All language subtitles for 7th Heaven S05E04 Busted.DVDRip.NonHI.cc.en.PRMNT.EN

Where's Mom?

I am perfectly capable
of feeding my own sons.

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 meals,

but 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.

Oh, 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,

and Matt has the 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, 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 reading,

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.

Hey, Frankie.

Are you doing this
to motivate Mary?

No. I'm really not.

Well, it'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 would 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. Hey, 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 Mercy is sick

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.

I can't wait for
you to meet her.

♪ 7th Heaven ♪

♪ When I see their happy faces ♪

♪ Smiling back at me ♪

♪ 7th 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? ♪

♪ The answer is home ♪

♪ That's the one
place that you'll find ♪

♪ 7th Heaven ♪

♪ Mmm, 7th Heaven ♪

♪ 7th Heaven. ♪

Ruthie, 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.

And why didn't you
want anyone to 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.

Marcia Chalker.

Oh! I like Marcia 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 was 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'd better
make sure that Matt knows

you've got a date so he
doesn't 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.

It 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 away. Exactly.

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

Yes, ma'am.

Thanks once again

for taking the tension 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 Marcia.

She was a finalist in the
National Spelling Bee!

G-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 be 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 pick, so go for it.

You know there's never going

to be another family movie
night again, don't you?

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. Got anything PG-13?

You're not 13. I know.

But with parental
guidance, any movie is 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 schoolwork could
possibly be more enticing

than watching a movie?

Oh, it's just as well.

Simon talked Marcia
Chalker into going out with him,

so he and Matt
won't be here 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?

Yeah. A little popcorn.

A little wine.

A little you.

A little nauseous.

Do you mind

if I have a friend over?

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 over the
college brochures?

The important thing is,

however long it takes
for them to lock 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
stay young forever.

Yeah. 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...

Sorry.

Come on in.

Okay, this is her
house right here.

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

Marcia 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
good night kiss.

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

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

Wow.

Wow.

W-O-W.

Wow

Uh...

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 gonna 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.

Ah... Guess what
I found to rent?

The Graduate.

Maybe family movie
night is a tradition

whose time has passed.

Could be.

Are those...?

Yeah, 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.

Mm...

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 every
major event of our senior year.

Gee, I-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 it at
first, we'll get to like it.

It's like an arranged marriage,

only we're the
ones arranging it.

Here's what I can offer you.

Outside of a well-
executed application

to every school of your
choice, I'm entirely capable

of showing you
every consideration

at each event we attend.

I can dance. I'm an
excellent conversationalist,

and I have impeccable manners,

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 she can't
get a guy to kiss her.

Next.

I just think medicine is
the ultimate field to 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 research.

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?

Esterification.

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

Esterification.

Of course,

that's an easy one.
We'd better get going.

The movie's gonna start.

And we missed
the first one 'cause

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.

Oh, I brought Lucy's

college brochures if you
want to take a look at them

while we're waiting on steaks.

Uh, nah. 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 just have a soda.

You think that cop is
stalking you or something?

Have a beer.

Maybe later.

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

Okay.

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

Oh. You're gonna
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.

Mm.

Well. I'm just gonna
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. 17?

19. 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 for 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 gonna 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 entrude.

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

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.

Do you want to watch
the rest of the movie?

Yes. Otherwise, someone
might get suspicious.

Okay.

Uh... But, wait.
Was this unlocked?

You always get so paranoid.

Come on, let's go.

Have you been involved in...

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 gonna 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 ask
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.

Thanks.

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 need it to mellow out.

This motherhood and
wife gig really sucks.

It just seems so unfair.

You make one little
mistake, you know?

Yeah.

I made a big mistake, too.

I got arrested for trashing

the school gym last 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 should
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, 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.

Well, 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.

Uh, do you want me to help you

finish up the
kitchen before I go.

No, let Johnnie do it
when he get's home.

He's not such a bad guy.

He wanted to go to college, too,

and major in English
Lit, be a writer.

Hey, well all still
have plenty of time

to be whatever we
want to be, right?

Right.

Whatever I'm gonna
be doesn't change

what I already am... a mom.

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 outlined 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 that
you had expressed interest in.

The school is 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 to write

because while it looks
as if the admission boards

are looking for the
well-rounded student

some were only interested

in the student with
very specific interests.

Shut up and kiss me.

Not until you get
acceptance letter.

Good night.

Goodnight, son, and
and welcome to Lucy's life.

I hope you will feel
free to join us anytime

for a meal, movie, laundry

whatever you need. Thank you
sir, that's a 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 gonna
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 this.

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.

Yes, well he's a great guy.

Good night.

Simon?

Aren't you forgetting something?

Good night, Simon.

I thought if anybody
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 over to the Promenade

and hang out and pick up
chicks who... who don't spell.

I can't.

Can't?

Well, maybe I can.

Yeah, all right.

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.

And so 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, there 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 taking about?

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

And he took a year of 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 ones see it but me.

Uh, I thought it was for school.

Okay, so no one see's it
but me and my teacher.

I want to know what you
have been writing in there.

And I want to win
a million bucks.

Not gonna happen.

Okay. Not gonna happen.

You know, I'm just going
to let it go. You're right.

It's your diary... you can write

whatever you want to write.

Uh, did all the kids leave home?

Hello.

Oh, hi, Marcia, 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 could give him yours.

Listed. I see.

Oh, you have your own phone.

That must be nice.

Yeah, uh, 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 him the message.

Marcia.

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.

Uh, I wonder where they are?

I can tell you where
they better not be.

We should just forget
it and go home, man.

This evening's a bust.

Excuse me, do you know where

the video arcade is?

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

Why don't you

show her?

Yeah, uh, 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, uh, 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
is keeping a diary?

Not now Luce.

Okay not now, but
you may want to get to it

before Monday when she
hands it into her teacher.

Luce, the diary is
going to have to wait.

Fine, if you don't care she saw
you having sex, why should I.

Lucy said you wanted to see me.

What did I do?

Do you smoke pot?

No! I don't smoke pot.

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

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

What new friends?

Frankie smokes cigarettes

once in a while, but...

She and her husband

got busted 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 gonna
need a whole lot more

than bail money to
straighten out there lives,

but that's what they're
asking for tonight.

I mentioned more then 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 her. 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 have
also found you?

I don't know.

Are you going to help them?

How would you have me help them?

Pay the bail.

And...

Uh, 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

or she would have
called her mother.

That has to be
why she called you.

Well, 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?

You think I should

take the church's money

and bail two people out of
jail who are 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

and it's... 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
friend 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
gonna 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 she saw me.

I used to be in her class,
but I missed a 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 can 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 Kirland, right?

The nut house.

I don't refer to it
as a nut house.

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
ready to be social again.

That's good. I know him.

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 it's hard to know the
right time to bring it up.

I understand.

She's very fickle.

You know?

She's nice, but she's fickle.

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

It could happen to anyone.

It has happened, many times.

I just want a chance.

Why don't you make
your way to the living room

and I'll just...

yell up the stairs.

Luce, 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 mental patient.

Have you ever been sick?

Have you ever seen a doctor?

Did the doctor
help you get well?

Thanks, Dad.

I have got a phone number.

Your mother told you
not to hang out with Matt

and pick up 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 write
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, it's
perfectly natural

for a man and a woman,

a married man, and
a married woman

to... make love

to each other,

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 go
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.

Oh, what kind of legal trouble?

Can we talk about it tomorrow?

Well, is Mary okay?

Yes.

No.

Mary's, well...

Mary's struggling
this year. Yeah.

I've noticed. We've all noticed.

Is, uh, is there something else?

No.

Not really.

It's not important.

It's just that 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, uh...

Having...

S-E-X. Yeah.

Yes.

Well,

it was bound to
happen sooner or later.

No, it wasn't. It's
never happened before.

Never happened before?

We...

We've all seen
you. I've seen you.

Mary's seen you.
Lucy's seen you.

Simon, Simon's seen you.

Hey wait, did you do that thing?

When you say
you're going upstairs

to check on one of the kids

and then dad says he's going

to go upstairs to check on you.

And that usually

throws up a red flag
and we all steer clear.

But Ruthie didn't
know the signal.

Well, how did the rest
of you know the signal?

It's kind of an obvious signal.

No, it isn't.

Yes, 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...

Oh.

I can't believe this.

I haven't really talked
about it that much,

other than the thousands of
hours I 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 a year out of my life

and I've got another shot
so, I want to make it right.

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'd find out?

Run.

Yeah.

But...

maybe by then you would have
gone out with me a few times

and seen that I'm 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 good night
before you change your mind.

Good night.

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.

Well, at least you 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.

Good night.

I know.