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What, are you kidding me? Sundays?
I love Sundays.
I live for Sundays.
The whole family's together.
Mom makes braciole.
Dad puts the Jersey on.
We're all watching the game. Yeah,
it drives me crazy, and yes,
I was negative. You didn't even know
that I loved it, Nikki, but I did.
I just didn't appreciate
it, or you, before.".
Come on. Time to go.
I lost all that. I blew it.
But you also blew it.
We can get it back.
We're gonna get it back. It's
all gonna be better now.
I'm better now and I hope you are, too.
And I'm gonna appreciate...".
Hey, I'll be there
in a minute, okay?
Doctor's waiting.
Let's go.
I'll be there in a minute.
That's true love.
Yeah, that's when I had long hair. People
say I talk about my hair too much.
And it was just the way I wanted
it, but he cut it back too far.
He cut this side back too
far trying to even it up.
I didn't tell him to do that.
I said, "just cut it the
way you cut it...".
Once you get in the right frame of
mind, I think anything's possible.
I think we get, we so often get caught
in this state of negativity and
it's a, it's a poison
like nothing else.
Dr. timbers:... technically, you can
take him out against our recommendation,
but you assume a lot of liability
in the eyes of the court.
And he's just getting
used to the routine here.
I don't want him to get
used to the routine here.
Eight months is
already long enough.
Hey, mom. Can we give Danny
a ride to north Philly?
What? I don't understand.
Mom, no, it'll be fine.
It'll be fine.
I guess everybody's
leaving today!
Hello, Mrs. s. An honor
to finally meet you.
Pat told me all about you,
how God made you rich in character,
and you're the mighty oak that holds
the household together, and not to
mention the lasagna you make on game day
when the birds play.
Danny was in for assault because
of crystal meth and alcohol.
Bad combination.
Yeah. On top of an anxiety disorder.
That was when I was an X-ray
technician with my add and my anxiety.
I had a lot of access to
medication and I took advantage of it.
That's when my hair was long, too.
But my hair only grew when I was older.
When I was younger, my
hair didn't grow
because my brother...
Remember I told you about my
brother, he had a jheri curl, and
I couldn't get a jheri curl because
my hair didn't grow long enough.
I was so jealous
of my brother...
But wait a minute, wait a minute.
Hello?
Yeah! It looks great now.
You like it?
No, it's good now.
Yes, it is.
Wait, you're going
the wrong way!
What? Are you sure about that?
I'll bring him back right away.
You lied to me, pat. Danny's
not allowed to leave.
All right, mom,
just hold on a sec.
Let's just talk
about this.
Mom, just listen...
Don't tou-...
Ch the steering... wheel!
Pat, this whole thing
was a mistake.
I'm sorry, mom. You okay?
I am out on a limb for you
with the courts right now.
It's my fault. Pat didn't know.
Pat didn't know. He's my friend,
so he was rootin' for me. I'm havin'
a disagreement with the hospital,
but we're working it out.
Take me back to the hospital,
but take pat home, he's fine.
Trust me. You'll see,
he's fine. It's my fault.
Mom, can we stop at the library?
I wanna read.
Nikki's entire English
high school syllabus.
Mom, it's a good thing.
I'm remaking myself.
Desean Jackson. What
happened to desean Jackson?
Come on, tell me that one.
It's insanity. He spikes the
ball at the one yard line.
The one fucking-yard line.
I mean, get into the
end zone, dummy.
You know something? It's nothing new.
Your team does that all the time.
They get close... and then they blow it.
They got an inferiority complex.
Wait a minute, what are you talking about?
What makes the cowboys America's team?
Because we are, we're
America's team.
You should be ashamed of yourself.
We're in Philadelphia,
what's the matter with you?
You're a fucking traitor.
What's more American
than a cowboy?
You know what's more American?
What?
Benjamin Franklin, that's
what's more American.
Benjamin Franklin?
Benjamin Franklin. The founder of
our country, here in Philadelphia.
You mean the guy with the... little
glasses and the long scraggly hair?
What about the lightning with the kite?
He stood in the storm with a kite.
If he wasn't on the hundred
dollar bill, nobody...
Would even know who he is.
What are you doing? No, no, no, no.
Don't touch them, don't touch them.
I didn't even touch 'em. Why
are you..., don't blame me.
Who did this? Who took,
who took, who took the...
The remotes like this?
Did you do this, Randy?
No, I don't touch them. As a matter of
fact, I don't know why you need so many.
Hey, there she is!
Look how beautiful!
What!! Whats this?
Everything good? Mm-hmm.
Ahh.
Where is it?
It's right here.
You got it. Ahh, well, we got that.
We don't want them to steal that.
You still got yours?
Yeah, I got mine.
So what, you don't talk to me? You
didn't tell me you took him out.
Well, he's ready.
Look at him.
You didn't tell dad you
were picking me up?
Don't worry about that. I wanna
make sure when you come out
that you're okay, and she
didn't say anything.
You didn't tell me? The court said yes.
Don't worry.
Yeah, but what did the doctor say? Because
the, the court listens to the doctor.
Yeah, and the court said-the court
listens to the doctor, the doctor-
dad, relax. The court said
it's fine, okay? Let it go.
Don't worry.
Dad, I'm in there
because of the court.
That's the agreement
that we made months ago.
It was a plea bargain
with the courts.
The lawyer, he instructed me, he said
that what we should plead that, and
then I would serve eight
months and then I'd get out.
It's all under control.
Well... okay, okay.
Congratulations.
Thank you. So what are
you doing with yourself?
You know, I'm gonna start a restaurant.
It's gonna be a cheesesteak place.
How you gonna pay for it?
I'm gonna pay for it,
don't worry about it.
From your bookmaking?
Who told you that? Mom told me.
Outside.
I did not. No, I didn't.
You just told me outside, mom,
what are you talking about?
Five minutes ago, we were walking up the
stairs, you said, "don't say anything,
but dad lost his job and
he's bookmaking.".
Why, Dolores? Why did you say that to him?
He has the wrong idea.
Everything's fine, Patrick. I'm more
concerned about you than anything else.
Good, dad. Good.
Okay, the question, the big question,
is what are you gonna do with yourself?
What am I gonna do? I'm getting
in shape, I'm getting trim,
I'm getting really fit for Nikki.
I'm gonna read Nikki's teaching
syllabus and get
my old job back.
Nikki sold the house. She left.
Didn't your mother tell you that?
Let me tell you something. You don't know
anything about my marriage, okay, dad?
All right? Our marriage...
We're very, very much in love,
okay? Just like you two.
Listen, Patrick, she's gone. She's
not around anymore. Nikki left.
What are you doing, dad? You know what?
Excelsior.
Excelsior. What does that mean?
It means you know what I'm gonna
do, I'm gonna take all this
negativity and use it as fuel and
I'm gonna find a silver lining,
that's what I'm gonna do.
And that's no bullshit.
That's no bullshit. That takes
work and that's the truth.
What the fuck?!
Stupid fucking book!
I just can't believe Nikki's
teaching that book to the kids.
I mean the whole time. Let me
just break it down for you
the whole time you're rooting for
this Hemingway guy to survive the war
and to be with the woman that
he loves, Catherine barkley...
It's four o'clock in
the morning, pat.
And he does. He does. He
survives the war, after getting
blown up he survives it, and
he escapes to Switzerland with
Catherine. But now Catherine's pregnant.
Isn't that wonderful?
She's pregnant. And they escape
up into the mountains and they're
gonna be happy, and they're gonna
be drinking wine and they dance...
They both like to dance with each
other, there's scenes of them
dancing, which was boring, but I
liked it, because they were happy.
You think he ends it there? No!
He writes another ending.
She dies, dad! I mean,
the world's hard
enough as it is, guys. It's
fucking hard enough as it is.
Can't somebody say, "hey,
let's be positive?
Let's have a good
ending to the story?.
Pat, you owe
us an apology.
Mom, for what, I
can't apologize.
I'm not gonna
apologize for this.
You know what I will do? I
will apologize on behalf of
Ernest Hemingway, because
that's who's to blame here.
Yeah, have Ernest Hemingway call
us and apologize to us, too.
Why didn't you run with me?
Huh!!
I was reading.
Please. Do us a favor,
don't read for a while.
What are you wearing a garbage bag for?
I'm gonna go run now.
Wait, wait, wait. You
have to fix this window.
I'll fix it when I get back.
Fix it now.
Get in the car, pat. You
have to go to therapy.
I don't wanna
go to therapy.
You have to go. It's part of the deal.
You can't live with us and not go.
Is that song
really playing?
We have music sometimes.
That song is killing me. Could
you please turn it off?
I can't.
What do you mean,
you can't?
I don't have the controls.
I'm sorry, I-
did doctor timbers
put you up to this?
Is there a speaker here?
Is, is the speaker here?
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Okay... I'm sorry.
I'll fix all this, okay?
That was a messed up thing you
did, doctor patel. Alright!
That's a messed up thing.
I'm sorry, but that's...
You can call me
cliff, please.
Yeah, well, cliff, that's not the way
you're supposed to meet people, okay?
You should write that down
in your, I don't know
your little book you
write stuff down in.
I'm sorry about that song. I just wanted
to see if it was still a trigger for you.
Bravo. It's a trigger. I'm
not gonna take any meds,
I should just tell
you that right now.
No, you have to
take medicine.
No, I'm not gonna take any medicine.
It makes me foggy-
no, you will have
to take medication.
I don't want any
meds, doctor.
Look, I am not the explosion guy, okay?
My father is the explosion guy.
I'm not that guy.
He got kicked out of that
stadium he beat up so many
people at eagles games,
he's on the exclusion list.
I had one incident. One
incident can change a lifetime.
But I'm ready. I'm ready to take
responsibility for my side of the street.
She just needs to take
responsibility for hers.
What's hers?
What's hers? Are you joking?
Let's go back to the incident.
I come home from
work after I..
Fight with Nancy, the
high school ...Principal.
I come home and what's playing
but the song from my wedding.
The song that you so charmingly
played out here today for us.
That's playing and I don't think
anything of it. Which is odd,
'cause I should have.
I come home, what do I see? I walk
in the door and I see underwear and
pieces of clothing and a guy's
pants with his belt in it,
and I walk up the
stairs, and all...
Ll of a sudden I see the DVD
player, and on the d-...
VD player is the cd and it's
playing our wedding song,
and then I look down
and I see my wife's...
Panties on the
ground and then-
I look up and I see her
naked in the shower...
And I think, "oh, that's kinda
sweet, she's in the shower.
What a perfect thing. I'm gonna find
her and maybe I'll go in there.
We never-...Fuck
in the shower anymore.
Maybe today we will.
"I...
Pull the curtain back and
there's the fucking history...
Teacher with tenure.
And you know what he says to me?
"you should probably go.".
That's what he says to me.
So yeah, I snapped. I
almost beat him to death.
But now I get fucking
chastised for it? I'm
parallel to my father?
I don't think so.
All right. Can you talk about something
that you did, before or after?
I left work early... which I never
do, by the way, but I got in a.
Yeah, about a week before the
incident, I called the cops and
I told them that my wife and the
history guy were plotting against
me by embezzling money from
the local high school, which
wasn't true... it was a delusion. And
we later found out from the hospital
that's because I'm, uh...
Undiagnosed bipolar.
Yeah. With mood swings and weird
thinking brought on by severe
stress, which rarely
happens, thank God.
And then the shower incident
happened and that's when everything
snapped, so I then realized that,
oh, wow, I've been dealing with
this my whole life. And without any
supervision I've been doing it all
on my own with no help and basically I've
been white-knuckling it this whole time.
That had to be hard.
Yeah. It's a lot to deal
with, especially when
you don't know what the
hell is happening,
which I do now. Sort of.
Pat, you have to take
your medication.
I can't, mom. I can't.
I will call them.
They'll come for you.
Why would you do that?
You wouldn't do that.
Why would you call them?
What's up?
I don't, I don't feel good
when I'm on them, mom.
I don't feel good.
I'm so much clearer without them.
Mom, they make me bloated.
I don't like the way
it makes me look.
Why don't you just
take your medication?
You've gotta take
your medication.
Come on, I'm doing it with my physicality.
I've been workin' out,
that's what I'm doin'.
Why is he wearing
a garbage bag?
Why are you wearing
a garbage bag?
To sweat.
Sit down. We're seven minutes in, no score.
Come on, help turn the juju around.
I don't believe
in juju, dad.
Come on, mister excelsior.
You wanna be positive?
Be positive. Sit down.
All right, all right.
Come on.
For a second. I'll watch
the beginning of the game.
He says you're good...
Luck, honey.
What's that in your hand?
It's a... see?
Handkerchief? Yeah.
That's ocd. That's crazy.
What ocd? I want my son to watch
the game with me, so sue me.
Just sit down, come on. I want
you to watch the game with me.
I'm not superstitious. That's
a small thing that I do.
If I make a lot of money, what's the
difference if I do this or that?
It's a small thing. Sit down.
Come on.
I'm making crabby
snacks and homemades.
You see?! You see that?!
You're meant to be here!
This is special. Everything
happens for a reason.
That's why you came home.
Embrace it! Embrace it!
I'm the reason? I
don't think so.
Yeah, Tommy, Tommy, yes, yes.
I got your whole sheet.
Mom. Yeah. No, no...
I'm just confirming.
I'm just confirming. Okay.
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Can I do.. An interview for a school
project on mental illness? No.
It's for a school project!
Don't pay any attention.
Who's that? That's not Rick
d'angelo, is it? That's him.
Is he the guy who's
having the problem?
People are stupid. They, they, they,
they don't know what they're saying.
Yeah, that's the one.
Don't let them hurt
your feelings.
Pat, don't look for Nikki! Take
your camera and get out of here!
Patrick, please. Pat!
Patty! Don't
look for Nikki!
Ms. meckers!
Oh, God! Oh, God!
Nance! This is my lucky day!
Look at you working on a Sunday!
How are you? Hey.
What are you doing here?
I just came by to say hi, to let you
know I'm ready to come back to work.
You shouldn't be here.
I'll work full-time,
half-time.
I'll sub, I'll work
history, whatever you want.
Here, let me give you a hand.
I'm sorry. I'm being rude.
I got it. I got it.
I got it.
Let me ask you something. Let
me just ask you something.
Does Nikki still
work here?
You know I can't tell you that.
But Doug culpepper is still here.
Why would you tell me that? You
know he broke up my marriage.
What, are you being,
a troublemaker?
You know, you look good. Did
you lose a lot of weight?
I did, yeah. I did.
Thank you.
Get away from me!
Get away!
I'm better. I just want to let
you know, I'm better now. Okay?
I'm better. I feel good. I feel so good.
Look at my eyes.
Look at my eyes. Look
at how clear they are.
I'm not a complainer anymore.
I'm a positive guy. Okay?
You just have to
give it some time.
Yes.
You know, a lot went down.
People will get over it.
It'll be all good.
It'll work out.
Yes! It will be!
I'm gonna take that as a
silver development, Nancy!
A silver development!
That's a silver lining!
Good luck.
Ronnie! Pat.
There he is! He's back!
Hey.
Welcome home.
Thank you.
Welcome back, man.
Yeah, I'm out.
Yeah? You're out out?
Uh-huh.
Cool, man. Wow, you lost a lot of weight.
I almost didn't recognize you.
Thank you.
I'm sorry I didn't visit
you in the hospital.
You know, work's out of
control, you know, she had the baby.
I'm really glad you're back.
I missed you. I really
need someone to talk to.
You gotta come see the baby.
She's beautiful. And Veronica
wants to make dinner for you.
Congratulations on the baby, but
I'm not buying the invitation.
'Cause you think Veronica
still hates you?
I know Veronica still hates me.
That's not true.
Yes, it is. Nikki
always said that.
"Ronnie's wife keeps his social calendar
where she keeps his balls, in her purse.".
That's not true.
Ronnie! What
are you doing?
Okay, it's a little true. But if
you think she still hates you,
you're wrong because why would she
tell me to invite you to dinner?
Hmm?
Did you invite him?
Yes.
Well, can he make it?
I don't know yet! Can you
make it next Sunday?
Sure.
I'll see you next Sunday.
Now, you guys are still in
touch with Nikki, right?
Does Veronica still
talk to Nikki?
Yeah.
Get in here, please.
I need you.
Okay.
As soon as you left, the redskins threw
a trick play, a pitch out to randal El.
Andy reid wastes a timeout challenging
it, loses the challenge, loses the game.
You're in this house, please
show some respect for what I do.
And we should spend time
together anyway. I'm
trying to keep you out
of trouble, please.
I have very, good news, everybody.
Very good news.
What's that? What's
the good news?
Things are looking up.
Oh, are they?
You know what, I knew why they
invited me over. I knew it.
Listen, she might
be with that guy.
That, the...
Oh, no way!
She..., no, she might be with him.
She's afraid of you.
She doesn't want
to talk to you.
No way, dad. You mean,
Doug culpepper?
Put the phone down.
You gotta...
Wait just a minute.
Put the phone
down, please.
What are you doing?
Listen..., stop.
Give me the phone. Dad,
this is my life. Dad.
You gotta understand me. You wanna go back?
Well then, stop this!
Gimme the phone.
Gimme the phone.
Pat!
Then don't
fucking do this.
Don't talk to
me like that.
Well then, don't
behave this way.
I got... a call
asking to...
Check on this house. Pat.
Solatano?
Yeah.
Yeah? Missus solatano, mister
solatano, I'm officer keogh.
I work this beat. Look, I heard
about the restraining order.
And I heard you went to your
old house and the school.
It's not okay. I've been
assigned to your case, so you're
gonna be seeing a lot of me.
Do yourself a favor.
Respect the restraining
order, okay?
Five hundred feet. You
hear what he just said?
Youhave a restraining order.
Yeah, dad, I know.
Thank you, officer.
If you need anything...
My card.
Thank you. Sorry.
We understand.
Since when do
cops have cards?
Tell me one thing. Would you like
to be a guy who goes back to jail
or to the hospital? Hmm? So take
your medication and if you do fine,
we'll reduce them.
Nikki's waiting for me to get in
shape and get my life in order, and
then she's gonna be with me. And
that's better than any medication.
Pat, there's a possibility, and I
want you to be prepared for it,
that she may not return. True love
is about letting her go and seeing
if she returns. In the meantime, if
you listen to that song, I don't
want you to fall apart. So get a
strategy, okay? You need one.
Let me say something, I
gotta say something.
Okay.
This is what I
believe to be true.
This is what I learned
in the hospital.
You have to do everything you
can, you have to work your
hardest, and if you do,
if you stay positive,
you have a shot at
a silver lining.
Work on a strategy, okay?
Hey, my friend Ronnie's having this
party on Sunday night and it's like
a real hoity-toity thing and his wife,
Veronica's a real stickler for...
I don't know, my mom got
this gap outfit she
wants me to wear, but
I wanna wear a Jersey
that my brother, Jake,
got me from the eagles.
Which Jersey?
Desean Jackson.
Desean Jackson is the man.
Well, that settles that.
Pat! What are you doin'?
I gotta go, man.
Why?
I can't stay, come on. I made a
mistake, I shouldn't have worn this.
Dude, you're fine. I like that Jersey.
I wish I was wearing that Jersey.
I feel like an idiot.
Are you comfortable?
Veronica's not
gonna like it.
Get over here.
Plus you got a tie on.
Don't worry about it,
you're the guest of honor.
You come however you wanna come.
Really?
Get over here.
Desean Jackson's
in the house!
You mean rookie
of the year?
Yeah.
Desean Jackson?
Desean Jackson?
Oh, you wore a
Jersey to dinner.
Isn't it awesome?
Not for dinner.
Look, he got us flowers.
Oh, that's sweet. That's sweet, pat.
That's lovely.
And wine.
Hey.
Check this out. We just
redid the whole thing.
Hey.
Wow!
Tremendous. Tremendous.
Isn't it great?
Tremendous.
Yeah, man, I'm, I'm thinking
of redoing it again.
Why?
Because. Gotta be making a
lot of paper to do that.
Yeah, we're doing all right, man.
I can't complain.
Isn't the market
down, though?
It is down, but you know, she wants
more, so I'm giving her more, man.
Hey, you know my dad
lost his pension.
I'm sorry, man.
Yeah.
A lot of people.
My Uncle, too.
Really?
Yeah, but you know what? No
disrespect, it's not personal,
but this is the
time to strike.
You start snapping up
commercial real estate...
Cheap... flip it
over, you flip it over and
that's when you make the money.
But the pressure...
It's like...
You okay?
I'm not okay. Don't tell anybody.
Listen to me.
I feel like I'm
getting crushed and-
crushed by what?
Everything. The family, the baby,
the job, the fucking dicks at work,
and it's like, you know, like I'm
trying to do this, you know, and,
and, and I'm like...
Suffocating.
Holy shit.
You can't be happy
all the time.
Who told you you
can't be happy?
It's all right. You just do
your best, you have no choice.
That's not true at all.
You just can't.
Ronnie, Ronnie, Ronnie!
I hope you're okay with
Veronica's sister coming over.
You okay with that? Who?
Veronica's sister.
Tiffany. Tiffany and...
Tommy?
Yeah. Just Tiffany.
What happened to Tommy?
He died.
Tommy died? Cops die.
How'd he die?
Please, don't bring it up.
No, how did he die?
How did who die?
Hey, Tiffany! This is pat.
Pat, my sister-in-law Tiffany.
You look nice.
Thank you.
I'm not flirting with you.
Oh, I didn't
think you were.
I just see that you made an effort
and I'm gonna be better with my
wife, I'm working on that. I
wanna acknowledge her beauty.
I never used to do that.
I do that now.
'Cause we're gonna be better than ever...
Nikki. Just practicing.
How'd Tommy die?
What about your job?
I just got
fired, actually.
Oh, really? How?
I mean, I'm sorry.
How'd that happen?
Does it really matter?
Baby, how's it going?
Great, great.
We're gonna go
on a tour now.
Let's go see the house.
Come on, let's
go for the tour.
I've, I've been planning this forever.
I love our house.
I love our house. I'm
really excited about it.
Come on.
Guess what it is.
Oh, it's a television. It's
a computer screen. Nope.
Just keep going, keep
going, keep going.
It's a brick oven, it's a brick oven.
It's a light. It's a...
Ooh, ooh, warmer,
warmer, warmer.
It's a drawer at a morgue
where they pull out dead
bodies and shoot them with formaldehyde.
Where would the body go, though?
It's a joke!
It's a... fireplace.
In the middle of the wall?
We have a port in every room.
Gimme an iPod.
Who, who doesn't
have an iPod?
Well, I don't have an iPod.
I don't even have a phone.
They won't let me make any calls.
They think I'm gonna call Nikki.
Don't worry about it.
Don't focus on that.
I would call Nikki.
I'm actually gonna give
you one of my iPods.
I have an old one.
Gimme your iPod.
Give it to me. Thank
you, baby, thank you.
Of all the rooms there
are iPod ports in,
I'm happy you brought
us into the bathroom.
I can play music for
the baby in any room.
Can you play "ride the
lightning"by metallica?
Pat was a history sub at
the high school, Tiffany.
Ask him about any president,
he knows 'em all.
Here's a fun fact. You know
where the term "ok"comes from?
No. No, I don't.
Where?
Well, Martin van buren, the eighth
President of the United States of
America, is from
kinderhook, New York...
Oh.
And he was part of a club, a men's
club, called old kinderhook.
And if you were cool, you
were in the club, they'd say,
"that guy's ok. "'Cause he
was in the old kinderhooks.
Really?
Yeah. Pretty cool, right?
That's interesting.
You know, Tiffany's been doing this
dance thing for years and she's
real good at it. She's gonna be
competing at the Ben Franklin hotel.
Oh, really? My wife loves dance.
Nikki loves dance.
Why do you have to talk
about me like that?
I'm just bragging about you. Can't
I brag about my little sister?
Don't talk about me
in the third person.
Please, gimme a break.
I'm right here.
Just be nice.
Just be nice.
Wow, wow, wow.
Fascinating.
Sorry. I don't
wanna be mean.
I know. I know, I know.
What meds are you on?
Me? None. I used to be on lithium
and Seroquel and Abilify,
but I don't take them anymore, no.
They make me foggy
and they also
make me bloated.
Yeah, I was on Xanax and Effexor,
but I agree, I wasn't as sharp,
so I stopped. You
ever take klonopin?
Klonopin? Yeah.
Right? Jesus.
It's like, "what? What day
is it?"how about trazodone?
Trazodone!
Oh, it flattens you out.
I mean, you are done.
It takes the light right
out of your eyes.
God, I bet it does.
I'm tired. I wanna go.
No. No, no, no, no. We haven't, we
haven't even finished the salad
yet, or the duck. I made
the fire and ice cake.
I said I'm tired. Are you
gonna walk me home or what?
You mean me?
Yeah, you. Are you
gonna walk me home?
You have poor social skills.
You have a problem.
I have a problem? You say more
inappropriate things than
appropriate things.
You scare people.
I tell the truth.
But you're mean.
What? I'm not
telling the truth?
Um, maybe I should drive
them home separately?
You can drive them both home.
Now.
Stop talking about me in third person.
You can take Tiffany home first.
You love it when
I have problems.
You love it, Von, because then you
can be the good one. Just say it.
No... I don't. I don't. I
just wanted to have a nice,
I just wanted to have a nice dinner.
Oh, God.
What is your problem?!
Nothing's my problem! I'm fine.
I'm tired and I wanna go.
Come on, are you ready?
You really, you really
wanna go right now?
Yes, I really wanna go!
It's been great.
Okay, guys, the
baby is sleeping!
Sorry. I don't wanna
wake up the baby. Bye.
Listen, I haven't dated since
before my marriage so I don't
really remember
how this works.
How what works?
I saw the way you were
looking at me, pat.
You felt it, I felt it, don't lie.
We're not liars like they are.
I live in the addition around
back, which is completely
separate from my parents' house, so
there's no chance of them walking
in on us. I hate the fact that you
wore a football Jersey to dinner
because I hate football, but you can fuck
me if you turn the lights off, okay?
How old are you?
Old enough to have a marriage end and
not wind up in a mental hospital.
Look, I had a really good time
tonight and I think you're really
pretty, but I'm
married, okay?
You're married? So am I.
No, that's confusing.
He's dead.
Wait, what?
What's happening?
Oh, my God. Hey.
Are you okay? Ronnie called. Hey,
is that make-up on your shirt?
I don't know, mom.
What happened over there?
When am I gonna
get a phone?
You'll get a phone
in due time.
What happened?
Pat!
Mom!
I can't find my wedding video.
Mom, wake up.
What is it?
Where's my wedding video?
It's after three o'clock!
What are you doing?
I looked in here, but this is all
your sewing shit up here, for your
sewing and everything.
Did you put it up here?
What about in your
father's study?
Don't go in my study.
Dad, not now!
Would you put it in here? It makes
no sense for you to put it in here.
Patty, what are you doing?
He's got all his eagles videos
and not one video of my wedding!
Is it here? I mean...?
Patty!
It's probably
in the attic.
Are you going in my study?
It feels to me like you wanna
hide my wedding video.
Please stop yelling!
I'm not yelling, mom,
I'm just frustrated
because I should have my
fucking wedding video!
Pat! Pat!
I looked over there! I already
looked all over there!
Calm down, pat.
I'm not calming down! I don't
give a fuck who hears,
I'm not calming down!
Anybody can wake up!
I'm not ashamed of it!
I'm not ashamed of it!
Let the whole neighborhood wake up!
I... don't care!
Pat! Stop it!
Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!
What's going on?
What?
I want it! It-...
Hey!
It's my wedding! It's
my wedding video!
Pat! Stop it! Stop it!
Stop it!
I can't watch my wedding video,
but I can hear the fucking song.
Mom?
What the fuck you doing?! You...
Hit your mother?!
No, no, no, no, no!
Stop it!
Get off me, dad!
Stop hitting him!
Stop hitting him!
I'm not hitting him!
He's hitting me!
I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
I'm sorry!
Police! Open up.
Mister solatano, I
got a lot of calls.
People in the neighborhood are scared.
I gotta come in.
How are we doing
in here, huh?
There are a lot of reports from your
neighbors, we got a lot of phone calls.
Nikki is being manipulated and controlled.
You have to talk to her.
Hey, sit down.
Sit down.
You gotta stop with
these crazy theories.
He's a cop. What
are you doing?
It's a medication problem,
but he's fine now.
Oh yeah? He's fine now? You wanna
send him back to Baltimore?
We know all about the explosion
at the psychiatrist's office.
What?
What explosion? No. Cliff
is lying, that's not true.
He's not allowed to
talk about that.
Jesus Christ, who's that?
Keep an eye on him.
Is this a bipolar episode?
Get outta here, you
little fuckin'
idiot! Get outta here!
Someone, help me! Help me!
You can't tell
Nikki about this,
officer.
Look, I gotta make
out a report.
No, no, no, listen, sir.
Hey! Sit down.
He's chasing me! This guy's chasing me!
Help me!
Sit down!
I'm sorry. I could just write
you a letter and you could just
let me have five minutes, explaining
how much better I'm doing.
There's a court order against you...
Five hundred feet. Listen to me!
And I'll take that fucking camera
and I'm gonna break it over
your fuckin' head, then I'm gonna
come back and interview you about
what it's like to get that fuckin'
camera broken over your head!
Youwa..., what are
you laughing about?
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Okay.
Go back to sleep. The party's over.
Show's over.
This is not a reflection of where I'm at.
You can't... please,
you can't tell her any of this
you can't tell Nikki about this.
You need to pipe down.
Everything all right?
Who was at the door?
Who was that, dad?
It was that kid
with the camera.
Good luck. I gotta
write this up.
Come on, don't write it up! I
don't want her to see this!
It's okay, everything is okay.
We're fine, thank you,
we appreciate it.
Thank you.
Hey!
What the hell?
What happened
to your face?
Weight lifting accident.
That sounds like bullshit.
Why'd you run by my house?
Did our little conversation
get you upset last night?
Hey, this is my route, okay?
Just back off.
This is my neighborhood.
You just ran by my house.
I like to run by
myself, okay?
Me too.
Hey, I like to run alone!
Will you stop?
What?
Okay? I'm running here!
Me too!
Well then, why don't you
run somewhere else?
There's a fucking ton of roads to run in!
What are you trying to do?
I like this road. This
is my neighborhood.
Oh, come on, please!
Calm down, crazy.
Hey!
What the fuck?!
I'm married!
So am I!
What the fuck are you doing?
Your husband's dead!
Where is your wife?
You're crazy!
I'm not the one that just got out
of that hospital in Baltimore.
I'm not the big slut!
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I was a big slut, but I'm not anymore.
There's always gonna be a
part of me that's sloppy and dirty,
but I like that, with all the other
parts of myself. Can you say the
same about yourself, fucker?!
Can you forgive? Are
you any good at that?
You seemed to have
trouble last night.
Let me just set the record
straight about last night.
Hurting my mother was a mistake
and I hate myself for it,
and I hate my illness and
I want to control it.
My father, on the other
hand, had no trouble
slapping the shit out of me last
night, which I did not return
'cause I could've killed him and I didn't.
He's sixty-five years old.
You don't think I could've beat
the shit out of him? I mean...
He was scared for your mother
and you hurt him as well.
Yes, last night was a mess.
Okay? And I think
he probably just tried
to do his best.
Pat, you have to have a strategy.
I told you earlier.
You need to recognize these feelings
coming to you, otherwise you will be sent
back to Baltimore. So when you get
these feelings, you need to get to
a quieter place, and be at peace
with yourself, however you can.
Yeah, but that's
easier said than done.
You have to do it. You have no choice.
Excelsior.
Yeah, excelsior. Listen, I have a
letter I want you to give Nikki,
okay?
No.
Why?
Because you have
a restraining
order.
What good are you, man?
Why did you have this
overwhelming urgency to see your
wedding video last night?
Oh, I don't know, because I'm
married and I haven't seen my wife
in eight and a
half months?
Maybe you think that Nikki's not
around and Tiffany's an attractive
girl and if you get drawn towards
Tiffany, you will spoil your
chances of getting
Nikki back to you?
Not bad, doctor Jones. But I
don't think I'm gonna blow it
with Nikki because
Tiffany's a slut.
Why is she a slut?
After the dinner
at Ronnie's,
she said, quote, "we can
go to the back house and"
you can fuck me as long as
we turn the lights out."
Unquote. And she still
wears her wedding ring.
So she's a loyal,
married-to-a-dead-guy slut.
Maybe she just needs a friend and
she thought if she offers you sex,
it will be easier for you
to become friends with her.
She said she's not a whore anymore,
but she likes that part of herself
along with all the other parts of
herself and can I say the same?
Can you?
Is that...? You're asking me, you're
really asking me that question?
Yes.
With all my crazy sad shit?
What, are you fucking nuts?
Pat, the silver lining thing is yours.
I'm just giving back your
words to you. This "crazy sad
shit," as you call it, made you a
happier, calmer person with a
beautiful positive philosophy of
going outdoors, working
out, and reading books.
No, not the books. You
said Nikki's friends with
Ronnie, Veronica and Tiffany. So if
you become friends with Tiffany,
Nikki will think that you're a
kind, generous, large-hearted
person, who helps people in need,
who is basically thriving. So if
you help Tiffany, it
will be good for you.
Hey!
How do you know
when I run?
I wanted to clarify
something.
I just want us
to be friends.
Did you hear what I said?
Why are you giving
me such a hard time?
No, I'm not giving
you a hard time.
I don't know how to act with
you when you do this shit.
You wanna have dinner
at this diner?
Pick me up at
seven thirty.
Happy Halloween.
Hi.
Here you go.
Thank you.
I'm gonna have a bowl
of your raisin bran.
Great!
Tea be right back.
You look nice.
Thanks.
Raisin bran. Milk.
Thank you.
You want to share this?
Why did you order
raisin bran?
Why did you order tea?
Because you ordered
raisin bran.
I ordered raisin bran because
I didn't want there to be any
mistaking this for a date.
It can still be a date if
you order raisin bran.
It's not a date. So how's
your thing going...
Your dancing thing?
It's good. How's your
restraining order?
I wouldn't actually call the
restraining order "my thing,""
but getting back with Nikki is,
and I've been doing pretty well.
Except for a minor incident
at the doctor's office.
And the so-called incident
with the weights.
Yeah. That was a thing with my parents.
I wish I could just
explain it all in a letter to Nikki
because it was minor and I could
just explain it and let her know
that I'm actually not out of
control and that I'm
actually doing really well.
I can get a letter to Nikki. I see
her sometimes with my sister.
It would be so amazing if you could
get a letter to Nikki from me.
I'd have to hide it from Veronica.
She's not into breaking the law,
which this letter would
definitely be doing.
But you would do it?
I'd have to be careful. I'm already
on thin ice with my family,
you should hear how
I lost my job.
How did you lose your job?
By... having sex with
everybody in the office.
Everybody?
I was very depressed after Tommy died.
It was a lot of people.
We don't have to
talk about it.
Thanks.
How many were there?
Eleven.
Wow.
I know.
I'm not gonna talk
about it anymore.
Okay.
Can I ask you one
more question?
Were there any women?
Yes.
Really?
Yes.
What was that like?
Hot.
Jesus Christ. Was it like...
Older women,
a sexy teacher who
wants to seduce you-
made me sit on her lap
and do things? Yeah.
What? You sat on her lap?
Mm-hmm.
She told you what to do?
Mm-hmm.
Oh... my God. Nikki hated
when I talked like this.
Made me feel like such a pervert.
Maybe we should change the subject.
I don't mind it.
You don't, do you.
No. But then people were getting
into fights in the parking lot at
work, and in the bathroom... and the
boss called me in to his office and
tried to pin it all on me. So I
accused him of harassment and then
they fired me, sent me home
and put me on some meds.
I get it. The song that was
playing when my wife...
Was in the shower with
the history teacher...
I heard about that.
It was my wedding song and when
I hear it, I go kinda crazy.
Sometimes I hear it when
it's not even playing.
Wow.
Yeah. So they put me on medication,
which I feel ashamed of.
Yeah.
So I know.
You do.
I just gotta get a
strategy, you know?
Me too.
We'd better get
back to the letter.
Yeah, let's get
back to the letter.
What if you told Nikki when
Veronica was in the bathroom?
Yes. Yes, that could work.
I love that.
Oh, my God, I'm gonna go home
and write the letter right now.
Can I at least
finish my tea?
Wait, what?
My tea. Can I finish it?
Wait a minute. Did Veronica
tell Nikki about our dinner?
Why would she do that?
Was it a test?
I kinda got that
feeling, yeah.
Goddamn it. I knew it. It was a test.
How did I do?
I think I did pretty well.
Yeah, she said you
were cool, basically.
"Basically? Was I some
percentage not cool?
No, she said you were
cool, but you know.
No, I don't know.
Sort of how you are.
It's fine, relax.
What do you mean? How am I?
What does that mean?
Sort of like me.
"Sort of like you"? I hope to
God she didn't tell Nikki that.
Why?
Because, it's just not right,
lumping you and I together,
I mean, it's just wrong. And
Nikki wouldn't like that.
Especially after all the
shit you just told me.
You think that I'm
crazier than you.
Because, well, we're
different, I mean-
oh, my God. Ugh.
You're killing me.
You know what? Forget I
offered to help you.
Forget the entire fucking idea.
'Cause that must have been
fucking crazy because I am
so much crazier than you.
Keep your voice down.
I'm just the crazy slut
with a dead husband!
Forget it!
Shut the fuck up.
Fuck you!
You shut the fuck up!
Tiffany! Hey! Tiffany!
Slow down, raisin bran.
Hey, come on. Look, I don't
think you're crazy, all right?
Yes, you do.
No, I don't.
You told your therapist that you
were in a superior mental illness
category, didn't you?
What? Hey, calm down! Hey-
just leave me alone!
Can I just explain
myself, please?
I didn't want Nikki to think that I
was associated with that kind of
sexual behavior because I've never
done anything like that, okay?
You may not have experienced
the shit that I did.
But you loved hearing
about it, didn't you?
You are afraid to be alive,
you're afraid to live.
You're a hypocrite.
You're a conformist. You're a liar. I
opened up to you and you judged me.
You are an asshole.
You are an asshole!
Get off of me! Get off!
You're harassing me!
Hey, hey!
He's harassing me!
Get off!
Take it easy. Dude, relax.
He's harassing me!!
Bro, get off of me.
He's harassing me!!
Hey, hey, stop, stop.
Stop, all right?
Hey, get off of me!
Shut up, shut up.
Stop it.
Hey, hey, hey, get off me!
What are you doing? Come on.
What are you doing?
What are you doing
to these kids?
Are you being a punk on
Halloween with these kids?
You wanna go back to Baltimore?
Is that what you wanna do?
I didn't, I
didn't, I didn't-
it's the kids!
Honestly he didn't do anything,
it was all the kids.
Let's go, clear out,
nothing going on here.
Come on man what you gonna
do about that song? You
gonna go your whole life
scared of that song?
It's just a song. Don't
make it a monster.
Come on breath! There's no song playing.
There's no song.
That's it.
That's it. There you go.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I took it too far.
I'm sorry.
Hey, is he messing
with you?
No, no. No, this was just a joke.
This is a joke I started.
There's a restraining
order on this guy.
I know, I have a
stupid sense of humor.
That's not a good
thing to do.
Well, I'm fucked up. What can I tell you?
I'm sorry.
You're Tommy's
widow, right?
Yes, I'm Tommy's crazy whore widow, minus
the whore thing for the most part.
You're a funny girl. You
wanna get a drink sometime?
What'd I say? She doesn't,
she doesn't do that anymore.
I'm sorry about what
I said in the diner.
I know. I know you
didn't mean it.
I didn't mean it at all.
I know, you say shit you
don't mean all the time.
All the time. I'll still give your
letter to Nikki, don't worry.
Wow. I really appreciate
that, Tiffany.
I know you do.
You do? Yeah, sure. I'll see you tomorrow?
With the letter?
I'll bet I know what happened
if only one is missing.
Either Dolores or pat needed an
envelope and one of 'em took it.
That's the only answer.
No, no, no.
Dolores, somebody was in my study.
Who took one of my envelopes?
Somebody took an envelope.
Maybe we should
call the FBI.
Don't make fun.
This is serious.
What FBI? Come on, let's take a look.
I'll show you what this is.
I'm gonna just explain to you something.
I mean, you know what
I'm doing, honey. This
everything, like this.
I got this, it
all corresponds.
Dad, I borrowed one
of your envelopes.
I hope that's
not a problem.
No, it's not okay. It's not okay.
You gotta ask.
"Do not go in my study
or I will eat you!.
It's not funny,
it's not funny.
What's everybody making
a joke out of this for?
Dolores, you are
so beautiful!
Stop that! Hey, hey,
hey, stop, stop, stop!
Listen, a lot of envelopes go in
and out of my office every day
after games with
a lot of cash in
'em. So show some
respect for what I do.
Yeah, I know. I saw
two-seven-four.
I just wanted to
tell you the number.
Thank you.
But the envelope was empty.
I'm sorry, you were sleeping.
I didn't want to wake you,
but I needed an envelope.
You didn't want to wake me?
He didn't want to wake me.
He doesn't have a problem complaining
about Ernest fucking Hemingway.
He doesn't have a problem
asking for his wedding video-
be nice. It's game day! I'm makin
crabby snacks and homemades.
Yeah, come on, dad, be nice. Come
on, she's making crabby snacks and
homemades. Come on, dad!
What are you so up about?
He's very happy.
I'm happy.
No, you're so
up, up, up, up.
Isn't that a good thing?
You're just up, up, up. I
don't know what that is.
Are you taking the proper
dosage of your medication?
Am I taking the right dose?
Of course I am.
Okay. Taking a little bit
too many or something?
No, if I was taking that,
I'd be on the floor, dad.
Just stay with us. Stay for the game.
Spend some family time.
Dad, I can't. Look,
I'm ready to go.
Spend family time. Wait, you
mean ocd, superstitious time?
Come on, your dad needs a winner.
Help him out.
Come on. I can't.
It's the seahawks.
Put on the Jersey and stay, please.
Please. It's important, please.
What are you up to, pat?
Nothing, come on.
What's in the envelope?
Yeah, what are you doing?
What's in that envelope?
Guys, I'm beating the song!
I'm on the scoreboard!
I'm playing down field!
I feel great!
Hey, how you doin'?
Is Tiffany here?
What do you want with her?
Is that another creep? What do
you want, creep? Just beat it.
Whoa, no, no, no.
No, I'm married.
Oh, great, a married creep.
I'm her friend.
We go running. Have you guys not seen us?
I took her to the diner.
She's not here.
Hi, guys. How's it going? Hey.
Is Tiffany home? Go away.
I know her. I know her, we've dated.
We still date.
What are you doing here? I've
called her, I've texted her.
I still haven't heard back.
We used to work together-
just get the hell
out of here...
I just wanted to give you
my card to give to her.
Another rude creep. Listen
to what he's saying.
Listen to what he's saying.
What's he saying?
He's saying you're
being rude.
How am I being rude?
Oh, you know. You know.
Come on.
Sometimes it's okay with girls like this,
they wanna have fun and sometimes -
- it's not because they got a
broken wing, and they're hurt,
and they're an easy target. And in
this case, in this particular case,
I think that wing
is being fixed.
And you gotta make sure it gets mended.
And you're gettin' in the
way of that right now, okay?
Because she's sensitive and she's
smart, she's artistic. This is
a great girl and you gotta be
respectful of that.
Come on.
Let me walk you down to your car.
You're a better guy than this.
I can see it in your eyes.
She just texted me!
Hey! Hey, wait a second!
What are you doing?
What happened?
How come you weren't outside?
What the hell's going on?
I can't, I can't do it.
What do you mean, you can't do it?
You can't do what?
I can't give the
letter to Nikki.
Tiffany, what are you talking about?
What do you mean you can't
give the letter to Nikki? Because
what am I getting in return?
What are you doing for me? You said!
You said if I wrote a letter,
you'd get it to Nikki. I know.
That was the set-up.
Because I do this time after time
after time, I do all this shit for
other people and then I wake up
and, and I'm empty, I have nothing!
What are you talking about? You
seem like you're a tough girl to
me. Why don't you just
do things on your own?
I always get myself in these
fucking situations. I give
everything to other people and
nobody ever, I never... I don't get
what I want, okay?
I'm not my sister.
Alright, well, ask for you.
What can I do for you?
I can't do it. Tiffany,
what do you want me to do?
Think of something.
There's this thing.
There's a thing, okay.
What kind of thing?
It's a thing, it's a thing.
It's a, it's a dance thing.
It's a dance
thing, all right.
It's a competition thing at
the Benjamin Franklin hotel.
Tommy would never do it with me and
I missed it every single year.
Well, Tommy's dead, so he's
not gonna fucking do it.
Would you please! I don't
have a filter when I talk.
Can we have one conversation
without you reminding me that my
goddamn husband is dead?
Yes, I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Okay, I'm sorry.
But I can only do it if I have a partner...
And now I'm about to miss
it for another year.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, I'm not
gonna fuckin' dance with you.
What are you
talking about?
What, your schedule is so busy?
"grapes of wrath"and watching
football with your dad?
Tiffany, I'm not gonna
do a dance with you.
All right, then I'm not giving
her your fucking letter.
Wait a second! But you
promised you would do this.
Think about it.
Well, I already did do
something for you, you know.
I took care of that jerkoff that
was in front of your house.
What? Jordie?
Let me ask you something. Do you
call him when you're lonely?
That encourages him, Tiffany.
You shouldn't do it.
Couldn't you say the same
about you and Nikki?
It's not at all
like me and Nikki.
What are you talking about? We're
in love and we're married.
It's completely different.
How are you in love? Tell me about that.
The big Nikki love.
Tell me about it, I
wanna understand it.
We have a very unconventional
chemistry, it makes people feel
awkward, but not me. She's the most
beautiful woman I've ever been with.
Wow. It's electric
between us,
okay? Yeah, we wanna change each other,
but that's normal, couples wanna do that,
I want her to stop dressing
like she dresses, I want her to
stop acting so superior to me, okay?
And she wanted me to lose
weight and stop my mood swings,
both of which I've done.
I mean, people fight. Couples fight.
We would fight, we wouldn't talk for a
couple weeks. That's normal. She
always wanted the best for me.
She wanted me to be passionate and
compassionate. And that's a good
thing. You know? I just, look, I'm
my best self today, and I think
she's her best self today, and our
love's gonna be fucking amazing.
It's gonna be amazing, and you're
gonna be amazing, and she's gonna
be amazing, and you're not gonna
be that guy that's gonna take
advantage of a situation without
offering to do something back.
So think about
the dance thing.
Danny, you're out of the hospital?
And you're here on game day?
I'm out. It's official, man.
They didn't convert me to my.
Mental hygiene law admission status
within two thirds of the maximum length
of my felony sentence, so I'm out.
They had to let me go.
I never understand
what he's saying.
Okay, jailhouse lawyer, come on,
let's come back and sit down the
way you were before.
What a treat! Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Dad's got you sitting here?
Oh, yeah. He calls me
"jailhouse lawyer.".
Hold the remote the way you
were holding it before.
Okay. And now you're
holding the remote?
And it's working.
Your dad's a genius.
Now sit up. And Danny's
the good luck charm?
Danny's from you. This is your
house, so it comes down to you.
You're the one. Yeah,
you're the one, pat.
Superstition, Danny.
I don't know.
Come sit down.
Don't disappear doing God knows
what with that Tiffany Maxwell.
Dad, dad, dad. She's my friend.
Why would you say that?
Oh, she's a mess. You gotta be careful.
She goes to a lot of therapy.
I go to a lot of therapy, Ronnie.
What are you trying to say?
I'm just saying-am
I messed up?
Why don't you stop judging people?
You judge everybody. You're the one
who has a messed
up marriage.
I'm just looking out for you, I'm just
looking out for you. She's unstable.
What's wrong with your marriage?
What's wrong with your marriage?
Nothing's wrong!
You should have seen
when I was at his house.
It's like a circus over there.
Shh, shh. What are you talking about?
I'm not gonna hide this.
You need to deal with it.
Stop breaking my balls.
Oh!!!! I got you an iPod.
Whoa! Is this for me?
Yeah. Well, that's
my old iPod, but-
oh, buddy, thank you.
That's so nice of you. Wow.
Thirty-two gigabytes.
How many songs is that?
Seven thousand.
Oh, yeah, you got the stranglers.
You love the stranglers.
Oh, the sex pistols. The clash.
Got some clash.
Oh, "west side story."
yeah, "west side story.
"It makes me peaceful.
"Maria, I just met a girl named Maria...
"right, right, right.
And then when I'm angry, which
is a lot these days, I go to the
garage... metallica... megadeth.
I start fucking smashing shit.
You gotta get your
marriage together.
I start breaking shit, and
I hurt my hand. And -
Ronnie, that's fucked up. Yeah,
but it makes me feel better.
It's like my
therapy, you know?
When I'm with Nikki, I'm never
gonna do stuff like that...
Whoa, Nikki? What's
all this about Nikki?
Pan from the framed photo of Jake on
foyer wall, to Jake on the stairs above.
A restraining order is
nothing to fool with, bro.
Holy shit, look at you! You
are fit! You look absolutely amazing.
You feel good?
How you doing, Jake? Good. You look
like Schwarzenegger in his prime.
Didn't I say you
wouldn't recognize him?
So, listen, I'm sorry that I didn't
come see you down at the hospital.
You know how those places creep me
out, and the firm's been expanding.
I've been helping pop with the
restaurant 'cause he needs to have
a legitimate business.
He needs a tax return.
With all the money that
he's making with his bookmaking,
they're gonna come after him. And
then it looks like I'm making, I'm
gonna make partner at the firm.
Well, I don't even know what to say
to you anymore. You lost your wife,
I'm getting engaged, and I wanna be
able to tell you about those kind
of things. You lost your house, I'm
getting a new house. You lost your
job, things are going
great for me at the firm.
Maybe stop talking about all the
stuff that's good for you and bad
for him. Just, you know, leave it alone.
We're watching the game.
You know what, I'm just gonna, I'm
just gonna, I'm just gonna stop
talking. I'm gonna
shut my mouth.
As my friend Danny would say I got
nothing but love for you, brother.
That's right. That's right.
That's nice. That's nice.
Well, thank God, finally. Desean Jackson.
Yeah. Did it fit?
I wore it to
Ronnie's for dinner.
Beautiful Jersey. I
love that Jersey.
Veronica didn't like it.
Veronica hates the Jersey.
Whatever you do, watch out for
that restraining order, okay?
Don't let Tiffany
get you in trouble.
Pat, you're up to
something, I know.
People like Tiffany, or Danny, or
me, maybe we know something that
you guys don't know, okay? Did you
ever think about that? Maybe we
understand something
because we're more-
we have a sixth sense. I mean,
everybody's got it. Everybody's
just not in touch with it.
Oh, no. How you doing, pat?
Jesus.
I guess his sixth sense forgot to
tell him the cops were coming.
I'm taking him back
to the hospital.
What? No, no, he passed
his thing, right?
First of all, check with the
latest legal development.
Well, we got a call that they did
convert you to a mental hygiene law
admission status by the deadline
of your sentence, so...
Wait a minute. Are you an eagles
fan or are you not an eagles fan?
I'm an eagles fan.
Well then, what's the problem? He's
not goin' anywhere. Just let him
finish the game, that's all. The
handkerchief is working. We're
killing the seahawks,
twenty-seventen.
What's the matter with you?
Let him stay, please!
I don't know what the hell you're
talking about "the handkerchief.
And I'm glad that the seahawks are
losing and we're winning, but I
gotta take Danny mcdaniels back to
Baltimore, alright? He can contest
his case from Baltimore.
Not correct about the mental hygiene law.
You're not correct.
Come on. You guys oughta
be ashamed of yourselves.
I used the insurance money to build this.
I designed it. All the floors
are hard oak. It has good
bounce for dancers. Wow.
I'm not that great of a
dancer, but who cares?
It's therapy and it's
fun. And the walls are good 'cause
I can play music really loud
without anybody hearing.
Where do you sleep?
Upstairs. It's a garage,
I just renovated it.
You know, I was
thinking about putting
a ballet barre here.
When are you gonna
give it to her?
What?
The letter to Nikki.
Probably tonight. Really?
Ronnie and Veronica and I
are gonna see her tonight.
Oh, I actually changed the first paragraph.
I did this thing about
Shakespeare and how
it's very romantic-
mm-hmm. -And that maybe
in the future if
she wanted to go dancing, I can be
able to do that because of all the
training that-no, that's
good, that's really good.
I assume you're
a good teacher.
Yeah. I mean, I hope so.
Maybe you can teach us both,
you know what I mean?
And I also mentioned how generous
it is, what I'm doing for you.
Yeah. Mm-hmm. It's
really generous.
You know, being
of service.
Yeah. To your need.
Uh-huh.
All right, let's start simple. Start
at that corner, walk towards me.
Walk across the room.
Can we do something else
besides the dance deal?
Are you fucking
kidding me?
I'm good with a hammer. You want me
to fix something? A deal is a deal.
I know. Okay. I was just suggesting
that maybe there's a better scenario.
Why don't you walk towards
me like I'm Nikki.
And the only way to
convey how much you've
missed me is by your walk.
By your slow walk.
You can't talk. Only walk.
I'm not doing it. Do it.
No. That's stupid.
No walk, no letter. Walk to
me like I'm Nikki, come on.
Do it. I'm Nikki. Come on.
You're not Nikki.
Don't look up until
you're halfway here.
Yes. Do you feel that?
That's emotion.
I don't feel anything.
Has anybody ever told
you how Tommy died?
We were married for
three years and
five days, and I loved him. But for
the last couple months, I just
wasn't into sex at all. It just
felt like we were so different and
I was depressed. Some of that is
just me, some of it was he wanted
me to have kids and I have a hard
enough time taking care of myself.
I don't think that makes me a criminal.
Anyway one night after
dinner, he drove to Victoria's
secret at king of prussia mall and
got some lingerie to get something going.
And on the way back, he
stopped on 76 to help a guy with a
flat tire and he got hit by a car
and killed. And the Victoria's
secret box was still in the front
seat. That's a feeling.
aHruaia
Whoa! Slow down. What?
Your father wanted
you to have this.
He wants me to have-all
this eagles information.
It's his living. Um,
tell dad thanks.
Your father expects to
spend time with you, pat.
Football stays out of this place,
so does "lord of the flies.".
Wait, wait, no, no, no, what are you doing?
I'm behind on my syllabus.
I don't give a fuck. What the
hell are you doing? Hey, hey!
Did you just throw
that outside?
What? You're not gonna
read that shit on my time.
I can tell you all
about the "lord of the flies. "It's
a bunch of boys on an island and
they have a conch... they have a shell.
And whoever has the conch
has the power and they can talk.
And if you don't have the conch,
then you don't have the power. And
then there's a little chubby boy,
and they call him piggy and they're
really mean, and then there's a
murder. I mean, humanity is just
nasty and there's no silver lining.
Wow. That was a great synopsis. I
still need to read it, though.
Who's that? What the...? What
are you doing here, man?
If one of your two supervising
physicians loses their license,
then your whole ajudication
is thrown out.
How'd you know
we were here?
I went by your parents' house
looking for you and they told me
you was over here.
Danny, this is Tiffany.
Tiffany, this is Danny.
Hello. Pat told me about you. So
is the girl, that you wrote about?
Yeah. What? He wrote about me?
I'm "the girl?
He wrote about you, all right.
What'd he say?
He said you guys was helping each
other out and you were nice and had
a mouth on you, that
you were mouthy, but-
whoa, whoa, that's enough.
No, please, tell me more about
what he said in the letter.
Yeah, anything you wanna know, I'll
just tell you. It was nothing.
It was just a very
general letter.
Cool. She's fine. She is
my friend with an "f.".
A capital "f. "For "friend.
.
Hey, can I see what
you guys are doing?
Yeah. Okay. That's it?
Why? What is it, what
is it, what is it.
Can I say something?
Do you mind? No.
You sure? Just say it.
Say it.
No, please. I think pat, you
should be facing Tiffany.
Let me show you, pat, let me show
you what I mean. You gotta come at
her with a little
bit more soul, man.
You should move more hips.
Just, just sort of come in,
pat, come in like this. And...
Okay. Yeah. Can you move
'em a little bit more?
Yeah, that's it.
Move 'em a bit more.
You could turn around, too,
there's nothing wrong with that.
Yeah. You're pretty good.
Mm, yeah.
Okay, we got it, we got it.
Okay. Okay.
Come on, pat, come on. A
little bit more soul.
Black it up, pat.
"Black it up? You know
damn well what it means.
I got an idea. Come get some, pat.
Come get some.
Shuffle back, shuffle back.
Shuffle back, shuffle back.
Girl, you gotta
move your junk.
I gotta get out of here. I
gotta go see this girl, Tanya.
She lives on this
side of town.
Yeah, go see Tanya.
Good idea.
Okay, man, hey. I'm gonna be there, man.
I want you guys to win!
Bye! Excelsior, pat!
Excelsior! That's my man.
Lets go!
Pat. Patty.
Where have you been?
Huh?
We got a serious situation
on our hands, you know that.
We gotta beat the giants if we wanna
have a chance of getting into
the division, any chance of playing
in the playoffs. Do you realize that?
I didn't realize that. Yeah,
that's the bind we're in.
I mean, I think it would be wise if
we spent father-son time, reading
about the eagles, talking about
them, just to strengthen the good
luck thing that you're in.
Okay. Yeah? Right. Hmm?
I just wanted to, maybe I didn't,
spend enough time with you growing
up. I spent too much
time with your brother.
It might have made you
feel worse about your behavior, but
I didn't know anything, I didn't
know how to handle it.
I mean, that's what
all this eagles stuff
is about. It's about us, spending time now.
I wanna do everything I
can to help you get back on your feet.
That's the whole point. Yeah.
I wish you'd watch these games with me so
we could talk, we could get into things.
So would you, would you
just come downstairs
and talk to me
and Randy now?
Randy, tell him
what I'm doing.
He's betting everything on the giant game.
Everything.
All the money that he needs for the
restaurant, he's betting on the giant game.
Tell him why. Because he believes in you.
Is that true?
I believe in you, Patty. I believe in you.
I want you to know that.
So I'm gonna bet
heavy on this game.
You understand? Yeah.
Heavy. I want you to go to
the game with your brother.
You want me to go to
the game with Jake?
Of course I do. Does
he want me to go?
Of course he
wants you to go.
He told you that?
He told me, yes.
Even with all his friends? With
all his friends. He trusts you.
He's not embarrassed?
No. I'd love to go to the game,
too, but as you know, I'm banned
from the stadium. 'Cause I'd love
to see us beat the giants and take
a lot of money
from this asshole.
Listen, personally, I
think it's a stupid bet.
As a matter of fact,
I think it's ridiculous to bet all that
dough for the restaurant on a game.
Randy. I just hope you heard what I said.
It's like a
family business, it's our family endeavor.
We all stick together on this.
That's how it works. That's
a positive, positive vibe.
I made a commitment to Tiffany about
a project, and we have a very
important part of it that we
have to go over on Sunday, and
it's good for me, dad. It's making me
disciplined and focused, and it's,
it's..., I never would've thought
this, but it's a good thing.
What is this thing
you're doing?
Yeah, what is it? What
is this project, hon?
It's a dance thing, okay? There's
nothing more to it, dad. I swear.
Listen, I need to
ask you something.
Tomorrow can I spend half the day with
you and half the day at the eagles game?
I'm gonna pretend that you
didn't just ask me that.
Why? These are the two days that you
have promised me and that we have
prepared to nail the big move.
It's not ready yet.
And we don't
have a move yet.
I know, but my dad opened up to me
and it was really beautiful and I
wanna be of service to him, okay?
And he's worried that the juju from
the eagles is being fucked up and
he's concerned that it's because
I'm spending
time with you.
Oh, I messed up
the eagles' juju?
No, you're not messing up the juju,
but the juju is messed up because
I'm not with him
during the games.
Guess what? What?
Nikki replied to your letter. But
you can't read it until after
you nail the big move. Go.
Tiff, I'm sorry. I can't do
anything else without reading.
Nikki's letter, okay? It's just...,
it's in the back of my head.
We don't almost
have it, all right?
I just hope you can handle it.
Thank you.
What was her energy when
she gave it to you?
She was intrigued, excited,
and a little scared.
She was scared? About what?
Did she tell you?
Try to stay positive.
I'm just gonna read it out loud, okay?
Because if she says anything
that's, you know, is
that too much to ask?
No.
I thought you were gonna
read it out loud.
Okay. Sorry.
"Dear pat,."
It was very emotional for me
to get your letter, as I'm
sure you can imagine, but I'm glad
you took the risk of discreetly
getting it to me
through Tiffany.
This gives us a chance
to communicate while I
keep the restraining
order until I feel safe.
I must admit you sound terrific
and I'm happy that you are
feeling so positive and becoming a
more loving and caring man, which I
always knew you were.
I was moved to read about
'excelsior' and your
belief in happy endings. I am also
moved by your act of love to read
the books I have taught at the high school.
I'm sorry you find them so
negative, but I disagree. I think
they are great works of art that
reflect how hard life can be and
they can also help kids prepare
themselves for the hardness of life.
In spite of all these
positive developments, pat, I have
to say if it's me reading the
signs, I need to see something to
prove you are ready to resume our
marriage. Otherwise I find myself
thinking that we might both be
better off moving on with
our lives separately.
Please don't react quickly
to this, but take time
to think about it.
I'm glad you're doing so well.
Love, Nikki."
I think I'm done
for today, okay?
She said to show
her something,
pat. This dance can be that something.
You would have never
done something like this
in a million years.
It shows all kinds
focus, collaboration,
discipline. It's romantic, like I
said it would be. It's for her.
Thanks for the letter. I'll
see you tomorrow, okay?
Can I use your phone?
Is it an emergency?
Yeah, kind of. What
kind of emergency?
Well, I'm just doing this project
with Tiffany and I wanted to tell
her I'm not gonna
be on time.
Just don't make her an emergency,
that crazy girl, you know?
She's not crazy... I'll just borrow
Jake's phone. It's too bad you
can't come in to the stadium, but I
know you were kicked out, you know,
for beating everybody up. Guess
we're not that different, huh, dad?
That a bad thing?
No, I think, it's
a good thing.
Don't drink too much. Don't hit anybody.
You'll be fine.
Yeah. I'm solid.
This is my little
brother pat.
Hey, how you doing?
So, pat, what's this I hear
about you just gettin' out?
Yeah, from the looney bin!
What the fuck?! I talked
to you about that already!
I told you guys-it's
all right.
Huh? No. It's alright.
He's a good dude!
He's a good dude.
Oh, shit! The
Asian invasion!
They're here every week!
No!
Uh, Jake you better
get your brother.
Cuckoo bird's takin' off.
Doctor patel!
Pat! Hey! What are
you doing here?
You know, we must beat
the giants, my brother.
I'm not supposed
to be seeing you,
right? Outside the office?
Pat, pat. That's illegal!
Pat, today I'm your brother in
green, not your therapist. I'm so
happy to see you. How
wonderful that you are here!
Hey, Jake this is cliff.
This is my doctor, cliff.
Look, two things. We gotta watch
that bubble screen for fuckin'
Manning in the backfield and we
gotta make sure we knock the
receivers on their ass on
the line of scrimmage.
You can say that again.
Those cocksuckers!
Okay, you know what? I don't have
her phone number. If you want, if
you really want, you can call
Veronica 'cause she does, but I
don't want to
talk to Veronica.
Why don't you wanna
talk to Veronica?
Because she brings me down, man!
She just brings me down.
You have to change. You're not
gonna throw the marriage away.
There's some kind of love there.
I know, I used to see it.
You guys have a beautiful thing
that got broken somewhere along the
line and you gotta fix
it like a chiropractor.
You gotta give it a
chiropractic adjustment.
Enough with awkwardness! I don't
wanna walk in your house and not be
able to say what
I wanna say.
You're right, man. You're
right, you're right,
eagles, baby! Yeah! Let's go!
What the fuck?
What's that smell?
Nasty Indian curry! This is America, baby!
Go back to your country!
What, what's wrong? Hey!
Whoa, whoa, what's going on?
Stay back, pat. Stay back.
Leave the fucking Indians alone.
Stay here, stay here!
I'm not gonna go anywhere.
Don't get in a fight!
I'm not gonna fight.
I'm not gonna fight.
Hey, not my brother!
Hey, hey, hey!
Break it up or
you'll be arrested!
What'd you do? What happened?
Dad-
what the fuck happened?
Dad.
The birds lose, I lose a fuckin'
fortune, a fortune to Randy!
What the fuck did you do?!
You fucking lost it!
I thought you said you had it together!
You were solid!
I am solid. I was solid
at the game, dad.
I'm solid, I'm solid now.
You fell apart! What are you
fucking talking about?!
Your son was trying to-
it's all fucking ruined now.
It's all ruined.
No, dad! It's all fucking ruined now!
It's all fucking ruined!
No, dad, dad, dad, don't!
It's all ruined, you
little fucking shit!
No, dad! I didn't do a fucking thing!
Come on, dad!
You loser! You loser!
I'm not a loser.
You fucking loser! You
ruined everything!
He was defending
his brother!
You fucking idiot! You spike
the ball on the one yard line,
who is this?! Who's this?!
We need to talk right now! When
you make a serious commitment to
somebody, it is not
cool to not show up!
Wait a second, I tried to call,
my God, what's happening,
I called..., but I tried
to call you, Tiffany, I-
oh, really? Yes.
I told you I was gonna split my
time with my dad and you, and my
dad was pulling me in one direction.
Doctor patel, Ronnie-
well, that sounds great, pat.
That's great for all of them, but
all of them didn't make a commitment
to me in return for my help.
I'm Tiffany, by the way.
What is this craziness
with Tiffany Maxwell?
There's no craziness. I
told you who she was,
I was doing this thing with her.
We had a conversation!
She's fucking nuts! When you
started spending time with her,
it all fell apart. This is the
fucking reason right here.
You think I fucked up the
eagles' juju, don't you?
Ever since, ever since he
was with you, ever since-
you think that I'm why
today's happened?
That's right, you are
why today happened.
I'm the reason why
today happened?
I think so. Let's
talk about that.
Be my guest.
The first night that pat and I met
at my sister's, the eagles beat the.
Forty niners handily, forty to twenty-six.
The second time we got
together we went for a run and the
Phillies beat the Dodgers seven to
five in the nlcs.
She's right, dad.
The next time we went for a run the
eagles beat the falcons, twenty-
seven to fourteen.
Wow.
The third time we got together we
had raisin bran in the diner and
the Phillies dominated Tampa bay
in the fourth game of the world.
Series, ten to two.
Oh, wow.
Let me think about that.
Wait a minute.
Well, why don't you think about
when the eagles beat the seahawks,
fourteen to seven.
He was with you? He was with me.
We went for a run.
Really? That's crazy.
There have been no games since pat
and I have been rehearsing every
day and if pat had been with
me like he was supposed to, he
wouldn't have gotten in a fight, he
wouldn't be in trouble, maybe the.
Eagles beat the
New York giants.
She's making a lot of sense, pop.
That's all right on all counts.
Does anybody here happen to know
what the official motto of the
state of New York is on the official
seal of the state of New York?
Huh? Anybody? Do you?
Do you know?
"Excelsior." Look it up.
Yeah, "excelsior." Oh pat.
Not that I give a fuck about
football or about your
superstitions, but if it's me reading
the signs, I don't send the.
Eagles guy whose personal motto is
"excelsior," to a fucking giants
game, especially when he's
already in a legal situation.
Unbelievable. Wow. How did
you know all that stuff?
I did my research. Well, I
gotta say, I'm impressed.
Thank you.
I gotta rethink this whole thing.
I didn't trust it before,
but I gotta say, now I do.
Oh, now you like her, dad?
I have to say I do. Yup.
Patrizio, I feel terrible, you know?
You made the bet, I won a lot
of money, and now look, your
whole family is in turmoil.
Oh, fuck off, Randy. You love it.
You live for this shit. You've been
betting against my
father for years.
Is that right?
You're twisting the knife right now.
You get off on it!
That's bullshit! That's not true!
Don't say that!
You get off on it! If not,
then prove it. Prove it.
Yeah, prove it, prove it!
How do you want me to prove it?
How's he gonna prove it?
By giving them the chance to win
back everything, double or nothing.
No, no, no, no,
no, no, no.
Double or nothing on the
bengals, next week?
Is that what you're saying?
Against the cowboys.
That's your team isn't it, Randy?
That's his team!
I know who his team is.
When is the game?
December twenty-eight,
last game of the season.
Oh, my God. Same day as
the Benjamin Franklin.
Pairs open freestyle
dance competition.
Oh God. Randy, I thought
they were America's team.
Don't you believe
in America's team?
Yeah, Randy, don't you
believe in America's team?
Yeah, I believe in America's team
but if I win that bet, I win your
book, you're out of action, you
get no restaurant, no nothing.
I like it. No.
No, patrizio-
I believe in the eagles,
I believe in my son,
I'll take the action.
I'll take it.
Dad! Patrizio, don't!
It's toxic!
I have faith, I have faith.
Excelsior belongs in this house-
dad... not in the state of New York.
In this house.
Dad, listen to me. I didn't know
that "excelsior"was the state
motto of New York, okay?
I didn't know, either,
but now I know.
I know, but listen to me, this is toxic.
Dad, dad, dad, this is
toxic, you shouldn't be doing
this, you shouldn't be doing-
Randy, what do you say...
Be quiet, shut up. You already did enough.
Randy, what do you say?
My birds, Benjamin Franklin's team
favored by one and a half points.
I 'll give you three more.
Patrizio, stop it! And Randy,
don't you take the bet!
In fact, I'll give you ten points.
No, dad! Dad!
Dad! You have to take
that bet on the cowboys.
Dolores, would you stop him?
Jesus!
How could you not take that bet?
Even with the ten points I give
you, that's an insane spread
to your advantage. Cowboys are
cowards. And I'll bet you're such
a coward, you won't take the ten.
Plus, are you listening, plus
whatever their score is at the
dance thing. What's that?
Tiffany, what's that?
What? No, no, no, no. You're
crazy to give away that many
points. That's ridiculous!
I won't take that!
However, wait a second. I do
like the idea of a parlay.
What? No parlay! No! No, don't do it.
Don't do it.
Pat, how do they run
this dance competition?
I mean, how do they score
it and everything?
I don't know, I don't know
how they fucking score!
We're participating.
We're not, we're not a part of it.
There are people, this is a high-
end dance contest. I don't know. Do
not put it as part of the parlay,
Randy. Don't-they go by
the Philadelphia rules.
Each dancer is scored on a scale of
one to ten, ten being the highest.
You have to average the
four judges' scores.
Okay, score is from one to ten, right?
And you guys are how good?
We suck. We don't suck.
Pat's a beginner,
I'm okay, we're happy
just to be going there.
And how are the people
you're competing against?
They're good. Some of
them are professionals.
They're good? Better than you?
A lot better.
A lot better. So if I was to say
you only have to score five,
I would be really
very generous, right?
No, no, that would be
amazing if we got five.
Let's not get away-
oh, come on, we can get
a five out of ten!
Gimme a break!
Gimme me a break!
We can't get five! Give 'em a five.
Give 'em a five.
We can do a five.
What are you talking about, dad?
You haven't even seen us dance!
That's the parlay.
Will somebody please explain
to me the parlay? Please?
You gotta win two bets or you lose
the whole thing. For pat sr. To
win, the birds gotta beat the
cowboys plus pat and Tiffany gotta
get at least a
five at the dance.
That's very, very manic indeed.
That's the parlay. Shake on it.
You know what? I'm not gonna
be a part of this. Randy,
Randy, you're a sickness. You're a
fucking sickness, Randy. I'm out.
Pat, you can't quit. I'm not
doing the dance. I'm out.
Pat, calm down. Thank about it.
See you later.
Pat, no. What
are you doing?
Pat. I'm out.
Here we are again at the one yard line.
Desean, snatching defeat from
the jaws of victory.
There you go.
What does that even mean, dad? I'm
not gonna make that, that, that
connection that you're making with
desean Jackson. It doesn't matter
anymore okay? Just because I
have the fucking Jersey on...
I'm not gonna do it.
I'm sorry.
You are not a stand up guy right now.
If it's me reading the
signs... if it's me
reading the signs-
if it's you reading the signs?
You're reading the signs? Oh, okay.
Pat! You are not
a stand up guy!
Pat! I told you
not to push it.
Yeah, but he's gotta do this thing.
He can't be a quitter.
He cannot be a quitter.
You took that stupid parlay thing,
and now he won't do the dance and
it was very constructive for
him, and you ruined it.
There's only one way
to get him to show.
What's that? Oh,
what's that?
We have to tell him
Nikki's gonna be there.
We have to tell him
that she's going.
But that's a lie!
It's a white lie.
It's a white lie, what's that matter?
That's no big deal.
So it's a little lie.
There's no other way.
You know, we gotta leave a
trail of bread crumbs so that.
She won't come. She can't come. We
have to tell him that she's coming.
He can live his life
without ruining it.
No. I don't approve.
You can't do it.
Well, you know, I didn't approve
when you called her and you told
her where he was running, so she
could ambush him. I didn't approve
of that, but you did it anyway, so
I'm doing this anyway. That's it.
We're gonna tell him
Nikki'll be there.
You gotta be part of it.
We have to do it.
Aren't you nervous
to be lying?
Yeah. A little bit. But
it's for the best.
"...but if it was me
reading the signs...".
That's it. Okay.
Hey.
Hey, what's up?
Sorry I'm late.
It's fine.
Come on, it's
gonna be great.
Nikki's gonna be there. You know?
Everything's gonna come together.
It's what's meant to be.
You okay?
Don't get wobbly on me.
I'm not.
We have a dance to do. We have a parlay.
You gotta stay focused.
I'm focused.
Okay, let's go.
Look at the dancers. You see them?
Shit.
Hey, Randy, Jake.
What do we got?
Dallas just tied with another
field goal, three-three.
I'm worried about the bet.
Don't worry about the bet.
I'm worried about the bet.
Holy shit.
Is this "dancing
with the stars?
Well, you knew that. Maybe
you should've scouted 'em.
Look at those
fucking dancers!
You can give me the
money now, you know?
Patty, Patty, all we have to
do is we have to make a five.
That's all. You stay here
and watch the game with me.
The birds are better when pat is with me.
We settled that.
Relax, we're gonna do fine, okay?
I'll see you in a little bit.
I'll see you up there, okay?
Okay.
Hey, pat, Tiffany!
Hey. What a glorious,
beautiful occasion, man.
Yeah, yeah. All right, buddy,
I'll see you. Alright.
Wish me luck, man.
Excelsior!
Wait, what's this?
What? I thought you
were doing it.
Oh, I thought you were doing it.
We're doing a dance thing anyway
for God's sake.
I want you to remember everything.
I want you to remember all of the
good stuff that
we have here.
Of course I do. Just check in.
I gotta go find Veronica.
Hi, good evening. Evening.
Check in? How many
dancers are there?
What?! Nikki? Nikki.
Oh, Jesus.
What the fuck?
Sweetie, sweetie.
Honey, calm down.
You're killing me.
You're killing me!
Tiffany, please. She'll
see how well he's doing,
maybe she'll lift the
restraining order.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
Pat told me. He told me you
should never throw a marriage
out the window.
Pat did not say that.
He didn't say that.
He said it several times,
Tiffany, and this is his chance.
You gotta give
him a chance.
Bartender! Bartender, can
I get a vodka, please?
So, you want another one?
Sure.
So what do you do? I'm a lawyer.
Litigator, actually.
Oh, the arguing kind.
Seven point six, seven point
three, seven point four, and
six point nine for an average
score of seven point three.
Three, two, one! Philadelphia beats Dallas!
They are on their way to the playoffs.
Where's Tiffany?
I don't know, mom.
Have you seen her?
You gotta find her. I
know, mom, I know.
Hey, what are you doing? She's
fine, buddy, she's with me.
She's fine? Yeah.
Why don't you shut up, okay?
How many drinks have you had?
I've had two vodkas. Listen,
I don't know what choices
you've made, but you gotta deal with
it right now, okay? We're in this.
We're in what?
Next, pat solatano
and Tiffany Maxwell.
You know, I used to think that you
were the best thing that ever
happened to me, but now I think
that you might maybe be the worst
thing and I'm sorry
that I ever met you.
Good for you.
And the scores for makarov and tretiak.
Six point seven, eight
point one, seven point five and six
point five for an average score of
seven point two.
They were great and they
only got a seven point two.
This is a tough room.
Got it.
Up next, ladies and
gentlemen please welcome
pat solatano, Jr. and
Tiffany Maxwell.
Damn. Let's go, Patty!
Come on, pat!
Alright, let's see the scores
for solatano and Maxwell.
We have a four point nine,
four eight, a four nine...
That's really too bad, guys.
That's a lot of fours.
And and a five point four for an
average score of.. Five point zero.
Sorry about that, guys.
Dad, dad, did
the eagles win?
The eagles won, forty-four-six!
They won, forty-four-six!
Come on!
Why are they so
excited about a five?
How are you? You okay? Good. How are you?
I'm really good. Yeah, thanks.
You looked really happy out there.
Did I?
Yeah. Yeah, who'd have
thought, dancing?
You look incredible.
Thank you.
You lost a lot of weight. I've
been reading your books and,
I have a positive attitude. I'm
on medication, I'm in therapy.
Where's Tiffany? She left.
What do you mean, she left?
She left. What do you think!
Where is she?
Let me tell you, I know you don't
wanna listen to your father,
I didn't listen to mine but I'm
telling you, you gotta pay
attention to the signs. When life
reaches out with a moment like
this, it's a sin if you don't reach back.
I'm telling you, it's a sin
if you don't reach back, and it'll
haunt you for the rest of your days
like a curse. You're facing a big
challenge in your life right now,
at this very moment, right here.
That girl loves you, she really
loves you. And I don't know if
Nikki ever did, but she sure as
hell doesn't love you right now. I'm
telling you, don't fuck this up.
I love you, dad.
Hey! Would you just
leave me alone?!
Wait a second! I have one more
letter for you to read, okay?
What the fuck is the matter with you?
Give it to her yourself!
Let me say something. You don't
ever have to see me again if you
just read it, alright?
This is so fucked up.
Yeah, just read it.
"Dear Tiffany...
"...I know you
wrote the letter.
The only way you could
meet my crazy..."
"...was by doing something
crazy yourself. Thank you.
I love you.
I knew it the minute I met you. I'm
sorry it took so long for me to
catch up. I just got stuck.
Pat."
I wrote that a week ago.
You wrote that a week ago?
Yes, I did.
You let me lie to you for a week?
I was trying to be romantic.
You love me? Yeah, I do.
Okay.
The world will break your heart ten
ways to Sunday, that's guaranteed.
And I can't begin to explain that...
Or the craziness inside myself and
everybody else, but guess what?
Sunday is my favorite day again.
I think of everything everyone did for
me and I feel like... a very lucky guy.
We have to beat the vikings by three.
I'm givin' you a six, which
is very generous after the beating
you just took. So what are we
doin', what are we
talkin' about here?
I'd like to do another parlay if we
make it to the next round, that's all.
But we are gonna make it to the next round.
We're gonna beat...
No, that was me that did that.
No that was me.
That was me. I played the Jack.
So you put the bread crumbs,
the garlic in the steak and you
roll it up with the toothpicks?
Yeah. For, oh, maybe
three hours, plus.
Everything's good, everything's good, yeah.
I got you, you're all down.
No, Randy, he's complaining.
You know he lost a lot
of money. He's moaning and groaning.
The restaurant's happening because of Randy,
so everything's good.
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