All language subtitles for Everwood S02E15 1080p WEB-DL DD+ 5.1 x264-TrollHD_track3_[und]

(Irv Harper)
The speed and direction
of our path through life..

...are pretty good measures
of our age.

We race headlong
through childhood

never looking back..

...wanting it to end
as quickly as possible.

As we get older..

...we occasionally slow
down long enough

to look around
and savor certain moments.

It´s a sure sign
of growing up.

How´s
it hanging, Mr. G?

What´s up, boys?

Ephram, what´s
with the happy?

Oh, sometimes it just feels
good to smile, Little Amy.

You should give
it a shot sometime.

So?

Come on, man,
what happened?

Did you finally tap
that or what?

Oh, yeah! Give
me some skin.

I know paw slapping
is an important ritual

with your people..

...but it´s not
gonna happen, alright?

You gotta give me something.
I mean, how did it go down?

Was it everything
I promised?

Everything and more.
So much more.

In fact, thank you
for underplaying it.

So the boy
becomes a man.

I didn´t think things
could get any better..

...or I could
like her, but I do.

This is what you
were warning me about.

You knew I was
gonna feel this way.

I don´t think I
used the word "feel."

I might´ve used the word "feel
up," that´s totally different.

When The Lord of
the Rings came out..

...you thought, "No way
the second one can be good."

But it was, and then you
thought, "That´s it."

You can only make
something so perfect.

Then The Return of the King came
out and it just blew your mind.

It´s like that.

You gotta remember
to pace yourself, okay?

This is a marathon,
not a sprint.

Totally under control.
No worries. No worries at all.

It´s only in
our twilight years

when our pace
has slowed..

...and the long race
is nearing the end..

...that we spend most
of our time looking backwards.

And we wonder why we
were ever in such a hurry.

[theme music]

[piano music]

What the hell got into you?
You´re playing jazz.

Isn´t that what you´ve
been teaching me?

Trying to teach you. What you´ve
been playing is another matter.

- ´Until today.´
- What can I say?

Things have been
pretty good lately.

Okay, hotshot. Wanna put your
money where your mouth is?

As long as there´s
no actual money involved.

Why, what´s up?

There´s a jazz festival
this weekend in Boulder.

They´re holding an open
competition. I put your name in.

That´s cool of you.

Unfortunately I
already have plans.

You can leave her
for one weekend.

Who says it´s
about a girl?

You´re subtle as
a baboon´s ass.

The only
other thing..

...that affects a man´s playing
like that is heartbreak.

From that idiot grin
you´re wearing

I´m guessing
that ain´t it.

Well, last weekend
was pretty special.

I should´ve known. I don´t
know why I waste my time.

I thought music
was important to you.

You know it is.

Why else would I come here,
your sunny disposition?

I don´t have time
for dilettantes.

I got better
things to do.

Okay, fine. I´ll spend my
weekend playing piano

for jazz geeks instead of making
out with my hot girlfriend.

- Fine.
- Then get back at it.

I don´t want you
to embarrass me.

Play the bridge.
Go easy on the pedals.

This is a piano,
not a paddleboat.

- You wanna grab that?
- What?

- You wanna get that first?
- That´ll keep. Play.

[piano music]

Okay. Here´s one.

"Disparate is to variety as A,
unique is to randomness.

B, audacity is to
intelligence--"

I don´t think
it´s working.

Me neither.

I have no clue what
"disparate" even means.

No, I mean Tommy and I.

Oh, are we
back to that?

I thought you
decided. He´s out.

If I had one more thing
on the con column

I´d be fine with it.

Did you put "big fat liar"
in the con column?

- ´Should count for seven.´
- It´s not that simple.

It is, though. I mean,
I was willing

to give the guy
the benefit of the doubt.

But he let
us down, Amy.

The dealing was just
one thing he lied about.

You only know he lied
because you caught him.

No, you caught him.

The point is, he only
came clean after the fact.

He might´ve been lying
about tons of stuff you

don´t even
know about.

He´s not a liar.

Look where he comes from.
He´s just a little damaged.

He´s not a social
studies project though.

You don´t have to justify
his behavior.

You feel sorry for him.
I mean, I do too.

But that doesn´t mean you
have to be his girlfriend.

- Yeah.
- Look, it´s simple.

Does he make you happy
or doesn´t he?

If you´re spending
more time questioning

this relationship
than actually enjoying it.

I know.

So just do it. And
be quick when you do

´cause he´s gonna beg
and you´re not

strong enough
to resist for long.

I´m strong.

You put "damaged"
in the pro column.

Are you sure this
is your brother?

Yep. Harry would come running
into the living room..

...with a spatula
for a microphone

and do this
whole Tom Jones thing.

He´d swivel his bony hips

and do "Delilah" whenever
we had company.

Please tell me there´s
a Super-8 movie of this.

You interested
in going to Boulder?

- Boulder?
- Yeah. It´s a city.

I´m playing in
a jazz festival.

You´re kidding?
That´s terrific.

Congratulations.

I´m not actually
in the festival.

It´s a competition
Will signed me up for.

So don´t congratulate
me till I win, which I will.

I wanna go. I´ve
been dying to see

what you guys have
been working on.

Will was hoping
you might drive.

Sounds like an opportunity
to get to know

the great and mysterious
Will Cleveland.

We´re going
to Boulder, not Oz.

´You can´t be
all buddy-buddy with him.´

I know you saved his life, but
don´t do your "I´m Andy Brown"

clever-and-entertaining thing.

It´s not a thing.
It´s just who I am.

Know what? Delia´s got
this big project to do.

She´s gonna have
to stay here.

Oh, don´t worry,
I´ll call Nina.

Or I could do it.

She likes me now. We bonded
over frosting. It was good.

I´m staying
outta this one.

You know what you´re
getting yourself into?

I managed Africa
for three years.

I´m sure that I can do a weekend
with a fourth-grader.

What´s the project?

She has to make
a diorama for a book.

Something about nimrods,
or nimrats and a Frisbee.

Mrs. Frisby and
the Rats of NIMH.

I love that book.
We´ll have a great time.

If you´re sure. Let me
talk to Delia about it.

Talk to me
about what?

Well, honey, Ephram´s gonna play
in this big jazz concert

this weekend
and I have to go.

So how´d you feel
about Linda staying over

and helping you
with your project?

I don´t know. How important
is this festival?

Well, it´s
pretty important.

- Can Brittany come over?
- Absolutely.

The more the merrier.

Linda´s better at dioramas
than I am, anyway.

I don´t wanna brag, but I am
pretty good at the papier-mâché.

(Delia)
´I guess it´s okay.´

Remind me again
what a diorama is.

- Hey.
- Hey.

So you
wanted to talk..

...which is usually code for
something low on the fun scale.

So, what´s going on?

- What, is it that bad?
- No.

No. I don´t know.

I don´t know how
to do this exactly.

Well, what exactly
are we doing?

[cell phone ringing]

Are you happy? Because
I don´t know if I am.

It seems like
something got off-track

with us a little
while ago and--

[cell phone ringing]

Sorry.
Go on.

It´s not that I don´t like you.
I do. A lot. It´s just..

We´ve been getting
into these fights lately

and they never
really get resolved.

See, that´s just it.
I don´t understand them..

...or you, and all
these things keep happening

which make me wonder.

Like that, I don´t
know what that is.

It´s work. They want me to take
another shift, that´s all.

See, now I´m neurotic.
This is bad.

Alright, well..

...the last thing I
want is for you to be sad.

You know?

I mean, you´ve had enough
sadness in your life.

So..

...if you think this is not
working maybe we should stop.

Yeah.

Yeah, I think
we should.

Okay.

No hard feelings
though, right?

Alright, well,
I gotta go, but..

...we´ll talk.

(Ephram Brown)
´When did the government
institute´

´it´s wax conservation policy?´

They look better.
Don´t change the subject.

I wanna hear more
about this competition.

No big deal.
Just a contest.

It´s a huge deal. I wish I
could come but our band

has our first paying gig.

- Yeah? Since when?
- I just found out.

- I was gonna tell you.
- That´s awesome.

I can´t miss that.

I´m gonna be your
roadie-slash-groupie.

And at the end..

...I´ll hold a lighter
for an encore.

Don´t be crazy.

You´re gonna kick ass.
The band´s gonna kick ass.

Then we´ll tell each
other about it later.

Oh, sort of
an ass-kicking debriefing.

- I´m sorry.
- Carrie is gonna kill you.

Not if I tell her
that you did it.

That´s bold.
Very bold.

I love you.

I´m gonna go get the iron.
I know this trick.

Maybe we should sing
some good road-trip songs.

- Will, any favorites?
- No.

- I got one.
- Hit it.

[beat boxing]

♫ Cruising down
to Boulder in a SUV ♫

♫ We got Will, Doc Brown,
Ephram and me ♫

♫ The meanest MC
in the hood from Ever ♫

Who are you again?

- I´m from, I´m Bright.
- Doubt that.

If I´d known we were bringing
pets I would´ve brought Oscar.

[ambient music]

I´m just gonna fill her up.
Anybody want anything?

Fresh air.

How bad is it?

I´m not gonna lie
to you, man.

It´s not good. You were in
trouble when you started

with that Lord of
the Rings thing

but I didn´t think
you´d actually say--

Yeah, I didn´t mean to.
Everything was cool.

One minute we were kissing
and then it just slips out.

So, what did she do?

Well, she kissed me
back and got an iron.

Cardinal rule
number one..

...Never be the first person
to say "I love you," okay?

Never pull that trigger unless
fired upon first, my friend.

Even then, it´s iffy.

This is gonna screw
everything up.

I told her, I wouldn´t push.
Why do I speak?

You went too far.
But it´s okay. Okay?

We just need
to counterbalance it.

Oh, this sounds
bad already.

We´ll pick up
some Boulder babes

´bring them up
to the room.´

You call Madison just
to say, you know, hey

and she´ll hear the groupies
in the background.

She´ll be begging
for your love.

That´s your plan?
We get Madison to forget

by making her think
that I´m cheating?

We´ve stumbled on the reason
you´ve never had a girlfriend

for more
than 48 hours.

So, Will, how´s the arm?
Physical therapy going okay?

It´s my arm.

Used it all my life.
Don´t need any lessons.

You should keep it up.
If you´re not happy

with your current therapist
there´s others I´d recommend.

Yeah.

We were all worried about you
out at the mine that day.

We didn´t know you
were a pianist

and yet we knew we had
to save that arm.

I already thanked you
for what you did.

Don´t be fishing
for more.

No, of course not.
I was just..

Well, anyway.

- Gotta love a road trip, huh?
- Says who?

Back in the day I took a road
trip with my buddies once.

- It´s a funny story, actually--
- You tell one more story..

...and I´m walking
the rest of the way.

- Hey, watch your back.
- Huh?

Oh, hell.

We should be ready to
go in a minute.

Way you drive,
I need some Pepto.

Hey, while you´re in there,
pick me up an iced tea.

If we could keep the sand in
the jar, that would be good.

And we wanna keep this glue
covered because it will dry up.

Oh, no. Oh, gosh.

Now we have
to start all over.

You know what, I think I
can fix that. Let me see.

- You just made it worse.
- You´re right. I´m sorry.

Maybe we should do
the painting last.

No. First we paint
the sides, then the sand

and then
the characters.

Says who? You´re using
the wrong color.

- The sky should be this color.
- If it was raining.

I have an idea. Let´s take
an ice-cream sundae break.

- Okay.
- Yeah.

You guys get the bowls
and the spoons

and I will get
the ice cream.

That´ll be good. Yes.
Breaks are good.

I don´t want
any bananas.

It´s not a sundae
without bananas.

Who are you,
queen of sundaes?

This is America,
we don´t have queens.

Why do I feel like I got dumped
when I broke up with him?

It´s called
seller´s remorse.

After a breakup we focus
on all the good stuff

and forget about the crap
that made us wanna break up.

Maybe if we tried harder,
it would´ve gotten better.

You did the right
thing. Trust me.

He didn´t even put up a fight.
He was completely fine with it.

Maybe this is some sort
of blessing in disguise.

Your parents´ biggest problem
is the whole Tommy thing, right?

Now that he´s
outta the picture

you guys
can talk again.

No, they´ll think
that I broke up with him..

...so that I
could go home.

So let them think that.

Who cares? Wouldn´t
you rather be at home?

Yeah. I know you
would, Amy, ´cause..

...if there was any way I could
bring my parents back alive

I´d do it
in a heart beat.

I wouldn´t care if they
grounded me or yelled at me

for all the stupid
things I´ve done lately.

I would just be happy
to have them back in my life.

Yeah, you´re right.

I know it doesn´t feel
like it now..

...but giving up Tommy
might be a good tradeoff.

I don´t know what I
would do without you.

That´s me. I´m all
about the silver lining.

So these jazz groupies,
do they like cologne

or are they more into
the au-naturel vibe?

- I gotta talk to her.
- No, man.

Calling her is
a huge mistake, okay?

They charge
10 bucks a minute.

You don´t understand.

If I wait till I get back,
it´s gonna be late.

The longer she think about this,
the worse it´s gonna get.

She´s pacing around
her apartment

wondering how things
got outta control.

Can´t imagine what
that looks like.

Or she´s on
the phone crying

because they´re telling her
to break up with me

which she doesn´t,
but I´ve gone too far.

I´ve made her pace
and cry. This is bad.

I´ve gotta
take it back.

You can´t put
the toothpaste back in.

You need your beauty sleep.

´Big competition.
The reason we came here.´

- You´re right.
- Nine times out of 10, yes.

- I can´t call her.
- Finally.

- I gotta go see her.
- Wait. What?

I´m not gonna sleep.

I´ll drive all night, be back
in time for the recital.

Wait. No, no, no.

This whipped lap dog thing´s
not a good idea.

Your dad´s not gonna
let you use the car.

Who drove
the last hour?

What about this reception? We´re
supposed to pick up some girls.

- I´m a drummer, remember?
- Cover for me.

- You did that on purpose.
- Did not.

Did too. Linda!
She´s ruining my diorama.

´It´s not
your diorama.´

Come on guys, please.

(Delia)
´I got the sand, the paint´

and all the
construction paper.

I´m telling
Mr. Perkins.

(Delia)
´You´re the one
messing things up.´

´You´re always
being so bossy.´

´No. It´s my project.´

Hello, Brown residence.

- Hey, you.
- Oh, hey yourself.

How´s it going?
You´ll having fun?

It´s going great. We´re having
a great time. How are you?

´How´s Ephram?
Is he nervous?´

(Andy)
´He doesn´t seem to be.´

´I stopped by and Bright
said he was asleep.´

´So if he is nervous,
it´s not keeping him awake.´

[screaming]

What was that? They´re not
getting too wild, are they?

Maybe I should
talk to Delia.

They´re fine, they´re great,
they´re angels.

But I probably
should get going.

You get to sleep over
at my house and I´m not there.

- Ironic, isn´t it?
- Ironic.

[screaming]

What was that?

(Linda)
´That´s it, girls.
Really use the lungs´

to clear out
the Rechaka.

I´m teaching
them primal scream therapy.

You know, they´re naturals
at it, Andy.

Sorry I´m missing
all the fun.

Yeah, me too.
Okay, then. Bye.

Stop! Sit. Now.

- I wanna sit there.
- No.

- I wanna sit there.
- Stop. Enough, enough.

Okay. Now I wanna know
what happened.

[indistinct yelling]

- One at a time.
- She put sand in my paint.

She put paint
in my sand.

Then she called
me banana hater.

- I did not.
- Yes, you did.

- I did not.
- Stop, please!

Please, I´m begging
you. Please.

Let´s all
just take a breath.

[exhale]

Okay.

Now, you guys
are best friends, right?

And best friends don´t
fight over everything.

So let´s just
start over, okay?

Now, Delia, I mean,
a sundae probably

can be a sundae
without bananas, right?

And you could probably
do the sand

before coloring
the walls.

I mean, that
would work too. Right?

Whose side are you on?

I´m not on
anybody´s side, Delia.

Yes, you are. You´re
taking Brittany´s side.

But you´re
my dad´s girlfriend

and you should
be taking my side.

I wanna go home,
like, right now.

Oh, my God.
Tommy, are you okay?

Yeah, hey, um..

Can I just, can I talk to you
for a minute, please?

You don´t have to if you
don´t wanna. We can just go.

- The movie´s gonna start, so--
- It´s just..

It´ll only take
a couple minutes.

I promise. It´s just,
I really need to talk to you.

You can
just go ahead.

I´ll get my grandparents
to give me a ride.

Sure.

You okay? You look
really pale.

Yeah.

Don´t break up with me.
I really need you.

I don´t understand.

Yesterday, you thought we should
break up too. You were fine--

No, it was an act.

I was completely pretending.
That´s not how I really feel.

I just, I messed up.

Amy, I messed up.

What did you do?

Well, I was just,
I was so miserable, you know?

I didn´t care what happened
to me anymore, not without you.

Are you on something
right now?

Oh, my God.

Amy, I really
need you. Okay?

You´re the reason
that I stayed clean.

Being with you is the only good
thing that´s happened to me.

Don´t say that, please.

Tommy, I wanna be there
for you, and help you..

...but I can´t save you.

- This whole thing is crazy.
- I know. I know it´s crazy.

You know what? You deserve
better than me. You do.

But if you give me one more
chance, I will not screw up.

No more lies. No secrets.
We tell each other everything.

Everything about our past,
about our families.

What you want me to do,
what you don´t want me to do.

You remember that night when we
stayed up talking for six hours?

See, I wanna do more
of that, you know?

That´s the guy
that I wanna be.

But I just, I need
your help, that´s all.

Please, Amy.

I´m scared of
who I am without you.

I love you.

I would like to say
congratulations to Joe Lies

for its brilliance,
its bass player...

- Joe Lies, thank you.
- And its drummer.

To the drummer.

´And to the beautiful,
gorgeous amazing lead singer´

´we could ever hope
to have, cheers.´

- Morning.
- Morning.

(Linda)
´Pretty cool, huh?´

Do you like it?

Did you do this?

I don´t know. Maybe the rats
of NIMH snuck in last night.

You can call Brittany and spend
the day playing or whatever.

What do you think?

I think it´s cheating.

No. No, Delia, you
did most of the work.

I just I finished it.

You made me a cheater.

I´m sorry. I´m sorry,
Delia. I really just--

- Where´s my dad? I want my dad.
- Delia, I..

What´s wrong?

I´m the worst babysitter
in the world.

- Is Delia--?
- Locked in her room. Am I--?

Am I not supposed
to leave the house?

She´ll last ten minutes.
Come on in.

I thought she´d
be thrilled. I did.

When I was her age,
I would´ve loved it

if someone had
done my homework.

Listen, no limbs were lost, no
one lost an eye, it´ll be fine.

I don´t wanna battle. I´m
a pacifist. There´s no reason--

There is no reason
because she´s 10.

They´re much pre-rational
at that age.

They´re all guts
and heart and tear ducts.

I´m not very natural
at this parenting thing, Nina.

I don´t know how you and Andy
make it look so easy.

I´m sorry, but did you see
the cast on Sam´s arm?

And a natural parent,
Andy is not.

Know how many times he´s
come asking for help?

I see the way he is with them,
what they mean to him.

They´re his whole world.

If he finds out
that I can´t handle

a two-day babysitting job..

...it doesn´t bode
well for us.

He´s with you ´cause
he wants to be

...not because he´s wants
a surrogate mother for Delia.

It´s not a test.

Thanks.

Now, with Delia,
everything´s a test.

God, I should probably
just let her call Andy.

Talk to her first.
You´d be surprised

how much a little
truth can help.

But don´t talk down to her,
because they hate that.

They like to pretend
that they´re in control

but also need
to know you´re there

to protect them
when the time comes.

It´s a hell of
a balancing act.

24/7.

And if it
ever comes up

always take Delia´s
side over her friend´s.

Oh, good to know.

Where have
you been, man?

Special corner
of hell all my own.

I´d to sit through
four hours of jazz music.

Didn´t get
a single number.

You can´t talk
while people are playing.

Thanks for the heads
up, by the way.

- So how´d it go?
- I just wanna get some sleep.

Did you see her,
though? Is she cool?

Oh, yeah, I saw her.
She´s cool. She´s real cool.

- Me, on the other hand--
- I told you not to go.

We´re okay for towels.
Thank you.

You think they
could read the sign.

- ´Guys, it´s me.´
- Can you tell him I´m asleep?

He thinks you´ve
been sleeping 13 hours.

´They need all the competitors
on the stage for a run-through.´

´Ephram, you in there?´

Yep.

Coming.

[doorbell ringing]

Turns out, going to
the movies by yourself

on a Saturday night is even
less fun than one would think.

I´m so sorry.

I didn´t know if something
happened to you, I was worried.

I know. I thought
I´d be there

but he was just
really messed up.

- Yeah, I saw that much.
- He was really hurting.

Of course he was.
You broke up with him.

Did he do
the begging thing?

I knew he would
do that eventually.

Tell me you didn´t get
back together with him.

- Amy.
- Look, you don´t understand.

I understand
that he´s an addict.

Last night,
he was strung out.

He told me that. He´s not hiding
that stuff from me

which is the first step
to a better relationship.

A relationship
with a drug addict?

I don´t understand
this conversation.

His family´s screwed up,
his friends suck.

He needs someone.

This is not
a minor personality flaw.

If six months in rehab
couldn´t make him better

what makes you think
that you can?

Look, Tommy has
a good heart.

He was there when I needed him.
I´m not gonna abandon him

when he´s at his worst.
I´m sorry.

Fine. Do what you want. Waste
your time with this jerk off.

I´m not gonna sit
around and watch.

So what, you´re
bailing on me now?

I don´t wanna have
the same conversation

with you in two weeks.

You know, maybe this
is the relationship

I shouldn´t waste
my time on.

Maybe you´re right.

[piano music]

[indistinct chatter]

I don´t think Ephram´s played
in front of so many people.

He´ll be fine.

You think he´s got
a chance to win?

I didn´t sign him
up to win

some ribbon like
it was a dog show.

I wanted him to hear
some live musicians..

...and see that jazz
is a living art.

He´s a little bit
too much in his head.

[piano music]

What is this piece?
Do you know?

If you wanna know if I´m
going deaf, just ask.

- How long has it been going on?
- Since the explosion.

It´s been
getting worse.

The doctor said something
about damaged hair cells.

They´re doing some amazing
things with implants.

And there are new drugs that
help with sensorineural damage.

No, I´ve heard
that pitch before.

And I´m not interested.

I´m too old to
be a guinea pig.

At least try.
That´s all I´m saying.

When you get to be my age,
you´re bound to lose something.

My eyes are
still good.

As long as you know
what you´re seeing..

...even watching
the great ones is a thrill.

I´ll watch your son.

He could be next.

Now, I may not be the best
teacher for him anymore.

You know it
and I know it.

[knocking on door]

Delia, I know you´re mad,
but I´d like to talk to you..

if that´s okay.

You know, when I was
in Bangladesh once..

...I was in this mud hut and
there was a hole on the roof.

And we had to fix it and all I
had was a rope and no ladder..

...and then it started
to rain and I had to

cut down a bunch
of palm leaves and..

And I forgot why I started
telling you this story.

It´s okay. It´s kind
of boring anyway.

Delia..

...I´m sorry about
the diorama.

You´re right, I shouldn´t
have worked on it.

I probably didn´t even do
a very good job anyway.

- It looked pretty good.
- You think?

Still, though, terrible
idea on my part.

Oh, I never knew how hard it was
to take care of a 10-year-old.

You don´t have
to take care of me.

I know.

I wanted to help
your dad, so he

could spend the
weekend with Ephram.

And honestly..

...I was hoping that
if you and I had time

alone together you
might like me more.

It doesn´t
seem like it

but I was trying to
do the right thing.

I guess I´m just..

I´m pretty terrible at
this parenting thing.

Pretty much.

But you´re trying.

And in school we also
get grades for effort.

[cheering]

(male on microphone)
´Thank you,
Shawna Yoffee.´

Our next performer is a pianist
from Everwood, Colorado.

´Studying under
Willingham Cleveland..´

´...please welcome
Ephram Brown.´

[cheering]

[piano music]

[indistinct chatter]

He just stopped?

(Andy)
´I have one of
those books on tape.´

- Maybe we could--
- No.

It wasn´t
a big deal.

Just a little
performance anxiety.

´It happens to
the best of them.´

´You know, when I
first performed surgery´

I was so nervous
that I dropped a scalpel.

Stop. Please, just stop.
I´m begging you.

- I´m trying to help.
- You can´t and you won´t.

So give it up.

- Pull over.
- Will, we´re almost home.

- Can´t it wait?
- I said, pull over.

Linda.

Come see,
I finished it.

(Linda)
´Just a second.´

[crackling]

[water trickling]

´You finished it?´

Oh, I can´t wait to see--

- Honey, are you okay?
- Yeah, I´m fine.

Well, come on,
let´s check it out.

As fascinating a study
of Americana as this is

what are we doing here?

Will, couldn´t
this wait?

I mean, how badly
could you need new socks?

When they kick Bright
outta Victoria´s Secret

he´s not gonna be
able to find us.

- Play.
- You´re joking, right?

What is this, a cable-access
version of Punk´d?

- How long have you known me?
- I don´t know, a while.

How many jokes
have I told?

Now go ahead
and play.

I appreciate what
you´re trying to do.

I´m in no mood to do "get back
up on the horse" thing.

Whoever this girl is..

...she made you
play your best..

...and she made
you play your worst.

- This is about a girl?
- It´s always about a girl.

Now go ahead and
get her outta your system.

Thought you weren´t supposed to
play for anybody but yourself.

You think I was born
old and alone?

I´ve been there.

Love and heartbreak.

Pleasure and pain.

In the end..

...it´s all passion.

Use them both.

[piano music]

How did you know?

Well, some people
see the forest..

...some people see
the trees.

I don´t know if you
insulted me or not

but it really
doesn´t matter.

As long as you can make
my son play like that..

...I can´t think of
a better teacher for him.

You know what
I´m gonna miss?

This.

[indistinct chatter]

I didn´t know food could cost
this much. Chicken is chicken.

Yeah. And whatever truffles are,
I hope there´s gold in them.

- We don´t need to eat here.
- No, no, it´s fine.

I picked up a couple extra
shifts at the drugstore.

The real drugstore, not the
one I ran out of my trunk.

I wanted this to
be special, you know?

Not that I don´t enjoy
our Whopper meals together.

But this is sort
of a new start..

...for me and for us.

I wanted to thank you
for giving me another chance.

Show you how much better
of a person you make me.

You don´t need me
to be that person.

I know.

But..

...I don´t wanna be
that person without you.

I´m starving.
What are you getting?

I don´t know.

I have no idea how
to pronounce any of this.

What´s the French
word for bathroom?

I don´t know,
le john?

Le john.

Be right back.

[cell phone ringing]

They want us
to play every weekend

for the next couple months,
isn´t the incredible?

That´s great.

The owner said that he could
get people to listen to us..

...because he has
these connections

from when he
lived in L.A.

- That would be huge.
- Yeah.

Oh, my God. I´ve
been all about me

since walked in, I haven´t even
asked about your concert. Sorry.

No, your story is
way better, trust me.

How was it?
You killed, didn´t you?

There was definitely
some dying involved.

I sort of didn´t play.

What happened? Did you
get sick or something?

No, it wasn´t so much sick as it
was the all-night drive from..

...Boulder back to
your house and back again.

It kind of wrecked me.

You drove back
here? When? Why?

Forget it.

No, I don´t-I
don´t understand.

Why did you come
back here?

Well, you know,
I-I thought I figured

that I probably
really freaked you out

with the whole
"I love you" thing.

But you obviously weren´t,
because I came back here

and I saw you
and you were fine.

You saw me
and didn´t come in?

I didn´t wanna be
the crazy person barging in.

Though I´m probably
not helping my case too much

by telling you all this.

- Wow, this is--
- Horrifying? I know.

It´s just
a little crazy, Ephram.

That´s what the voice in my head
kept telling me, driving back.

I should´ve
said something.

When you said it, it
caught me off-guard.

And I didn´t wanna..

I didn´t wanna say anything like
reflexively, if that´s a word.

I don´t know
what I´m saying.

It´s okay.

It´s alright.

I wasn´t planning
on ignoring it or you.

I just didn´t..

...wanna say anything
because I wanted to process it.

I wanted to figure
out how I felt.

I never, I never thought
that you would drive

all the way back here.

Look, it´s fine.

Don´t worry about it.

I am worried.

I was just excited about last
weekend and everything.

It´s not like I´m psychotically
in love with you or anything.

Do you think we could just maybe
rewind the last couple days?

Just go back completely?

I don´t think it works
that way, Ephram.

Right. The toothpaste
tube. Forgot.

You think we could
maybe just pretend?

For now, at least?

Yeah, I guess we
could do that.

Okay.

- So you guys had a good time?
- Absolutely.

And she brushed her teeth?

Well, that´s usually her
favorite delay tactic.

That and needing
another drink of water.

She kind of turns into
a sponge right before bedtime.

I told you everything
was great.

You´re gonna have to tell
me your secret weapon.

´I´ve never gotten
through a weekend´

´with that
kinda success.´

Not without Nina, anyway.

You know what?

Kids are a mystery,
aren´t they?

Crop circles pale
in comparison.

Well, it does
get easier.

Hey, sweetie, Linda
was just telling me

what a great time you
had this weekend.

I think we should have sundaes,
and celebrate your dad´s return.

- What do you say?
- Works for me.

- Alright.
- Oh, I get your trick.

Frozen sugar.

Three hot-fudge
sundaes coming up

with extra bananas.

- So, what´s that about?
- Nothing.

Oh, secrets, huh?

Yeah. It´s a secret.

Bananas.

(Irv Harper)
Sometimes it´s easier
to pretend things are okay

rather than face
a difficult truth.

So we go through
the motions..

...the rituals
of everyday life.

We hope the comfortable
rhythms of familiarity..

...will hold off the inevitable
just a little longer.

Return things to normal.

Anything to buy
us more time.

Playing pretend,
make-believe..

...it might be the one
thing we never outgrow.