"a famous philosopher once said," ""we don't know what we want, but we are responsible for who we are."" "He was french and had a lot of time on his hands, but he's not wrong." "It is cold,it is dark no one wants to take responsibility for anything really-- their actions,their words, their secrets or their desires." "And the hardest thing-- to be responsible for someone else." "That's something you have to work for, and you won't know if you're ready until you try." "What's the word that I need to hear,the exact word?" "It was boring." "It was boring,I know,but,dude,let's explore it.On a scale of one to ten,how boring?" "" " I think a ten. " " Ten,excellent." "" " Hey. " " Hi." "I tried to take him to a gallery.He wanted to go skateboarding." "Learn how to skateboard." "That's what he said." "You going somewhere?" "New mexico for a couple of days to see my dad." "" " Everything okay?" "" " Yep." "What about max?" "Oh." "He's staying with my sister." "What?" "Who?" "Charlotte?" "Shouldn't he stay with me?" "I don't think so." "Listen,I gotta finish packing." "Okay." "Have a good time." "Thanks." "see you next week." "Sure." "Charlotte smokes,and she is quite shrill." "Forget it." "I'm his father,christine." "Max,could you go to your room,please?" "I can do this." "You can barely take care of yourself,steven." "It's two nights,right?" "Yeah,but it's not a weekend.It's a school night.He's got homework." "I don't have to work this week." "I will do whatever needs to be done in whatever way you want me to do it." "Why not?" "Are you using?" "Of course not." "Not just drugs.Are you drinking?" "No,I'm not." "Are you dating anyone?" "I don't see" "I don't want some strange girl in this apartment." "I'm not dating." "And we would stay at my place,which would be fun." "" " You want to do this?" "" " Yes,I do." "okay,then." "Bedtime is at 9:00." "He can have half an hour of television or his video game,but not both." "" " Make sure he brushes his teeth. " " Okay." "I've got a gcery list here for his lunch." "I don't want him buying it at school." "Drop-off is at 8:30,ck up at 3:00 on the dot." "His astronomy books need to go back to the library." "Please do his homework with him or he won't do it." "Under no circumstances is he to skateboard without his pads." "Oh,and the lizard?" "It goes with you." "He feeds it.His responsibility." "Very good." "Do you have a pen?" "that's the 1-carat stone in a gold setting." "It's fine." "It's fine,huh?" "It has imperfections,flaws... who doesn't?" "Wait,so I'm paying $5,000for a diamond with flaws?" "Well,if you're lucky,my friend,she'll never notice." "Ah,no flaws for my lady." "Then perhaps you should consider... 1.5 carats in the middle, princess cut,set in platinum." "How much is it?" "Thanks so much.I'll tell her." "Thank you." "Don't touch that.They're perfectly balanced." "I need caffeine.We open in a week." "I think you've had enough.I can hear your heart pounding from here." "I know." "I know." "The light fixtures,they still haven't arrived." "J.T. Is all over me." "Well,she has a point." "You can't open a restaurant in the dark." "Everything is falling apart." "My relationship is a disaster." "I can't sleep.They're doing construction outside of my building." "Jackhammers,6:00 A.M. I tried st." "John's wort,I don't think" "what,you think this is funny?" "This is a $300 shirt." "I just bought it.What is this?" "" " Is this the ides of march or something?" "" " All right,ross." "All right,listen to me.Calm down." "Are you okay?" "I'm okay." "J.T.'s given us a lot of responsibility." "We've got a lot of things to do today." "We've got to get this restaurant open on time." "What can I do to help you?" "Okay." "I need you to run to my apartment." "Get my barbados shirt with the chalk stripe." "I'm gonna go kick some butt." "" " Okay. " " Thank you." "The guy who stole your car,you see his face?" "Uh,no,but I know it was more than o guy." "You got lojack?" "" " No. " " Got insurance?" "Of course." "Hey,when do you think you might be able to find my car?" "Oh,heck." "Probably by tomorrow." "Wouldn't you say,joe?" "Yeah." "Probably by then." "Oh." "Oh." "Heh." "This is--this is funny?" "It's a joke?" "I don't thk you get it." "That car is all I got." "It's my livelihood,my bread and butter." "No car,no cash flow.You understand what I'm saying?" "Look,pal,a crime happens every 1.3 seconds in this city." "Now." "Now again." "We're doing what we can when we can." "So uess you gotsome serious connections... probably chopped my car up and sold it in three different states by now." "Yeah,we'll see." "I have one cop I trust--eddie at the 15th." "He'll make sure your case gets high priority." "What's the,uh,license number?" "Uh,t04837oc." "Yeah,this is not the day for this to happen." "I'm telling you." "Check this out." "Yeah." "I,uh,I like you, but I'm not ready to take that step." "Yeah,you're a funny guy,man." "Congratulations,man.That's--that's really nice." "Yeah,I'm a lucky man." "Lucky,lucky man." "hey,id,uh... did you do some time?" "What?" "Well,it says here you-- you did 18 months for,uh-- what,did you run a check on me or something?" "No--eddie." "I mean,he ran you through the system.It comes up-- yeah,I've been through that system." "It's a long time ago." "It's not something I like to talk about with anybody,okay,with anyone." "So regina doesn't know?" "Look,man,I appreciate all your help, but it's really none of your business." "Look,I know.I'm not trying to judge you." "I'm just saying that,this kind of thing,it's... sooner or later,it's gonna come up, and maybe it's better that regina heard it from you." "I got it handled." "Cool?" "Yeah." "where's my room?" "You sure you don't want the bed?" "No,it's all right.I like camping out." "But mom doesn't let me camp." "Oh,really?" "Well,me neither.You're in the bed." "I can't believe you have no tv." "Tv rots your brain." "Can I play my game?" "Uh,after we eat." "Wow." "This is fun." "Ahem." "School night,right?" "We'll have our dinner-- we're not having dinner.We're having eggs." "We're having omelets." "That's breakfast." "No,not in france." "In france,it's omelets all day." "Be careful with that stuff,please." "It's expensive." "wow,that's a lame ring." "It's programmed to sound like a phone." "steven caseman." "when was the last time you shot a cover?" "Cover of what?" ""Vanity fair."" "Annie leibovitz just drped out of a 4-page spread for my clients, and I've talked them into you stepping in." "Are you listening to me?" "Yes." "Um,when do you need me to start?" "Tomorrow." "uh,whitney,I need to go,but can we--can we please talk tomorrow?" "Uh,I'm on the phone,melanie." "I know,but it's really important that we talk tomorrow." "Okay." "Yeah,fine." "Sorry,steven." "steven?" "Uh,it's not really the best week.I have my son max." "Get a nanny." "This is a huge opportunity for you." "You do this right,you'll have so much work," " you can pay for max's college." "" " Max." "It slipped." "okay,steven?" "Dad,the eggs." "Yes or no?" " 9:00 A.M. Tomorrow at my office." " sit." "um,yes." "Make it--make it 9:20." "I gotta go." "okay." "Good." "That's not too bad." "Let's eat." "Dad,I thought you said you weren't working this week." "Yeah,well, it's a changeable situation." "" " Well,mom said that-- -- everything's gonna be fine." "Okay?" "Max,let's brush your teeth.Let's go." "Plaque waits for no man." "In a minute." ""In a minute"?" "Everything is "in a minute" with you." "It's like the default mantra with 11 year olds." "Mnh-mnh." "Let's go." "Brush 'em." "What's that?" "Found it in the closet." "Did you work for the "playboy"or something?" "No,I did not work for the "playboy." No." "these are a series I did... a long time ago." "" " Where'd you find these?" "" " In the closet." "Oh." "Wow.These are proof sheets.You've seen these before." "You're supposed to choose one image,which is a shame." "People should see more of them." "These are not bad." "See that one?" "That's pretty good." "See how they're different?" "She habig boobs." "yes,yes." "And it's inappropriate to talk about women that way." "They're not just about sex." "You're supposed to get a feeling from the picture." "It's not just what you're looking at." "That's what's cool about them." "Pictures should record the gamut of human emotions in their face or in a gesture." "That's what photographs are all about." "Well,she has big boobs." "did you go out with any of them?" "No." "I was married to your mother." "Mom said you had trouble with models." "I'm sure she did.Go brush your teeth." "" " Hey." " hey." "Um,my plans changed." "They canceled.I,uh,thought maybe you might want to hang out." "Oh,uh,wow." "Tonight?" "" " Yeah." "" " Tonight is not,uh-- really?" "Because,um..." "I don't know,I thought you might wanna change your mind." "Yeah." "okay." "Who's in there?" "" " Is there somebody in there?" "Who is it?" "" " Oh,my son max." " max." " max is here." "okay." "Uh,I assume that you probably wouldn't want to introduce me right now." "no,I'd love to, but it's our first night alone" "It's all right." "Listen.Dinner tomorrow night.Would you like to have it?" "Why don't e three of us have dinner tomorrow night?" "dad,who is it?" "I'll be right there,max." "You're very cute when you're flustered." "The investors' walk-through is on friday." "Where are the rest of the light fixtures?" "Oh,I spoke with the warehouse." "They'll be here first thing tomorrow morning." "And the table settings?" "Table settings... that was me." "I messed that up.I'll take care of that." "Ross,would you go wait in the car,please?" "Laura,can I have a moment with you alone,please?" "You didn't really forget the table settings,did you?" "Well..." " uh,well,no,but--but-- " " I didn't think so." "Ross is a disaster." "I'm firing him." "What?" "I'm promoting you." "Me?" "Me?" "Of course." "You're diligent,you have good instincts and with a little more experience, you could be a real asset." "wow.I'm honored,J.T." "This is--what I want is to show you what I can really do." "Do you really need to fire ross?" "I do." "I might even enjoy it." "He's been dedicated to you for three years, and he's actually going through a really rough time." "If you feel that strongly,you keep him on as your assistant." "Oh,no.Oh,no." "No,no,no,no." "He--he won't like that." "Well,you keep him or I'll ditch him." "It's your call." "Look at this as your first real managerial decision." "okay." "Permission slip's in with your lunch." "See you at 3:00." "how does this work?" "You just go in?" "yeah,it's a drop-off,dad." "" " You have your science books?" "" " Yep." " hun?" "" " Yeah." "Do you have your lunch?" "Uh,no." "You have it." "No,do I look like I have it?" "It was sitting on the counter.Do you have it?" "No." "it's all right." "I'll just eat from the cafeteria." "No,you're not supposed-- all right,here." "Take this." "Bring me change." "Wait for me in the vestibule afterwards." "Okay." "I know what to do." "I want change." "I have nothing to do." "Not that being at your beck and call isn't everything I ever dreamed of." "It's just that sometimes,like,between the mail,the phones, the triple shot nonfat latte with one pack of sugar added-- melanie,melanie,please breathe,okay?" "What are you trying to say to me?" "I would just love some more responsibility." "Okay,uh,come up with ten ways to bring in new clients." "" " Really?" "" " Yes." "I'm late." "Yes?" "Yes." "Editorial staff is here to answer all your questions." "Who am I shooting?" "3 dot-com billionaires,all under 25,invented the next myspace." "Well,and that is--what is that?" "Never mind." "Are you all right?" "You look a little tired." "Thank you." "Oh,max is out of school by 3:" "00.I need to leave at 2:30." "" " No,steven-- -- it's nonnegotiable." "getting a week with him is a big deal." "" " I won't be screwing it up." "Shall we meet today's contestants?" "" " Yes." "Hi.This is steven caseman." "" " Hello,everybody." "" " I'll be right back in." "Laura?" "I'm in a pickle." "Ooh,that sounds like fun." "No,not." "J.T. Offered me ross' job." "Laura,that'fantastic!" "I know,I know,except for ross." "Either he works for me,which,I mean, why would he do that?" "Or he gets fired,which will devastate him, and he's already in really bad shape." "I'm actually feeling sorry for the guy." "I have ten really great ideas." "Okay." "Write them down." "I just--I'm at a loss." "maybe you should get him to quit." "Quit?" "Yeah." "Make it his idea." "Then you get your job and a clean conscience." "Oh,my god." "Oh,my god." "What?" "Oh,I think this guy is proposing...on a bench." "Yeah,he is." "the girl is--the girl's freaking out." "Okay,well,tell her to run." "I'll call you later." "Oh,my god." "Is this really happening?" "Okay,slow down.Slow down." "" " I-I had a speech prepared..." " okay,okay." "" " And everything." "" " Yes,yes,yes,yes... no,wait!" "Can I get it out,please?" "Baby,baby,can I ask the question?" "yes!" "All right,regina... you know I love you." "" " Will you marry me?" "" " You know I will!" "You know... oh,my god." "I can't... traditionally,it goes on the finger." "Yes." "Damian, what'd I ever do to get an angel like you?" "I don't know about all that." "Yes,you are." "You're perfect." "This--this is perfect." "And since the moment I met you,I knew." "I knew that you were good and that you were honest anthat you're handsome... and that I was gonna be with you forever." "Oh,my god!" "" " I love you,baby." "" " I love you,too." "Oh,my god." "We're getting married,y'all!" "we've permitted the entire corner of,uh, hudson and harrison,but it's blacktop, versus the cobblestone of north moore." "Mr. Caseman?" "We--we really need to make a decision about this location." "Yes." "I like it." "uh... oh,that's... my son must have,uh,reprogrammed my-- yes,well,that's very,very sweet, and I'm sure that we can all appreciate his sense of irony," "but we really need to make a decision on this location" "I gotta get this,though.I'm a dad on call this week." "Hello." " mr." "Caseman?" "" " Yes." "This is arthur henson,principal at max's school." "Uh,yes.How are you,sir?" "Well,not very well,I'm afraid." "I need to ask you to come and pick up your son." "Is he all right?" "He's not supposed to get out till 3:00,right?" "Yes." "Uh,well,today he will be leaving early." "He's been suspended." "He did what?" "Max was passing out small black-and-white photographs of naked women... to half the boys in the sixth grade." "Uh,wow,I don't,uh..." " he says you took them." "" " I see." "Well,I am a professional photographer,so... this is behavior we don't condone." "Of course not,no." "Max has never exhibited behavior like this before." "There been a change at home?" "Actually,well,his mother is out of town." "Ah." "Well, when she comes back,maybe we should all have a sit-down." "Yes,we should." "But,um,no,uh... max and I are just--uh,he absolutely did the wrong thing." "There's no doubt about that." "this is something I'd like to handle with him." "Uh... something we can deal with,the two of us." "What were you thinking?" "You said people should see them." "Not kid people.Grown-up pple." "" " Stop yelling at me." "" " I'm not yelling." "You wanna hear yelling?" "" " You know I'm on thin ice with your mother as it is." "" " Okay." "I got it." "Like you never screw up." "My friends thought the pictures were cool." "It was a stupid thing to do." "So I thought tonight maybe we'd go out to dinner." "A friend of mine, she might join us." "Who is she?" "Her name is anya." "Is she your girlfriend?" "Did I say she was my girlfriend?" "No, well, I-I found condoms in the cigar box." "We're not gonna have that conversation." "How do you even know what cond-- don't worry about the condoms." "Anya's a friend." "I want you to be nice to her." "Hey." "Can we talk?" "I think I like the balantine, but this is also great." "I just, I... ross, you know that thing that you said the other day when--wh" " spilled all over your shirt?" " Oh, that came out." "Oh." "Oh, good." "All right, the point is" "The truth is-- okay, but see this cutlery?" "This is elegant." "Do you see the way it's catching the light?" "You're not happy here working for J.T." "Laura, this job is my life." "Right, okay." "But maybe that's why you're not happy in your life." "I mean, there must be other things, many, many other things th" " really interested in." " There must be some point to this." "Um, there is." "You should quit." "Why would I do that?" "These table settings are gorgeous." "Because J.T. Is elevating me." "She's promoting me." "She's giving me the bump up." "What about me?" "She said that you could work for me." "come on." "This is some ploy." "This is some underhanded scheme to get my job." "I-I swear that it's not." "Okay, well, I'm gonna call J.T. Hmm?" "no." "how could she do this to me?" "I don't know." "But the best thing is to walk away with your dignity." "You'd like that, wouldn't you?" "No, no." "I don't like any part of this." "Well, I'm not gonna go anywhere." "You're not?" "No." "I'gonna stay here." "I made the mistake of becoming your friend, trusting you." "But now I'm gonna make your life a living, utter hell." "Remind you every minute of every day that you are a backstabbing, unbearable skank." "Okay." "All right." "I-I'm gonna let that skank part slide, because I understand that that comes from a very angry place." "Skank." "Are you in college?" "Max." "She looks like my babysitter mimi." "How--how old are you?" "Hey, you know what?" "Rule number one-- do not ask a woman her age." "No, it's okay." "Um, I'm 25." " How old are you?" " 11." "Oh." "So that means that we're closer in age than you are to my dad?" "Uh... well, yes.E are." "Um, but you know, I think that 40 really is the new 30, so I think that we should cut your dad a little bit of slack." "Please." "So when my dad was your age..." "You were 4." "Math is his best subject." "Have you noticed?" "Yes, as a matter of fact I have." "sorry." "I should have... hello?" "What happened to you?" "You never came back." "Uh, hey." "Yes, I know." "Listen, the art director has a new set of mock-ups." "I've got the location folders and the crew list." "Hold on, please." "melanie?" "Melanie." "sorry." "I'm on idea number 14." "I said ten." "Whenever someone says 10, you give them 20." "It's like push-ups." "Steven, I'm gonna have melanie messenger these to you, okay?" "And listen..." "I know you've got a lot going on right now, but you need to work on this tonight." "Don't sleep until you do." "Yeah, okay." "I-I am top of it." "Well, I think "holiday" is better." "I--listen, I hear your argument." "I appreciate your argument." "But I really love "we are the waiting."" "I'm gonna have to go with that, too." "What are we talking about?" "Green day." "It's a band." "Max and I, we share a favorite band." "Yes, I'm very aware of who green... day is." " they're a very good group..." " would you mind if I actually get that so you can take a look at the menu, and we can... of mandolin players." "Hi." "You've reached the voice mail system for... steven caseman." "please leave a message." "Yeah." "No, I'm--I'M... who is it?" " Your wife." " Yeah?" "Christine." "Hi." "How are you?" "Uh, yeah." "No, my assistant-- or, uh, colleague for a shoot tom" "No, I wasn't" " I wasn't working, but I just am gonna do a one-day thing that came out of-- yep." "Yeah, he's here." "He's right here." "We're in a restaurant, so... good." "Hi, mom." "I miss you." "Yep... your assistant?" "What'd you tell max?" "What, that I'm-- that I'm your friend?" "You are a friend." "Um, what are you doing?" "Where are you going?" "I shouldn't be here." "I just do not want to confuse him." "No, I get it." "I do." "I-I, look, I just" " I don't really want to be in the middle of" "Don't... will you please say good-bye to max for me?" "Just sit." "Sit." "Dad." "It--it's mom, and she doesn't sound happy." "Hey." "Hi, is this mimi?" "Hola." "How are you?" "Yeah." "This is steven." "I'm sten caseman, uh, de padre de max." "Yeah, I was wondering if you can babysit tomorrow." "Por maÑana, yes." "Uh, okay." "Thank you." "Right, but 5:00 isn't-- alicia, 5:00 isn't gonna work, 'cause he gets out of school at" "That's when I need him picked up, at 3:00." "Right." "Okay, thank you." "Uh, rochelle," " this is steven caseman..." " rochelle's at a yoga retreat." "What?" "Are you sure?" "Positive." "Sorry." "She's on the list." "I'm 0 for 5." "could you show a little imagination, people?" "Would that kill you?" "Okay, max." "Bedtime." " Give me five minutes." " I gave you five minutes ten minutes ago." "Let's go." "Turn it off." "max, turn it off, please." "I need to beat this level." "I need to work." "You need to sleep." "Brush your teeth." "you're kidding me, right?" "Hey." "When I say turn it off, I mean turn it off." "You got it?" "Do not walk away from me." "max." "max." "I wanna go home!" "hey." "Hey." "You've made me the happiest girl today." "You know that?" "There's something I wanna talk to you about." "Can it wait?" "No, I don't think so." "What's wrong?" "Some things about me that, um, I'm not so proud of that... you don't know anything about." "Couple of years ago, I did some time." "You were in jail?" "18 months." "What for?" "Armed robbery." "Whoa." "Yeah, me and my brother, we, uh... we had a business." "Wait, wait, wait." "You have a brother?" "Yeah, michael." "We had this business where we-- we ripped off a couple of ware and sold all the stuff off, till I got busted." "All this time, damian..." "I know." "I know." "I know." "I know." "You could've said something." "That's what I'm trying to do here." "I got--I thought it was all behind me, but then a month ago, I" "My brother said he needed me to pick him up in washington heig" "I know I shouldn't have went, but... the situation got out of hand, and, um..." "I shot a guy." "oh, my god." "Look, he pulled out on me first." " He started shooting." " Oh, damian." "I-I didn't know what else to do." " I had no choice." " is he dead?" "No, no, no, no." "He's all right." "This is just-- this is insane." "I don't" " I don't even know what's true or not." "I just told you the truth." "Look, it's still me." "I just made a few mistakes." "That's all." "It's still me." "I gotta go." "I gotta go." "Baby." "I gotta think about this, damian." "Please, listen, listen, listen." "No." "No, no, no, no, no." "Look, don't go." "Don't go." "We can talk it out." " Oh, god." " Don't go." "Just stay." "We'll talk it out." "I promise you." "I don't even know who you are." "I can't... just let me be, all right?" "Baby, please." "Lunch." "Who's picking me up?" "And you're working." "Yes, I am." "But I'll have someone here." "We gotta find somewhere to stash those boxes," " just so we can do a walk-through-- - did you want a coffee?" "Oh, um, oh, you don't have to do that." "I should get a jump start on your lunch order." "How 'bout thai food, skank?" "you know what?" "I'm getting a little tired of the angry place, laura morgan's line." "Oh, I'm sorry." "She's busy removing the knife from my back." "Can I help you?" "Ross, I don't have time for your games." "Put laura on." "Fine, hold on." "Hello." "Oh, my god." "He didn't quit?" "No, he's tenacious." "I'll give him th." "How's it going with J.T.?" "Uh... great, you know." "I wanted more responsibility." "Instead, I'm grappling with a mortal enemy." "Be careful what you wish for, right?" "Listen, I've got this photographer who's decided to play mr." "Mom on the day of a big shoot." "Is there any chance your nanny is free?" "Oh, sorry." "She's taken eliza for an uptown playdate." "Okay." "I thought I'd try." "I'll call you later." "Okay." "Just by the pallet behind there." "Thank you." "Any luck?" "No." "Anyone else you can call?" "No." "Yes." "Just give me a sec." "hey, max." "Hey." "Hey." "What are you doing here?" "Uh, your dad called me and asked me to come get you." "Oh, I thought you guys got in a fight and were, like, mad and" "Yeah, I am mad at your dad, but I am not mad at you." "An uh... oh, look." "I got stuck in the middle of all my parents' stuff, too, so..." "So what do you wanna do?" "Uh, what do you wanna do?" "Uh, we could go to the park." "I'm down with that." "What is this?" "What is this right... is this... could this possibly be a green day t-shirt from their very fir" "For me?" "Maybe." "Depends how nice you are to me." "hey." "Sugar butt, how you doing?" "Hey, it's inappropriate to talk about a woman like that." "that was really nice of you." "try no smiles." "No smiles." "Good, good, good." "Good." "All right." "Let's put 'em in their suits." "You can relax, guys." "Whoa, whoa." "You think we have this?" "Do you not think we have it?" "No." "No, I-I would shoot some more." "Oh, you would, would you?" "Um, is this the part of the day where you tell me what my job" " Okay, steven..." " is that what you're doing?" " Let's go." "Let's go." " 'Cause I know what the hell I'm doing." "He'll shoot some more." "Don't worry." "What are you doing?" " Why can't you just shoot it..." " do you know what you're doing?" " Without getting in a fight?" " Does he have to be in my face" " Hello?" " sorry." "What?" "Where?" "Okay." "What happened?" "Max." "He fell off his skateboard." "Is he all right?" "I have to go." " Of course.Of course." " I'm sorry." "Uh, sorry." "There was a bit of an emergency." "Hey." "Hey." "He wasn't wearing his pads?" "No, you don't say anything to me about pads." " I know." "I know." "I know." "I know." " You--you didn't say anything about skateboard" " You didn't..." " I know." "It's okay." "Oh." "I'm sorry." "I messed up." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "Does it hurt?" "No." "You sure?" "Positive." "Rims still here... radio... even got the box of tissues in the backseat." "You must have a guardian angel." "Here you go." "Hey." "Hey, how you doing?" "I just came by to say thanks, man." "I got my car back." "So everything worked out?" "Eh, not all of it." "I, um, took your advice, and I told regina everything." "Yeah." "I'sorry." "Look, the way I see it, you paid your debt." "I mean, if she can't forgive you for something that happened f then maybe she's not-- see, that's the thing." "It's not really about something that happened five years ago." "Listen." "I got--about a-- about a month ago," "I got myself into a little bit of a situation." "And, uh, I was kind of wanting to talk to you... about my opti hey." "Hey." "You ready?" "Hey, damian." "Hey." "Uh, we're supposed to go to a knicks game, but... look, if you got something you wanted to talk about," " we could, uh-- - no, no, no, no, no." " We'll-- - don't let me mess up a good thing just 'cause I had a bad day." "I'll get with you later on, huh?" "Yeah." "Good seeing you." "Yeah." "Tell regina I said hi, too." "yeah." "It's not going so well." "Great." "I'm an idiot." "It's a shame, too." "I mean, he's such a good guy." " Let's go." " Okay." "Well, can we just see if it comes in sterling?" "I just think a little more weight would be nice." "Hey, laura." "Hi!" "What are you doing here?" "Oh, I just thought I'd stop by on my way to the theater to tel what you did for ross-- it was really kind." "He's gonna hate me until the end of time." "Maybe, or perhaps he'll come to see how selfless you are." "It's-- it's a wonderful quality." "I admire it in people." "Oh, thank you." "You can't imagine how excited I am for this opportunity." "So am I." "See you tomorrow." "Got it?" "Yeah, I got it." "Got it?" "chris?" "hey." "Oh, my god." "What happened?" "Don't freak out." "I'm fine." "Skateboarding." "Uh, I forgot to tell him to put on his pads-- my fault." "Don't yell at dad too bad." "It wasn't his fault." "Are you okay?" " Fine." " It's a hairline fracture." "It's pretty common, but he's gonna be in that about four weeks" "Just go to your room and lie down, okay?" "I'll be right in." "All right." "See you, buddy." "save your speech." "Whatever you're gonna say, you're right." "I completely screwed up." "I could not stop screwing up." "I could not do one thing right." "I thought I could handle it." "I-I do not know how you do it." "What's the matter?" "My dad is sick." "He's dying." "What?" "hey... hey, hey, hey..." "I'm so sorry." "Okay." "Hey, it's okay." "you have to go back?" "Yeah, tonight." "Listen..." "I need you to make it work with max." "Okay, sure." "It could be a week." "I don't know." "It doesn't matter." "It's fine." "Don't worry about it." "Okay?" "Thank you." "Hey, max." "you okay with this?" "Are you?" "I owe you a video game." "And I owe you a lens." "That's about $800." "Then you should start giving me allowance." "I better get another job then."