[sighs]
[door opens]
Bailey.
Where were you?
Man, it just keeps getting
worse and worse with you.
You get in your car drunk.
You had to be drunk, right?
-Were you?
-Yes.
But Sarah's okay. She's okay.
I just-- I saw her.
You dumped her at the hospital,
somebody you're
supposed to care about.
-I know.
-No, you-- You don't know.
You have no idea 'cause
you weren't here going nuts
every time the phone rang,
thinking it was gonna be some
person with that voice saying,
"Is this the family
of Bailey Salinger?
Are you the next of kin?"
You just can't keep
doing this to us.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry that I put you
through that.
[scoffs] It doesn't mean
anything anymore, Bay.
You say it enough times
and they're just words.
You gonna keep drinking
till you k*ll yourself?
-Is that the plan?
-No.
'Cause I can't stand this
anymore either.
I can't do this.
[sighs]
And there was...
Her blood...
...in the jeep.
I had her blood on me.
I'm done.
It's over.
I'm not gonna drink anymore.
I don't know if I believe you.
I know.
So here. Take this.
[sniffles]
Without that, I can't...
Get into bars
and I can't buy beer
or anything.
So take it and,
and get rid of it.
You do it.
[theme song playing]
♪ Everybody wants to live ♪
♪ Like they wanna live ♪
♪ And everybody wants to love ♪
♪ Like they wanna love ♪
♪ Everybody wants to be ♪
♪ Closer to free ♪
♪ Closer to free ♪
Sorry. Sorry.
Okay.
Well, yeah.
Yeah, for sure.
No. Uh, uh, great.
No. Do it. Do it.
Uh, yes.
Thank you.
I know. I, I know I'm late.
Sarah just got home
from the hospital,
and I lost track of--
What time were we supposed
to meet your dad?
I'll call. I'll explain.
He's probably big
on promptness, huh?
Griffin?
That--
That was Arnie Horn
on the phone.
Uh, the ship offered me
a settlement.
[chuckles]
It's a--
It's a hundred thousand.
I, I get
a hundred thousand dollars.
-[laughs]
-[Julia] Oh, my God.
[both laughing]
Oh, my God!
[laughs]
I mean, I can move out of this
rat hole and get a decent place.
-[laughs]
-Wait, wait.
And I don't have to settle
for the first crap job
that comes along.
And, and us...
You-- What you do you want?
You want a pony?
-You want a Porsche?
-God, this is amazing. Wow.
Yeah. When does stuff like this
happen to me?
Today.
Yeah.
Wow. You know, I gotta
get over to Arnie's
and, uh, pick up the check.
He's gonna have it
messengered over,
and then you and I,
we're gonna blow off
this Dad thing,
and we're gonna celebrate.
No, we should go.
You haven't seen him in months.
He's just gonna bum me out.
Oh, come on, you have
something great to tell him.
You got a hundred
thousand dollars.
Yeah.
His head's gonna fly off.
That's worth going for.
-Yeah.
-[chuckles]
It's late.
Why'd you let me sleep so late?
'Cause I don't think you've
had a decent night's rest
since Owen's birthday.
Mmm.
Thanks.
I didn't realize how much
this whole thing with Bay...
Sometimes I think my brain's
like one of those CD changer,
you know?
All the discs shuffling:
the kids,
the restaurant, us.
Except lately,
it's just been stuck on Bailey.
So are you okay?
Are we okay?
Did I miss anything?
-We're fine.
-Good.
-[both laugh]
-Just checking.
There is one thing.
I didn't wanna mention it
before, 'cause you were so--
Uh, you know that old hotel
downtown, the Empire?
Well, the owners were
getting ready to tear it down,
but I begged and pleaded
and yelled
"tax deduction" enough,
so they agreed to donate it
to the program
to convert
into low-income housing.
That's great. Wow.
Uh-huh. See, now, here's
where it gets interesting,
'cause I need to hire someone
to work with me
to redesign the units
to apartments.
You've done that kind of thing
before, right?
You mean,
us doin' it together?
Mmm-hmm.
Drawing up plans and
supervising construction
and stuff?
I'm there.
Yes.
Don't even talk to anybody else.
I told my mom and dad
I was with Julia.
They're still kind of--
You know, 'cause of--
Yeah. Yeah.
Who could blame 'em?
Does that--
Does that hurt?
Oh, no.
It's like a tiny headache.
[sighs]
Callie's not around, is she?
No, she went back east
for her sister's wedding.
I think she was pretty glad
to get outta here.
Um, what is that?
It smells like beer.
Oh, that's, no.
No. Look.
I was--
I was dumping 'em all out.
Getting rid of it.
Sarah...
Look, um...
I am really glad and--
And grateful that you're here.
But if you don't really
wanna be here...
I mean...
God, I, I almost...
No.
No. I wanna be here.
I wanna help you.
Why?
So you don't forget
that you almost...
So, uh,
do you have, like, a, a...
A plan?
Or is there some kind of,
like, treatment thing?
Yeah.
AA.
I'm gonna go to
my first meeting tonight.
That sounds good.
I guess I should practice, huh?
Hello.
My name is Bailey Salinger,
and I'm an alcoholic.
Bailey, um,
it's Alcoholics Anonymous.
You don't give your last name.
Oh.
It's a good thing I practiced.
I'm sorry we're late.
I know we were supposed to
be here more than an hour ago.
Par for the course.
How have you been, Julia?
Okay. Hangin' in there.
What's with the limp?
Oh, I just kind of messed up
my knee on the boat.
Huh.
What do you mean, "huh"?
Don't sit on that chair.
It's a little shaky.
I, I wanna know
what you were gonna say?
What? That I was careless?
'Cause it wasn't my fault.
Well, I guess taking
responsibility wasn't
a big priority out there, huh?
It really wasn't his fault.
Can I get you something
to drink?
Wait a second.
Just wait a second.
Come here. Look at this.
There. That's why we were late.
We went to pick that up.
What is this? A joke?
Nope.
It's my settlement,
from the owners of the ship.
Wow. I never thought
you'd clear this much money
your entire life.
And neither did I.
Good for you, Griffin.
[Grace] His poor wife.
Oh, tell me this didn't happen.
[Marcia]
Wish I could, but it did.
What's going on?
You look bummed.
You know Robert Barone,
the councilman for our district
where the office is?
He announced his resignation
this afternoon.
Got some 16-year-old pregnant.
An intern on his staff.
[man]
I guess we know what he meant
when he kept saying,
"Our youth is our greatest
resource."
[all laugh]
Ah, politicians, man.
I thought he was
one of the good ones.
He was the program's biggest
supporter on the council.
Kind of a father figure?
[both giggle]
It's not funny.
Whenever there was a close call,
he'd swing the vote our way.
-Who's gonna do that now?
-What about you?
Why don't you run?
What?
[man] You should run
for Barone's seat
on the council.
Why me? Why not you?
'Cause you have
the loudest mouth.
No. It's a stupid idea.
Charlie, tell them
it's a stupid idea.
Please, I mean, her time
is maxed out as it is.
How's she gonna do this
on top of the job?
Plus the hotel project
we're doing. See. Exactly. I'm swamped.
Oh, Grace,
look at this opportunity.
I mean, how many people
are gonna live in that hotel?
Two hundred?
You run for this,
and the entire city
gets to hear you.
Besides, you got the perfect
name for the campaign posters:
"Grace under pressure,"
"Amazing Grace."
See? You can't argue with fate.
I can't?
That wasn't horrible.
He seemed really happy for you.
Yeah, you wanna get some dinner?
Um, what's wrong?
Nothing. I'm hungry.
Griffin.
Before, when you were
in the bathroom,
he asked me to spot him
some cash.
What? Is he in some kind
of trouble, moneywise?
Yeah. Credit cards.
He owes, like,
six grand or something.
So, what'd you say?
I told him I didn't know.
Wait. You said you didn't know
to your father?
What's he ever done for me,
except put me down all the time?
Yeah, but--
But he's your father.
-Would you stop saying that?
-Look,
he asked you.
And, and that must have been
really, really hard.
You're the one who's always
saying what a proud man he is,
and to have to ask you
for help, I think--
I think that shows respect.
Oh, man.
And...
[sighs]
How many times have
you gotten to be
the one to bail him out?
I mean, come on,
how good would that feel?
[groans] Man.
[Griffin sighs]
[man] Well, congratulations
and rah-rah
to all of our birthday people.
We've got about
a 12 million calorie
strawberry shortcake back there
that Jenny made, so...
[applause]
Now, is that for the birthdays
or the cake?
[all laugh]
Dean, would you please
lead us in the serenity prayer?
God...
[all] Grant me the serenity
to accept the things
I cannot change,
the courage to change
the things I can,
and the wisdom
to know the difference.
Keep coming back.
It works if you work it.
[cheering]
[all chattering]
Hi. Hi.
Don't think I've seen you here
before.
This your first time?
Yeah. Yeah, it is.
You've got that, uh,
"get-me-outta-here" look.
[chuckles]
I remember the first 30 days
is a son of a bitch.
But you'll get through it.
That's why we're here.
What's your name? Bailey.
[Walter] I, uh,
noticed you coming
through the door.
I wasn't sure whether to come
up and talk to you or not.
So, uh,
here I am.
No willpower.
Uh-uh.
Don't-- Don't talk to me.
I don't wanna...
No.
What's going on here?
H-how do you guys
know each other?
My parents are dead
because of him.
That's how we know each other.
[man] All right, take care.
[car engine starts]
Hey.
Hey.
You survived.
Uh, yeah.
One piece.
So, um, how did it go?
I mean, did, you know--
Did people get up and talk?
Did you talk?
Mmm-mmm.
Do you wanna get, um,
coffee or something,
or are you tired?
Uh, I think tired.
Okay.
[car engine starts]
I wonder
if anyone's announced yet.
Maybe there's something
on the news.
Can I just mention that this is
kind of out of the blue?
'Cause a couple hours ago,
this wasn't even on your mind.
And now, all of a sudden--
Well, good things happen
when you're not looking for it.
Where's the remote?
Yeah, but just--
Like I said before,
you're totally swamped as it is.
So, I'll sleep
an hour less a night.
And I'll--
I'll delegate.
I'll give Marcia
the hotel thing.
Wait. I thought the whole
point of that project
was gonna be us
doing it together?
But the wrong person
gets on the council,
projects like it
go away forever.
Man, I know
how this is gonna go.
You're gonna be gone constantly.
We'll never see each other.
Okay. Okay.
[sighs]
What if I do
most of the campaign stuff
out of here, out of the house?
Right. Great. Then you won't
even have to go anywhere.
You can just be working
24 hours a day.
Charlie, I'm trying.
And I want this.
Is it too much to ask
for some support?
All right.
-Maybe I'll vote for you.
-[laughs]
[door opens]
Oh, thank you so much.
[door closes]
Hey.
[sighs] Walter Alcott.
Man, Bay...
And he-- He--
He just walks right up to me
like we're old friends,
like I should be glad
to see him.
You don't have to talk to him.
If you want to ignore him,
go ahead.
I do, and I did.
Man, I'm sorry
this happened, Bay.
I know it's easy to say,
and a thousand times
harder to do.
But you gotta put this
outta your head.
Go to a different meeting
if you have to.
But you can't use this
as an excuse not to go. No. It's-- It's not that.
That's not--
[sighs]
I was coming over here just now,
all pissed off, thinking:
"There he is, that--
That stupid--
"This-- This loser
who got in his car drunk
and got in an accident and...
And...
That could have been me."
Charlie, that was me.
How am I different than him?
[sighs]
Luck.
That's all.
Uh, he kept--
He kept thanking me
over and over.
And I was like, "Who are you?"
So that's good.
Yeah, it's great.
It's just, uh, strange.
Him admitting
that he messed up.
I don't know.
I guess you spend
your whole life
hup-hup-hupping people around
and then you retire
and you don't know
what else to do
except for spend money
you don't have.
And then you have to
fight off all those creepy
collection people, you know?
Well, he's lucky
you came back.
Yeah.
Man, if somebody had told me
I'd be up till midnight
bonding with the major...
You know,
that's pretty fancy,
except you don't
have a car.
Yeah, it's actually for him.
He's still driving
that old Ford,
and, uh, I think
it just has AM.
Plus, I think he could use
the distraction.
Here's who's in our district.
Hey, these would be good names
to hit up for contributions too.
Is that ethical
using our database?
Oh, please, if you knew what
some people did to get elected.
-Hey.
-Hey.
There he is.
The man behind the woman.
Ignore her.
I can't ignore her.
We're gonna be workin' together.
Grace tells me it's you and me
on this hotel thing,
the conversion.
What?
[clears throat] Look, um--
Marcia had this thought
and I kind of agreed.
Now that I'm gonna be
doing this,
you know, running for office,
uh, it might look funky,
me giving you this job.
Oh, come on.
I'm sorry. Really I am,
but the press would
go after this in a second.
[phone rings]
Wait. Wait.
I can't help the homeless,
because you're running
for city council?
I can't just throw this
your way now.
It's The Examiner on Line 2.
I'll call back.
Is that how you thought of this?
Some big favor? Some mercy job?
-No, I didn't mean--
-[Marcia] He needs you.
He's on a deadline.
[sighs]
Go. Talk to The Examiner.
[Marcia]
She'll be with you in a sec.
How's it going up there? [Griffin] I don't know.
Something screwy,
but I think I got it.
I can check the instructions
if you want.
Hey, Dad,
did you hear that?
Oh, here we go.
The toilet story.
[laughs]
We installed one
in our old place.
He threw the instructions away,
like, "I don't need those."
Yeah. My dad
was that way too.
Yeah. Well, did you ever see
a toilet flush up?
[laughs]
Fine. You laugh,
but I think we made
a pretty good team sometimes.
[Major Holbrook chuckles]
I've been thinking
about that lately.
This, uh, retirement thing
is not for me.
I'm bored out of my brain.
[sighs]
Julia, could you hand me
a screwdriver, please,
a Phillips head?
I've been, uh, playing around
with some ideas. Um, maybe open up
a private security business.
Thanks.
Yeah, that's good.
That'd be really good for you.
[Major Holbrook] Yeah.
Takes a little money up front,
but, uh, you get it back
real quick.
Yeah.
Anyhow, I've been trying
to come up with a name
for this business, you know,
providing everything
falls into place.
And the one I like best is, um,
Holbrook and Son.
And I know that we have
a three year birthday today.
Walter.
[all cheering]
Hello.
My name is Walter,
and I'm an alcoholic.
[all] Hi, Walter.
Three years.
Three years, one day at a time.
Some days are worse than others.
This week has been, uh...
[sighs]
I thought I knew
all the damage I had done
by my drinking,
and then you find out things
and...
I know this isn't nearly enough,
but I'm sorry.
Some of us drank
and hurt people
very badly,
but, some of you...
Had terrible things done to you,
and maybe that's why
you started drinking
in the first place.
But my p--
My point is,
and I know this isn't fair,
but maybe in some way
it doesn't matter
which one you are.
You're here and I'm here.
And that's the thing
that saves us, isn't it?
We're here.
We have each other.
And God.
We have God.
And thank God
he doesn't discriminate.
He takes care of all of us,
and loves us.
Even if it's sometimes,
very, very hard
to love ourselves.
Griffin's just in the...
-...the shower.
-Mmm.
Can I--
Can I get you anything?
-Coffee?
-No, no, no.
I just had breakfast
with the realtor.
We were, um, starting
to look for a place
for the, um--
[clears throat]
For the business,
-and I was giving her
some parameters to work on.
-Uh-huh.
[clears throat]
You, you know,
Griffin i-is really excited
about doing this with you.
He couldn't stop talking
about it last night.
We didn't get to bed till...
Uh, anyway...
Is he gonna be out soon?
I kind of need his signature
on some forms.
Soon. Yeah.
You know, it's kinda funny
picturing Griffin
as a security guy.
[giggles]
But I guess he'll learn.
Uh, I guess you'll teach him.
Too skinny.
And he'd never
carry a g*n.
I mean, he's been talking about
this no-g*n nonsense
since, uh, he could speak.
Yeah, but he--
He really wants this.
You'll see, he--
He is totally committed to--
To being, like, a team.
Well, I was thinking of him
more along the lines
of a silent partner.
Uh, he wouldn't even
have to come in
if he didn't want to.
Should make you happy.
[shower stops]
Um, I'm just gonna tell him
you're here.
[machine buzzing]
What is goin' on in there?
She's putting in a second
phone line for the campaign.
Ooh. Don't wanna be here
when Julia finds out about this.
I mean, do you know how long
Julia's wanted
her own phone line?
Well, it was either that
or nobody here ever being able
to get or make a phone call.
[scoffs] When's the Xerox
machine coming?
Thursday.
I was kidding.
Okay. Okay. Look, I know I'm,
like, stepping into some really
dangerous territory here.
But this is--
[sighs]
This is a huge imposition
on us, her--
Her doing this here.
What was I supposed to say?
No you can't work
on this project
that's gonna open
all these doors for you,
because it's a royal pain
in the ass for me?
-That was an option.
-No, it wasn't.
Not when you're trying to figure
out how the two of you can be,
you know, happy.
You don't look happy.
You got a men's room
around here?
[sighs]
[car approaches]
[car door opens]
[car door closes]
You goin' in? It's five of.
Yeah.
Soon. Maybe.
I was wondering if you'd
found yourself a sponsor yet?
What are you--
You--
Are you kidding me?
Oh, no. No.
I didn't mean it should be me.
Right, I, I don't mean to be
making this harder for you.
I could go
to a different meeting.
I will, if you want that.
If it upsets you to--
No.
No, it doesn't.
Doesn't matter.
I'll see you inside, then.
Griffin, if I was
doing something, you know,
like making
a big life decision,
and you thought it was
a mistake, would you tell me?
You mean, like not going
to college next year?
You think--
You think that's a mistake?
No.
No. I swear. I--
I was just using that
as an example.
I mean, yeah,
I'd tell you.
What's goin' on?
Well, would you
want me to tell you?
Oh, uh,
tell me what?
[Julia] I don't--
I don't know about
this business thing
with your father.
I don't, I don't know if you're
looking at it the same way,
'cause I, I know for you
it's about sharing something.
Yeah. And?
And I think for him it--
It might be
more about the money.
Oh. Oh, well, I mean, yeah,
I know-- I know that.
I think maybe it's--
It's only about the money.
Did he say something to you?
No. No. It was just
the way he was talking.
You know? I, uh--
Could you be a little specific?
Oh, I don't know.
It was just-- It was--
It was something.
Something. Wow! It's, uh--
It's much clearer now.
Could you give me an example?
Come on, give me more
than something.
Okay.
Okay. Look, maybe I'm wrong.
Maybe I misinterpreted.
I, I don't know him that well.
Maybe--
Yeah, maybe. [door opens]
You didn't come
to the press conference.
I was busy. Sorry.
Well, did you see it
on the news?
I might have caught
a couple minutes of it, yeah.
[sighs]
All right. Go ahead, say it.
I know you're dying to.
Tell me how horrible I was.
You weren't horrible.
You just weren't very good.
What do you mean
I wasn't very good?
Okay.
I wasn't very good.
[clears throat]
Why wasn't I any good?
-Well, A--,
-"A?" There's a whole list?
[chuckles]
I'm sorry. Go ahead. A.
You never smiled, not once.
I was announcing my candidacy
to those people,
not doing stand-up for them.
It looked like you were getting
ready to eat their young.
And all you talked about
was the homeless.
There's gotta be more
to your campaign than one topic.
Is that it? Anything else?
Let me see.
The smiling, homeless--
Oh, yeah.
You shouldn't stand
like this all the time.
It makes you look,
I don't know,
defensive or something.
Right.
[Sarah]
I talked to him this morning.
He said I should meet him after,
and he could drive himself,
so that's good.
Yeah, I think
that's a good sign.
You have an amazing capacity
for forgiveness, Sarah,
I gotta say.
He needs me.
There he is.
[sighs]
Hey. Sorry I'm late.
No problem. How'd it go?
[Claudia]
Hey, Bay, um,
I wanna go with you
to one of your meetings
sometime.
They let people,
don't they?
Look, I, I didn't go
to a meeting tonight,
and I'm not gonna be
going to meetings anymore.
Just wasn't workin' out
for me, so--
[Sarah] What?
-Bailey, you can't--
-Wait a second.
Is this--
Come on,
not because of him?
No. It's--
It's--
-It's complicated.
-Him who?
You weren't gonna use this
as an excuse not to go.
And I'm not.
Use what?
What's going on?
[sighs]
Walter Alcott's there.
At AA. What?
Uh, who is that?
[Bailey] He's just there.
It's like who cares
that he k*lled our parents.
He's just like anybody else,
and, and...
If you think I'm gonna go there,
and hold hands with him
and say prayers
and watch him get all teary-eyed
talking about how God
is gonna take care of him--
Then go to a different meeting.
No. See-- No.
'Cause they're all the same.
[sighs] That--
Everybody sits around
and talks about
how you have to believe
in some kind of higher power.
You have to surrender
yourself to God.
It's right in
the first couple of steps.
And--
And what is that?
When has God
ever taken care of us?
We're sitting here
without Mom and Dad. Come on.
[Bailey scoffs]
Walter Alcott
is living proof that--
That-- No way--
There's no way there's a God.
-Bailey, listen to me--
-[Bailey] No.
Let's--
Let's just order, okay?
Please.
I don't get it.
Why didn't you say anything
about that man
being at the meetings?
I don't know.
You have to go
to AA, Bailey.
You have to.
And say that I believe in stuff
that I don't?
Lie? No. I don't--
I don't wanna do that.
I'm sick of lying,
Sarah, so no.
No. No. Listen to me, okay?
I'm here,
and I'm here with you,
because you promised me
that you were gonna get help.
I tried.
So try again.
Okay? This isn't optional.
Look, you don't have a choice,
here. You have a disease.
And you have to do
whatever it takes to get well.
Okay? So skip the God part.
Do the rest.
No. It, it doesn't work
that way, damn it.
Don't you--
Don't you think
that I wanted AA to be it?
I know there's
something wrong with me.
And if I could believe
that there was really someone
who would--
Who would protect me
and take care of me
and help me not wanna drink
24 hours of every stupid day,
don't you think...
Sarah, don't you think
that I would want that?
[phone ringing] [dog growls]
[phone ringing] [sighs]
Wilcox campaign.
Hey, this is Craig Berlin,
San Francisco Ledger.
Is Grace Wilcox there
by any chance?
She's not. Sorry.
I wanted to give her some ink,
but I'm on deadline.
Maybe I can--
What do you need?
Who am I talking to?
Charlie Salinger.
I'm a campaign consultant.
Okay. We wanted
to get a response
to a statement Don Wallerstein
made this morning.
He said he was running against
Miss Wilcox to, quote:
"Protect the city
from lightweight do-gooders
with zero political know-how."
He said that.
Son of a--
Wait. No. That's--
That's off the record.
But--
But what kind of--
I mean, what is that?
What is politics?
It's listening
to what people need
and then being their, um--
Their--
What do you call it?
Their advocate, their voice.
And Grace, this woman
gets up every morning,
and it's not about "How much
money am I gonna make?"
"How much credit
am I gonna get?"
It's about-- There's these
homeless, hungry people.
"And life's not fair,
and they can't fight
for themselves,
so I'm gonna fight for them."
I mean, maybe somebody else
has more experience
running some slick campaign
and making up lies to get votes,
but I'm telling you what:
Nobody cares
more than Grace Wilcox.
Anything else
I can help you with?
There's a shared copy machine
and a fax machine
just down the hall
next to the coffee room.
Oh, we'll probably get
our own equipment.
Well, I'm afraid you'd still
be charged for use, though.
Whatever.
[sighs]
Boy, there is not much
of a view, is there?
Well, there's a suite
just a few floors up
with a lovely view
of the Bay Bridge.
I just wasn't sure
you needed that much space.
-No. No. Let's see it.
-Great.
Dad, hang on.
I mean, look, maybe we should
just talk about this?
Um, Alice,
why don't you go ahead,
and we'll meet you up there.
Whenever you're ready.
It's 307.
Wait, you don't
like this place?
Uh, it's just--
It's a little fancy.
We come out swinging,
you know,
show people we mean it.
I guess I figured
more along the lines of us
and two phones
in the living room.
How about a couple of tin cans
and some string?
That's not what I'm saying.
I guess I'm just not ready
to take this
huge chunk of cash, and--
I mean--
I mean, a view and machines
we don't even need?
I mean, that's not
what this is about.
Is it?
Boy, you sure had me fooled.
I thought you were serious
about this.
I am serious.
All right, then.
Now, there's a lady upstairs
wanting to show us
an office suite.
Are you listening to me at all?
Are you coming, or are you
gonna flake out on me?
I'm not coming.
I thought you'd changed.
Business as usual.
[sighs]
[man on TV]
Hits the 15-footer,
and it's now 25 to 22.
Golden Bears
with the advantage.
And two minutes left
in the half, in front of a--
[TV playing] [sighs]
Hey, it's me.
What are you doin'?
Well, do you wanna--
Do you wanna come study
over here?
Okay. Good. Good.
Yeah. Um, come soon.
Okay.
[Charlie]
Look, they even spelled
my name right.
Campaign consultant, huh?
Seemed a little bit
more legitimate
than "guy she cuddles with."
[both chuckle]
I sounded pretty smart, huh?
You are smart.
And thank you
for saying all this.
If I win now,
you have nobody to blame
but yourself.
What do you mean?
I want you to win.
I thought you made it clear
you didn't even want me to run.
I didn't, at first.
But this is, uh--
I'm starting to think
this might be kinda interesting,
this politics thing.
Maybe it's something
that we can do together.
So, for example,
we could make this
campaign consultant thing real?
Except I wouldn't
want you to think I was
just throwing it your way
or something.
Are you kidding me?
You need me.
-Hmm.
-[both laugh]
At least one of us
should be good at this.
[both giggle]
There's time. We can
still make it if you want.
[sighs] No.
I think you're making a mistake.
[sighs] I can do this
on my own, Sarah.
I'll--
I'll have my own 12 steps.
Steps 1 through 12: Don't drink.
sh**t.
Hey, um,
do you wanna come
to the market with me?
Gum run.
No. Actually, you know what?
I should get going.
I've got a lot of homework.
Just come with me.
Please, come with me.
Keep me company.
I need milk too.
And--
And the beer,
is right next to it in the case.
It's right there.
Okay. All right.
[sighs]
I can do this.
Okay.
Why don't you call him?
Maybe he wants to apologize?
For what?
For being the same way
he always is to me?
You can't blame
the Major for that.
I'm-- I'm the jerk here
for thinkin' things
were gonna be different.
This isn't your fault, Griffin.
I got...
Had this, uh,
friend on the ship.
Uh, his name was, uh, Ziggy,
like the cartoon character.
He had this big round head, uh,
so we called him, uh...
Anyway, one day we were
having a beer, you know,
we'd been out there
for a couple of months.
And Zig says, uh:
"So how long's your old man
been dead?"
I said, "He's not.
What are you talkin' about?"
He couldn't believe it.
I mean, he says...
He says, "Well, we work
every day together,
"eat every meal.
We live in
this two-by-nothing room,
and you've never,
said one word about him."
He just assumed that...
Sometimes, with you,
I forget.
Oh, 'cause, uh...
You talk about your
mom and dad so much.
It's like they're so...
...in your life.
Sometimes
I have to remind myself
how come I've never met them.
[sighs]
[sighs]
I, I am gonna spoil my kids,
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After their parents die in a car accident, the five Salinger siblings are forced to live on their own, with oldest son Charlie appointed the guardian.
After their parents die in a car accident, the five Salinger siblings are forced to live on their own, with oldest son Charlie appointed the guardian.