"Hello?" "Is some..." "Don't you worry." "It's only me." "There is no such thing as only you, Kimberly." "Well, this is bizarre." "It's not my birthday." "You're not holding a cake." " You lock the door?" " No." "Oh, gosh." "Oh, I'm so sorry." "I'm so sorry." "Scotty." "Justin, is the bar set up for the lunch rush?" "You know, not yet." "I was looking for olives, but we're out." " So I was just trying to get some." " Well, you know, time's wasting." "So chop-chop." "Yup." "Be right there." "All right." "Ignorant, small-minded frigging Neanderthal." "Well, technically it's pronounced "Neanderthal."" "And you must have finally met our very own Giddrick Reischel." "Yeah." "I foolishly listened to his stupid, right-wing call-in show last night on the way home from work and it was filled with..." "I mean, filled with lies." "Lies about global warming, lies about immigration, lies about health care." "And so right now, in the hallway, I ran into him and thought I would set him straight about a few facts." " Nora." " You can't believe the vile things he said." "You can't take it personally." "He's like that with everybody." "How can I not take it personally?" "He called my show Ask Madam Mao." " Would you care for some coffee?" " No, no, thank you." "Look, sit down." "Take a breath." "Now, do you know who the two biggest advertisers" " are on his show?" " Haven't a clue." "Laser Beam Home Security Systems and Herbal-Firm Male Potency Pills." "Now, as a trained psychotherapist, that tells me two things about him and his audience:" "Paranoid personality type with accompanying morbid insecurity disorder." "Talking to you always makes me feel better." "Well, that's what friends are for, right?" "Right." "Okay." "I was just reading here in the paper, there's a documentary about Leonard Bernstein on public television tonight." "Oh, my God." "I have been in love with him since I was 20." "Would you like to come over and watch it with me?" " At your house?" " Yeah, I just got this big screen television." "I mean, we'll be able to see the entire orchestra." "Well, how can I say no?" " What time?" " Well, it starts at 10, so 9:45." "Perfect." "Just perfect." "He invited you at 9:45 for a 10:00 TV show?" "Well, he's a shrink." "Maybe he's only comfortable in 45-minute increments." "You wanna take this to the next level." "I don't think that counts as a level." "That's like the elevator stalled between floors." "We did agree to be friends early on." "Mom, you love your job, you enjoy Karl's company." "You get into a romantic relationship and one gets hurt, you've lost a friend, screwed up your work situation." "What if he is the man of my dreams and I miss my chance?" "I'm over my head." "Why don't you ask Sarah?" "Well, I can't ask Sarah." "If this deal goes through then she'll be my boss." " She'll be his boss." " I gotta go." "Sorry." "I'm hosting lunch, I've accidentally overbooked the reservations." " Where's Saul?" " Wine convention, Napa." "This is Justin's first double shift behind bar," "I clearly have no idea what I'm doing, Scotty's a little freaked out." "Oh, honey, well, just pretend you have people skills." "I gotta go." " Talk to you later." " Bye, Mom." "Angie, have you met my brother Kevin?" " Hi, nice to meet you." " Nice to meet you." "Your hands are cold." " You okay?" " We were in the cooler for a while." " Getting beer." " Yeah, it can take a while." "You don't wanna startle the beer by moving it too fast." " I should get back to the kitchen." " I'll come." " Talk to you later." " Bye." "Talk to you later." " Luc." " Hey." "I couldn't find the number for the notary that we used for the Maris Media proffer, so I was scrolling down the calls from last week and I came across Gabriela Laurent." "Why didn't you tell me that your mother called?" "It slipped my mind." "Okay." " What did she say?" " She wants to come for a visit." "What did you tell her?" " The truth." "It's not a good time." " You told her not to come?" "I gotta finish my sketches for the Shanghai mural by next week." "I thought you were almost done with those." "They're really great, by the way." "Look, she's not a part of my life." "I've set it up that way." " That's the way I like it." " No, I know." " It's just, Luc, what if I wanna meet her?" " Can we talk about this later?" "I wish you would tell me why you feel so strongly." "I'm completely..." "Sarah, there's nothing more to talk about." "Answer the phone." "Hey, Mom." "Just wait a second." "Did you listen to my show this morning?" "Because I think I hit it out of the park." "You hear the call from the guy from Oxnard" " who doesn't get on with his mother?" " No, I didn't." "Five minutes in and he's bawling like a baby." " Bawling." " What did you say?" "Sarah, if you're planning on buying the station," "I really think you should take an interest in it." "Mom, I'm interested." "I'm asking you, what did you say to the guy to make him cry?" "Well, I can't describe it to you." "You had to be there." "I gotta come in later to meet the station manager, Norbert." "I'll listen to it then, okay?" "You know what?" "Would you mind asking him if the company happens to have a policy about workplace relationships?" "Why?" "Is somebody screwing somebody?" "No, no, nothing like that." "It's just a girl in Accounting was wondering." " Why don't you ask him yourself?" " Well, I..." "Oh, Mom, I gotta go." "I've got a notary here." "Sarah, Sarah, never mind." "Don't ask about the policy." "Just forget about it." "Okay." " Hello, come in." " Sarah?" "Yeah." "It's me." "Gabriela." "You must call me Maman." "That..." "You..." " Oh, my God." " Oh, my." "Gabriela, Luc." "Sarah, as a mother," "I'm sure you understand that sometimes you miss your children so much, you just cannot stay away from them." "Oh, totally." "When I heard from his cousin, Albert, he was getting married, my only desire was come here and meet Sarah." "Oh, that's so sweet." "Well, I've been dying to meet you too." "Luc told me how busy he is, so I went ahead and booked a hotel room." "Oh, no, no, no." "You don't have to do that." "My kids are staying with their dad this week," " so you can take my daughter's room." " Sarah, no." "No, no, no." "Sarah, I would rather die before I distract my genius son from his work." "Well, let me at least take you." "It's the least I can do." "I've got a couple small business errands I've got to run." "Actually, you should come with me." "You could meet my mother." " What?" " You're so lovely." "Thank you." "Oh, I'm so glad I came, Sarah." "We're gonna have a great time." " I sat my first two patrons." " I saw." "You put them at four-top instead of deuce." "Can't do that when we're overbooked." "Only put two people at a four-top when there are no empty deuces." "And I need you to tell everybody we're 86 on the Dover sole." "No idea what you're talking about, but I'm incredibly turned on." "Well, apparently both of you Walker boys find restaurant work arousing." "You know about Justin?" "I caught him making out in the storage room." " Oh, my God, he's dedicated." " Yeah." "He finished up his hanky-panky in the walk-in cooler." "I hope he knows what he's doing." "That Kimberly is a little wacky." " I thought her name was Angie." " Angie, my sous-chef?" " No wonder she keeps disappearing." " Who's Kimberly?" "Kimberly's the waitress with the Southern accent" " and the gun collection." " Are you serious?" "Yeah." "Talk to him." "Tell him to knock it off." " Can't have him two-timing my staff." " How many guns?" "I don't know." "She's from Texas." " Get out there." " Wish me luck." "See Angie, tell her I need her in the kitchen now." "All right." "You might wanna hide the knives." "Portugal." "I've always wanted to go there." "I lived in Paris most of my life, but I still have this strong bond to my home country." "You know, Luc never mentioned he's half Portuguese." "I'd be surprised to hear that he mentions anything about me at all." " I'm sorry." " Luc doesn't approve the life I've led." "That's why I'm here." "To see if I can repair what's broken with us, to meet Sarah, and to give them my blessing." "But he just pushes me away." "Oh, God, I know how painful that is." "Look, my son, Tommy, and I went through a very rough patch." "But, listen, with a little patience and a big nudge from Sarah and me, maybe we can help you and Luc work this out." "That will make me so happy." "Let's go find Sarah, I'm sure she's out of her meeting by now." "I used up too much of your time already." "Look, I'll get my luggage and take a taxi back to the hotel." " Hotel?" " Yeah." "Luc doesn't want me interrupting his work." "That's okay." "It's better that way, that I give him some air." "No, no, no." "There will be no hotels and there will be no taxis." "I really want you to be a guest at my house." "I have plenty of room and for as long as you like." "Oh, you are so kind." "I do have one little engagement this evening, but that will give you time to get unpacked and settled." "And who is that adorable man?" "Karl." "That's Karl." "Dr. Karl West." "He's a psychotherapist." "I always fall in love with my analyst." "There is just something about them, you know?" "Oh, you know, the engagement I have this evening is with Karl." " Oh, you're lovers." " No." " No?" " Not exactly." " Not exactly?" " Maybe." " Maybe?" " I'm not sure." "I am sure." "You cannot let the handsome doctor get away." "Come on." "Don't be silly." "Women are friends with women." "Men are friends with men." "And gay persons are friends with everybody." "I don't know if that's completely true." "But there is the bigger issue that Karl and I work together." "I don't understand what you mean." "Well, mixing business with pleasure is frowned upon." "Only Americans find an excuse to frown on pleasure." "It's crazy." "All right, let me be completely honest with you." "Look, you've had three marriages and lots of lovers." "I just don't think you've experienced much rejection in your life." "And once you reach a certain age, it's scary to stick your wrinkly old neck out there again." "If it scares you, then you should probably do it." "And I have experienced in my life very painful rejection from my only son." "So I do know it." "Oh, Gabriela, I'm so sorry." "I've had three husbands," " you've had five children." " Yes." "So please, help me." "Give me an advice." "Okay." "First of all, you and Luc aren't gonna solve anything until you can spend some time together and talk." "Let's invite Luc and Sarah over for dinner tonight." " Tonight?" " Yes, tonight." "The sooner the better." "Here." "Neutral territory." "I'll help you cook and then I'll slip away and go see Karl." "And the three of you can have some serious time together." "But what if he won't come?" "He will come." "I'll talk to Sarah." "Now, when Luc was small, what was the one dish you would cook for him that was his absolute favorite?" "Moroccan." "Yeah." "He loved Moroccan food." "And I used to cook for him all the time Moroccan food." "He was very little, 7 or 8, but he used to love it." "Then Moroccan it is." " Yes." " Okay, tell me what we need." "And someone named Jennifer called twice on the reservation line." "Jennifer?" "Get a last name?" "No." "Why, is there more than one Jennifer?" "There can never be enough Jennifers." "You know?" "You're actually now out of control." "You are multi-tonguing two women behind every closed door in this restaurant." "Jennifers coming out of your ears?" "What's going on?" "I don't know." "I'm not doing anything." "Feels like I'm in Girls Gone Wild." " Come on." " I'm serious." "I'm not hitting on girls." "They're coming on to me." "It's like I'm giving off like a musk or something." "Or the Army did some breeding experiment on me." "It's awesome." " Would you listen to yourself?" " There's something going on." "I don't know what it is, but I'm not gonna stop it." "Stop, okay?" "Because you've had your fun." "No." "Okay?" "I haven't had my fun." "Look, Captain Happy is finally remembering what it's like to be single." "You named your penis Captain Happy?" "Will the straight clichés ever end?" "I don't know." "Why don't you ask Little Big Man?" "I can't believe I told you that." "You didn't tell me." "You told Tommy and then Tommy told me." "Scotty is freaking out there's gonna be some catfight in the dish room." "Tell him not to." "I have this figured out." "Angie works lunches and Kimberly works the dinner shift." "They never cross paths." "Too much to schedule hook ups on your time?" "Kev..." "No, that's fair, that's fair." "Thank you." " I forget, what was Tommy's?" " The Magnificent Seven." "Yeah, right." "He wishes." "I just bought a 7-pound leg of lamb because Gabriela told me to and three boxes of couscous." "She is going to make Luc's favorite Moroccan dinner tonight." "Oh, Mom, that is a great idea." "Have you ever asked him why he's so resentful of her?" "Oh, he's so vague about it." "She's self-centered, she's overly dramatic." "It's nothing we all haven't been through." "Excuse me?" " That came out wrong." " Yeah." " Do you think you can get him to come?" " Absolutely." "Mom, it's a serious red flag for me when a man doesn't get along with his mother." "It is not a healthy sign." "Honey, you know Dr. Karl, at the station?" "Yeah, I met him this afternoon." "Nice guy." "He wrote this really wonderful, wonderful article about how men often seek to recreate their maternal relationships by the women they choose" " to marry." "It's so interesting." " Gotta get me that." "I will." "So 7:30 tonight, okay?" "Okay, okay, Mom." "We'll see you then." " Who are we seeing?" " Mom." "She invited us to dinner tonight." " And who is us?" " You and me." "And your mother." "No." "I'm way too busy tonight." "Oh, come on, Luc." "She's traveled so far to see us." "And she's making your favorite Moroccan dinner." "You've got to go." "Oh, this is typical." "I don't like Moroccan food." "She likes Moroccan food." "She doesn't even cook, Sarah." "You're gonna have to talk to her sooner or later." " Let's just go over there tonight." " If I'm done with all my work, then I'll go." "Okay, we don't have to be there right at 7:30." "We could go later." "Gabriela?" "Gabriela, I'm back." "In here." "Well, I thought you were gonna start chopping the onions, at least preheat the oven, we have a huge big lamb roast to cook." "Wow, look at this." "I borrowed some little things from outside, some little things from upstairs, and voilà." " What do you think?" " It looks like a Bedouin tent." "Yes." "I wanted to make it as romantic as possible." "For Luc and Sarah?" "No." "I have a surprise for you." "Karl called." "His television cable went kaput." "So he was asking if he could come here to watch your television." "And I told him, "Yes." "Of course." Isn't that perfect?" "It's gonna be a party." "Oh, no, no, no." "Look, it isn't a party." "No, this is serious." "Nothing is so serious that you cannot enjoy yourself while you're doing it." "Well, you can't mix Leonard Bernstein and the Queen of the Gypsies." "Hey, what are you so mad at me for?" "I didn't kaput his television." "Well, you should not have told him to come without talking to me first." "Oh, fine." "Good, okay." "You call him." "You tell him not to come." "That would be rude." "Yeah, and also be stupid." "Because you love him." "This roast is gonna take at least two and a half hours to cook." "That means we won't be eating until almost 10." "And the only appetizers we have are olives and dates." " No candles." " Oh, well, try the pantry right over there." "Oh, 10 is perfect." "Look, Gabriela, this whole thing has gone haywire." "I think we have to go back to the original plan." "The whole point of this was so you and Luc could sit down, spend some time together, and sort things out." "And Karl and I could have a nice quiet evening together." "Yeah, of course." "But, look, we cannot just jump into the heavy talk." "We should keep things light at first." "What?" "You have absinthe." "Oh, my God, that thing must be 10 or 15 years old." "I forgot it was even in there." "Do you know, Nora, I'm gonna make my famous absinthe tea." "And do you know the secret of my absinthe tea?" " No." " There is no tea in it." " When did you tell Karl to get here?" " At 7." "Oh, no." "I haven't had time to change." "I smell like lamb fat for God's sakes." "No, you look great." "Your natural beauty." "You're fantastic." "Let's go." "Let's go and meet your man." "Come on, come on." " Hi." " Hi." " Come on in." " Thank you." "It's a beautiful house." " This is for you." " Thank you." "Karl, I would like you to meet my friend, Gabriela Laurent." "Hi." "I'm so speechless." "Gabriela Laurent." "La Rhapsodie de la Chair is one of my favorite films." "I can't believe you know my film." "Well, I'm a bit of a Francophile and a cinephile so I've seen all the French New Wave." "I can't believe I'm actually standing here talking to the Gabriela Laurent." " You were in a film?" " Yeah." "When I was very young." "A director discovered me at the little cafe on Saint Germain." " What's the name of the film?" " La Rhapsodie de la Chair." " The Rhapsody of the Flesh." " Yeah." "So let's all get in and I'll make you both a drink." "What a wonderful surprise." "Wonderful surprise." " Angie." " Hey." "Hi." "I didn't know you were working tonight." " I'm covering for Nick." " Nick." "I brought you hot tea for your throat." " I put honey and lemon in it." " For my throat?" "Kevin said you were coming down with the flu." "Oh, he did?" "No." "No, no, he totally has me confused with someone else." "So you're not getting a cold sore?" "A cold...?" "No." "I'm not getting a cold sore." "No, my lips are totally fine." " Oh, okay." "That's a relief." " Yeah." "You know, a hundred years ago, people believed that absinthe could drive you insane." "Well, if that's true, then you're here to cure us." "Well, don't worry about me." "I think people should go a little crazy now and then." "Hello?" "Oh, hi." "Hello." "Wow, this is nice." "Sarah, where's Luc?" "Oh, Luc had a lot of work." "He's really sorry he couldn't make it." "No, Gabriela, Gabriela, we can do this again tomorrow night." "He just can't stand to be in the same room with me." "Oh, no." "No, no." "That's not true." "What?" "What have I done for him to despise me so?" "He doesn't." "He does not despise you." "He's gonna come around." "He's gonna come around." "Mom's right." "He's gonna come around, you'll see." "Gabriela, listen, I want you to take a deep breath, okay?" "Now, you're amongst friends, okay?" "Now, if there's anything we can do, you just say so." "There you go." "Better?" " What did you say to them?" " Nothing." "I'm doing my job, being friendly." " What happened?" " I had four women waiting for a table." "I go seat them, they're no longer hungry, wanna eat peanuts at the bar." " I'm losing customers." " This has to stop." " Yeah." " You guys act like I can control this." "Justin?" " Hey." " Are you okay?" "Do you have a fever?" "Oh, let me feel your forehead." "You poor baby." " Kimberly, I'm fine, thank you." " You feel a little warm to me." "But then again, I think you always run a little hot." " Go to the store room?" " Table seven needs water." " Thank you." "Great." " Thanks." " Go home." " What?" " You heard me." " That fever is Kevin's fault." " Take the bar." " What?" " Don't talk." " You're acting like this is my fault." " Go." " Okay." " Way to go, Captain Happy." " Now." "Mom, why is Dr. Karl here?" "It's a long story." "Well, I'm glad he came." "He put Gabriela back in a party mood." "Though this absinthe probably didn't hurt." "Why are you cooking?" "I thought she was making dinner." "She was in charge of the couscous." "I rest my case." "I may not be a French film star, but I guess I'm good for something." "Luc never mentioned anything to me about a film." "If Dr. Karl hadn't have brought it up, I would never have known." "I think he's attracted to her." "It's just my luck." "I finally find a man I'm interested in and the rhapsody of the flesh shows up." "You're interested in Dr. Karl?" "Mom, why didn't you tell me?" "Well, I didn't wanna put you in an awkward situation." "You're practically my boss." "Oh, for God's sake, Mom, don't worry about that." "Have you told him how you feel?" "No, no." "Well, not in so many words." "Has he told you?" "He invited me to watch a television program with him tonight," " but it doesn't look like that'll happen." " No, get out there." "Stake your claim." "I have a lamb to baste and a pot of couscous to make." "Mom, I will baste and I will couscous." "Go on, you go out and have fun." "You might wanna hurry up." "Nora." "I am feeling so much better." "You know, your friend, Dr. Karl, help me a lot." "I'm so glad." "Yeah." "So now, you come and dance with me." "Come on." "Oh, no." "No, you're really welcome to join us as we watch the Leonard Bernstein program with us." " It's almost ready to start." " Oh, yeah." "Is it that time already?" "My goodness." "Well, you know, I feel terrible." "I don't wanna break up this wonderful party for my television show." "But maybe you and I could watch Leonard Bernstein some other time?" "Of course." "Of course." "I was hoping you'd say that." " Nora?" " Yeah?" "Now, you and I will dance for Karl." "Oh, boy, that sounds like fun." "No." " No, no, no." " Nora." "No, but..." " Please, come on." " I'll dance if you will." " Please." " I have a lamb to look at." "Nora?" "I'll teach you." "I quit." "She wins." "I can't compete with that." "I'm not exotic or sexy or European." "Mom, don't give up." "Just go out there and you be you." "It's fine." "I'll stay in here and baste and stir and hope Karl notices me for my cooking." "Mom, you listen to me." "This is what's gonna happen." "I am gonna go out there." " I'll lure Gabriela away from Dr. Karl." " Yeah." "Then you come in and you make your move." " I have no move." " Buck up." "Where's Nora?" "She's missing all the fun." "I don't understand her." "And all these rules about how you can't mix business and pleasures and you can only be friends with a man you work with." "She said that." "Isn't that crazy?" " Well..." " Hey, Sarah." "Come, dance with us." "I would love to, but we've run out of your fabulous absinthe tea so I was hoping that you could come back and mix up another batch." "Oh, no, we're not out, we have the whole pitcher right here." " Where's Nora?" " Yes, tell her to come and dance with us." " I'll see if I can find her." " Sarah." " What's going on here?" " What're you doing here?" "I came for my phone charger I figured Mom would be asleep, but she's in the kitchen half-sloshed, looking like someone died." "And don't look now, but who's the woman doing the Dance of the Seven Veils on our coffee table?" "I need help." "I know this sounds weird, but I need you to go in there and get her away from him, okay?" "Just distract her." " What do you mean?" " Just go with it." "Sarah, what are you talk..." "Mom, what are you doing?" "A little lamb died for no good reason." "You've gotta pull yourself." "You go out there, tell him how you feel." "I feel like an idiot." "Mom, he has come over here to see you, okay?" "So you go out there and you talk to him." "He's by himself, the coast is clear." "Nora?" "Sorry, there's someone at the front door, Nora." "I'll get it." "Are you okay?" "You disappeared." "Just doing some cooking." "I feel terrible." "I mean, you've been in here slaving away and we've been out there, you know, kicking up our heels." "You're just doing your job, helping a woman in distress." "Well, I'm here to help you now, okay?" "So let's put this on." "You tell me what I can..." "I think this absinthe interferes with motor functions." "Oh, okay, thank you." "Oh, no." "No, no, no." "I didn't see that coming." "I thought you just wanted to be friends." " Oh, my God." "Oh, my God." "Oh, my God." " No." "Justin." " Justin?" " What the hell are you doing?" " You told me to go with it." " This is Luc's mother." "What?" "Why didn't you tell me it's...?" "Luc?" "Sarah and Nora asked me to come and talk to you." "I didn't want to, but I thought I would try one more time." "And here you are." "You could not give me a real family when I was growing up, now that I've found one, you come here and you tear it apart." "Luc." "I came here to be with your family, not tear it apart." "You have no idea how to be in a family." "You can't be part of anything that is not completely about you." "I don't want you in this family." "Luc." "Hey, Mom, it's Justin." "And I just wanted to let you know that I put everyone's keys in the breakfast nook because I didn't want anyone driving." "And I hope you're all feeling better this morning." "And again, I'm really, really sorry about last night." "All right, love you, Mom." "Bye." "Hey, Kevin told me things got pretty wild at your mom's." "Yeah." " Apparently, Sarah's pretty pissed." " I know." "Oh, man." "Justin, is everything okay?" "Yeah." "God, look, it's just, I..." "I feel like I've been under such stress and then I'm finally able to be myself and relax a little bit for the first time in a long time." "And, you know, I don't know, I got a little carried away and I didn't stop and think how it could affect other people, like you." "So, Scotty, I'm sorry." "I appreciate that." "And not to be a hypocritical boss, but I am officially putting a moratorium on workplace hookups." "I endorse that a hundred percent, I will come clean with Angie and Kimberly." "Good." "You know about her gun collection, right?" " Gun collection?" " Kimberly." " Gun?" "Like real one?" " Real." "Oh, hi, you're awake." "Yeah." "Good morning." " Maybe you could use a cup of coffee." " Thank you very much." "I know I sure can." "Here are your car keys." " Oh, great." " Okay." "Nora." "Nora, please, I need to explain about..." "No." "You don't need to explain anything." "Look, I value our friendship very much and I love working with you." "I hope you can just forget about that stupid move of mine in there." " It was completely inappropriate." " Could you...?" "Just sit down, please?" "Look, Nora, I was under the apparently mistaken impression that you were committed to our relationship being platonic." "So when you tried to kiss me, I was surprised for a moment and then when I got my wits about me, you'd run away." "What, you don't wanna be just platonic?" "No." "No, no." "I was hoping that Leonard Bernstein would give me the courage to kiss you." "Really?" "Then what the heck was all of that with Gabriela?" "I mean, you seemed to be having a really good time with her." "We were, but she is a classic narcissist." "I mean, nobody is more fun at a party, but, you know, they're incurable." "And you should never, ever get in a relationship with one." "Well, there you go again, making me feel better." "Oh, Karl." "This is all very complicated because we work together and I don't wanna lose your friendship." "Whatever happens between us." "Nora," "I will always be your friend." " You awake?" " Yeah, unfortunately." "When will I learn not to drink on an empty stomach?" "I'm sorry I was so angry with you last night." "I wanted to apologize when I got home, but it was too late to call." "That's okay." "I'm sorry I butted in on your relationship with your mother." "Look, you were right." "I should have come when you asked me to." "I should have put a stop to these things before it got out of hand." "No, I think it would have turned to hell no matter what." "Now you understand why I have all these problems with her." "Luc, I understand that you're angry with her, but I don't understand why you can't talk to me about it." " What do you wanna know?" " Everything." "Anything that would help me understand the two of you." "That will take a very long time." "Why didn't you tell me that your mother was in a film?" "I never saw it." "It was another thing that was more important to her than I was." "What else was more important to her than you?" "When I was 6 years old, she left my father for another man." "She moved away, left us both." "And then when this man threw her out, she came back to us." "It was great for a while, at least until she left again." "For another man." "Look, she broke my father's heart over and over." "And she broke your heart too." "Wow, listen, Luc, I'm not gonna tell you what you should do." "But maybe you can think about who she is now." "She's the same woman she always was." "She will never change." "You're probably right." "She will never be the mother that she should have been." "It's up to you whether or not you want the mother you got." "Yeah." "Gabriela, no, no, no." "You don't have to leave." "I'm not angry." "Honestly." "I didn't realize he was your son." "Look, it was all just a huge misunderstanding." "And Justin is a grown-up." "He's allowed to kiss whomever he wants." "Yeah, well, as you said, last night, things went haywires." "Look," "I think you and I were both afraid of being rejected." "Me by Karl, you by Luc." "And so we slipped back into our comfort zones." "You danced and I cooked." "Yeah, and I made my son furious with me again." "Luc, he's like all the men in my life." "They love me at first, but then they get eventually tired of me and they ask me to leave." " Well, why do you think that is?" " Because they see through me." "And especially Luc." "L..." "He's immune to my charms." "Well, Luc is your son." "You can't charm him or dazzle him with your charisma." "All you can do is present yourself honestly." "Admit your mistakes, point out your flaws and hope for the best." "I think it's just too late for me." " Hey." " Hey." "So I'm here to apologize to you." "You don't have to apologize to me." "Talk to Kimberly and Angie." " And Mom." " I did already, all right?" " I get it, I was a jerk, you were right." " I was a little hard on you." "I am slightly sensitive about people having workplace dalliances with the staff." "Yeah." "I can understand that." "But you and Scotty are better, right?" "We're getting through it." "You know, good days and bad." "Well, look, I mean, you are very lucky to have a marriage where you're both willing to work on it." "I don't know how lucky I felt at the time." "You're the one who's turned getting lucky into an art form." "Yes, but I put Captain Happy on probation." "Yeah." "You still working the lunch shift?" "Yes, but this is my final week." "I gave Scotty my notice." " I don't think he'll miss me." " Don't take it too bad." "He fired me." "So I'm gonna sue him." "All right." " Oh, hey." " Yeah?" " What's Luc's mom like?" " Oh, she's hot." " Down, boy." " Right." "Good." "So I wanna get my phone and call the kids." "Oh, here you two are." " Good morning." " Good morning." " Karl, I don't think you officially met Luc." " Hi." "Nice to meet you." "Likewise, and I'm sorry about everything that happened." "No, no, no." "Please, please, no problem." "Not at all." "Is my mother up yet?" "Yes, she's in the kitchen." "She insisted on cleaning up the mess from last night." "Well, that will take some doing." "Excuse me." "Is that a good sign or a bad sign?" "Good, I think." "I hope." "Well, at least they're talking." "It's a start." "That's definitely not talking." " Oh, boy." " Well, maybe she dropped it accidentally." "No." "No, that one was on purpose." "I'm just gonna peek in there and make sure it's not the good china." "Don't worry, it's not eavesdropping, I can't understand a word they say." "Mom, I'll pay for anything that gets broken." "God." "You know, the French are very expressive." "Mom told me that you believe that men marry women like their mother." "Please tell me that that does not apply here." "Oh, boy." "Well, if you're asking me if you're like Gabriela," "I would say, "Probably not."" "She's a little insecure," " self-obsessed, a bit histrionic." " A bit?" "On the other hand, she's also very strong, single-minded, resourceful." "I'd say that Luc is a very smart man." "He chose a mate who has all of his mother's best traits who can also give him the close family he's always wanted." "You are very good." "I feel I owe you a hundred bucks." "More like 220, but don't worry about it." "Listen." "I hope that doesn't mean that they're both unconscious." "Sarah, come here." "I want you to look at this." " What?" " Just go look."