02x02 - Out of Touch

[bunniefuu]

RUE: Nate Jacobs was in love.

He didn't know how it happened.

He didn't know why it happened.

But he could just feel it.

And it felt so f*cking good.

But it was complicated.

[DISTORTED]: We need to get him
to a hospital.

- [GRUNTS] He's so heavy.
- Is he good?

- Just open the door, bro.
- It's unlocked. Just open it.

Bring him to the hospital.
Let's go, please.

The door!

[VOCALIZING]

♪♪

RUE: What was it about Cassie Howard

that allowed Nate to
fully surrender himself?

With Maddy, it was always a game.

Cassie was the opposite.

He knew he wasn't perfect.

That he had some... issues.

But maybe the reason he had those issues

is because Maddy brought
out the worst in him.

And maybe if he met Cassie

when he was a sophomore
instead of Maddy...

she would've brought
out the best in him.

How could he have ever overlooked her?

Underestimated her?

She was everything you
could ever want in a woman.

♪♪

["LIVE OR DIE" BY LIL XAN
AND NOAH CYRUS PLAYING]

[VOCALIZING]

♪♪

RUE: He knew it was
a little soon to say,

but he could imagine
spending life with her.

[IN SLOW MOTION]:
I wanna feel you inside of me.

RUE: He was at home... and in love.

♪♪

She was intuitive and emotional.

♪♪

She was sensitive and vulnerable.

♪♪

She was a strong, powerful woman.

♪♪

NATE: I don't wanna
weird you out or anything,

but I can imagine
starting a family with you.

♪♪

[MACHINE BEEPING]

RUE: Nate began to wonder
if he had brain damage.

CAL: Can you hear me?

RUE: How would he know?

RUE: He knew he could do
a better job than his dad.

He wouldn't f*ck his kid up
the way his dad f*cked him up.

And the way his granddad
f*cked his dad up.

Almighty God, you are the only
source of health and healing.

CASSIE: Does your dad
work out every day?

♪♪

RUE: Except his dad was
such a f*ckin' idiot.

- He couldn't even control himself.
- [MOANING]

I want you to come with
my tongue in your ass.

Ah, f*ck.

RUE: And had jeopardized
everything their family worked for.

Any soon-to-be-Mamas wanna take a dip?

♪♪

RUE: Sometimes... he
just wished that his dad

would drop dead of a heart att*ck...

[SCREAMING]

and be free of him.

[MACHINE BEEPING]

But there's no point in
fantasizing about a life

with Cassie when he knew
that Maddy had that disc.

[SHOWER RUNNING]

[SCREAMS] f*ck!

RUE: What if he could
go back to the beginning?

What would he wish?

Where would things go?

Who would he be?

In you, there is calm.

Amen.

- [MACHINE BEEPING RAPIDLY]
- [BODY THUDDING]

[YELLS] Nurse! Nurse!

Nurse!

- [CASSIE GRUNTING]
- Oh, my God!

CAL: You f*ckin' whore. Slut.

[MOANING]

[GRUNTING, MOANING CONTINUE]

[DISCORDANT, CHAOTIC MUSIC PLAYING]

[SCREAMING, MOANING]

[MUSIC ENDS]

[BABY CRYING]

["I'VE NEVER FELT SO
ALONE" BY LABRINTH PLAYING]

♪♪

♪ Oh-oh-oh ♪

♪ Ah-ah-oh ♪

RUE: It was the first day
of school after the new year.

And I finally had everything
I'd ever wished for.

[ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYING]

♪♪

- You know you're like a dream?
- [JULES CHUCKLES]

I didn't know you were
such a romantic, Rue.

What can I say?

Oh, f*ck... I completely
forgot he goes to our school.

JULES: I love you.

RUE: If this assh*le says

anything about doing dr*gs,

I will literally slit
his throat in the quad.

Rue?

Yeah?

I said, "I love you."

- I love you, too.
- You kinda checked out for a second.

RUE: Please, God, do
not f*ck up my life.

- ELLIOT: Yo, Rue.
- RUE: Hey.

What's goin' on?

- JULES: Hi.
- Hi.

Nothin'.

I'm Jules.

Sorry, this is Jules.

Hey, I'm Elliot. Nice to meet you.

Sorry, introductions
are, usually, very, um,

overwhelming and...
debilitating for me...

at least.

Uh, so, how do you know Elliot?

We met on New Year's.

[CHUCKLES] Oh sh*t, yeah.

That was it, New Year's. That's...

That's where we met.

Jules is my girlfriend.

Wow... I didn't know you were, um...

In a relationship?

RUE: The other thing I
wish I could mention is

I, sort of, spent the last few
days hangin' out with Elliot.

[STRUMMING ELECTRIC GUITAR]

Which was cool 'cause
he makes a ton of money

selling music stems online,

and we bought a bunch of dr*gs.

Um... it was nice to meet you,
and I'll see you later, Rue.

- ELLIOT: Nice to meet you.
- RUE: I love you. Bye.

f*ck. Was it just me, or
was that super awkward?

That was awkward.

- Hey, Cass.
- Hey, Jules.

RUE: Since winter formal,
Cassie had gone through

a low-grade depression.

When was the last time you showered?

When are you gonna clean
your side of the room?

Wait, when have you ever been single?

CASSIE: I was reading
this article on abstinence,

and how not having sex is

like its own spiritual journey.

Right.

The writer compared it to how monks take

their vows of silence,
and I really feel like

that's my journey next year.

Bitch, I don't believe
a word you're saying.

Why?

Because you love to be loved.

How do I fix that?

I don't know, when you wanna say yes,

you just say no.

NATE: Would you like
a ride to this party?

You wanna go to the bathroom?

You able to do this
and not tell anybody?

Yes.

[LIGHT MUSIC PLAYING]

RUE: But she was drunk. Not super drunk.

But she never would've said yes if
Maddy and Nate were still together.

'Cause that would be unforgivable.

Maddy was her best friend.

You just get back from the hospital?

[DOOR SLAMS]

[CASSIE SOBBING]

RUE: Maddy couldn't sleep.

And if she were being
totally honest with herself,

she wanted to be in that
hospital bed with Nate.

♪♪

[PHONE BUZZES]

Lexi, where's the f*cking Tylenol?

Is that Nate's blood on your leg?

Why didn't you wash it off?

♪♪

Nate sent me the most beautiful
text message this morning.

Really? What he say?

[MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING]

That's so sweet.

Yeah, I know he's a horrible person,

but I'm kind of torn.

When are you getting off the phone?

Why do you care?

Because I wanna talk to you.

Hey, Cass, I'm gonna go hang
out with my best friend Theo

and I'll call you later.
Okay. Okay, bye.

RUE: Babysitting wasn't
her first choice of a job.

[CHEERING]

I'm sorry, but -year-olds
can't donate eggs.

That's f*cking Ret*rded.

RUE: She liked the kid she babysat for.

[READING TO THEO]

But what she loved the most was...

["COME RAIN OR COME SHINE"
BY JUDY GARLAND PLAYING]

♪ I'm gonna love you
like nobody's loved you ♪

♪ Come rain or come shine ♪

♪ I guess when you met me ♪

♪ It was just one of those things ♪

- [CAMERA CLICKS]
- ♪ I'm gonna love you ♪

♪ I'm gonna love you ♪

♪ I'm gonna love you
come rain or come shine ♪

♪ High as a mountain
and deep as a river ♪

♪ Come rain or come shine ♪

♪ I'm gonna love you,
I'm gonna love you ♪

♪ I'm gonna love you ♪

- [ALARM BEEPS]
- f*ck.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

Maddy?

f*ck.

♪♪

SAMANTHA: Maddy?

♪♪

- Hey.
- Hi.

- SAMANTHA: Hi.
- How was your night?

Whew...

it was fun, uh...

it's nice to be drunk.

[CHUCKLES]

Maddy?

Can you come here for a second?

Sure.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

Hey... can you help me with this zipper?

I don't know where my husband is.

Oh, yeah, of course.

Thanks.

Thank you for being so sweet.

[SOFTLY]: That's all.

- Good night.
- Good night.

I feel like I would
look so sexy pregnant.

Maddy, please do not get pregnant.

I wouldn't wear any of those
nasty maternity clothes.

I would just be me... plus pregnant.

Remember when I got pregnant?

Yes, and it would be nothing like that.

Well, speakin' of baby daddies,

I've seen the photo that
Ethan posted of the two of you.

It's cute as f*ck.

Yeah, Kat, stop flaunting
your healthy, non-abusive,

wonderful relationship.

It's actually triggering.

Yeah, he's, um... He's really sweet.

RUE: And he was really sweet.

["DO WHAT YOU WANT, BE WHAT YOU
ARE" BY HALL & OATES PLAYING]

I just have to go to the bathroom
real quick, okay?

Okay.

♪ There ain't no right or wrong way ♪

♪ Just a play from the heart ♪

♪ It ain't a sign of weakness, girl ♪

♪ To give yourself away ♪

♪ Because the strong
give up and move on ♪

[MUSIC FADES]

[SWORD SCRAPES]

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

Ethan?

[BLOOD SQUELCHING, SPRAYING]

[TRIBAL MUSIC PLAYING]

Ahh.

He was the love of my life.

No, no, not totally.

[CHUCKLES] Come on.

[GASPS]

What are you doing?

Okay.

Ah.

[MOANING]

Wait, you're telling me
Ethan tore your clothes off

and f*cked the sh*t out of you?

Yeah... it's great.

- Wow.
- Go Ethan!

Bye.

RUE: Nate was released from
the hospital a few days earlier.

CAL: I have a hard time believing

you don't know who did this to you.

- Dad, just leave it alone.
- Well, I'm not going to.

NATE: Yeah, well, you should.

RUE: It's one thing to
dislike your parents.

It's not like you have a choice.

But if you dislike your kid...

well, that's sort of your fault.

I just have a hard time
believing it was unprovoked.

He's our son.

I know... I know. I'm just sayin'.

[CASSIE ON PHONE, CRYING]
... I just wanna k*ll myself.

RUE: As soon as Nate had been
released from the hospital...

he wished he was back in the hospital.

Just take a deep breath.

Nate, I'm legit going crazy right now.

You can't do this to me.

- SUZE: Lex?
- What?

What's going on with your sister?

I think she's having
a nervous breakdown.

About what?

LEXI: I don't know.
Being single or something.

No...

those aren't the emotions
of a single person.

RUE: The only way Nate was
able to calm Cassie down enough

to stop crying was to tell her...

I promise we can meet
in person next weekend.

RUE: But then he said something
that totally freaked her out.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

NATE [ON PHONE]: If Maddy
finds out, she's gonna spend

the rest of her life trying to k*ll me.

I know.

NATE: But she'll actually k*ll you.

♪♪

f*cking r*cist.

Ahh!

Sorry, I didn't hear you, bitch. What?!

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

♪♪

[FRANTIC ORGAN PLAYING]

- JULES: Hey, Cass.
- CASSIE: Hey, Jules.

RUE: Now, at the time,
I didn't know how much

the Elliot thing upset Jules.

But I never thought that Jules
was like clingy or jealous,

so I didn't think it'd be a big deal.

- It is a big deal.
- Why?

The fact that you're even
asking me to explain it to you

- is kind of an even bigger deal.
- Oh, I don't understand

how such a small f*cking thing

has become such a big f*cking thing.

- 'Cause it hurt my feelings.
- RUE: Why?

'Cause I can tell you
have a crush on him.

I do not have a f*cking crush on him.

JULES: Then why else would
you forget meeting him?

- Like, "Oh, that's right. New Year's."
- Jules, it's not like that.

- "Silly me."
- RUE: It's not like that.

Well, I hope not.
That would really suck.

- I'm sorry.
- Um, I gotta be home in minutes,

or else I'm gonna get
grounded for another two weeks.

I'll see ya later, Rue.

- I get you in trouble?
- Yeah, kinda.

I feel like we should do dr*gs.

[ELECTRONICA MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ Hey, y'all know what's up ♪

Why don't you have a seat, Cassie?

Mr. Jacobs believes you
know who assaulted his son.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

[SLURPS]

RUE: Meanwhile...

Fezco had a new house guest.

Ashtray was so pissed off
he couldn't even speak to Fez.

[SIGHS]

- Good morning!
- Morning.

RUE: Fezco couldn't
understand the whole story.

[DOG BARKING]

But apparently Faye had pushed

the motel manager off the balcony.

[MANAGER YELLING]

- [DOG BARKING]
- [HELICOPTER HOVERING]

The f*cking cops are looking for Faye.

What the f*ck!

[CRIES] I, I didn't do anything.

RUE: Unfortunately,
Custer wouldn't leave her.

I know, dude, but she's
the love of my life.

RUE: And the last thing Fezco needed

was the cops finding Faye with Custer.

- [WHINES]
- Get in the f*cking vent.

OFFICER: I know you're in there.
Open up!

CUSTER: Oh my God.
Get in the f*cking vent!

I love you.

RUE: Custer told Fez he could find her

behind the dumpster
of the new Taco Bell.

[RAP MUSIC PLAYING ON CAR STEREO]

Don't look at me like that.

The only reason that I went so crazy

is because the motel manager
kept saying such mean things.

I honestly don't give a f*ck.

RUE: So Faye came to live with Fez.

Yo, don't touch nothin'.

- Don't talk to Ash.
- Okay.

And don't go in
my f*ckin' room, all right?

I promise.

- Want some of my sandwich?
- FAYE: Okay.

Cassie, I asked you a question.

LEXI: She didn't see anything.

I'm not asking you. I'm asking her.

I already told Mrs. Jacobs
I didn't see anything.

I know. We just don't believe you.

I'm telling the truth.

Look, Cassie, I'm more than happy to get

the Chief of Police,
Bill Greenwood, involved.

Old family friend.

Maybe he should have this
conversation with you.

With everyone, in fact. You know?

Get everyone's cell phones.

Text histories.

Find out what exactly happened.

Should we do that instead?

RUE: Now, what scared
the sh*t out of Cassie...

was last night she texted Nate.

[TEXT NOTIFICATION]

[PHONE RINGING]

Hello?

NATE [ON PHONE]: Don't ever
put that in writing again.

I'm sorry.

Don't look at her. Look at me.

- Why would you say that?
- What?!

- What was I supposed to do?
- Not say anything.

You heard him!
He was going to call the police!

No, he wasn't. He was bluffing,

and you fell for it 'cause
you're a f*cking idiot!

Why do you even care?!

Because you just ruined someone's life!

Fezco almost k*lled Nate!
That was his decision.

RUE: Lexi had thought
about that night a lot.

How could Fezco be so kind to
her, and so violent towards Nate?

She couldn't remember the last
time someone her age asked her

so many questions about herself.

He actually cared about
what she had to say.

And then, minutes later...

almost b*at Nate Jacobs to death.

And even if Nate deserved it,
it was a horrible thing to do.

It made her think about her entire life.

How she's always been so passive.

How she never had
the courage to say anything.

And even the time when she did
get the courage to say something?

Rue, you really need to get help.

What, are you gonna
tell my mom or something?

Yeah, if you don't stop.

Okay.

- [SNORTS]
- She backed down.

SUZE: Hon...

I don't wanna scare you...

but somethin' happened to Rue.

She's okay. She's okay.

But I think she overdosed.

[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]

Oh...

Come here. Come here.

[LEXI CRYING] It's my fault.

RUE: She hated herself for being so weak

and passive and afraid.

So, a couple of days
after Cal came over,

she decided to say something.

["HAUNTED" BY LAURA LES PLAYING]

♪ Yeah, do you think it's cute
that I'm so f*cking stupid ♪

♪ Tired of bein' useless ♪

♪ I've been up for three days ♪

♪ Everything is haunted,
everybody's evil ♪

♪ And there's bugs inside the carpet ♪

♪ Do you think I'm frightening ♪

♪ Organ chords and lightning,
if I show my fangs ♪

♪ Will you tell me that they're cool ♪

♪ Mirrors shatter when I'm passing ♪

♪ Broken glass and crashing ♪

♪ Little blurry stars
scattered all across my room ♪

[LOADS g*n]

RUE: Now, I didn't know any of this

'cause I was with Elliot
smokin' a little bit of weed.

Jules invited me over
to her house for dinner.

I guess like to apologize,
but I had NA that night

so I went to Elliot's for a bit.

♪ Long as I've got your love ♪

♪ You know that I'll never leave ♪

♪ When I wanted you to share my life ♪

♪ I had no doubt in my mind ♪

♪ And it's been you, woman ♪

♪ Right down the line ♪

♪ I just wanna say this is my way ♪

♪ Of tellin' you everything ♪

♪ I could never say before ♪

♪♪

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

DAVID: Should I just put dinner
in the oven till Rue gets here?

Uh, no, she's not coming.
She has a meeting.

You sure she's a good influence?

She's part of the reason you
decided to get on that train.

Yeah, but she's not the one
who got on the train.

It still doesn't answer my question.

You know what I feel like
nobody in my life understands?

Is that like dr*gs are honestly
the only way I can be myself.

Yeah, I, I don't think that's true.

Nah, it is true.

Like when I first met you,

I would've never had
the balls to just, like,

- come up to you and talk to you.
- Why?

RUE: I don't know. I'm just
like a deeply shy person.

And like with Jules, right? Like...

when I first met her, I was just...

immediately in love.

- In love?
- RUE: Yeah.

When you say it out loud
it kind of sounds small.

What's a bigger feeling than love?

Loss.

ELLIOT: You think?

Yeah, I think so.

Yeah.

I don't know. Maybe
that's what it was, right?

Like...

as soon as I saw her, I was just
immediately afraid to lose her.

Who have you lost?

Uh, my dad.

- Meaning?
- Meaning he's dead.

sh*t, I'm sorry.

It's fine. You didn't, like, k*ll him.

How was he k*lled?

RUE: Oh, he wasn't.

- Are you f*cking with me right now?
- [RUE LAUGHS]

Uh, no, it was, it was cancer.

sh*t.

[RUE SIGHS]

Yeah.

- How old were you?
- RUE: I was .

- So recently.
- Not really.

I feel like that's kind of recent.

I don't know. I guess.

Honestly it feels like
f*ckin' forever ago.

Is that why you started doing dr*gs?

[CHUCKLES] That's funny.
That's what, uh...

That's what everybody asks in rehab.

- ELLIOT: What do you mean?
- Uh, just that, you know, like,

I wish it was that
simple, you know, like...

"Well, my dad d*ed, so
I started doing dr*gs."

- ELLIOT: Yeah.
- Yeah.

I feel like everyone's
looking for like a...

cause and effect.

Sometimes sh*t's just
like is what it is.

RUE: Yeah, exactly.

I don't know.

To be honest, if my dad was still here,

I'd probably still be doin' this sh*t.

[RUE SNORTS, GRUNTS]

How does Jules not know
that you're doing dr*gs?

Ugh, 'cause I'm good at my job.

Do you think it's a good
thing that we're friends?

Yeah, why?

I just feel like...

we might not bring out
the best in each other.

I feel like I'm okay with that.

ETHAN [ON PHONE]: I love you.

- I love you.
- ETHAN: I love you more.

I love you more than more.

[VIDEO PLAYS ON COMPUTER]

[VIDEO PLAYS ON COMPUTER]

RUE: Ethan made plans with
Kat to go bowling that night.

Kat was depressed because
she couldn't figure out why

she didn't love Ethan.

So she decided to make
a list of pros and cons.

But she couldn't think of anything,

which made her realize Ethan
might not be the problem.

Mmm. [IMITATES g*nsh*t]

[VIDEO PLAYING]

RUE: Kat hated herself.

But the problem with hating yourself
is you can't really talk about it.

Because at some point recently,

the whole world joined a self-help cult

and won't shut the f*ck up about it.

It's not gonna solve
all your life problems,

but it is gonna solve...

INFLUENCER: Kat.

You're one of the bravest,

most beautiful human beings

I have ever seen.

- [MOUTH FULL] That's not true.
- Yes, it is.

I wish I had your confidence.

But I don't, like... feel healthy.

Yes, you are.

No, like... seriously. I'm not.

Kat, you just have to love yourself.

KAT: But that's what
I'm trying to tell you!

I f*cking hate myself!

Every day you get out of bed...

It's an act of courage.

That's easy for you to say.

You don't have like
f*cking mental problems.

Yes, I do. Why do you
think I look like this?

Are you kidding?

I wish my mental problems
made me look like you.

- Trust me, you don't.
- KAT: Trust me, I do!

You're like the most beautiful
person I've ever f*cking seen.

Maybe by a white, cis-male,
heteronormative standard.

Oh, my God. Are you f*cking joking?!

[YELLS] Kat! Are you f*cking serious?!

That's not you f*cking
talking! It's the patriarchy!

It is me talking! You are not listening!

No! Society puts things into your mind!

I don't care about
society! I feel like sh*t!

Kat, you need to smash
all beauty standards.

But I can't even get out of bed!

You have to love yourself.

You need to find your
inner f*ckin' warrior!

- Become a bad bitch.
- Just like you did last year.

- But that wasn't even real.
- It looked real.

- KAT: That was the point!
- I found it inspiring.

- Shut the f*ck up!
- Love yourself! Love yourself!

Love yourself! Love yourself!

[KAT SHOUTS] Leave me alone!
Get the f*ck out!

[SHOUTING, CHANTING CONTINUE]

[PHONE CHIMES]

[CHANTING STOPS]

f*ck.

[PHONE BUZZES]

Hey.

Uh, nothing just...
depressed in the bath.

Bowling?

["SHE BRINGS THE RAIN" BY CAN PLAYING]

♪♪

♪ Yes, I care if she brings me spring ♪

♪ But don't care about nothing ♪

RUE: What the f*ck?

♪ She brings the rain ♪

♪ Oh yeah, she brings the rain ♪

♪♪

♪ In the dawn of the silvery day ♪

[LINE RINGING]

♪ Clouds seem to melt away ♪

♪ She brings the rain ♪

♪ Oh yeah, she brings the rain ♪

♪ She brings the rain,
it feels like spring ♪

NATE [ON VOICEMAIL]:
Yo, this is Nate. I'm busy.

Leave a message at the beep.

♪ She brings the rain ♪

♪ Oh yeah, she brings the rain ♪

[PHONE BUZZES]

♪ She brings the rain,
it feels like spring ♪

♪ Magic mushrooms out of things ♪

♪ She brings the rain,
it feels like spring ♪

♪ She brings the rain,
it feels like spring ♪

♪ She brings the rain,
it feels like spring ♪

♪ She brings the rain ♪

♪♪

[GRUNTS]

[WHIRRING]

[SIGHS]

Look who the cat dragged in.

Yeah, yeah.

[WHISPERS]: I see you're
still on your su1c1de mission.

Let go. Let God.

[ALI SIGHS]

Where are we goin'?

[INAUDIBLE]

♪♪

What are you thinking about?

We're almost there.

I've never been over here before.

So... you wanna tell me who
that girl was you just had over.

What? No. She's a friend.

I can count on my hand how many
friends you done had over here.

Well, she's one of 'em.

- Mm-hm.
- Mm-hm.

[VOCALIZING]

♪♪

[PINS CLATTERING]

[UPBEAT ELECTRONIC PLAYING]

♪♪

Look, Cass, um...

I really like you.

How I wish that things
could be different.

I just think what happened
between us was a mistake,

and we never should
have did what we did.

Yeah, but...

NATE: It was my fault.

I shouldn't have, uh...

It was my fault, too.

I just thought... I ju... I just
didn't think that I'd get so, um...

It doesn't matter. It is what it is.

We can't see each other.

And we can never, ever speak about this.

I'm so sorry. I'm...
I'm so f*ckin' sorry.

[SHOUTS]: Cassie!

Cass!

- Lexi Howard.
- Hi.

- How you doin'?
- I'm good, um...

- Hi. I'm Faye.
- I'm Lexi, um...

Are, are you guys...

FEZCO: Yeah, no, she's just
stayin' with me for a bit,

but, but she's cool, though.

What brings you out here anyway?

Oh, I just came to get a, a drink.

Okay, well, we got plenty of those.

Um... do you need help finding anything?

No, I'm okay.

Oh, uh, that's the malt liquor.

Yeah, I know.

[CAR DOOR CLOSES]

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

[CAR DOOR CLOSES]

NATE: Cassie!

[AIRPLANE FLYING OVERHEAD]

Cass!

Cassie!

NATE: Cassie!

Cassie!

[AIRPLANE FLYING OVERHEAD]

[MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING]

♪♪

NATE: You don't know
how much power you have.

[KISSING]

[CASSIE MOANS]

NATE [QUIETLY]: f*ck.

How are you ever gonna
look Maddy in the eye again?

Feel sorry I didn't get to
say goodbye on New Year's.

Good evening.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

What's up, man?

♪♪

You got any spearmint gum?

I don't know, man. The gum's right here.

♪♪

This your store?

It's a family business.

CAL: Do your parents own it?

[BAG CRINKLING]

You usually ask this
many questions, man?

Just you.

She tell you who I am?

- Nah, man.
- FAYE: Are you a cop?

No.

♪♪

Just a concerned father.

[CAR DOOR CLOSES, ENGINE STARTS]

[LIGHTS FLICKERING]

[POP MUSIC PLAYING ON SPEAKERS]

You know what's kind of depressing?

- What?
- I'll never find that kind of love.

What do you mean?

There's just no darkness.
It's just sweet.

JULES: Yeah.

I don't know if that would
ever be enough for me.

I don't know... I mean,

I guess some people are
just kinda built different.

Yeah.

Guess so.

ALL: It works if you work it.

[APPLAUSE]

How 'bout you let me
give you a ride home?

Um, I'm okay. I got my, uh, my bike.

Yeah, yeah.

I'm not sure you should be
behind the handlebars right now.

["BLUE MONK" BY THELONIOUS MONK PLAYING]

Yo, you ever listen to Thelonious Monk?

No.

- [SCOFFS]
- What?

Greatest jazz pianist who ever lived.

Supposedly, he had huge hands.

He would play like this,

and then he would roll his hands over,

hit the keys... [FADES OUT]

♪♪

[TURNS OFF ENGINE]

- All right.
- Okay, what are you doing?

I'm gonna introduce
myself to your mother.

What are you talkin' about?

Rue, if my daughter
was gettin' rides home from NA

by a -year-old crackhead,
and he didn't come to the door

to look me in the eye
and shake my hand...

I'd think somethin' was afoot.

O-Okay, but you can't, like,

go in there and start...

- talkin' and stuff, you know?
- Oh sh*t.

You scared I'mma tell your mama
you're still doin' dr*gs, huh?

Oh, the anxiety you must have.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

[KEYPAD BEEPING]

[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]

[EXHALES]

RUE: Mom?

[INDISTINCT]

Five minutes. Okay?

What is she gonna do for five minutes?

MADDY: I don't even wanna know!

[PHONE BUZZING]

I think I'm gonna get
back together with Nate.

It's a mistake, right?

- Don't do it.
- I don't know if I can help it.

I wish you could see yourself
the way the rest of the world does.

[CHUCKLES] I got two daughters
myself, so I know it can't be easy.

I've got a lot of respect for you.

Well, I'm just doin' what I can.

Do you want somethin' to drink or eat?

Do you want to sit down?

Nah, nah, nah. I was just
comin' to introduce myself.

I'm sponsorin' the little troublemaker.

But she's doin' well, right?

I can't tell if that's a statement...

or a question.

[CHUCKLES]

Well, she's got a long way to go.

But so did I at her age.

[SIGHS] Oh, well.

- Thank you for having me by.
- LESLIE: Oh, of course.

- All right. You have a lovely night.
- LESLIE: You too.

Good night.

[DOOR OPENS]

- [DOOR CLOSES]
- [RUE SIGHS]

[CAR ENGINE STARTS]

He's handsome.

♪♪

[THUDDING]

FAYE: Oh...

I'm sorry.

I fell.

Come on, kid. Let's get you to the bed.

Is it true you k*lled Mouse?

FEZCO: Go to sleep.

You want to tell me why some
punk drug dealer b*at you up?

NATE: You sure you want
to have this conversation?

Yeah, Nate. I do.

Okay.

I don't think you want Mom to hear.

[CLEARS THROAT]

You remember that classmate
of mine that you f*cked? Jules?

All right, so
she told her best friend...

who told her drug dealer.

And now they keep threatening
to go down to the police station,

and say that you like
to f*ck little kids.

f*ck.

So maybe I was stickin' up for you.

- I want to apologize...
- I don't need your apologies.

CAL: I need you to understand...

I didn't know she went to your school.

- I didn't know how old she was.
- Mm-hm.

Well, what she didn't know
is that you were filming her.

Do you have it?

[FUNKY ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYING]

CAL: Nate?

Do you have it?