16x07 - Mel and Danny Get Up Close and Personal

[bunniefuu]

[theme music playing]

[Wes] This is the true story...

-[woman] Yee-haw!
-[Lacey] Of seven strangers...

-[Rachel] Picked to live in a house...
-[Lacey chuckling]

[Nehemiah] Work together,
and have their lives taped...

-Oh-h*.
-[Johanna] To find out what happens...

[Danny] When people stop being polite...

-[man] Shut up!
-[Melinda] And start getting real.

[all laughing]

The Real World. Austin!

[light rock music playing]

♪ You're my girl and I'm your boy ♪

♪ And don't it make your heart
Just jump for joy ♪

♪ I'm in love ♪

It's Valentine's Day, February 14th.
And I'm very excited.

[Danny] Where can I find a place
to get a shirt and tie?

I am taking Mel to Oasis
for Valentine's Day

'cause I know
she really, really wants to go.

-Do you need to buy Danny something?
-Yeah.

[Johanna] Is that your question?

[Rachel] I think you should at least
get him a card or something.

[Johanna] Yeah, get him a card for sure.

I'm really unsure what to do for Danny,
because I don't want to do anything

that's, like, "I love you.
I want to have your babies."

And I don't want to do anything

that's like, "Hey."
You know, "Happy Valentine's Day."

You can just hide it in your purse

-if things go awry.
-[Johanna] Yeah!

Just keep it in your purse
and don't give it to him

until he gives you something.
That's the motto.

I'm gonna go with the card

and box of chocolates
in the shape of a heart.

You cannot go wrong with a card,
because it means you care.

And... and besides,
he did ask you out on a date, to dinner,

which means he's planning
on paying for it. I hope.

[Danny] Yeah, I ain't about to spend

[Nehemiah] Danny is stressed on getting
the perfect shirt and tie.

It's seems to me like this is the
first special date for Danny.

[smacks lips] You don't have
any plain black shirts, do you?

[saleswoman] You're gonna find
everything right here.

-[Nehemiah] That's dope.
-[chuckles] Shut up, dude.

♪ I'm in love with you ♪

[engines rev]

-[Lacey] Who's it from?
-Jason.

We get home,
and I get a Valentine's Day card

from my ex-boyfriend, Jason.
It's a handmade card.

It looks very cute on the outside.
So, I open the card, and...

-[laughter]
-What the [bleep]?

"Sorry about the scribbles.
I wrote this card days before I sent it,

and my feelings changed
about what I wrote."

-What a psycho!
-[Melinda chuckling]

[Rachel] Yeah. He took time
to make sure every word was unreadable.

[Lacey] Why didn't he just buy a new card?

[Melinda] I don't know. [chuckling]

Hang this up. Hello. I have a psycho ex.

-[chuckles]
-[soft music playing]

[Danny] It sucks,
walking all day for a shirt and tie.

[Nehemiah] Me and Danny are going
place to place, to place, to place.

We are determined
to find Danny a shirt and tie.

[Danny] Oh, my God. [bleep].
Is that how much everything is?

How much do you think
this one right here is?

-Don't tell me, dude.
-[Nehemiah] How much do you think it is?

[both chuckle]

-Just take a guess.
-Twelve dollars.

-[Nehemiah] Try again.
-[Danny chuckling] How much is it?

-You said 12? You were close.
-[chuckles] It's 112?

-How about 125?
-[chuckles] Why am I in this store?

I just want to go on a date and get food.
I... [chuckles] This is ridiculous.

-[Danny groans]
-[traffic whizzing]

-[doorbell rings]
-[soft music playing]

-Hi.
-Delivery for Rachel.

-Yeah, that's me.
-All right.

-Great, thank you.
-You're welcome.

[Rachel] Aww. From Eric?

-[wrapper rustles]
-Wow. [chuckles softly]

I got three dozen roses from Eric

which is not surprising
'cause he always thinks of me,

and he always knows
what to do to make me happy.

[soft music continues]

[phone ringing]

-[Ryan over phone] Hey.
-[Lacey] Hi.

-[Ryan] I missed you a lot.
-[Lacey] Me too.

[Ryan] I just can't wait
to be back in the same bed with you.

[Lacey] I sent you a funny Valentine.

-[Ryan] Yay.
-Yay.

It's my first Valentine's Day
with a good boyfriend,

that I know loves me.

But at the same time,
Ryan isn't into Valentine's Day.

He's one of those boys
that call it a corporate holiday.

I never had a Valentine.

-[Ryan] Me neither.
-[Lacey] Mm.

-Taking your Valentine virginity?
-[Ryan] Yeah.

-[Lacey] I'll ease you in slowly.
-[Ryan] Oh, yeah. Gee, thanks.

-[Lacey] You're welcome.
-[upbeat music playing]

[Johanna] Is that what you're gonna
wear tonight? It's hot.

-I don't think.
-[Rachel] That's what I said.

-I think it looks really hot.
-[Johanna] I think it looks hot too.

[Melinda] I am going
on a date tonight with Danny.

I don't know anything about it.
He told me that it's gonna be later,

so don't eat any time after four o'clock.
It's exciting, and I feel like such a girl

because I've never really been
in this situation,

where I've been
treated this way on Valentine's Day.

-I like it a lot.
-I like it better on you than...

-[laughs]
-[mumbles]

[phone operator] Two new messages
are in your mailbox.

First message, today.

[Danny's Dad over phone]
Hey, Danny, it's your dad.

Dan, can you call me?
It's important. When you get in.

All right. Thanks.

[phone operator]
To repeat this message, press one.

To save it, press two.

-New... First message, today.
-[phone key beeps]

[Danny's Dad] Hey, Danny, it's your dad.

Dan, can you call me?
It's important. When you get in.

All right. Thanks.

[intense music playing]

[lively pop music playing]

[women chuckling]

[Rachel] This is so cute.

What a happy Valentine's Day
this is ending up being.

-[doorbell rings]
-That's the doorbell.

Oh, maybe it's wine
and flowers for Joey. [chuckles]

Definitely nothing for me.
Damn it. [chuckles]

-[door squeaks]
-[Rachel] It is you!

-You're so sweet.
-Okay, hold on.

-Mm. Good job.
-Oh, we love you!

[Rachel whispers]
Wait, I'm gonna go bring it upstairs.

♪ Dreams can come true ♪

-I'll see you later.
-Bye!

-[Lacey] ♪ Dreams do come true ♪
-[Rachel] Special delivery for Johanna!

Yeah, right. [chuckles]

[Rachel] Do you think
I just went down to street and bought it?

Smell my shirt.
I smell like him. I hugged him.

-[sniffs] Oh, he was here?
-[Rachel] Yeah. And I said,

"Come in. Come in." He goes,
"I gotta go back to work."

-[Johanna] Aww.
-[Rachel] And I am like...

-And he put, like, notes in every flower.
-Oh, no!

[Rachel squealing] What do they say?

-What do they say?
-They're for everyone.

-Aww!
-Aww!

-Oh!
-He got me one?

-Aww!
-Aww!

I love Leo. Leo is a stand-up man.

Dude, he is totally getting laid tonight.

-Oh, my God.
-If you don't, I will!

[Rachel] That's so cute. Oh, man, Jo.

♪ La, la, la, la, la, la... ♪

-[shopkeeper] Do you want all of 'em?
-[Danny] Yeah.

-[indistinct chatter]
-[lively music playing]

-[machine dings]
-[Danny] One twelve fifty-eight?

[indistinct chatter]

I thought it said outside,
two dozen is what?

-If you get the long stems.
-For the long stems.

Oh. [chuckles] Happy Valentine's Day.

-[traffic whizzing]
-[Danny] Where's our cab?

-This is a freakin' nightmare.
-Bro, where they come from? Up there?

I am gonna show up,
my... my rose will be dead.

Did you tell her
what time the reservations were?

[Danny] She's probably at home,
think I stood her up.

By the time I get home, she goes out.

[both chuckle]

Now, if that happens...

-[Danny] I'll punch her in the ovaries.
-[Nehemiah] I'll punch her too.

-[chuckles]
-"You know what we had to go through?"

[both chuckle]

-Flowers, 110 dollars.
-[chuckles]

Tie, 60 dollars. Taxi, 150 dollars.

-Spending time with Nehemiah, priceless.
-[chuckles]

[Nehemiah] There are some things
that money can't buy.

-[Danny] Shut up.
-[both chuckling]

-[bell dings]
-[tires screech]

[Danny] Dude, I cannot wait to get home
and Mel be dressed up.

[grunts]

-[Danny] Don't laugh.
-[Nehemiah] You better get dressed up.

We didn't come out today
for you not being dressed up.

[Danny chuckling]

I might just sit out here
and find me a date.

[Nehemiah] Big Tex.

-Holla at you, boy.
-[Danny] 'Sup, big.

[chuckles]

-[Rachel] Oh, those are so pretty.
-I wrapped them myself.

-Oh, those are beautiful.
-Is Mel home?

-Hey, I got you flowers.
-Thank you.

-You're welcome.
-[smooches] Mm.

That's so nice of you.

Danny has this huge smile
on his face and he gives me these roses

and I just want
to hug him and squeeze him.

He's taking it as serious as I am.

-You fine?
-Yeah, I just woke up.

[both chuckle]

-[Melinda] Thank you.
-[Danny] You're welcome.

-They're beautiful.
-I wrapped 'em.

-Yeah, I did this.
-[chuckles softly] You did this?

[Melinda] I made everybody a card
and I made you one.

♪ Always ♪

♪ I love you, love you, love you
I love you, love you, love you ♪

[Danny] I'm really excited about tonight.

I just can't wait to... to show her
a good time, I can't wait to...

just have a good night with her.

♪ Always ♪

[Johanna] Danny, your dad called.
He said it's important.

He said it's important. Call him back.

-[Danny] Did he really?
-[Wes] Mm-hmm.

-[Lacey] Yeah, he did.
-[Danny] That's not good.

-[Melinda] Did you wrap this yourself?
-[Danny] Yes.

[Danny, Melinda chuckling]

[phone thudding]

-[dial pad beeping]
-[dial tone ringing]

-[Danny's Dad over phone] Hello?
-Dad?

-[Danny's Dad] Dan?
-You were looking for me?

[Danny's Dad] Yeah, I was looking for you.

-What's up?
-[Danny's Dad] I have some bad news.

-What?
-[Danny's Dad] Your mom died.

-[tense music playing]
-[Danny's Dad] She died this morning, Dan.

What?

[Danny's Dad] Mom died.
She died this morning.

-[Danny] What's up?
-[Danny's Dad] I have some bad news.

-What?
-[Danny's Dad] Your mom died.

She died this morning, Dan.

What?

[Danny's Dad]
She had a heart attack, they think.

At eleven o' clock. We didn't find out
till about four o' clock.

-[indistinct chatter]
-[sniffs]

-[Danny's Dad] You there?
-[sobs]

[Danny's Dad] I know it's not the way
to tell you, but I... I got to tell you.

[sobs]

-Tell me you're joking.
-[Danny's Dad] No, I'm not joking.

[sobs]

Dad, Dad, don't play.
Don't play, Dad. [sobs]

-[sobs] Dad, you're lying.
-[Danny's Dad] No, I'm not lying, Dan.

They took her out
in an ambulance today. She died at Lahey.

-[sobs]
-[Nehemiah] Melinda.

-Melinda.
-Dad, I...

-[indistinct chatter]
-[Danny] Dad, I got to call you back.

[Danny's Dad] You want to talk to Janie?

-No, I gotta call you back.
-[Danny's Dad] All right. Bye.

-[phone thuds]
-[sobs]

-[sobs]
-[Nehemiah] What's up?

-[Danny sobbing] This is not happening.
-What's up?

[sobs] My mom died.

[slow music playing]

[Nehemiah]
I cannot believe that this just happened.

Then again, life is unexpected.

[Danny sobbing]

His mom died.

[Danny sobbing] This is a sick joke.
[sniffs] Oh, my God.

[Danny groans]

[Lacey] What should we do?
I mean, what can you do?

[Nehemiah] No one knows
what to say or how to react.

I don't think that there
is anything to say to Danny.

[Danny sobbing]

[Wes] I've experienced tragedies
such as this. Almost two years ago,

one of my best friends
was k*lled in a car accident.

I know how he's feeling,

and I can put myself
back in that situation.

I remember how much I wanted to be alone.

It's not your grandma,
who's older and you kind of...

Right. That's why when you said
"Mom," I was like, "What?"

[Johanna] But, like, your parents?
It could've been any of us.

It could've been my mom.
It could've been Lacey's mom.

It could've been any of us.

God, Danny just gets one thing
after the other after the other.

-[Rachel] Yeah.
-[Lacey] Yeah, he does.

-[tense music playing]
-[Danny sobbing]

[Danny] That is not happening. [sobbing]

-[Melinda] I'm so sorry.
-[Danny sobbing] That is not happening.

I should've been home. [sobs]

I should've been home. [sobbing]

-You can't blame yourself, Danny.
-[Danny] I should've been there.

[Melinda] I'm trying to be so strong,
and I'm trying to...

really just be
a huge support system for him.

And it's hard for me
because I don't know the right words

to say to make everything okay.

[Danny] I didn't even get
to say goodbye to her, Mel.

-She knows you loved her, though.
-[Danny sobbing]

[Melinda] I'm so sorry, Danny.

I don't think there's anything
that I can say to make it okay,

and I'm trying not to cry,
and I'm trying to...

I guess just be to him
what I'd want someone to be for me.

[Danny] Oh, God. [sobbing]
And she died on Valentine's Day.

[slow music playing]

It's okay.

[Dany sobbing] Why?

[slow music continues]

[Nehemiah] Life takes turns when you...

don't necessarily want them to take turns.

And that's just a part of life.
It's just something that as human beings,

we do have to come to accept,
knowing that tomorrow is not promised.

-[Danny] I have to go call my sisters.
-[Melinda] Okay.

-I don't want to leave you by yourself.
-I'm gonna come with you.

-[dial pad beeping]
-[dial tone ringing]

-[Kris over phone] Hi, Dan.
-Hey, Kris.

-[Kris] How's it going?
-[sobs] I hate this place.

-[Kris] Why?
-I should've been home, Kristin.

[Kris] Well,
that has nothing to do with it, Dan.

-She was so happy you down were there.
-[sobs] Kristin, I should've been home.

[Kris] No, she wouldn't want you
anywhere else.

-[sobs]
-[Kris] You know that.

Kris, I didn't even get
to say goodbye to her, Kris.

[Kris] You talked to her the other night.

She said you called her,
and she was so happy.

-[sobs]
-[Kris] Are you coming home?

-[sobs] Yeah.
-[Kris] All right.

-When are you coming, do you know?
-What... as soon as I can.

[Kris] Okay.

[Danny] I'm flying out at 6:00 a.m.

It was the earliest flight
I could get to be with my family.

And my dad and my sisters
are gonna pick me up at the airport.

[bag rattles]

[Danny sobbing]

All's I know is that...

I need to be with my family right now.

[Danny sighing, sobbing]
I don't know what to do, Wes.

Everybody here in the house
has tried to make me feel better

but it's just a situation that you can't.

No matter what anybody says,

you know they...
they're gonna be there for you,

and you know that they're there to talk.

But you just don't want to talk.
The only person you want to talk to

is the person that you can't talk to.

[soft music playing]

[phone line ringing]

-[Danny's Mom over phone] Hello?
-[Danny] What's up, Mom?

[Danny's Mom] Hi, Daniel.
You sound much better, Danny.

All right, well, I'm gonna let you go.
I'm gonna lay down.

[Danny's Mom] Yeah. All right.
-[Danny] I'll be in touch soon...

[Danny's Mom] Yeah. Danny,
it's so good to hear from you.

You don't know...
what it does, you know? It's just...

[chuckles softly]
It's awesome to hear from you.

-So please call me again, okay?
-[Danny] Yep.

[Danny's Mom] I love you so much.

I'll talk to you soon, Ma.

-[Danny's Mom sobbing] Bye.
-Bye.

-[phone thuds]
-[melancholic music playing]

[keychain clanking]

My mom gave me these for Christmas.

I'm sorry your Valentine's Day was ruined.

Danny, don't worry about that.

-[smooches]
-[keychain clanking]

[Danny] Valentine's Day,
I should've called her this morning.

I was too drunk.

[sobbing]

[Melinda] I know that Danny didn't have
that great of a past with his mother.

But he said that they were
kind of reconciling their differences.

And it's gotta be hard,
and it's gotta be scary.

[Danny] I am such a failure of a son.

[Melinda] You are not a failure.

[Danny sobs] I failed her.

[Melinda] No, you did not fail her, Danny.

[Danny sobbing] I talk all the time
about having regret,

not having regret,

and regret is the worst thing
in the world.

And now look what I have to live with.

[sniffs]
I will never, ever, ever forgive myself.

-[soft music playing]
-[traffic whizzing]

[car brakes squealing]

-Do you have all the information?
-Yeah.

-Like what gate you're at and everything?
-Oh, yeah.

[soft music continues]

[Danny] I don't want to go home...

'cause I know why I'm going home.

[sobs] I don't want
to have to bury my mom.

-[sobs]
-[slow music continues]

[indistinct announcement]

[Melinda] Danny has touched my life
and touched my heart.

-Mm.
-[indistinct announcement]

[Melinda] You'll be okay. You'll be okay.

He definitely...

[smooches]

...is a huge influence on me.

Mm.

I just hope that he'll be okay.

[indistinct chatter]

Bye, hon.

[Melinda] And I wish, I hope, I pray
that he will come back here.

[suitcase rattles]

[Lacey]
What are you gonna write in it, Jo?

-Tell me something.
-[Johanna] Um.

-Thanks for showing me a good time?
-[chuckles] Yeah.

Just put,
"Can't wait for dinner, Johanna."

-That's what he wrote!
-[Lacey] Really?

-"Hope to see more of you soon."
-When I'm not drunk!

Write, like,
"You are such a beautiful person,

I'm excited to get to know you more."

-"You're such a beautiful person?"
-[Rachel] Okay, that... [chuckles]

Put, "Good things happen
when you least expect them.

-See you at dinner."
-[Rachel gasping] Oh.

-[Johanna] That's good! That's good!
-I won!

You won. That was really good.

[Lacey] Just gotta get
the juices flowing. [chuckling]