"[MACHINE HUMMING]" "Excuse me." "Hello." "Excuse me." "Oh, Claudia, hi." "I'm sorry." "This is a bathroom." "What?" "Something about the only three-pronged outlets." "You need to" "No." "No." "We have another one." "What is this?" "A line?" "Sorry, kiddo." "Charlie." "In my office, please." "Look, I know it's kind of inconvenient." "Kind of?" "Kind of?" "Do you see this, Charlie?" "What is this, Charlie?" "This" " This" " This thing here bleating like a goat." "It's a fax machine in my bedroom." "It was the only free phone plug." "This is our home, and you're letting Grace turn it into mission control." "Well, maybe you should try to learn from it." "You know?" "Observe the" " The political process from the inside." "See what a" " See what an incredible experiment is this thing we call democracy, you know, write a report for school." "Or you know what?" "Maybe you should volunteer or something." "Oh, right." "Since it worked so well the last time." "Look, it's only for a couple more weeks until the election's over." "Yeah." "Or somebody dies." "You know, look, this is-- This is ridiculous." "I've been waiting to see Dr. Kepner for almost an hour now and" "Oh." "What happened to the nurse that was here?" "Do you go to Berkeley?" "What?" "No, I'm sorry." "Look, is Dr. Kepner even in the building?" "'Cause" "Where are you from?" "Here." "I'm from here." "Anyway" "I know you." "You're, uh, somebody." "Yeah." "I'm Sarah Reeves, and I'm here for a followup, and that's" " That's my form, still sitting there." "Right." "Sorry." "Uh, Reeves." "Ah, you're the cranial, from the ER the other night." "The cranial contusion to the superciliary ridge." "Bruise is healing nicely." "Who are you?" "Doogie Howser?" "[CHUCKLING]" "Uh, Drew Bishop." "Dr. Kepner's my uncle." "I'm just interning for school." "I was observing the ER when your, uh, boyfriend dropped you off." "Oh, um, he's" " He wasn't" "He's not my boyfriend." "I was just checking." "So..." "All right, let me see if I can use my influence with the doc and get you in here." "Um..." "Did I--?" "Did I put my--?" "My phone number on there?" "I can't remember." "Let me see." "Uh, yes, right here." "Just checking." "[CHUCKLES]" "[THE BODEANS' "CLOSER TO FIVE" PLAYING]" "* Everybody wants to live *" "* Like they wanna live *" "* And everybody wants to love *" "* Like they wanna love *" "* Everybody wants to be *" "* Closer to free-ee-ee-ee *" "* Closer to free *" "Man, can you believe that?" "Dave Matthews tickets are, like, 30 bucks for nosebleed." "Hey, money's no object, remember?" "Griffin." "I love saying that." ""Money's no object."" "I mean, I guess it is an object." "Or maybe it's" " I don't know, how would you say that?" "A concept." "A $100,000 concept." "Hee!" "What a concept." "Yeah." "Oh, check it out." "The San Francisco Hot Springs." ""Indulge with the one you love."" "Mwah." "Mwah." "Full spa facilities, massage, body wrap, mud baths." "Sounds totally decadent." "How much?" "Wow." "Must be imported mud." "Hey, but you forget." "Money's no object." "Yeah, well, maybe for you." "Nope." "Hey, now, I told you, it was your idea to sue so we're gonna share it all the way." "Oh, yeah?" "Well, in that case, check the travel section." "Let's see how much it is to go to Maui." "Hoh!" "Heh-heh-heh." "[LAUGHS]" "Movies." "Movies." "Movies are safe." "Kills two hours easy, two and a half with travel time." "Plus, you can't get any booze at a movie, so..." "Yeah." "Except we've already seen every movie currently playing in the greater Bay Area." "Not true." "The Sorrow and thePity at the Castro." "We never saw that." "Read the description." "Oh." "Oh." "Okay." "Okay." "Well, then, how about...?" "How about...?" "Let's see." ""Peanuts onIce."" "[CHUCKLES]" "God, am I really that desperate?" "Look, um, Bailey, do you really think that you're gonna need me around this afternoon?" "Oh, um," "I don't know." "It helps having you around a lot, but if you have something-- Nothing." "Nothing." "It's just, my mom had this thing that she wants us to do." "But if you need me..." "No." "No." "I think I could stay sober till tomorrow." "Are you sure?" "Mm." "What's it been?" "Six days?" "Six days and 18 hours." "That's almost seven days." "That's a week." "That's a week I've gone without taking a drink." "I'm not gonna throw that away." "No, I'm not." "And besides, you can't watch over me 24 hours a day." "Right?" "Sooner or later I'm gonna have to venture out there on my own." "So I can do it." "Of course you can." "Well, I sort of have, um, school." "Yeah." "School, me too." "There's no drinking at school." "I love school." "Now, then, the Peloponnesian War lasted from 431 BC to 404 BC." "If you can imagine that." "Twenty-seven years of swordplay, and pummeling, and God knows what else." "Now, then, Athens takes on Sparta, her former ally in the Persian War." "[***]" "Who can tell me who won?" "Ah, I'm glad to know someone read the assignment." "Julia." "It was Sparta." "Precisely." "Now, then" "Mr. Langen, I'm feeling kind of nauseous." "Can I be excused?" "Oh, yes." "Yes, of course." "Of course." "Will you be all right?" "I think so." "Thanks." "Thank you." "Hey, it's me." "Yeah." "Yeah, I am." "But, um, I can't stop thinking about those mud baths." "Uh-huh." "Yep." "Really?" "Really?" "No." "No, I got out early." "So, um, I'll meet you in 15." "Okay?" "Perfect." "I can't believe you're the only one that didn't jump out of your seat when she opened the car door." "You know, I just sort of expected it." "That's all." "There's no way you could see that coming, though." "All right." "How did you--?" "I saw it yesterday, actually." "What?" "Well, why didn't you tell me that?" "We could have seen something else." "No." "No." "Everyone was screaming so loud the first time" "I couldn't hear the dialogue anyway." "So I was happy to see it twice." "So you wanted to, uh, go out with me that bad, huh?" "[SCOFFS] Don't flatter yourself." "Well, it looks like I don't have to." "[BOTH LAUGH]" "So, um, is coffee out of the question or--?" "No." "I love coffee." "You know, there's this great place on Grant." "It's really cool." "We hang out there." "Oh, we?" "Oh, you know, my friends and me." "I, we, whatever." "Heh." "That sounds great." "Um, do you mind if I make a phone call first?" "Well, as long as you're not gonna make an excuse to dump me." "You know, like, pretend like your cat is sick or..." "That would, uh" "That would put me in therapy." "No." "I have this friend who's, um, sick, actually, and I just wanted to call and check in." "That's all." "Okay." "Um, I'll get the car." "Perfect." "All right." "This way." "Heh-heh-heh-heh." "Well, we're operating on zero budget so the kitchen is sort of the nerve center of the campaign." "This is great." "Real grassroots stuff." "So where do you want me?" "[QUIETLY] I have a few ideas." "I could pose with some campaign staff." "No, no." "I prefer candid." "Oh, okay." "[SHUTTER CLICKING]" "Marcia, did we get that fax from the mayor's office?" "Oh, um, I'll go see." "Oh, it's right here, somewhere." "You mean, it's been here?" "I brought it down, okay?" "I just got distracted feeding a small child." "Oh, there it is." "Oops." "Sorry." "Oh, my God." "Here." "Let me..." "This is ruined." "Will you please--?" "Could you just, um, take him out of here, please?" "[CHUCKLES]" "He lived here first, you know." "Come on, Owen." "[SIGHS]" "[HORSES WHINNYING ON TV]" "[MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ON TV]" "Coming to bed?" "No." "I'm watching." "What are you watching?" "TV." "Okay." "Um, fine." "Well, I'll be-- I'll be asleep in 15 minutes." "And then you can sneak into bed." "What's that supposed to mean?" "You think I haven't noticed how you've been avoiding me?" "I mean, you don't talk to me." "You barely even look at me." "I'm surprised you're even home." "What?" "Did Sarah die or something?" "Come on, Callie." "No." "I'm sorry." "You know, I mean, what's wrong with me?" "God, you sleep in my bed." "You" " You have sex with me." "Well, I mean, you used to have sex with me." "But now it's like you spend every waking moment with your ex-girlfriend." "How am I supposed to feel about that?" "I told you, she's helping me." "Well, I could help you too, you know, if you just give me a chance." "I don't know about that, Cal." "What is that supposed to mean?" "You were the only one who wasn't there for me." "Every time I really needed you, it was always," ""I don't do sick,"" "or " I'm sorry, this is too intense for me."" "How can you say that?" "God, who covered for you all those times with your family?" "Who cleaned up after you when you got so sick on tequila that--?" "No, no." "See?" "See, all that stuff is about the drinking, about the drinking after the fact." "But when my family finally decided to get together and" "And I don't know" " Do-- Do something, you bailed." "No." "That's" " That's not-- That's not fair." "You" " You wanted to bail too." "Okay, come on, you didn't even want me there to begin with." "I was sick, Callie." "I need help." "Callie, I just need help." "[***]" "So I'll help." "What--?" "What are you doing?" "Laying low until the Democratic National Convention leaves town." "Can you do it on the dryer?" "I have to put these in." "Almost everything I own took a mud bath yesterday." "Look at this." "Look at this." ""Busy City Council Candidate Grace Wilcox" "Is Saving Grace For Orphans."" "What?" "Oh, man." ""Homeless advocate Grace Wilcox" ""still managed to find quiet time with her domestic partner and his four siblings."" "Quiet time?" "Yeah, only 'cause nobody'll speak to her." "When did they take this picture?" "Before she took the littlest orphan out of the kitchen." ""Charlie Salinger says his youngest brother Owen, 3, pictured, took an immediate liking to the candidate."" "Yeah." "She's a real Mary Poppins." "God, how could she exploit us like this?" "[FOOTSTEPS]" "Claudia, Julia, hi." "Charlie said you have the paper." "Right here." "I just got a call that there's an article in the Metro section." "Right there." "How is it?" "Did you read it?" "It's a good picture." "Hey." "You're just in time for pizza, homemade, still hot enough to trash the roof of your mouth." "You hungry?" "Uh, I guess I could eat, yeah." "Yeah?" "Okay, great." "I got, uh" " You want a soda?" "I bought ginger ale, kiwi-berry, cream soda, whatever you want." "Um, water's fine for me." "Thanks." "Okay." "So you didn't even notice." "What?" "Oh." "You" " You rearranged again?" "CALLIE:" "Yep." "And I got rid of the bar." "Oh, yeah, so you did." "Yeah." "You know, I just" "I just figured-- I don't know." "Just" "I got rid of anything that might make you think about drinking." "You know, I mean, there's not a drop of alcohol in this house." "Unless, of course, you count the cough syrup." "But, uh, I don't know." "I think we can do this." "I'm gonna help you do this." "You'll see." "Cool." "That's cool." "Hm." "This is fun, right?" "Mm." "I mean, uh, you know, who needs to have a beer to have a good time, right?" "Hm." "Ugh." "Come here." "Oh!" "Oh, hey, watch my knee." "Watch my knee." "Oh, sorry." "Mm." "Soft as mud." "Oh, yeah, three showers, I'm still finding sand." "[LAUGHING]" "GRIFFIN:" "Oh, hey, you know what?" "I don't have any-- We kind of used them all." "JULIA:" "Oh, that's okay." "I stopped at the drug store, picked up the family pack." "They're in my bag." "What's this?" "You got an F?" "Yep." "For "fantastic." Here." "Let me." "Um, here we go." ""Family Pack."" "It seems a little inappropriate, don't you think?" "What is this?" "History?" "What?" "Oh, yeah." "Like I'm ever gonna need to know who won the Punic Wars?" "Is this because we went to the hot springs yesterday?" "I don't know." "I guess so." "It's just a stupid quiz." "Who cares?" "I thought you did." "Griffin, it doesn't even count on my final grade." "It's no biggie." "Anyway, where were we?" "[GIGGLING]" "Uh, no, no." "It's" " It's okay." "I'm not" "SARAH:" "Bailey." "Um, what are you--?" "Are you okay?" "W" " Um, yeah." "Yeah." "Uh, I was just passing by and..." "It's not a big deal." "I didn't realize you were" "Hey." "Um, Bailey, this is Drew." "Hey, how you doing?" "Good." "Uh, anyway, I should probably" "I'm gonna go." "No." "Wait, Bailey." "Um, Drew, give us a sec, okay?" "Yeah, yeah." "Sure." "No problem." "Okay." "Are you okay?" "Tell me the truth." "Yeah." "Yeah, I'm fine." "I'm fine." "I'm sorry." "You haven't been drinking, have you?" "No, no, I haven't." "But I want to." "All I can think about right now is how" "How one beer couldn't hurt me, how I've gone this many days without drinking, and I need some kind of-- Some kind of reward." "And" " And right now, the only thing that's keeping me from slamming one back is because" "Is because I promised you I wouldn't." "I know." "I know." "I know this isn't fair." "And" " And you've got a life here so..." "Give me a minute." "Okay?" "[***]" "[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]" "Anyway, she's with Friends of Alternative Families, and they're sending out copies of the article in their monthly mailing." "So I started thinking, maybe we should all go with you tomorrow." "[BLOWING BUBBLES] It might look good for" "Single Mothers' Action League?" "Right, them." "To see that you're kind of a poster child." "I mean, it can't hurt your image to have your devoted domestic partner and his little rug rats at your side." "GRACE:" "I don't know, Charlie." "That article, I mean, let's face it, it wasn't entirely honest." "So?" "This is politics." "It's Harry Brandt from City College." "He says it's urgent." "Rug rats?" "[SCOFFS]" "It's a figure of speech, Claud." "I can't believe you." "I can't believe you actually think it's okay for us to all stand up there and pretend like we're this happy little family." "Count me out." "What is your problem now?" "Oh, nothing." "Nothing, nothing." "Except I don't feel like acting like a" "[WHISPERS] A whore." "Just so Grace can win some stupid election, when I can't vote." "And if I could, I wouldn't vote for her." "God, where do you--?" "I know you're nuts about her." "But the thing is she doesn't even" "She doesn't even care about us." "She doesn't even like us." "Hey, that's not" "You don't know what you're talking about, Claud." "Hey, I gotta get out of here." "Harry got me into speak, but it's at 8." "So..." "Hey, that's great." "Okay, just remember, don't cross your arms." "Bye." "Oh, bye, Claudia." "Bye, Owen." "OWEN:" "Bye." "I didn't say anything." "Hey, is this myTalkingHeads?" "What?" "Oh, um, you left it here when we were still, you know." "So this guy, this, um" "What was it, Drew?" "Is it serious?" "I don't know." "It was only gonna be our second date." "Oh." "'Cause you " " You never mentioned him for anything." "Anyway, I'm sorry." "Sorry if I" " If I screwed that up for you at all." "No." "No, he was" "He was pretty cool about it." "I think we're gonna get together this, um" " This weekend." "Hm." "[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ON STEREO]" "Anyway," "I'm keeping you up." "No, no." "It's just, you know, school tomorrow." "So how you doing?" "Better." "Better, I guess." "This stuff" "This listening to music with you just helps me keep my mind off things, you know?" "It just helps a lot being with you." "Um, Bailey, you know what, that's great." "But don't, okay?" "Don't do that." "Sorry." "I'm sorry." "It's just old habit." "Yeah." "Things are different now and" "I know." "I know." "You're" " You're dating someone now and" "And that's good." "That's great." "So are you, Bailey." "Anyway, um," "I'll" " I'll help you." "But you kind of have to learn how to help yourself too." "And believe me, you are." "God, you are doing great so far." "I just" " I just think you need to make some serious changes." "You know, you need to get away from the things that make you want to drink, all the things that remind you of the partying and alcohol." "Everything, huh?" "Yeah." "Pretty much." "JULIA:" "Hey, you, up and at 'em." "Adam who?" "You are beautiful in the morning." "Did I ever tell you that?" "Oh, coffee." "God, it is an amazing day outside today." "I was thinking that we should be out there, you know, doing something fun." "You want to do something fun?" "Sure, as long as it doesn't involve mud." "I was thinking we could pack up some stuff and hop on your bike and head up to Drake's Beach through Marin?" "This afternoon?" "Nope." "After breakfast." "Don't you have school?" "Yeah." "But they're not gonna miss me." "I mean, it's not like there's anything going on there." "And besides, given the choice," "Peloponnesian War, or spending time with you." "You, Peloponnesian Wars." "Ugh." "I pick you." "Yeah, I mean, that sounds pretty cool." "It's just, not today." "Why not today?" "Today is perfect." "You know what?" "I gotta replace the plugs on my bike." "It's running kind of rough, so..." "Oh, well, how long is that gonna take?" "By the time I go and pick up the parts, uh, probably all afternoon." "Maybe" " Maybe Saturday would be good?" "Yeah." "Okay." "Maybe." "What--?" "What's with all the noise?" "Just making breakfast." "What time is it?" "It's almost 8." "Look, you didn't slip up or anything last night, did you?" "I mean, that's not why you slept out here, right?" "What?" "No, I didn't slip up." "And thanks for the vote of confidence." "Oh, okay." "So let's see." "Uh, you didn't drink, and you were out late." "So that means..." "How is Sarah?" "[DOOR CLOSES]" "Callie" "No." "Excuse me." "I'm sorry, is it just me, or did we already have this conversation?" "You know, because I thought you said that you weren't gonna do that anymore." "You know, I thought you said that you were gonna let me help." "Look, it's not-- [METAL CLINKS]" "Would you stop slamming things around for a second?" "Okay." "Okay." "Look." "[SIGHS]" "I don't think that you can help me." "Callie, I don't think it's possible." "I can, you know, if you just give me a chance." "It's not that simple." "See, this" "This whole place, everything here just reminds me of how much I want to drink." "I-I put my key in the door, and my mouth starts to water." "Like that" " That dog, that Pavlov guy or whoever, because I can't wait to get to the fridge." "And then I get there and I open the door, and I remember." "And it's like" "It's like everywhere I turn, this whole place, everything in this place makes me want to" "Makes me want to dull the edges." "Including me?" "Yeah." "I think so." "Grace." "Hey." "What?" "Oh, hi, Claudia." "Mr. Van Horn, please." "Grace Wilcox." "This" " This just came in." "Oh, thanks." "Was there something else?" "Yeah." "I wanted to apologize." "I mean, things have been kind of crazy around here, and I don't know, maybe" "Maybe I was blaming you unfairly for that." "And it's not like I've been the nicest person in the" "Yes, Mr. Van Horn." "Grace Wilcox." "[DOORBELL RINGS] Good." "And you?" "Listen, have you heard anything about the debates yet?" "Okay." "But you'll call me, right?" "Thanks." "Grace." "Oh, I'm sorry." "You were saying?" "Just that I" "I took a message earlier from-- From some reporter." "I think with, uh, SFWeekly." "And anyway, she saw the article in the Ledger, and, well, she wanted to do a followup piece." "You know, get some shots of you and me and Owen doing something fun." "Really?" "Hey, what'd I tell you?" "Anyway, she said that she was doing another story downtown this afternoon, and, well, that she'd be really close to the Natural History Museum." "Well, she thought that'd be, you know, a good place to get some shots." "So you want to?" "Absolutely." "I can rearrange my afternoon." "Charlie, want to come?" "Um, I got payroll at the restaurant." "So just you and me and Owen." "Sounds perfect." "I'm gonna make a few more calls and we'll go." "Are you at, uh, recess or whatever?" "No." "We're out for the day." "So, what do you--?" "Is Bailey okay?" "Did something happen?" "Heh." "God, look at you." "Yeah, Bailey's fine." "Okay?" "Well, you know, I mean for Bailey." "Well, then, what do you want?" "Uh," "I want you to stop." "Okay?" "I mean," "I want you to stop now." "Stop?" "I'm sorry." "I don't know what you're talking about." "No." "I'm" " I'm talking about all the time that you're spending with him, okay?" "He's not the most clear-thinking guy to begin with." "But now it's like" "You talk him into stuff." "You know?" "I'm not getting involved in this." "No, you are involved in this, okay?" "I mean, I can hear it when he talks." "Stuff I know he didn't come up with on his own." "I mean, you're telling him that he needs to get away from me." "That's not fair." "I didn't tell him that." "Yes, you did." "I mean, there's so many things that he could do to stop drinking, and you make it all about me, about how I'm this terrible person and this bad influence and whatever." "And he's already feeling bad about the accident and" "And you're using that because you don't want to see him with me." "Or maybe you want him to come back to you?" "What?" "No, no." "This is not about" "Look, I'm seeing somebody else." "I've moved on." "The only reason that I'm spending time with him is because he says he needs me." "I mean, you know, he needs my help." "Yeah?" "Well, then, what's in it for you, huh?" "I mean, are you honestly gonna stand there and tell me that you're not doing this because you want him to come back to you?" "I mean, go ahead, tell me it's not true." "[SIGHS]" "It's not true." "[TROLLEY BELL RINGS]" "It's a leg." "JULIA:" "A knee." "Actually, it's a milagro." "You wear it around your neck to remind the universe to look after your knee." "Pretty cool, huh?" "Yeah, thanks." "Where'd you get it?" "At this really cool art festival in Union Square." "Here, let me." "Wait a minute, wait." "So you went before school?" "No, during, actually." "So you didn't go to school?" "Well, I started to, but then I saw the festival, and" "What?" "What's that look?" "It's nothing, okay, just" "DRIVER:" "California and Powell." "What's going on with you, huh?" "Since when have you been ditching school?" "Well, since it's the end of the year and I've earned the right to take it easy." "It's just I thought you cared about this stuff." "School and grades." "Griffin, it's senior slump." "Okay?" "Give me a break." "Everyone's slacking off a little." "Maybe you shouldn't." "What?" "Where--?" "Where is this coming from?" "It's just I" " I just wish you wouldn't do that." "That's all." "I don't like seeing you slack off like this." "It's stupid." "You're just wasting time." "Whoa, whoa, whoa." "You know, this is a really weird conversation to be having with you." "CLAUDIA:" "Koala bear." "Can you say "koala bear"?" "Cola bear." "Heh." "Close enough." "Hey, Grace, did you hear that?" "He said "cola bear."" "It's been almost an hour." "What time did that reporter say?" "What?" "Um, she wasn't really clear." "Are you sure she said the koala exhibit?" "She said she'd catch up with us." "Huh." "Oh, a koala has two thumbs on each hand." "Wow." "That's" " That's handy." "Catch up with us?" "This place is huge." "And they're marsupials." "Oh, I didn't know that." "This is really educational." "This" " This can't be right." "We should go." "You think?" "I mean, we're here." "And Owen, look at him, he's-- he's having such a great time." "Why don't we stay just a little longer?" "I mean, we never get to have any quality time together, and we could go check out the, uh" " The dinosaurs." "I think that's a triceratops." "It's an herbivore." "I've gotta find a phone." "Come on." "GRACE:" "If there's been some kind of mixup," "I don't want to waste any more time." "CLAUDIA:" "That's what this is for you?" "A waste of time?" "Come on, I want to call." "If there's no reporter, we should go." "There's no reporter." "Excuse me?" "I made it up to prove a point." "What?" "What are you talking about?" "I knew the only way we'd ever get you to spend any time with us is if you thought you were getting something out of it." "Apparently, I was right." "[SLOW ALTERNATIVE MUSIC PLAYING ON STEREO]" "[DOOR OPENS]" "Oh, I thought you'd be gone by now." "Tomorrow." "Told you." "Right, right." "Tomorrow." "Of course." "Uh, oh, don't forget to pay the rent check, you know." "'Cause you're paying through next month." "That was the deal." "We had a deal." "It's on the mantle." "Oh, okay." "Hm." "You've been drinking." "Yeah." "Well, you know," "I guess my edges got a little too sharp." "[CHUCKLES]" "Oh, come on." "What?" "No hello kiss?" "Or should I say, no goodbye kiss?" "Here's an idea." "What do you say we get naked one more time before you go?" "You'd like that, wouldn't you?" "No, Callie." "Why not?" "That used to be your solution to everything." "Get drunk and get laid." "Callie, don't." "Don't do this." "This-- This doesn't have to end badly." "It already has, Bailey." "I thought you were gonna be different." "You know?" "I thought," ""Oh, if I could just get a guy like Bailey."" "[CHUCKLES]" "How funny is that?" "Turns out you treated me worse than any of them." "And now, you're just out the door." "Cal." "Callie, wait." "Listen, you're right." "I was awful to you." "And" " And I am sorry for that." "I am so, so sorry." "But we both need to make a fresh start here." "You need to be" "You deserve to be with someone who won't treat you like that." "I mean, the truth is, you're great." "You are." "And I really do like you." "And in a way," "I even love you." "Yeah?" "Well, thanks for finally telling me." "Claudia!" "Claudia!" "Shh!" "Owen's sleeping." "What?" "What's the matter?" "Don't give me that, all right?" "You know damn well." "What the hell were you thinking?" "Whoa, whoa, whoa." "Hold it right there." "You want to talk to me, talk." "But you don't you dare yell at me, not about this." "'Cause I was right." "Don't you-- I don't believe you." "You want people to like you, and then you pull stupid stunts like tricking Grace into" "Man, what is the matter with you?" "!" "You're yelling." "No, I am not yelling!" "Claudia, why would you do something like that?" "Why would you do something so--?" "So mean and manipulative?" "Hey, you told me to get to know her, spend some time with her." "So I tried to do that but, hey, big surprise, she couldn't care less." "That is not true!" "It is true." "I mean, the minute she found out there was nothing in it for her, she was out of there." "But, fine." "Go ahead." "Be mad at me." "Hate me." "But that won't change the fact that she doesn't care about us, not like Kirsten did." "Kirsten wanted to be a part of this family." "She loved it." "But Grace, oh, no." "Wait a a minute." "[SIGHS]" "That's what--?" "Claudia, you" "You are so wrong." "She does care." "She's just" "She's running for office, and this is a really insane time for her right now." "And you want her to take time away from that to" "I mean, you're not being fair to her, Claudia." "And when all this calms down, I'll prove it to you." "All right?" "We'll all do something fun together." "Fun?" "Yeah, fun." "We'll get Owen and-- And go to" "To Disneyland." "Disneyland?" "Yeah." "And then you'll see how wrong you are about this." "I promise." "Like Grace is really gonna want to do that." "CHARLIE:" "Of course she will." "I'm telling you that she will." "Man, Claudia." "It's okay." "See, I'm up." "I'm dressed." "Going to school." "You know what I was thinking?" "I've been trying to figure that out." "I was thinking about how we've had some pretty strange fights, but this one." "Man, me ragging on you about school." "That's" " That's freaky." "You could say that." "I love that you want to spend time with me." "It's pretty amazing." "Griffin-- No." "No, no." "Listen, this is my apology." "So just shut up." "All right?" "It's just when I saw you slacking off like that, it was just like" "I don't know, it just wasn't you." "You know, I always liked that you're so smart." "I mean, you're, like, the smartest person I know." "I mean, you read, and you know stuff." "I mean, I love how I'll be ready to go somewhere and, then, you're like, "I just gotta finish this chapter."" "That's cool that you're so smart and you still want to be with me." "Is that stupid?" "No." "And besides, you know, somebody's gotta be the brains and somebody's gotta be the looks." "And I cannot do both." "Oh." "Oh, I see." "Hey." "[***]" "Wh--?" "What?" "What?" "What's wrong?" "Nothing." "Just, I gotta get to school." "[SIGHS]" "Okay." "Well, just these boxes and I'm out of here." "You're out of here." "I'm gonna take this out to the jeep." "Okay." "Your key." "Oh, right." "Take care of yourself." "[SCOFFS]" "I always do." "[DOOR CLOSES]" "I spoke to Alan Purlo with the Garrett News." "The Ledger's gonna endorse me in the morning." "Whoa." "That's great." "So this could really happen, huh?" "Yeah, it really could." "What?" "You don't seem..." "Aren't you happy about that?" "Of course I am." "It's just..." "[SIGHS]" "Look, I don't want to sound selfish here, but this City Council thing is" "It's at the top of my list right now." "It's really important to me." "And I heard you talking to Claudia about trips to Disneyland and all that, and I just" "I can't make those kind of promises." "I know it sounds awful and self absorbed and horrible, but that's just kind of the way it is right now." "I'm sorry." "No." "No, no." "There's no reason to be sorry." "So we're okay?" "Of course." "Grace, God." "[LAUGHS]" "Good." "Anyway, I'm gonna take a shower." "Okay." "[***]" "Okay, so that was 94 steps including the front porch." "Ninety-four up, 94 down." "So how many was that?" "A zillion." "Wow, you're home." "Well, that's that." "It's done." "Yep." "Except for unpacking and you're on your own there, so..." "So I guess I'm gonna owe you for this, huh?" "Pretty much for the rest of your life." "Heh." "Well, how about we start tonight?" "Dinner." "Anywhere you want." "You name the place." "Bailey, you know what?" "That's really sweet, but I can't." "I'm sort of going out with Drew." "Oh, oh, of course." "Anyway, I should probably, um..." "Ahem." "So I'll-- I'll see you?" "Yeah, I'll see you." "Sarah." "Hm?" "Nothing." "Just..." "Don't mention it." "[***]" "What?" "You-- You did all this while I--?" "You look, uh..." "We're celebrating." "We are?" "Mm-hm." "Come here." "I want to show you something." "I asked Mr. Langen to give me a makeup." "I mean, I know how well you want me to do." "You're doing pretty well so far." "Good." "Have I ever told you about--?" "Heh." "What?" "The Punic Wars?" "No." "Hm." "Well, there were three of them." "Between Rome and Carthage." "Three of them, huh?" "Mm-hm." "Mm." "Who won?" "Well, Rome captured Carthage, tore it down by stone by stone." "And sold its inhabitants into slavery." "Oh, bummer." "All thanks to Cato." "Kaelin?" "[CHUCKLES]" "The philosopher." "Oh." "He said "Delenda est Carthago."" "He did?" "Yeah." "Yeah?" "What's it mean?" "Well, it means" ""Carthage must be destroyed."" "Ah." "[GIGGLES]" "[***]"