screeching]

[Jenna] It won't be too
much longer, sweetie,

but you scared the
hell out of me.

Honey, why'd you sneak out
of the house like that?

Hmm? Please don't do that ever.

- Say you'll never do that.
- I won't ever do that.

Miss Demuzio saw you
run in the street,

and then a taxi came
out and then he hit you.

- I mean, you could've been...
- A dog tried to bite me.

I had to get away
from his teeth.

Hey, Jen. They're
almost ready for him.

No!

- [Jenna] It's okay.
- [Max] Hey.

- Hey. Dad's here.
- What's happening?

Hey, buddy. Hey, hey. You okay?

What's going on?
Huh? What happened?

- 14th Street Viaduct to Manhattan Avenue.
- What?

- Three blocks to the park at...
- Hey, hey, I know...

- I know you know where Pop-Pop lives.
- I'm sorry.

Don't be sorry, okay?
Just tell me what...

- You're mad.
- No, I'm not mad.

Okay, I'm not mad...

Okay, you know what? Yeah,
I'm a little bit mad.

Eyes. Eyes. Ezzie.

- What were you doing running outs...
- Can I talk to you for a second?

[sighs]

- Hey...
- [Ezra growls]

[nurse] Ezra Bernal.

- Why's he in the middle of the hallway?
- They need to run tests.

What do you mean tests? What
tests? You mean like X-rays?

- Psych evaluation.
- What do you mean psych eval...

- [medical bed rattles]
- Hey, where you going? Hey, no, thanks.

- I had the same reaction.
- What psych evaluation?

- He got hit by a cab.
- It's protocol for children.

- Excuse me. Is there a problem?
- Yeah. We need to see a doctor, please.

- I'm Dr. Kaplan.
- Oh, okay. We... hey, stop!

Sir, you need to let
the man do his job.

Yes. Let's just relax. Just...

- Dad?
- Yeah, I'm right here, buddy.

- [Jenna] We're here, honey.
- Don't worry.

We're gonna sort this
out in a minute, okay?

[♪]

[sirens wailing]

They made me draw pictures,

stuck lights in my eyes
and asked me questions.

What kind of questions?

They asked me if Mom or
Dad ever tried to hit me.

If I had ever tried
to hurt myself.

Okay, I'm sorry they asked
you that kind of stuff.

Are they gonna make me live

somewhere else?

- Like in a hospital?
- No.

They can't.

You have family, and they
have to answer to us.

- So, that's not gonna happen.
- Okay.

Next move.

- You sure you want to do that?
- Oh, yeah.

KO.

You had to do that,
didn't you, huh?

- [footsteps approaching]
- Hi.

Thank you for your patience.

I know it's been a long night.

I have some good news.

We are going to send
Ezra home this morning.

- [Jenna sighs]
- But because of his age

and because a witness saw
him run in front of a cab...

That's bullshit.

Please. Let him finish.

Ezzie would never just
run in front of a cab.

- Just listen to the doctor.
- [doctor] I know this is traumatic,

but I'm doing what the
law says I must do.

Ezra is technically
a ward of the state.

- You don't have that right.
- Legally, he does actually.

Let's just hear the doctor out.

[doctor] Ezra has a
history of fleeing

and putting himself in danger.

Now, I'm not going to put him
into a pediatric psych ward.

But I am going to require him to
attend a school for special needs.

And I would like to try a
prescription for Risperdal.

Risperdal? That's
an antipsychotic.

- Your son has been a danger to himself.
- He has not!

Max! He nearly
died! That happened.

Just let him finish.
Let him finish.

[doctor] We are going to
revisit this in three months.

But right now, Risperdal
is the correct medication.

- [Bruce] Max.
- No, no. I just...

- You got a lot of Risperdal here.
- [Jenna] Max.

What do the drug companies give
you for pushing this on kids?

You get a free fucking badge?

- Hey, Max, come on. Take it easy.
- Take it easy.

Now, I see where the
dangerous behavior comes from.

- Oh, excuse me?
- [Bruce] Max!

You son of a bitch!

- [doctor grunting]
- [objects clattering]

[sirens wailing]

- [Max] No. I'm not doing that.
- [Bruce] Max.

I got Dr. Wells to drop
the assault charge,

- but you gotta go with the program.
- Fuck that guy.

- He's a drug dealer.
- He's in control is what he is.

Of the special ed school,
the medications, all of it.

[stammers] And what about the,
uh, about the restraining order?

Three months. You
can't go near Ezra.

I'm sorry. It's the
judge's decision.

I can probably get it down to a
month if you use the behavior cards.

Fuck those cards.
He pisses on those.

You want to go home or you wanna
spend another night in here?

It's up to you.

- [birds chirping]
- [kids playing]

[sighs]

Must have been humiliating being
rescued by your wife's boyfriend.

[Max] Please stop talking.

She's obsessed with
this retard crap.

Hey, what's wrong with you, huh?

Nobody says "retard" anymore,
okay? Nobody. Don't say it again.

[Pop-Pop] Okay. I won't say it.

You know, it's a
felony having this.

That's a lot of bullshit.

I served my country. I
have a right to have this.

Food. You served food.

I had no choice. Now they're
telling me I can't see Ezra.

I... I got no say in what
drugs they're gonna give him.

What school they're gonna
put him in. What the f...

[indistinct chatter on radio]

You got anything to say?

- She cut you out good. I know.
- She didn't do this.

She didn't have to. I just
picked you up from prison.

What are you talking about?

- That's the best you got?
- What am I gonna say?

You rush in blind, you
get knocked on your ass.

You can't control
your own power,

then what the hell
do you have? Nothing.

Says the guy who
knocked out a customer

because his steak
was overcooked?

That was a perfect steak.

Ah, you see now, there it is.

- There's my twisted moral compass.
- That's right. Whatever.

Whatever's right. Yeah.

Maybe if that were true,
we'd still be in Nebraska,

I'd still have a mother,
what do you think?

- [tires screeching]
- [cars honking]

What are you doing?
What are you doing?

- [Pop-Pop mumbles]
- Stop.

- [horns honking]
- I'm sorry, all right?

I just... I didn't
mean to bring that up.

Fucking guy says to me, "Hey, stupid,
there's no blood on my plate."

I say, "Hey, I'm sorry."
And I punch him in the face.

I say, "Now there is
blood on your plate."

What are you talking about?
I'm talking about my mother.

Now what, now you're gonna
start blaming everything

that's wrong with you and your
life on me and your mother?

Get the fuck out of here!

You know what? You're
a fucking asshole!

Fuck you. Learn how to
fucking cook a steak.

- [woman] Move the car!
- [cars honking]

[Jenna] Got it?

Good job.

Do you really think you should
wear the dinosaur costume

on your first day
at a new school?

Hmm.

Hey, it's gonna be great.

There's gonna be all these new kids,
and you're gonna find the nicest ones.

Hey, psst, Ezra.

Ezzie.

- Ezzie.
- [growls]

[classical piano
instrumental building]

[indistinct chatter]

[school bell ringing]

[teacher] Okay,
everybody. Inside!

[♪]

You've got to head in, Ezra.

What class do you have? Art?

[audience laughing]

[Max] You know, I was
thinking about it recently.

This fucked-up game we used
to play when I was a kid.

- [inaudible dialogue]
- You remember Musical Chairs?

- [audience] Yeah!
- Yeah?

- [audience member] Whoo!
- Whoo! Really? Jesus Christ!

It's like a roomful of
pharmaceutical executives.

- [audience laughing] - You know,
I was thinking about this game.

But you know what the catch is.

If you got a dozen kids,
you only got 11 chairs.

So, who doesn't get a chair,

"Fuck you, you're out," right?

Yeah, it's brutal, it's brutal.

I mean, these kids, they turn
into savages, man, right?

They bite each other,
they kick each other.

They poke each other's eyes out.

What sadist invented this game?

And why do they even
call it Musical Chairs?

There's nothing remotely musical
about Musical Chairs, man.

It's like, uh... it's like the
original Squid Game or something.

[audience laughing]

You know, I just, uh... I got
out of prison a couple days ago.

- It's a true story.
- [man cheers]

Thank you. Thank you.

You know, I, um, put
in some hard time.

- Toughest 14 hours of my life.
- [audience laughing]

But, um...

yeah, this doctor, doctor.

Fucking doctor.

Tried to push some
drugs on my kid, so,

you know, I had
to knock him out,

and, uh, they threw me in jail.

Uh, but they offered me a deal.

If I let them give my son

the same drugs they give
to the criminally insane,

they'd drop all the charges.

So I, uh...

took the deal.

My son needed me to
go to bat for him...

and I sold him
right the fuck out.

[sentimental piano
instrumental playing]

[Jayne on phone] Where are you?
What are you doing? You have a spot.

- You need to get back here.
- [Max] I'm not coming back.

Listen, Max, I really,
really want you to fly.

Really high. I really do.

But you have got to
stop bombing the runway.

You know the bit I did
about the meds and Ez,

it's all true, right?

Okay, fine. Then come
back and tell them.

But you gotta come back here.

And they'll understand.
Listen, Kimmel loves kids.

So do I.

[♪]

[bed crackling]

Shhh.

Hey, remember when we did that
drill down the fire escape?

You wanna do it again?

Okay.

You gotta trust me, buddy.

Oh, yeah, I got a nice bed
for you back here, Ez, huh?

You got your Star Wars
pillow. I got snacks.

This is gonna be fun!

Hey. What are you doing?
What are you doing?

Don't worry about it.
Go back in the house.

- What do you mean?
- [Max] Don't worry about it.

You're not taking the car.

- Just having a little father-son time.
- You're not taking the car.

- It's a Thrilla in Manila!
- [Max] We're not fighting, Ezra.

We're not fighting,
just talking.

[Ezra] Frazier whipping
the mighty Ali!

There's a court order out for you.
Are you crazy? What are you doing?

Down goes Frazier!
Down goes Frazier!

[Max] I gotta get him to bed.

Get in the car, Ezra.
Hey, listen to me, okay?

I saw him at that school,
I saw him on those drugs.

They were killing him. I need
to get him away from here.

You're doing it wrong. What the
hell is the matter with you?

Pop, I swear to God,
stop, okay? Just stop.

You told me to fight, I'm
fighting. Let's get in the car, Ez.

You're not fighting, you're
running! What are you doing?

I'm not running.
Ezra, get in the car!

Okay. It's okay.

- I got some waffles for you.
- No.

There's no waffles.
Ez, get in the car.

- [Pop-Pop] You want fresh whipped cream?
- Stop it, please.

Listen, we're family. We're
the Rice Krispie boys.

He's Snap, you're
Crackle, and who am I?

- [Ezra] Pop-Pop!
- That's right!

And we're not fighting,
we're just sparring.

So show me what you got.

That's it! And, and...

- Oh!
- [Max] All right! Knock out!

[Max] Good job. Come on, buddy.

In the car. Come on. Let's go.

- [Pop-Pop] This is a mistake.
- Let's go. Okay. Says who?

- [Ezra] Can Pop-Pop come?
- [Max] No, Pop-Pop can't come.

Pop-Pop's gonna hold the
fort down. Right, Pop-Pop?

- Where are you taking him?
- I'm going to Nick's in Michigan.

Oh, Jesus. That Greek prick.
Of all the fucking people...

[Max] Stop it. He's
my best friend.

That guy's a fucking thief!

I take him into my
house, he steals from me.

He didn't steal your saucepan.

I'm not stealing your clothes.
Nobody's stealing anything, okay?

You're making a mistake.
You can't do this.

You know what? Take this, please.
Already have enough problems.

- Thank you!
- This is crazy!

- Say, "Bye, Pop-Pop!"
- [Ezra] Bye, Pop-Pop!

Bye, Pop-Pop!

["Sisyphus" playing]

What the fuck am I doing?

♪ Sisyphus peered
Into the mist ♪

♪ A stone's throw From
the precipice, paused ♪

♪ Did he jump or did he fall

♪ As he gazed into the
maw Of the morning mist? ♪

♪ Did he raise both fists
And say "To hell with this" ♪

♪ And just let the rock roll?

♪ Let it roll

♪ Let it crash down low

♪ There's a house down there
But I lost it long ago ♪

Ezzie? Ezzie?

Ezzie?

Ezra?

♪ See my house down there
But I lost it long ago ♪

Ezzie?

Ezra? Ezra!

- [Max] Did you get a good night's sleep?
- No.

I bet it's Mom.

I bet you're right. Ugh.

Parental abduction is defined
as one parent taking a child

without permission
from the other parent.

- Yeah.
- [Jenna] You kidnapped Ezra?

I can't be kidnapping
if I'm his father.

Of course it can! You
have a restraining order!

I'm saving my son's life.

Ezzie needs somebody
to advocate for him

the way you and I
used to dotogether.

You know I'm right.

No! No, you're not right,
Max. You are wrong, okay?

You need to bring him home now!

[Ezra screaming]

- Is that Ezra?
- [Max] Hey, hey, hey, hey!

- [waitress] Let go!
- No bananas!

- No bananas!
- [Max] No bananas!

- Get his inhaler!
- Excuse me!

Okay, Ezzie. It's
all right, breathe.

Breathe! Breathe. Breathe.
Breathe, all right.

I got you. It's okay.
Come on. Come on, come on.

Where's the bathroom?
Where's the bathroom?

- Come on. You're okay.
- [Ezra groaning]

[phone chiming]

[Max] He's all right.

Look, I didn't know
that there were

bananas in the oatmeal, right?

- What you're doing is insane!
- Nah, I don't think it is.

That's the problem.
You're not thinking.

Trust me, this is very,

very, very bad.

In fact, this is a crime.

Bring him back!

[scoffs] Max?

Holy shit! He hung
up on me again!

- [yells]
- [phone thuds]

Fuck!

You know, you can
call the police.

No, I'm not... I'm not
gonna make this worse.

I'm not traumatizing my son.

[phone chiming, vibrating]

[vibrating continues faintly]

Hey, buddy, what's the
deal with the bananas?

- Hmm?
- I start gagging, and I can't breathe.

Well, okay, but we know that you're
not allergic to bananas, right?

Because we saw that
doctor, remember?

So, maybe the banana thing's
in your mind, you know?

[Ezra growling and mooing]

I'm growling and I'm
mooing, what am I?

I got no idea, but you're freakin'
me out there with no shirt on.

Mad cow disease!

Oh, is that original material?

- SpongeBob.
- Ah, I see.

That's why it wasn't funny.

[bittersweet piano
music playing]

Are you going to prison?

Look, Ez, Dad made a big
decision when I was upset,

and that's never a good idea.

"Bang, bang, bitches.

I'll cut off his head and
feed him to the fishes!"

Okay. Maybe no
more Breaking Bad.

Mom might be right
about that one.

Bruce wants to kill
you. You can't go home.

- Okay, he's definitely not a fan...
- No! That's what he said!

What?

- When?
- When I got hit by the cab.

I was coming to Pop-Pop's
to warn you about Bruce.

Okay, hold that thought, buddy.

[car engine stops]

Are you telling me

that you didn't run into
the street on purpose?

Ezzie?

Ezzie, I need your eyes, okay?

This is very important.

Are you saying that you didn't
run into the street on purpose?

Am I nuts? A dog
tried to bite me.

Did you tell Mom this?

- Don't be mad.
- Nobody's mad.

- There was...
- I wasn't supposed to tell you?

Yes, of course. Hey.

Telling the truth, that's
your biggest superpower.

Huh?

Thanks for telling me.

You know what?

You know what?

I think we gotta dance.

I think we gotta dance.

- Come on. Let's find a good station.
- ["Express Yourself" playing]

Ah! There it is. Ah. Can
you move your butt muscles?

Come on. Let's go. Move
it up. Into your chest.

Into your shoulders.
Ah, yeah! Let it roll.

Let it roll. Down to the ass.
Back up to the shoulders.

Now some pops. Some
claps. Huh? Elbows up.

Ah, yeah, let it roll.

Let it roll. Come on. Up
into your chest, dude.

Into your chest, Ezzie.

Yeah, yeah, that's it.
Let it roll. Let it roll.

♪ Express yourself

[song fades]

[Ezra] I need to rinse!

- [phone chiming]
- [Max] Coming.

Hey, Jayne.

- Where the hell are you?
- Uh,

I'm just taking a
little time off with Ez.

Not a good time
to take off, Max.

Yeah. I... I know. I
know. I... I screwed up.

Yes, you did, and
they were pissed!

Yeah, look, I had a bad
night. It happens, right?

No.[scoffs] Sal Argento
had a bad night.

Yeah. I guess that's
something, right?

No, what's something
is having a manager

who gets Jimmy Kimmel
to watch the video.

Video?

What... what video?

The one I made with my phone!

[chuckles] He wants to book you.

- What?
- [Ezra] I need to rinse!

So you have to get
yourself to LA.

They're not gonna fly you.
Is that gonna be a problem?

Uh, no.

- Uh, when?
- Next Friday,

4:00 pm in the Kimmel studio.

Rinse!

Okay. All right.
I'm coming. Uh...

- He loved you, Max.
- He loved me, really?

I love you, Jayne.

- You're full of shit. Bye.
- [Max chuckles]

Rinse!

Okay. I'm coming.
I'm coming. Hey, ow!

Shit! That's boiling
hot! Come on, get out!

Get out! Get out!
Get out! Come on.

What... what are you doing? Why...
don't you feel it? It's hot!

- I don't... I don't feel hot!
- Okay, it's hot, though.

Okay? Look at your
arms. They're all red!

Mom checks the temperature!

That's fine, but if you see steam,
it means it's too hot, okay?

- God damn it!
- My stupid brain.

- Stop, no. Hey, come on. Sit down.
- Stupid! Stupid!

- Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!
- Stop that, okay?

You're not stupid! You're
not... stop hitting yourself.

Hey, hey, hey, listen to me.
Hey, hey. You're not stupid.

You're not stupid.
You're smart, okay?

If you see steam, it means
it's too hot. Easy-peasy, okay?

It's on the cards.

We don't have the fucking cards!

I'm sorry.

- Mom uses Bactine.
- Oh, yeah? Well, guess what.

We don't have
Bactine, so you and I,

we're gonna have to figure
it out together, all right?

There we go. Nice.

You know what? I
got a better idea.

I got a better
idea. Let go. Here.

Ready? Come on. Stand
up. Stand up. Arms up.

Huh? Armpits. Isn't this fun?

Huh? Does Mom do
stuff like this? No?

I didn't think so. Okay.

We got this!

Why do you always yell?

Because Pop-Pop used
to lock me in the attic

chained to a radiator.

I had to yell so he'd
remember to feed me.

There are no
radiators in attics.

You are good. Nothing
gets past you.

Boom. There you go.

I want to talk to
you about something.

I just got off the
phone with Aunt Jayne.

Turns out Jimmy Kimmel wants me
to be on his show in Los Angeles.

That's far.

Yeah, it is far.

Did you get the part about Jimmy Kimmel
wanting me to be a guest on his show?

Yeah?

So, you got anything for me?

Any advice for your dad?

Be polite.

"Be polite."

Anything else?

- Nope. Now stop asking me.
- [chuckles] Okay.

But where am I gonna
get my mojo from?

- Mojo man!
- That's right.

Good. Okay.

Let's have a staring contest.

- I don't want to.
- Come on.

- For me? Please.
- No.

- Pretty please?
- No.

What if I make it
worth your while?

If I win, we go trick-or-treat?

Yeah, deal.

Ready? Come on. First
one that blinks loses.

Go, one, two,

three, four...

- Are you autistic?
- Five, six...

- seven...
- Mom says you are.

Eight... Mom thinks
everyone's autistic...

- nine, ten...
- She thinks you got it from Pop-Pop,

who gave it to you,
who gave it to me.

Listen to me. Nobody knows
for sure, okay, honey?

Nobody.

[whispers] But it doesn't
matter 'cause you're awesome.

Fourteen, 15, 16...

- Does Mom love me?
- Seventeen.

Buddy, Mom loves you more
than anything in the world.

Yeah. Okay?

She and I, we're just having
a disagreement right now.

- You blinked! I win!
- Uh! Oh, you did so good.

You did so good. You win.

- Good job, buddy.
- [humming]

Let's go. Bring it.
Yeah, baby! Whoo!

- [banging on door]
- [doorbell ringing]

[Jenna] Stan, can
you open up, please!

[banging and ringing continues]

Stan!

[banging and ringing continues]

- We need to talk!
- [doorknob rattling]

- Stan?
- [knocking on door]

Hey, I know you're in there!

Open the door!

Open the door!

Stan, just talk to me, please?

- [banging on door]
- I'm worried about them.

Please?

You don't give a shit!

Huh?

You're going to let Max
ruin his life again!

- [objects rattling]
- And your boys too!

- Jerk!
- [loud thud]

[engine starts]

["Golden" by My
Morning Jacket playing]

♪ Watching a stretch of road

♪ Miles of light explode

♪ Drifting off a thing

♪ I'd never done before ♪

♪ Watching a crowd roll in

♪ Out go the lights it begins

[Nick] Hey! There they are!

- [Max] Hey!
- [Nick] Hey!

[Max] Hello, baby!

Ezzie, get on out here and
give your Uncle Nicky a hug!

Oh, come on, come here! Hey, where
you going, kid? Oh, I got you.

Oh, that's it. That's it! You
are dead. You're so dead! Oh!

Hi! I'm Margaret.

How are you?

Wanna help me set the table?

Come on.

- [Nick] Oh, you're...
- [Max] Oh! Look at you!

No chance! Jesus
Christ, man. Huh?

Bottomless s'mores
when you run a camp.

- Endless s'mores.
- Can you get that?

- I'm not gonna carry anything.
- Okay.

What's up with the, uh...
the bad habit there?

That's Sister
Margaret from Senegal.

Oh. That's way outta town.

Yeah, she's, uh, staying
with a family in Ann Arbor.

She goes to Michigan.

You know that they want nuns
to have a bachelor's degree?

- Why the fuck would I know that?
- I mean, can you imagine that?

Four years of college before
you can say your vows.

But as long as
she's on my staff,

Catholic church pays
half my expenses.

Huh. Scammin' the
Vatican. I'm proud of you.

- Yeah, huh.
- [Ezra] There's no cheese on it.

[Nick] Wait 'til you
try it. It's incredible.

She uses ancient
Senegalese spices.

[Margaret] I got the
spice from Costco.

- Whoa!
- Costco.

That sounds exotic! Costco.

[Nick] I thought you
brought it from Senegal.

[Margaret] No. You're
mixing up the cheeses.

And she puts goat... she
puts goat in the lasagna.

- [Margaret] What's wrong?
- Metal hurts my teeth.

Okay, but you know, plastic
hurts the planet. So...

[Nick] Oh, I got some plastic right
in the store room, I can just...

No, no. We're okay.
We're gonna use the fork.

[Margaret] It's okay...

It's mind over matter
like the bananas.

Come on, Ezzie, try it.

Ezzie.

E... Ez, come on.
That's not polite.

Pick up the fork
and try it please.

- Ez?
- I... I need plastic.

- Mom has plastic!
- Okay. Well, Mom's not here.

Ezra. Where you going?

- Ezra?
- [Ezra] I need plastic!

- You don't listen to me!
- [Max] Sorry, guys.

Ez, come on. Come
on back, please.

It hurts me!

- Because they're razor sharp!
- [Max] Ezzie! Ezzie!

- It's not in my mind!
- Ezzie!

- Ezra, come and sit down!
- I'm not taking it!

I'll make you a deal. I'll
let you eat with your fingers

if you try a fork once.

- It hurts! It hurts!
- Once, Ezra.

I would take that deal.

- I need plastic!
- [Nick] Sounds like a good deal.

Plus, I'm gonna use
my fingers, too.

So will I.

[Max] Once, Ezzie?

Deal?

Okay! Let's do it!
Let's get to work!

All right!

Come on, Max. Join the party.

Join the lasagna
party. Now... oh, God.

- Oh, man. Of course.
- [Margaret] Oh, my!

"They each shouldered the
heavy pack and the water skin

which was their share,

then turned from the light
that lay on the lands outside

and plunged into the forest."

[crickets chirping outside]

[mellow piano music playing]

You can go now.

Ezzie, did you just...

For me?

You can go now.

Okay?

Goodbye.

Okay.

[Margaret] Max, oh, my goodness,
I have a crush on your son.

Ah, he'll break your heart.

Don't worry. I can take it.

All right, but you know what?

If there's no future, Sister,
let's not lead him on.

Hey, hey. I haven't
taken my vows yet.

- [Max] Oh!
- [Nick] Uh-oh. [chuckles] Okay.

[Nick groans, sniffs]

[Margaret] Good night.

- [Nick] Good night.
- [Margaret] Smoking, huh?

The wages of sin is death.

[Max] Did she just bless you?

She does it every
time she leaves.

I think it's making
me a better man.

Look, I... I don't want to be sacrilegious,
but I think this could be love.

[Nick] Hey.

I'm Greek Orthodox,

and we don't go there.

Okay? [exhales]

And she, oh...
she's a holy spirit.

- All right. Here you go.
- I'm just saying, man.

House in the woods,
summer camp, hot nun.

[Nick laughs]

Yeah, it sure beats telling
dick jokes to drunken tourists.

Hey, it's a living.

It wasn't for me. [sighs]

So why are you here?

What do you mean? I
needed a little Nicky.

[chuckles]

You got a little bit of Nicky,

and, uh, Nicky's a
little concerned.

You haven't signed the
papers yet, have you?

[chuckles] Seriously?

[sighs]

- That's it. You blew my high.
- Are you gonna cry?

Do you wanna cry?
You wanna let it go?

Come to Papa Bear. Come on.

I tried to give her
everything, Nick.

But where would she put it?

[both laugh]

- God bless Steven Wright.
- Ah.

"All those who believe
in psychokinesis

- raise my hand."
- "Raise my hand."

I broke into Jenna's house
in the middle of the night,

and I kidnapped Ezra.

[Nick laughs]

All right, I'll play along.

Why did you break into
Jenna's house and kidnap Ezra?

Ezzie snuck out of Jenna's
and got hit by a cab.

What?

His doctor said he might've
done it on purpose.

Shit!

You think that was true?

No! Wha... you kidding me?

Every day he wakes up,
that kid chooses life.

Oh, good.

- That's good.
- [sighs]

So why'd you do it?

Jenna thinks he should go to a
special needs school, and I don't.

- Why not?
- Because in public school,

you know, he'll learn how to fight,
learn how to protect himself.

What are you, the great Santini?

What are you... what
are you talking about?

I see people move
away from Ez, right?

He has a temper tantrum or he's
just walking down the street.

You know, people aren't trying to
be mean, it's just that it's easier.

You know the word "autism"
comes from the Greek

"in your own world."

I don't want him in his
own world, Nick. I...

[voice cracking] I
want him in this world.

[sighs]

[Nick sighs]

[phone vibrating]

You make it back okay?

[Pop-Pop] Put Max on the phone.

Oh, my God. [sighs]

I don't have your pan.

[Pop-Pop] Hello.

- Hello?
- Yeah, I'm right here, Pop.

What do you think, the
world stopped for you

- to hang out with this idiot?
- What are you talking about?

She took my son and
I took him back!

You made a promise, you
didn't keep your promise.

She's throwing rocks
at my window now.

- Hang up the phone.
- Hello?

I'm coming there tomorrow!

- [both] No!
- Then listen to me carefully.

Call Ezzie's mom.

- You hear me? Call Ezzie's mom.
- I don't have your pan.

[phone chiming]

- Where are you?
- Uh, don't worry about it.

- Where are you? Where are you?
- You know, Jen, I gotta say,

in spite of everything
that we've been through,

I... I really believed you when
you said that no matter what,

we were gonna treat
each other like family,

and we were gonna be
honest with each other.

- Remember you said that?
- You haven't been honest, Max.

You took him, and you
need to bring him home!

L-Let me ask you something.

Did Ezra tell you that the
reason he ran into the street

was because he thought he
was gonna get bit by a dog?

Yes, I mean, what
difference does it make?

He ran out of the house
in his pajamas, barefoot,

and he nearly got hit by a cab!

Yeah, because he heard your
boyfriend say he was gonna kill me.

Yeah, and he was
coming to warn me.

Okay, y... you're
scaring me now, Max.

I'm scaring you? Why don't
you ask your boyfriend?

You know Ezzie doesn't lie!

Okay. Hey, hey,
you... you're right.

You are family. You are.

But you need to just
bring him home now, okay?

Come home, and we'll
talk about all of this.

None of this is easy,

but all I ever wanted was
just to protect our boy.

Well, I'm protecting him now.

And leave my father alone.

You waited four days to
call about a missing child

taken by a man you're divorcing,

who has a restraining order
keeping him from seeing that child.

- Is that about right?
- [Jenna] I know how it sounds.

He's his father.

You don't think
he'd hurt your son?

No. No, no, absolutely not.

All right. Um, let's
make a few calls.

We'll see if we can find him,
and, um, put a trace on his phone.

No disrespect, Mike, but no.

I'm sorry, miss, but right now
I'm not feelin' good about this.

- You understand?
- Yeah, I understand.

Good, because from a missing
and exploited child perspective,

we need to issue
an Amber Alert now.

Are you sure this
situation warrants...

Margo, let's just start with
a missing person's report

Amber is for situations
exactly like this one.

And we're late, ma'am.

I'm afraid it's
not your decision.

[gentle guitar music playing]

[Margaret] You
know how to do it?

[Margaret chuckles]

[Nick] Hey, that's
nice. Thank you.

- [Max] Packed up and ready to go.
- [Nick] Okay.

I don't think that kid's
ready to go, though.

- Hmm?
- You see him over there

- making lanyards with Sister Margaret?
- Yeah.

- Kid's trying to steal my girl.
- [Max chuckles]

- [Max] They look good together.
- [Nick chuckles]

I think it's the
autism. Chicks dig it.

Sometimes I think I
might be on the spectrum.

I think you check
a lot of the boxes.

- Yeah.
- But, nah, I just think

you're a strange dude.

Yeah, I'm just uncomfortable
in social situations.

It's good you're out here.

- Yeah. Keeps me away from...
- Everyone.

- People.
- Yeah. Yeah.

[sighs] You guys
are welcome to stay.

Oh, buddy. I'd love to stay,
but we can't. I gotta be in LA.

- What's in LA?
- [sighs]

I booked Kimmel.

- Are you fucking kidding me?
- Yeah, it's not...

You wouldn't lead with
that? That's amazing!

- Yeah, it's okay.
- Max, come on!

- Kimmel, that's great!
- Yeah.

Best I did is get bumped from
Arsenio. Worst night of my life.

Hasselhoff segment ran long.

- [chuckles] - I'll tell
you what, you go to LA,

you work on your
set, you get relaxed,

you get focused, you get
centered, take care of yourself.

Leave Ezra with me.

Me and Margaret will
take care of him...

I can't do it, buddy.

- I gotta have him with me.
- Why not?

Because I need him. He
keeps my feet on the ground.

All right, fine. [sighs]

I'll bake you a cake and
bring it to you in prison.

Okay, well, make sure you
throw Stan's saucepan in there.

- I don't have the pan.
- [whistle blows]

Okay, Mr. and Mrs.
Carlton. Have a lovely day.

[Stan chuckles]

[Jenna] Where are they?

What do you mean? Just call him.

He doesn't answer.
He's just like you.

I... well, I can't talk.
I'm working. I can't.

Hello, Mrs. C. And how are
you today, young ladies?

- [girl] Hi, Stan!
- Score a goal,

there's a box of Cracker
Jacks in there for you.

Cracker Jacks are no
good for her teeth.

There's gonna be an Amber Alert.

What do you mean? You
called the cops on him?

Where is Ezzie?

He's with his father. You
shouldn't have done that.

That's a... that's a
very bad thing to do.

- I did a bad thing?
- Yes.

- You're making it so he can't see him.
- Max did that!

- What did you expect him to do?
- Not kidnap him!

You made it kid... you
made it kidnapping.

[Stan groans]

Please. Please.

- Stan, I don't...
- How could you do that?

Amber Alert. Do you
know what that is?

- I don't wanna fight.
- Well, I don't wanna fight either,

but all of a sudden you
don't believe in him.

Now you're gonna... Amber Alert?

I got tired of not knowing what
he was gonna do on any given day.

I'm already so tired with
Ezzie. Please, I just...

I'm... I'm scared. I'm tired.
I'm alone. And I need help.

Rice Krispies boys
make me really tired.

All right, well,
we're gonna have to...

we're gonna have to get
to 'em before the cops do.

- We?
- Yeah, we. Yeah.

The shift ends,
we start driving.

Take 11 hours to
get to Michigan.

Hopefully, get to
them by tomorrow.

He's at Nick's?

Yes. He's with Nick. I'm not
happy about that, but yes.

Unfortunately, we're
going to Nick's. Yeah.

[Max] I have a
self-destructive personality.

[audience laughs]

But it's okay 'cause I
recently had a breakthrough.

After thousands of hours
of hypnosis therapy,

I finally met my inner child.

And he had a gun.

[audience laughs]

Yeah, oh, hey. What's
up, little guy?

Whoa. Okay. Well, what?

Okay, come on. Put... put the
gun down. Put the gun down.

I'm trying to do a show here.

Can you get back in my
psyche please? Thank you.

Anyway, my therapist said to
me, "Max, you're an adult now.

You don't need your inner child.
He can't help you anymore."

I said, "Oh, yeah, really, Mark?

He's got a gun. What do you got?

I'm taking this little sociopath
with me everywhere I go."

Thank you, Lansing!

Great audience.
Have a great night!

[audience cheering]

[comedian] Come on, everybody,
let's hear it for Max Bernal!

[Max] Let's have
a, um, whiskey neat

and another pineapple
juice for my manager here.

[bartender] Pineapple
juice coming right up.

You really should
get the boy home.

- [Max] Okay.
- He's your son, right?

Uh, yeah. That's...
uh, that's my son.

It's after 12:00.
I was watching him.

He doesn't seem happy here.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold on. You
were watching him during my set?

- And now I'm offended. I got this, Ez.
- No, Dad, Dad...

- I got it.
- No child should be in this club.

Especially not a
child with issues.

- Issues?
- Yeah.

- I can't hear.
- Really? Let me ask you something.

Do I come to where you work and
knock the cock outta your mouth?

[bartender] Whoa, whoa, whoa!

- That's my wife.
- Oh, really?

I'm sorry to hear that, but she
should mind her own fucking business.

Hey, hey, hey!

[all shouting indistinctly]

[glass shattering]

[Ezra] Dad!

[woman screams]

[Max] Come on, Ezra!

[emotional piano music playing]

- They were the owners.
- Like I said, Ez, I didn't know.

- They were the owners.
- We covered this already, okay?

That's enough now.

- I wanna go home.
- Hey, buddy, I'm sorry, okay?

- I want to go home!
- It was my bad.

Okay, listen to me, Ezzie, okay?

Sometimes life's
gonna get messy, okay?

And if it does, that's okay.

You know, people say
life's gotta be neat,

it's gotta be nice,
but it doesn't.

- You hear me?
- Yes.

Okay.

All right, that's good.

Go to sleep. That's...

that's a good idea.

[♪]

[Jenna] I really
appreciate this, Stan.

A mother's job is never done.

Or a father's.

[Jenna chuckles]

I guess I don't
even know anymore.

Here. Turn here. Here.

There he is. There he is.
Get close. Look, look.

Okay. Okay.

[Nick] Shit!

[Pop-Pop] Look at your
guilt on your face.

- What are you doing?
- What am I doing?

- Run, Zorba, run!
- Get off my property!

Yeah, run! Come on, run!

- Fuck you, Stan!
- Yeah, fuck you!

Come on, I told you, I
don't know where they went!

[Jenna] I thought you
had more sense, Nick.

Yeah, well, I thought
you had a heart, Jenna.

- Think about Ezra!
- My kid is out there!

- Oh! Oh! Oh!
- Where is he?

I'm gonna plunge this
into your heart right now

unless you tell me
exactly where they are!

Where are they?

They went to go do Kimmel in LA!

He got Kimmel?

Yeah.

I know. He booked Kimmel.

Can you believe it?

I mean, he's funny
but... [groans]

Wait, please don't tell
Max that I ratted him out.

I'm not strong.

- Ow!
- Stop whining!

God.

Meet me in the car. I've got
some unfinished business.

Please, please, don't
leave me alone with him.

Okay, I'm going to put this in
as loving a way as possible.

You need help!

Oh, hi, this is Jayne
Green's assistant.

I was wanting to confirm the date
and time for Max Bernal's appearance.

Yes, I, uh, accidentally
deleted an email.

Oh, great! Thank you so much.

Appreciate it. Take care.

Let's go.

I'm gonna get a coffee.

- Ooh, there's candy.
- Hey, you've had enough sugar.

[Max chuckles]

Uh, can I have a
black coffee please?

- Sure thing.
- Thanks.

Hey, dude, where can I get a
local motel you can suggest?

Uh, yeah, you got the
Jersey plates, right?

- Uh-huh.
- '71 El Do?

- Yeah.
- Sweet.

Yeah. Hey, hey, sir, you... you
got a great... great eye for cars.

Ah, only sort of. Uh, my
grandma's got an El Do.

So, five exits, Best Western,
includes breakfast and biscuits.

- Oh. Great. Which way? That way?
- That way.

Hey, look, I'm on TV!

Yeah, look at that, buddy. Your
commercial's running everywhere.

- This should help.
- Yeah.

Child actor, we're on
our way to Hollywood

for a big screen test.

- Not true.
- Why don't you go

- wait for me in the car, yeah?
- Hey, wait!

Have I seen you in anything?

Sanford and Son.
It will be remade!

Hey, let me get your
autograph. Sign it "To Tim."

"You'll never catch
me alive, Tim!"

[door creaking]

[Max] DUI Checkpoint.
What the hell?

[car rattling]

- [Max] Whoa!
- [Ezra] What's wrong?

Nothing! Go back
to sleep, buddy.

- Come on, it's late.
- What are you doing?

- Just taking a shortcut.
- To where?

- Best campsite in Nebraska.
- This isn't a shortcut!

- Yeah, it is!
- No, it's not!

I can see the road
right there... shit!

- [metallic clanking]
- Fuck!

Ez? Ez, where are ya? You okay?

- Ezzie?
- [Ezra groans]

I want to go home!

- [car door clicks open]
- [Max] Ez.

Ez! Fuck! Fuck!
Hey, come on, buddy!

Okay.

Come on, where are you?

Ez?

Ezzie?

[breathing heavily]

Fuck!

[foliage rustling]

Ezzie!

Ezzie!

Ez!

Ezzie!

[♪]

[steam hissing]

- [Max] Hey! Stop!
- [Ezra] No!

Stop!

- Hey! Hey! I said stop, okay?
- Ow!

Stop! I said stop!

I told you to stop!

What are you gonna do?

Hit me? You wanna hit
me? Come on, hit me!

No! I'm... I'm not, I'm not.

No, I just... you
scared me, buddy.

You freaked me out.
I'm sorry. Okay?

Why did you take me?

Why did you take me if you
don't know how to help me?

I don't know, buddy.

You're my superhero. I
just... you're everything.

You're my mojo.

I'm not your superhero!

I'm not your mojo!
I'm not your buddy!

I'm your son! And you're my dad!

My dad! My dad! My
dad! My dad! My dad!

Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay.

- [sobbing] I hate you.
- It's okay.

I hate you. [sobbing]

[hissing continues]

[crickets chirping]

[line ringing]

[Max breathing heavily]

- [Stan] Hello?
- Pop?

Hello?

I almost hit my kid.

Wh... what happened?

What h... what happened?

- I... I almost...
- What?

I almost hit Ezra.

Where are you? Shit.

- I... I'm in the... I'm in the woods.
- Where, where, where?

The fucking woods. I
don't know where, okay?

I just... I almost
hit Ezra, and I...

I don't know where
to put all this, Pop.

I don't know where to put
all this fucking rage.

You don't put it anywhere.
You just... you bury it.

Yeah, okay. But I'm
asking you, what do I do?

You know what to
do! You can't...

I don't. I don't
know what to do, man.

I'm in a forest,
I'm losing my shit,

and I don't know what to
do, so I thought that maybe,

just maybe you might
just be like a normal dad

and give me some fucking advice!

Max, shut up. What
are you talking about?

I'm trying to talk
to you about it now.

And then you want some advice?

I'll give you some advice.

It's this simple.

Bite your arm off, tie
yourself to a tree,

do whatever you need to
do to not hit your kid.

It's that simple.

You understand?

Look what happened
with us. It killed me.

You cannot hit him.
You cannot hit him!

Okay, I... Yeah, I get it.

Are you sure you do?
Because if you did,

you'd know it's time
to throw in the towel

on this stupid trip.

- It's not a stupid trip.
- Yes, it is.

It's not, Pop. It's not stupid.

Yes, it is. It's stupid.

How are you gonna feel if
you end up back in jail?

Then what?

[Max sighs]

Where are you?
I'll come get you.

Fuck. Fuck.

[panting]

[birds chirping]

[urinating]

[unzips pants]

[Jenna] You can't
even say the word.

[Stan] It's just a word.

Autism.

Yeah, whatever.

[chuckles]

Saying it out loud, it'll
help Ezzie in his life.

Nah, you know, I don't...
I'm not sure about that.

We gotta be able to talk
about this and not...

Okay, tell me. What do
you want to talk about?

I don't want to be
hiding about it.

I want to talk about it.
I want to give it a name.

I want to get... I want to
get all the help we can get.

Who's hiding? Who's
hiding? Nobody's hiding.

Max is hiding him right now!
He took him, he's hiding him!

He's not hiding him, he's
taking him somewhere.

You think he's gonna
kill him? He's gonna...

I don't think... of
course I don't think that.

- [overlapping conversation] - I
don't think that, but he scared me.

You know he's gonna take him
somewhere or do something.

But that doesn't mean he's
gonna do anything bad to him.

I don't know.

The fragility of Max
and his mental state,

and his situ... he's...
he flies off the handle.

He doesn't know how
to control Ezzie.

He doesn't know
everything that he needs.

No, he doesn't. But neither
do you. Nobody knows.

- I...
- It's what it is.

It's a condition
that just is there.

We have to deal with it.

And I know you...
I know you think

my side gave him what
you say he's got.

- I never said that.
- You didn't have to.

I never said that.

And my wife did the same thing.
I had the same fights with her.

- Do not compare me to his mother.
- I'm not comparing you, but...

Don't compare me to his mother.

I'm not comparing you,
but there is a similarity.

I'm sorry. It is what it is.

I devoted my life
to this family.

I'm devoting my life to this
family. That woman abandoned him.

I don't even know what happened
because you don't talk about it,

and Max doesn't talk about it,
so nobody talks about anything.

But... but what she
did was unforgivable.

Don't compare me to her.

How dare you.

It was a...

it was a long time ago,
so it's all over with now.

[flies buzzing]

[Ezra] I can't believe
you grew up around here.

[Max] Yeah, I know, right?

Pop-Pop met my
mother in New York,

and then, well, we
all moved to Nebraska.

Why did your mother leave?

Uh, you know, it's funny, buddy.

I... I don't really know.

That's not funny.

You're right. It's not funny.

You know, I just... I woke up
one morning, and she was gone.

And I guess, uh,

I guess after so many years,

I just worked it out for myself

that she must have
been pretty sad

to do something
like that, right?

She was a terrible mother.

You're right. She was.

She was.

[Max] All right,
come on. Let's go.

Hey, folks, thank you again.

- Thank you so much.
- [man] Bye. Be safe now.

[Max] What a nice couple.

I bet... I bet they've been
together since they were your age.

- I'm going to die a virgin.
- What? No, that's bullshit.

Someone out there
who loves dinosaurs,

Dostoevsky and Family Guy.

- You watch.
- And live action D&D.

And live action D&D. There you
go. You know what you want.

- What are we doing here?
- [Max sighs]

The lady who lives here is
an old friend of your dad's.

This place looks like a demon
movie waiting to happen.

[chuckles] Let's hope not, huh?

Ah! [knocks on door]

- Oh, my God!
- Oh, hey!

- Hi.
- What...

- Hi.
- [chuckles] Oh, no!

- Hi!
- Hi, Grace. Hi!

What are you doing here?

[Max sighs] That's a...
that's a long story.

Um, Grace, this is Ezra.

Nice to meet you, Ezra.

Heard a lot about you.

- I've never heard about you.
- [Max] Yeah.

- [girl] Who's here, Mom?
- [Max] Oh, wow.

- You're...
- [chuckles] This is my Ruby.

Way different from
your baby picture.

[chuckles] I hope so.

- Hi.
- [Grace] This is an old friend, Max.

And his son Ezra.

Hi.

Do you wanna come play
with Harper and me?

[Ruby chuckles]

Come on! Harper!

[Harper panting]

- This is a surprise.
- Yeah, I know.

- Mm.
- You think we can go inside?

I'm kind of a
fugitive from the law.

- What the hell?
- I'm not joking.

Come on!

[Harper barking]

Harper!

[Ezra] Does...

does Harper always follow you?

All the time.

Lucky dog.

[girl] Get off of me! [laughter]

Ridgeway has tried to
push me into Jack's pond.

- You loved it!
- [girl] You wish!

- [Ridgeway] You moving on my girl, man?
- Uh, I'm not his girl.

[Ridgeway] Introduce us, Rubes.

- Ezra, Ridgeway and Cally.
- Where are you from?

He's from back east.

Wow, look at him go.

Please don't be a dick.

"No one cared who I was
until I put on the mask."

That was pretty random, freak.

"Who is Bane? Why does
he wear the mask?"

Dark Knight is my obsession.

Let's go.

[Grace] So tell me again.

Oh, I just ran out of patience.

Which happens to all parents.

Yeah, but what I was seeing...

He wasn't safe.

And now he is?

Appears safe to me.

- Ugh... I don't know, Max.
- What?

Why don't you let me call Jenna?

No, no, no, no. Look, I
already called her, okay?

She knows he's okay.

Okay.

Yeah.

I'm not gonna fight
you on it, all right?

So eat your sandwich, wash up,

and hitchhike off to LA.

Look, I know this all
seems insane, but...

- Yeah.
- I didn't know where else to go.

So...

So let me help you.

I can't... I got... I
gotta finish this, Grace.

I do, you know. That kid is...

is the one thing that
I can't get wrong.

That's right. That's
right, you can't.

- Because he's perfect.
- No.

He's not, Grace.
He's not perfect.

And everybody's
trying to make him be

just like everybody else.

Me included, right?

And then one day he
might magically wake up

[stammers] and become the
coolest, most amped up

and normal kid that's ever
walked the face of the earth.

And that is not gonna happen.

It's not.

It's not. It's
never gonna happen.

So, I have to protect him,

you know, and if I
can't protect him,

well, then, he's
not gonna make it.

And I... [exhales]

["Carry You" by Novo Amor plays]

[Max sighing]

Do you want caramel or fudge?

[Ridgeway] Both.

[Cally] You're so bad.

Oh, my God! You have
to try this, Ezra!

Come on. I won't take
no for an answer.

Uh-uh.

You won't regret it.

♪ Torn down

How good is that?

♪ Full of aching

♪ Somehow

You okay?

♪ Our youth would
take the blame ♪

♪ Worn out

[Grace] Yeah, I
mean, nobody uses it.

[Max] Oh, my God.

- Here she is!
- Oh!

I gotta lay hands on her.

- [Grace laughs]
- Oh, I'm getting the vibes.

We did everything
in this bucket.

[laughs] You know what?

If she starts, take her.

- Really?
- Mm-hmm.

Okay. Thank you.

I'll... I'll get it back to you
just as soon all this blows over.

It's okay. It's
gonna be fine, Max.

It's gonna be fine.

You just need to
stop biting the dog.

♪ Climb down

- What... what do you mean?
- Sixth grade.

A dog was coming toward
us, and you bit the dog.

Oh!

- Yeah, well...
- You bit it.

I was... I was trying
to protect you.

- Oh, right. Come on!
- I was protecting you.

Come on! I mean, the dog wasn't
even gonna bite me or you.

The poor thing ran off with
its tail between its legs.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

Listen, not everyone is
trying to bite you, Max.

♪ Hallowed

[Ruby] You want to feed him?

Have you ever ridden one before?

How would you feel
if you left here

and didn't even pet one
of these gorgeous animals?

Like a loser.

Okay.

So, let's start with
how to greet a horse.

You approach a horse from
the side so he can see you.

Then you pat him right here
on the side of his face.

Then you say in the nicest
way, "Hello, Bosco."

Hello, pasture king.

I bet he likes pastures.

And he likes you.

You can tell?

You bet.

Just look him in the eye.

Looking a horse in the eye
is like sharing your soul.

[♪]

[Ruby] You just made
a friend for life.

♪ I will carry you always

[Ruby] Uh, Mom,
Tom's at the door.

- [Grace] Ooh!
- [Max] Who's Tom?

- All right, uh, Max, keys are in the car.
- Okay.

Cally, Ridgeway, show
him the horse trail.

- Ruby, take Ezra, go get his bags.
- Okay.

Go. Go! Go!

Okay, don't forget
your dinosaur, okay?

- [Grace] Go, go.
- Hey.

I'm sorry.

- [Max sighs]
- That's okay.

[indistinct mumbling]

- Hey, Tom, what's up?
- Sorry to bother you, Grace.

I got a couple swear

they gave a father
and kid a ride

and dropped them off here.

Seems the father kidnapped
the kid from New Jersey.

That's horrible. What can I do?

I'm sorry. Would you mind
if I had a look around?

- This woman's really upset.
- No, not at all. Come on in, Tom.

- Yeah.
- Thanks. It'll just be a minute.

[engine cranking]

- [Cally] Hey! Don't flood it!
- Okay. [chuckles]

[engine cranking]

[engine roars]

[Ezra] I guess this is it.

[Ezra exclaims]

[quietly whimpers]

All right, you two, get a room!

"I don't mean to be rude, but
that was not as easy as it looked,

so I would appreciate it if
you wouldn't distract me."

The Princess Bride.

Kid's a genius.

[♪]

[faint horn honking]

Can we get a horse?

Dude, we live in Hoboken.

Yeah. That's what I thought.

Hey, Ez, you understand why
I'm doing this, don't you?

Of course, you want
to be on Jimmy Kimmel.

Any father would.

No, no. That's not it.

I mean, s-sure, but
it's more than that.

You know, um...

you know how Pop-Pop
gave up being a chef

and then he took that
job as a doorman?

Well, he did that for me.

That makes no sense.

Well, that makes perfect
sense, actually, buddy.

Because...

because, you know, a dad's job

is to take his son
down the field.

- What field?
- Any field, you know?

Football field.

Football causes brain injuries.

Okay, that's true, but in this
case, it's a metaphor, right?

- Right.
- So... so a dad's gotta...

he's gotta go down
that field, right?

And... and if he gets
tackled before he scores...

- Game over.
- Except that it's not.

'Cause all that
dad wants, right,

is... is for that kid to pick up
the ball where his dad got tackled

and to take it the
rest of the way.

- Touchdown!
- Exactly.

He's gotta keep going
until he scores.

Anyway...

that's why I'm going to Kimmel.

You're a good dad.

[cars passing in background]

[yawns] You want some coffee?

[Stan] Yeah. Love some.

Why don't you get a table in
the House of Pies over there.

I'll meet you right there.
I just wanna fill it up.

[Jenna] I'll see you inside.

See you inside.

What do you wanna drink?

"Life's a sport, drink it up."

Okay. What's that code for?

"Looks like we've got another
mystery on our hands."

I love the quotes, okay, but
not for every situation, right?

This nice lady's
got her work to do.

Iced tea, please.

My man, Ezra.

Dropping quotes and
flying without a net

so that he could
order himself a...

"Iced tea, please."

[both laughing]

- Where you going?
- Hey, what's going on?

My name's Ezra.

And I'm going to
tell you all a joke.

Where do horses go
when they're sick?

To the horsepital!

Yeah.

Thank you! You've been
a wonderful audience!

Wow. First original joke.

- I'm proud of you.
- New material is not easy.

[Max chuckles]

Hey, buddy, I'm gonna go,
um, wash my hands, okay?

- I'll be right back.
- Okay.

Okay.

To the horsepital.

To the horsepital.

What are you doing here?

Never mind that.
Listen, I need to...

- How did you find me?
- We don't have time for this.

How did you find me
all the way out here?

We were at the House of
Pies. I saw you over there.

- Who? We who?
- Me and Jenna. She's there.

- It's okay.
- Je... Okay.

Oh, Pop, you got some
balls. Listen to me.

- Will you shut up?
- No, you shut up.

I'm trying to tell
you something.

You go back to
the House of Pies,

and you never saw me.

Shut up. I'm trying
to tell you something.

I'm not here to stop you.

I'm here to apologize.

- For what?
- Well... Look.

I'm sorry.

I... you know, I...
that's all, I'm sorry.

What are you talking
about? What happened? What?

Your mother left, and...

and I loved her, but I... I
was impossible to live with,

and I never really told you
about any of that, and so, I...

- I'm sorry.
- What do you mean?

Mom left because I
was a pain in the ass.

- That's what you told me.
- No, I was the pain in the ass.

It was me. All I ever did was
fight. And every fight I ever had

was against someone I
thought had it in for me.

And those kinds of fights
you never really win.

You just go from one person to
another until there's nobody left.

And then when I wasn't
fighting, I was...

I was... I was
hiding... I was hiding

in restaurant
kitchens, boxing gyms.

I was... Now I'm hiding holding
doors open for strangers.

I'm... I'm... I just...

I hid because I didn't
know what else to do, I...

I didn't know how to do
what I see you doing.

What?

You're fighting for something

that means something.

Maybe it's too much, but you're
trying to do the right thing.

And you're in the fight
of your life for your son.

And if you get arrested,
you're gonna get arrested.

But as far as I'm concerned,
you're my heavyweight champion.

'Cause I had a problem.

I had a problem with your
mother, and I'll never forget.

I wish that I had
done what you did.

You might have to
suffer consequences,

but it's... it's worth it 'cause
you did it for the right reasons.

You did it because
you love your kid.

Taking him out of the bed in
the middle of the night...

- A felony.
- No, no, no.

Took a lot of courage.

Believe it or not, it might've been
the best thing you ever could've done.

And what you're always worried about,
not having a family, you gotta stop that.

And I'm here, and Ezzie's there,

and the woman in the
House of Pies, well,

it'll all be all right with her.

That'll all work itself out
eventually, but you gotta know

that you have a
family that loves you

and that needs you and
that cares about you.

- Now be careful.
- Okay.

- I gotta get back.
- Okay.

Okay.

[upbeat piano music plays]

[Max] All right, so you recognize
any of these names, buddy?

[Ezra] Yeah. Sidney Poitier.

"They call me Mr. Tibbs."

Of course. Stupid
question. My bad.

"Toto, I have a feeling
we're not in Kansas anymore."

- Dorothy is Liza Minelli's mom.
- Okay.

- And that's a fact.
- Pick up the pace, okay?

- Come on.
- "Crying?

There's no crying in baseball!"

[laughs] Come on. Come on.

- Is Jimmy here?
- He might stop in to say hi.

Oh, good. My son's a big fan.

No, I'm not.

[Stan] Park there.

- [Jenna] This is handicap.
- Yeah. Take the spot.

- It's handicap.
- Take that spot.

[Lance] Do as much of your set
as you want for the soundcheck.

- How's the mojo today, good?
- Good till the last drop.

- Hey, Max.
- Yeah.

- See the box?
- Uh-huh.

Don't step outside the
box, don't look at Jimmy,

and do not go over your time.

- You good?
- Jesus. At ease.

- Batteries in this thing?
- I hope so.

- Ezra, I got a front row seat for you.
- Okay.

Check, check, check. Is that
mic down over there? That's it?

Great. Thanks. How's
everybody doing tonight?

Good? Hello? Ah.

I gotta stay in the box.
Gotta stay in the box.

Hi there.

Hi, did Max Bernal
arrive with a young boy?

Both very handsome.

Just have a way of looking at
things through a negative lens.

Which makes sense, you
know, I was a breach baby.

My dad says I came
out with a black eye.

He says I popped out, and
the first thing I said was,

- "Who thought this was a good idea?"
- [laughter]

It's right through here.

My son came up to
me the other day,

he said, "Dad,
you're an awfulizer."

I said, "Honey, I don't
think "awfulizer" is a word."

- He says, "Yes, it is."
- Yeah!

There he is, my son.

I think he might be on
to something actually.

I think I am an awfulizer.

Because truth be told

I can take any
situation and just...

make it worse.

Mr. Bernal. I'm
Special Agent Costa.

FBI. We're here to
take you into custody.

Okay. I... I can't believe this.

- Can you not do this in front of my kid?
- Hi, Ezra.

I'm Jessica.

We're going to take a
little walk, all right?

[Max] I've travelled all the way
across the country with my son.

I understand that you
came across the country.

[indistinct chatter]

[Max] Ezzie, it's
fine. It's fine.

- [Jessica] Let's go get some ice cream.
- [Jenna sighs] Ezzie.

Your daddy just needs to
talk to my friend Joe.

Everything's fine,
Ezra, okay? My...

- [Ezra screaming]
- Don't touch my kid!

- Don't touch my son!
- [Jenna] He doesn't like to be touched!

- [Stan] Don't touch him!
- It's okay, Ezzie.

[Ezra moaning]

It's okay. It's
okay. Look, I know.

I called you myself,
and I made a mistake.

[Stan] It's okay, Ezzie.
It's okay. We're all here.

[Jenna] It's okay.
It's okay, Ezzie.

- Ma'am, I need you to back off.
- I need you to back off!

This is my son. Hi!

Hey, baby. Ezzie.
Hey, buddy. You okay?

Hi. Hi.

Ezzie, I missed you.

Ez? You okay, buddy?

Did you have a good
time? How was the trip?

- I talked to a horse.
- What?

That's amazing.

I wish I'd been there.

I'm sorry, ma'am, but we still
need to arrest Mr. Bernal.

I'm the one who called
you. I made a mistake.

As you can see, my
son is fine, so...

- We don't have a choice, ma'am.
- You do have a choice.

I am his mother, this is his
father, this is his grandfather.

We are a family, and we are
taking him home together.

So thank you very much. There's
no need for any of this anymore.

- [Jessica] Okay, everybody just stay calm.
- Hey, man. It's okay.

- [agent] You need to calm down.
- No, I am calm.

[overlapping conversation]

Hey! He's not resisting!

I'm not resisting. She's not
pressing charges, right, Jenna?

- [Jenna] We're calling off the charges.
- [Max] Come on! Stop!

- [Jenna gasps]
- [Ezra] Dad!

- [microphone feedback]
- Get off my dad!

- [agent] Get off!
- [Max] I gotta finish.

Dad, eyes. Dad! Dad! Eyes.

It's okay. It's okay.

You got tackled.

Give me the ball.

[Max sobbing]

[Ezra whispers] Calm
down. It's okay.

[Max] Okay.

- [Jenna] Okay. Let's go!
- [Ezra] Coming.

[Jenna] Come on, come on, come
on. We're gonna be late! Come on!

Morning. I know you have to deal
with this house arrest stuff,

but would you mind picking
him up from school?

I have an inspection
I can't get out of.

Yeah. Sure. I just have
to tell my probation guy.

Okay. Hey, hey, hey.

Remember, just
don't talk too fast.

What you did last
night was brilliant.

"For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Today, it tolls for me."

That's gonna be a
good presentation.

- All right, bye-bye. Break a leg.
- Come on.

Let's go before
they lock us out.

- Want me to carry that?
- Sure.

You know, when
Hemingway was my age,

you know what his parents
got him for his birthday?

No, what?

His dad got him a shotgun,

and his mom, a violin.

- Hemingway played the violin?
- No.

Fifty years later, he
used that shotgun to...

Really?

Look it up.

Wow. I did not know that.

Well, guess who's
getting violin lessons.

[Max chuckles]

Oh, buddy, I'm so happy you're
excited about this school, huh?

- Finally got it right.
- Yeah.

Mom was right.

Can't you cover that
thing with your sock?

What? I don't like the
way it feels on my skin.

- Texture thing, you know?
- It's blinking.

- Beep.
- Okay. You know what?

Are you gonna bring it in?

Fine.

You can go now.

Okay.

Have a good day.

[uplifting music plays]

[♪]

Remember, the last time this
guy was here, he got arrested.

[Guillermo] Oh, wow.

- Max?
- [Max] Jimmy?

- Hey, man. How you doing?
- Man, you look great.

Great to have you here.
This is Guillermo.

- Hi. Nice to meet you.
- Top security guy.

- How's your son doing?
- Ezzie's great, man, yeah.

He'd be here, but you know, I
can't take him out of the state.

[laughs] Yeah, right. Guess
not. Yeah, I guess he can't.

So, I was telling him, remember
the last time Max was here,

he was almost on the
show, but he got arrested.

He, um, rescued his
son from school.

- Yeah?
- That's how I see it.

- [Jimmy] Yeah.
- Yeah.

But, uh, anyway, it's
great to have you here.

- [toilet flushing]
- [Max] Sorry about that.

I forgot to tell you.

I gotta bring... I had to bring
my probation officer with me.

- This is your probation officer?
- Yeah.

Wow.

[Max] Yeah.

- He has to stay with you all the time?
- Yeah.

- [Guillermo] He's very cute.
- Hey, man. What's up?

I'll be right here, all right?

At least he's a
good-looking guy.

- All right, well, break a leg.
- [Max] Okay.

- [Jimmy] Glad you're finally here.
- [Guillermo] Safety first.

- Yeah. Thanks.
- Yeah, that's true.

- I'll see you out there.
- Okay. See you.

["Ezra" by Rae Isla plays]

♪ I remember that
shirt you had ♪

♪ Bought the same one
So we would match ♪

♪ Snuck into your
bedroom Window ♪

♪ Footprints let us go

♪ You wear a wig and glasses

♪ I smoke and hide the ashes

♪ I'll carry you downfield

♪ Code only yours to reveal

♪ So let yourself be Ezra

♪ We'll sing the
words To your song ♪

♪ So let yourself be Ezra

♪ You don't have to
right What's wrong ♪

♪ And in the morning
Can't you see ♪

♪ The sun is
coming up For you ♪

♪ Your timing's
never Too soon ♪

♪ Everybody needs a light

[whistling]

♪ We're dancing in the car

♪ We're fighting after dark

♪ But when the sun comes up

♪ I'm glad to be kids like us

♪ I hope you one
day You learn ♪

♪ I'm here to ease the burn

♪ Growing up never ends

♪ But we won't
break, We'll bend ♪

♪ So let yourself be Ezra ♪

♪ We'll sing the
words To your song ♪

♪ So let yourself be Ezra

♪ You don't have to
right What's wrong ♪

♪ And in the morning
Can't you see ♪

♪ The sun is
coming up For you ♪

♪ Your timing's
never Too soon ♪

♪ Everybody needs a light

♪ So let yourself be Ezra

♪ We'll sing the
words To your song ♪

♪ So let yourself be Ezra

♪ You don't have to
right What's wrong ♪

♪ And in the morning
Can't you see ♪

♪ The sun is
coming up For you ♪

♪ Your timing's
never Too soon ♪

♪ Everybody needs

♪ A light

[whistling]

[song ends]

[dramatic music plays]

[music ends]

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