All language subtitles for 7th Heaven s05e04 Busted

Where's Mom?

I am perfectly capable of feeding my own
son. I do it all the time. I've fed my

children for over 21 years now. And,
true, for many of them, your mom cooked

most of the meals while I was out
earning the money to pay for those

from time to time, I have fed one of my
offspring, or even all of my offspring,

just as I am doing now, without the aid
of Mom.

I'm just looking for Mom because she
asked me to pick up some soap for her.

No, she's upstairs.

Hey, what are you up to tonight?

I haven't found another job yet, if
that's what you're asking.

No, I just thought if you're going to be
around tonight and the other kids are

going to be around tonight, Matt has a
night off, I thought maybe we might all

hang out and watch a movie together.

Because we haven't all just sat around
together and watched a movie like since

Matt moved out.

I sort of made plans.

You met a guy at unemployment?

Very funny.

I haven't worked anywhere long enough to
get unemployment.

You never...

really said exactly. What happened at
Pete's?

He said that they weren't doing as well
as he thought and he just had to cut

back.

Oh, um, I'm going to Frankie's and
Johnny's house for dinner.

College brochures?

Oh, so now you're getting on my case
about not going to school, too?

I'm not going. I'll find a job.

These aren't for you. They're for me.

I'm applying for early acceptance, and
these are the colleges my counselor said

I could possibly get into, so no one's
on your case.

I didn't have anything else to do
tonight, so I thought I'd do a little

and ask Mom and Dad for advice over the
weekend.

You're applying for early acceptance?

She's just doing it to make me look bad.
No one's trying to make you look bad.

This isn't about you. Oh, right. That's
why you put that stuff down right in

front of my face.

Hello?

Hi, Frankie.

Are you doing this to motivate Mary?

No, I'm really not.

Well, that's okay. It might work anyway.

Nice to know you care about me.

Hey, I do care.

And I'm thrilled you're going to
college.

My sister Lucy is applying to college.

I always wanted to go to college.

Not my fault.

I thought about it, but I didn't do
anything about it.

It'd be nice to get a college degree so
you could finally have some choices of

what you want to do with your life.

You haven't been talking to my parents,
have you?

No.

What if you and I decided to both sign
up for college next semester?

Be sure to apply for that scholarship.

Are you serious?

Sure I'm serious.

I don't know what I want to do either,
but I know I don't want to wait tables

the rest of my life.

If Lucy has anything on local schools,
bring it over.

We'll talk while we make dinner.

Yeah, okay.

It wouldn't hurt to talk.

Oh, and could you bring three steaks?
I've got everything else.

Sure, no problem.

Hey, how did you guys get off tonight,
anyway?

We just couldn't take another Friday
night, so we told Pete that Merson's

and we had to stay home with her.

Well, come on over. We're just hanging.

Okay. Well, I'll stop by the store and
I'll be there.

Don't sound so down. She's fine.

7 Heaven, when I see their happy faces,
smiling back at

me. 7 Heaven, I know there's no greater
feeling than the

love of family.

Where can you go, when the world don't
treat

you right?

to find seven seven

seven seven

Hey, what's going on?

Why was that chair in front of the door?
I slid it over there. Why did you slide

it over there? Didn't want anyone to
come in. Then why didn't you want anyone

come in? No reason.

Yes, I've got a date.

Well, that depends on who the lucky girl
is that you asked out at the last

minute. Marsha Chalker. Oh, I like
Marsha Chalker. She's a very nice young

woman. She's very smart, too.

She was a finalist in the National
Spelling Bee a couple of years ago. She

on television, remember?

No, I don't remember.

Oh.

Where are you taking her? I don't know,
but not to a spelling bee.

Probably a movie.

Okay, well, you better make sure that
Matt knows you've got a date so he

make other plans.

I already talked to him. If I didn't get
a date, the two of us were just going

to go hang out together and pick up
chicks.

He's coming over in an hour anyway.

No, you weren't going to go hang out and
pick up chicks.

We're not going to now. One of us
doesn't need to.

You can't just go hang out with your
brother who's in college and pick up

chicks. Why not?

Because your mother won't let you.

It's not a thing a guy asks permission
from his mother for. It's just a thing

guys do.

There are so many things wrong with this
conversation. I don't know where to

start, but I choose chicks.

I don't like your calling young women
chicks or babes or anything else that

depersonalizes them as human beings and
makes them sound like property to be

acquired. And secondly, you know, you're
never too old or too cool to do what

your mother tells you. And thirdly...

You just started dating, and dating's
not a right, it's a privilege. The

difference between a right and a
privilege is... A privilege can be taken

Exactly. So just go call Matt and tell
him what your plans are.

Yes, ma 'am.

Thanks once again for taking the
attention off me.

What? So you found someone desperate
enough to go out with you at the last

minute, huh?

She's not desperate.

Oh, I see. So you're desperate. There's
nothing wrong with me, and there's

nothing wrong with Marsha.

She was a finalist in the National
Spelling Bee. P -O -O -D -L -U -C -K.

Look, I'm going to go call Matt, and
then I'm going to get ready for what may

the best time I've ever had in my life.
So stop trying to ruin it for me.

Ruthie?

Hey, what's going on?

Nothing. I was just wondering what movie
you'd like to watch tonight.

Youngest gets to pick, except, of
course, Sam and David are too young to

so go for it.

You know there's never going to be
another family movie night again, don't

I mean, out of the five of us who speak
English, you've got four daters.

Face it, it's over.

It's not over. Pick.

All right. Can I sing PG -13?

You're not 13.

I know, but with parental guidance, any
movie's okay.

As long as parents explain the sex and
violence and bad words, what's the harm?

I'll pick.

Whatever. I've got a project for school.

I'm out.

Were you talking to Ruthie? Yeah, I was
going to let her pick a movie for family

night, but she doesn't seem interested.

Why isn't she interested?

Something to do with a project.

She loves that new school.

What school work could possibly be more
enticing than watching a movie?

That's just as well.

Simon talked Marcia Chalker into going
out with him so he and Matt won't be

either.

If Matt and Simon aren't doing family
movie night, I'm not doing family movie

night.

Well, fine. Your father and I will watch
a movie together with no one around.

Just the two of us?

A little popcorn.

A little wine.

A little you.

A little nauseous.

Do you mind if I have a friend over?

Oh, you mean your infamous husband from
biology, the father of your egg child?

That's over.

This guy's name is Mike. I met him in
the counselor's office.

He's applying for early admission, too.

He's done a lot of research, so he said
he'd help me out.

Financially?

Well, you two can have the kitchen, but
we have dibs on the living room.

Fine. It's not like it's a date.

Does that mean there will be no making
out? This is just a guy. This is just

Mike. There will be no making out.

How many hours do you give her before
she and just Mike are making out over

college brochures? The important thing
is however long it takes for them to

lips, it will be over college brochures.
Lucy's going to college.

This will get the Camden dominoes back
in order.

Matt, Mary, Lucy, Simon, Ruthie.

Sam, David, eventually one of them will
make enough money to take care of us in

our old age. You're not going to grow
old, and neither am I. We're going to

young forever.

And I think I know how.

See you at the movies.

Could you shut her up?

I'm trying to clean this dump before
Mary gets here. You think you could shut

her up?

Smart girl. She knows when to shut up
all on her own.

Hey, look who's here.

Hi.

Hi. Come on in.

I'd like to, but...

Okay, this is her house right here.

Aren't we a little early for a date?
It's still light out.

Marsha has an early curfew.

Wait, hold it, Romeo.

Are you sure you know what you're doing
here?

What's to know?

It's a date.

It's a movie. It's pizza.

It's a goodnight kiss.

It's never just a movie, a pizza, and a
goodnight kiss.

Fill me in later, all right? I'm busy
here.

Wow. W -O -W.

Wow.

Sorry my dad was so weird.

I can't ever remember getting such a
warm reception.

Is he always like that?

He's never like that. So he sincerely
likes me.

He sincerely likes the fact that you're
encouraging me to work toward an early

acceptance to college.

Unfortunately, I don't know how much
work we're going to get done because

despite the fact that I brought home a
brochure on every college within a

thousand mile radius, I can't seem to
find even one of them.

They've disappeared.

That's okay.

I didn't really want to talk about
college tonight anyway.

What? There are a lot of ways the two of
us could help each other besides

filling out college applications.

Excuse me?

Sam and David are snug in their beds.

Guess what I found to rent?

The graduate.

Maybe family movie night is a tradition
whose time has passed.

Could be.

Are those?

Yes, that's right.

Chocolate -dipped strawberries. I picked
them up at the bakery next to the video

store.

And I can have those? Those are okay for
me?

Oh, they're fine.

Where's the make -out queen and her new
student guidance counselor?

In the kitchen.

Oh, and the little one, what's her name,
Ruthie?

She insists on staying in her room to
finish whatever that secret project is.

I have no life.

On the other hand, everyone else in the
house does.

So you'll help me fill out the
applications in a way that maximizes the

possibility of acceptance, and in
return... I have a guaranteed date to

major event of our senior year.

I don't know.

But we've never even been out before.

What if we don't like going out? It
almost doesn't matter. If we don't like

at first, we'll get to like it. It's
like an arranged marriage, only we're

ones arranging it.

Here's what I can offer you.

Outside of a well -executed application
to every school of your choice... I am

entirely capable of showing you every
consideration at each event we attend.

I can dance, I'm an excellent
conversationalist, and I have impeccable

as well as a car and a small amount of
spending money.

I have virtually no friends, so there's
no possibility you won't like who I hang

out with.

And unlike your last boyfriend, I never
have to listen to what my father says

because I don't have one.

I really just wanted some help applying
to school. I wasn't looking to

complicate my life.

Well, sweetheart?

Life is complicated.

One night you can't get a guy to kiss
her.

I just think medicine is the ultimate
field of

study. It's so challenging.

Especially when you get into the upper
level courses where the information

changes from week to week with all the
rapid advances in users.

I'd go for genetics.

What area are you concentrating on?

Well, right now I'm just concentrating
on passing.

Third year.

Organic chemistry, right?

Estrification.

E -S -T -E -R -I -F -I -C -H -I -O -N.

Estrification.

Of course, that's an easy one.

We'd better get going. The movie's going
to start.

And we missed the first one because you
two were gabbing.

Oh, yeah, the movie.

So we'll see you later?

I'll be here.

Knock it off, will ya?

Fire's ready.

So if the fire's ready... Do I have to
do everything?

Well, I did everything else.

Fine, I'll cook the steaks.

Don't ever get married.

Marriage takes a lot of work. You have
no idea.

Well, I brought Lucy's college brochures
if you want to take a look at them

while we're waiting on the steaks.

Uh, no, maybe after we've eaten. I can't
concentrate now. I'm too hungry.

You want a beer?

Oh, I better not. I got stopped by a cop
driving home last Friday. I'll have to

have a soda.

You think that cop is stalking you or
something?

Have a beer.

Maybe later.

I'm just going to go upstairs and check
on Sam and David.

Okay.

I'm going up to check on Sam and David.

Oh, weird.

Going to check on Sam and David?

That's right.

What are you doing?

We're just watching a movie.

Your mom just went upstairs to check on
the guys.

How's it going?

It's going fine.

Did you want to join us?

No, thanks.

I'm just going to grab a snack and go
back to my room.

You still don't want to tell us what
you're doing?

I was just checking on the boys.

Oh, just checking on the boys. I was
just grabbing a pen and some paper.

Hmm. Did you pick out a college yet?

Not exactly.

Hmm.

Well, I'm just going to check on your
mother.

Whatever. May I get a pen from your
office?

You take all the pens you need to fill
out all the applications you want. Just

keep in mind there are application fees.

I'm just gonna check on Annie.

What if you wait all that time to kiss
her and then it's no good?

It'll be good.

Aren't you too young to be talking about
this?

I'm older than I look.

How old are you?

How old are you?

I asked you first.

Doesn't matter. I don't have to tell
you.

Ten? Nine.

Seventeen? Nineteen. And nine is too
young.

Too young for what?

Your little sister was advising me to go
ahead and kiss you.

You were listening to us?

It's what I do.

Well, what we do is none of your
business.

But you weren't doing anything.

And you have no plans to do anything.

Boring. What, are you writing a book,
kid?

You are, aren't you? You're writing
something. A journal, a diary, a paper

school. Believe me, I'm not writing
anything.

I don't have anything to write about.

But you're supposed to be writing
something.

I'm supposed to be, but I don't have
anything to write about.

Maybe we should give her something to
write about.

If you're suggesting we make some sort
of physical contact, no.

We have writing of our own to do. Paper
and pen, please.

How was the movie?

Insipid. I -N -S -I -P -I -D.

Insipid.

We're just going to go in and grab a
pizza. We'll meet you back here.

Simon, that would be so rude.

Your brother drove us. The least we can
do is share our pizza with him.

I'm sure he doesn't want to intrude.

E -N -T -R -U -D -E.

Intrude.

Intrude. I -N -T -R -U -D -E.

Intrude.

On the other hand, if you're hungry... I
love you. I

love you, I love you. You want to watch
the rest of the movie?

Yes, otherwise someone might get
suspicious.

Was this unlocked?

You always get so paranoid. Come on,
let's go.

Was that the baby?

I don't know. Was it?

Do you want to check?

You're up. You check.

I'll check. Really.

I don't mind at all.

Why do you have to act like this when
someone comes over?

I don't act like this when someone comes
over. I act like this all the time.

You're right.

You do act like this all the time.

So when are you going to grow up?

Get off my case, will you?

You could help me out around here just a
little, you know. It's not like I asked

you to do that much.

You don't ask me to do that much?

You asked me to marry you, didn't you?

Mercy's fine. She just dropped her
pacifier.

Maybe I should go.

No, please don't go. I really need you
to stay.

He won't be back for hours, and I hate
being here by myself with no one to talk

to but Mercy.

Okay.

Do you smoke?

No.

Um, is that pot?

Yeah.

I just needed to mellow out.

This motherhood and wife gig really
sucks.

It just seemed so unfair.

You make one little mistake, you know?

Yeah. I made a big mistake, too. I got
arrested for trashing the school gym

year. You?

You got arrested?

Yeah.

I'm still on probation.

Oh, so that's why you don't drink and
smoke or anything.

Yeah, kind of, and kind of because I
feel out of control anyway.

Like I couldn't get my life back on
track, even if I wanted to.

Not that I want to, it's not so bad,
just... Existing.

Just existing.

I know what you mean.

Every time I make an effort to do
something...

It just feels like there's so much
resistance.

I give up before I even get started.

Maybe we could help each other.

Maybe we could make an effort together.

Maybe we could go to college and see if
anything changes.

I brought the brochures. Do you want to
look at them?

No, I'm too out of it now.

Maybe some other time.

Yeah, maybe some other time.

Hey, don't say it like that.

Don't give up on me.

I need a friend.

I need a friend, too.

So tomorrow, we'll look at the colleges,
we'll pick one, and we'll apply to one.

Okay. Tomorrow.

I'll call you.

Want me to help you finish up the
kitchen before I go?

No, I'll let Johnny do it when he gets
home.

He's not such a bad guy.

He wanted to go to college, too.

And major in English lit. Be a writer.

Hey, we all still have plenty of time to
be whatever we want to be, right?

Right.

But whatever I'm going to be doesn't
change what I already am.

I'm all.

I'll see you.

So, other than the main events, either
party is free to date whomever they

choose. As long as those dates don't
interfere with the commitments as

previously.

Well, I think that's it.

I actually feel good about this.

I knew you would.

I took the liberty of drafting your
applications for some of the colleges

you had expressed interest in.

The schools offering business degrees
actually put a lot of emphasis on

community work.

And liberal arts colleges also want you
to have practical business experience.

It's really not easy to know what's
right, because while it looks as if the

admissions boards are looking for the
well -rounded student, some are only

interested in the student with very
specific interests.

Shut up and kiss me.

Not until you get an acceptance letter.

Good night.

Good night, son, and welcome to Lucy's
life. I hope you'll feel free to join us

any time for a meal, movie, laundry,
whatever you need. Thank you, sir.

very generous offer.

I'm sure we'll see each other again
soon.

So, uh, you like him?

I hardly know him.

But what you know, you like?

I guess.

I think he's going to be good for you.
Good for us all.

Here, I took those and now I'm giving
them back and I may want to borrow them

again, but don't make any big deal out
of that.

Could my night get any better?

I hope not.

What did you mean by that?

Nothing.

Boy, writing sure makes you hungry.

Thanks a lot for the movie and the
pizza.

And it was really, really nice meeting
your brother.

Yeah. Well, he's a great guy.

Good night.

Simon?

Aren't you forgetting something?

I thought if anyone was going to get a
goodnight kiss, it would be me.

S -H -U -T -U -P.

Come on, it's still early. We'll go to
the promenade and hang out and pick up

chicks who don't spell.

I can't.

You can't?

No, maybe I can.

How was dinner?

Dinner was fine.

You smell like smoke.

Do your friends smoke?

Frankie smokes sometimes.

Every time you come home from hanging
out with them, you smell like smoke. And

sooner or later, Mom and Dad are going
to notice.

But what if they do? It's none of their
business.

You're not smoking, are you?

No, I'm not smoking. Are you smoking?

No, I'm not smoking.

Well, I thought you might be.

Why? I don't know. You know how I feel
about how dangerous cigarettes are.

Well, they're probably no more dangerous
to your health than dating a mental

patient.

Run that by me again?

Mental patient?

I saw your friend when he was leaving.

So? Mike, right?

Mike Pierce?

Didn't anyone tell you that he missed a
year of school while he was

hospitalized? What are you talking
about?

I'm talking about, he used to be in my
class.

And he took a year off from school
because he went mental.

He tried to kill himself.

But, I don't think he smokes.

Were you listening to Mary and me? No,
honest.

Yes, you were.

Okay, so your new boyfriend's crazy.

It's not like the others were so great.

Let me see that.

No, it's my diary.

No one sees it but me.

I thought it was for school.

Okay, so no one sees it but me and my
teacher.

I want to know what you've been writing
in there.

And I want to win a million bucks. Not
gonna happen.

Okay, not gonna happen. You know, I'm
just gonna let it go. You're right. It's

your diary. You can write whatever you
want to write.

Did all the kids leave home?

Hello. Oh, hi, Marsha. How are you?

Uh -huh.

Uh -huh.

Well, no, he's not here. He has his own
place, you know. Yeah, he moved out a

year ago.

Yeah.

Well, he doesn't give us his number, but
I can always give him yours.

Listed? I see.

Oh, you have your own phone.

That must be nice.

Yeah.

What time did they drop you off?

Uh -huh.

All righty. Well, I'm sure they'll be
here soon.

Yeah, do me a favor. Spell Okefenokee.

Excellent. Thanks.

Yes, I'll give them the message.

Marsha. She spelled Okefenokee.

You told her Simon has his own place?

No, she was looking for Matt.

Why was she looking for Matt?

No idea. They dropped her off an hour
ago.

I wonder where they are.

I can tell you where they better not be.

We should just forget it and go home,
man. Who wants a bus?

Excuse me, do you know where the video
arcade is?

Sure, it's, uh... Ow!

Why don't you show her?

Yeah.

Okay, I'll be right back.

We should head up to bed.

Not till Simon gets home.

So the two of them went out.

I think Simon's too young to be hanging
out with Matt.

Hello?

Yes, this is he.

She told you to call me?

I don't know if there's anything I can
do. I'll give it some thought and I'll

call you back.

That was one of our local police
officers.

Matt and Simon?

You know Mary's new little friends?

The cute couple with the baby, the
family that she had dinner with tonight?

They just got busted for marijuana.

They thought I might be of some help.

Did you know Ruthie's keeping a diary?

Not now, Luz.

Okay, not now, but you may want to get
to it before Monday when she hands it in

to her teacher.

Luz, the diary's gonna have to wait.

Fine! If you don't care she saw you
having sex, why should I?

Lucy said you want to see me.

What did I do?

Do you smoke pot?

No, I don't smoke pot.

Just because I'm not going to college
does not mean I am doing drugs.

Are you aware of the fact that your new
friends smoke pot?

What new friends?

Frankie smokes cigarettes once in a
while, but... She and her husband got

for pot.

Who told you that?

Who told me? Who told me that they were
arrested for possession of marijuana?

The arresting officer told me.

Why did he tell you?

I thought maybe you'd know. Your friend
Frankie asked him to call me. They need

help. They need bail money. Of course,
they're going to need a whole lot more

than bail money to straighten out their
lives, but that's what they're asking

for tonight.

I've mentioned more than a couple of
times how you help people.

I'm going to ask you again.

Did you know they were smoking pot?

Did you offer my help when you saw that
they were smoking pot?

Did you smoke with them?

Did you try it?

I saw them, her, do it for the first
time tonight, but I didn't smoke with

I swear.

Did you leave the house?

Not right away, no.

Well, they got into a fight. A neighbor
called the police. The police came, they

found the pot. What if they had also
found you?

I don't know.

Are you going to help them?

How would you have me help them?

Pay the bail?

And?

And I don't know.

Do either of them have parents?

Yeah, Frankie's mom keeps the baby when
they work.

Do you happen to know Frankie's mother's
name?

Well, yeah, but I don't think that
Frankie would want us to call her mother

she would have called her mother.

That has to be why she called you.

The police are probably handing the baby
over to a social worker about now. Do

you think it would be better for the
baby to be with the grandmother or with

someone she doesn't know?

But you could bail them out and then
they could just take the baby home.

I'm not bailing them out. Where am I
going to get the money to bail them out?

From the church?

Well, you think I should take the
church's money and bail two people out

who were that irresponsible?

I mean, what if they skip bail?

You would do it for anyone else. Why
won't you do it for my friends?

Because I wouldn't do this for anyone
else. You don't know them.

They are good people. They both work,
and they're trying to raise this kid,

it's really hard. So hard they have to
smoke pot?

I'll talk to them. I'll make them stop.

You think they haven't thought about
stopping before, but when their new

Mary talks to them, they'll just quit?

Dad, please.

They really are my friends. Frankie is
my friend. She asked me to bring over

those college brochures so we could look
over them and make a plan about going

to school.

And did you?

No. Because she was too stoned?

Mary, who are you?

And what are you doing with these
people?

You know, if you're not going to help
them, I'll help them.

How? You don't have a job. You don't
have any money to help them. You have to

get help yourself before you can help
anyone else. I don't need any help.

And if you're not going to go down to
that police station and give them the

money, then I'm going to get down there
and find a way to do it myself.

I will.

You are not going down to the station,
and you are not going to even see these

people again, ever.

But I will go, and I will talk to them,
and I'll do whatever I can other than

give them money.

I didn't mean to scare you. I never mean
to scare anyone.

But I knocked at the front door, and I
didn't want to ring the bell because of

the babies.

And then I came around here, and I
didn't mean to scare anyone.

Okay. I saw your daughter, the other
daughter, when I left, and I know that

saw me. I used to be in her class, but I
missed year of school, and I think she

probably told Lucy.

Did she tell you?

No, but a few other things have happened
since you left tonight.

Maybe we could talk about this tomorrow.

I know it's late, but I really need to
talk to Lucy.

It really is late.

You do a lot of work at Curlin, right?
The nuthouse.

I don't refer to it as a nuthouse, but
yes, I do.

I tried to commit suicide 18 months ago.

But I'm okay now, really. And Dr.
Lawrence said he thought that I was

be social again.

That's good. I know him.

Yeah, you should take his advice. He's a
very smart man.

You can call him about me. I was going
to tell you when I told Lucy, but...

hard to know the right time to bring it
up.

I understand.

She's very fickle, you know?

I mean, she's nice, but she's fickle.

So if she changes her mind, don't take
it personally.

I mean, it could happen to anyone. It
has happened many times.

I just want a chance.

You make your way into the living room,
and I'll just yell up the stairs.

Lois, could you come down here?

Your friend Mike is in the living room.
He needs to talk to you.

Mary said he tried to commit suicide.
He's a mental patient, or he was a

patient. Have you ever been sick?

Have you ever seen a doctor?

Did the doctor help you get well?

Thanks, Dad.

I've got a phone number.

Your mother told you not to hang out
with Matt and

pick up the chicks.

Mom told you that?

Yeah, but... You're never too old or too
cool to do what your mother tells you.

So, I'm just going to take this page
from your diary, and tomorrow you can

something about your own life.

Okay. Ruthie, it really isn't funny.

No, believe me, it's plenty funny. I
always thought it was so serious because

you always have this serious face when
you talk about sex, but it was funny.

It's also very private and very
intimate, and while it's perfectly

man and a woman, a married man and a
married woman, to make love to each

It's not meant for anyone else to watch.

I didn't mean to. And believe me, I'll
do everything I can to make sure I never

see anything like that again.

Thank you.

Now, good night.

I love you. I love you, too.

I didn't know we weren't supposed to
hang out together. I'm sorry.

Look, Marcia Chalker is an excellent
speller and a crummy date. I wanted to

somewhere afterwards. I had a bad night.
We all had a bad night.

What's wrong?

Um, I don't want to talk about it, but
your dad went out to help Mary's friends

who got themselves into some legal
trouble.

What kind of legal trouble?

Can we talk about it tomorrow?

Was Mary okay?

Yes. No.

Mary's will.

Mary's struggling this year. Yeah, I've
noticed. We've all noticed.

Is there something else?

No, not really.

It's not important. It's just there was
an incident at the house.

A serious incident?

Not entirely serious, no.

Ruthie saw something that she shouldn't
have. A private moment between your

father and me.

She saw you guys having...

S -E -X?

Yeah. Yes.

Well, it was bound to happen sooner or
later. No, it wasn't. It's never

before. Never happened before?

We've all seen you. I've seen you.
Mary's seen you. Lucy's seen you.

seen you.

Wait, did you do the thing where you say
you're going upstairs to check on one

of the kids, and then Dad says he's
going to go upstairs and check on you?

usually throws up a red flag, and we all
steer clear. But Ruthie didn't know the

signal. Well, how does the rest of you
know this signal? It's kind of an

signal. No, it isn't. It is.

Go to bed.

I don't live here.

Go to bed anyway.

You know, you're never too old or too
cool to do what your mother tells you.

I haven't really talked about it that
much, other than the thousands of hours

I've spent with my shrink, and then an
hour here and there with my mom when she

can manage.

Well, we can talk about it if you want
to.

Or if you don't want to, that's okay,
too.

I was rushing you to make that agreement
because I just want to do the same

things everyone else does their senior
year.

Normal has been somewhat more important
to me than it ever was, or ever really

should be.

It's just that...

I miss you of my life, and I've got
another shot, so I want to make it

I had a hunch you didn't know about me
since you were so friendly in the

counselor's office, so I thought I'd get
a commitment out of you before you

found out.

What'd you think I'd do when I found
out?

Run?

Yeah.

But maybe by then you would have gone
out with me a few times and seen that

not as crazy as people think I am.

I'm not running.

That's all I'm asking.

Okay. I'll give you a chance, but let's
take it slowly.

One senior event date at a time.

Deal.

I'm going to say goodnight before you
change your mind.

Goodnight.

Hello?

Oh, hey, Frankie.

Your dad got us out.

Thank you so much for getting him to
help us.

I was kind of surprised you called him.

I didn't know who else to call.

After I got pregnant, my mom told me
never to call her again if I get into

trouble. Of course, your dad made me
promise to talk to her and talk to a

counselor and whatever.

But at least I didn't have to call her
from jail, you know?

You're really lucky to have parents that
are always there for you.

I know.

Goodnight.