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00:00So, Ed, I know recently you've been having some anger
00:02over not being able to find a post-retirement job.
00:05How's that going?
00:06I worked 45 years supervising 200 people in waste management,
00:11and I can't even get a job as a Walmart greeter.
00:14And they hire handicaps and whatever else tumbles off the short bus.
00:21I'd like to say something as a person with a job.
00:23You're lucky not to have one.
00:25I'd trade places with you in a second if you weren't a creepy old man.
00:27It sounds like you're having some issues with your new job, Lacey.
00:31You want to talk about it?
00:32It's bad enough that my mother makes me work to get my trust fund check.
00:36But the job starts in the morning.
00:39Have you ever woken up in the morning?
00:42It's horrible.
00:44The sun's in the wrong place.
00:48You may not believe this,
00:49but most people wake up in the morning and go to bed at night.
00:54It started in the 40s when they were rationing daylight during World War II.
00:58The worst part is sitting in traffic for hours.
01:01It's like waiting in line at a club,
01:03except when you get to the end,
01:04there's no dancing.
01:06There's just me selling blush at Sephora.
01:09Ain't nothing going to fix that face, bitch.
01:12After that, if I make up from you,
01:13if I make clothes from me,
01:14nothing is going to fix those hips, bitch.
01:17Then the bitch comes home to me.
01:19And I have to pay the credit card bill.
01:26And that's how America works.
01:29Well, great session, everybody.
01:30See you all tomorrow.
01:31I just realized I'm not a part of how America works.
01:41Oh, hey, Lacey, before you go,
01:43I'm worried about how rush hour traffic might affect you.
01:46How have you been dealing with that?
01:47Pretty well.
01:48I just take it out on all the other drivers around me.
01:51Yesterday, I bumper-tapped a minivan into an intersection.
01:55You're on probation.
01:57If you get arrested for road rage,
01:58they will put you in prison.
01:59I know.
02:00I should probably see somebody about that.
02:02Lacey, where are you right now?
02:07I'm...
02:08Okay.
02:13How about I go out driving with you in the morning traffic?
02:15I can show you some techniques
02:16how to diffuse your anger on the road.
02:18Okay.
02:19Pick me up at nine.
02:20No, no, no, no.
02:21You're going to drive.
02:22Ugh, in that traffic?
02:26Hey, we got to figure out a schedule for your dad's visit.
02:29Dad's visit?
02:30Who's he visiting?
02:31Us.
02:32You.
02:33Tomorrow.
02:34What?
02:35He didn't call you?
02:36He's been calling a week, but I didn't answer.
02:38Not talking to him is so much easier
02:40if I don't pick up the phone.
02:43Well, he's coming in tomorrow,
02:44and he's staying with you.
02:46Of course he's coming now.
02:48You know why?
02:48He knows I'm happy.
02:50He could smell it all the way from Ohio.
02:52Maybe he just wants to see you.
02:54You know, he's getting older.
02:56He's not going to be around forever.
02:58Stop trying to cheer me up.
03:05Wow.
03:06Candles.
03:07Romantic.
03:08That's not what we do.
03:11This is purely sexual.
03:12I just read a study about
03:13which smells increase male arousal.
03:16This one's vanilla.
03:17That one's cinnamon.
03:19That one's donut.
03:21Smells like a stripper
03:22standing in a Krispy Kreme.
03:24I like it.
03:26I don't want to see my father.
03:35Is that so horrible?
03:38Well, if you're imagining him right now, it is.
03:42It drives me nuts.
03:44I don't want him in my house.
03:45Let's take a moment and get past this.
03:49Okay, if I were your father,
03:50what would you say to me right now?
03:52Dad,
03:53that's not the wrong you usually were.
03:56Come on, serious.
03:57What would you say?
03:58I wouldn't say anything
03:59because he doesn't listen.
04:00He just criticizes.
04:02He shows no affection whatsoever.
04:04The guy's never hugged me.
04:05I can't do right by him.
04:06I can't talk to him.
04:07I can't...
04:07I can't breathe.
04:09Okay, you're hyperventilating.
04:13Put your head between your knees.
04:17It's not working.
04:18Okay, put your head between my knees.
04:22It only relaxes you.
04:28Hey, Charlie.
04:28I got us tickets to take your dad
04:30to the Dodger game on Friday.
04:31Does that sound good?
04:33Well, great.
04:33We can get him one of those
04:34giant foam hands to poke me with
04:35while he reminds me
04:36how I screwed up my baseball career.
04:38That catcher could have been you.
04:40Poke.
04:43Will you stop anticipating problems?
04:46I don't anticipate problems with my dad.
04:48I anticipate disasters.
04:50You watch.
04:51He'll walk through that door,
04:52won't even acknowledge me.
04:53And then no matter what I do,
04:54he'll find a way to complain about it.
04:56That's a problem, not a disaster.
04:59No, it will be
04:59when it destroys everything
05:00with this heat vision.
05:03Is Grandpa here yet?
05:05Not yet, honey.
05:06You know,
05:07I don't think I've ever hung out
05:08with you and Grandpa at the same time.
05:09Maybe they're the same person.
05:11I didn't even joke about that.
05:19Charlie!
05:20Oh, all right.
05:29Yeah.
05:30Hey, Dad.
05:30Come here.
05:32Come here.
05:37Go, Dan.
05:38Yeah.
05:39Imported, huh?
05:40I know you like Bud,
05:41but I've been so busy
05:43working the past few days
05:44I didn't have time
05:44to go to the store.
05:45You know,
05:46I don't like imported beer.
05:48But this is delicious.
05:55And now to you.
05:56Yes.
05:57You know,
05:57every time I see you,
05:58you get more and more beautiful.
06:00Oh, Martin,
06:01I used to think
06:02you were a shameless flirt,
06:03but now I know
06:04you're just telling the truth.
06:07I always thought
06:07Charlie was an idiot
06:08for letting you get away.
06:10Here we go.
06:11But you two seem happier now
06:12than when you were married.
06:14You're a good man,
06:15Charlie Goodson.
06:16You took a bad situation
06:18and you made it work.
06:20And?
06:20And I'm proud of you.
06:26Sam,
06:26why don't you show me
06:27why I'm bunking?
06:28All right.
06:30Good night, Dan.
06:31Good night.
06:33It's so good to see you.
06:35Both of you.
06:42Good night, guys.
06:44Good night.
06:45I know how this story ends.
06:50I call his wife in Ohio
06:51and she says,
06:52how can you be with your father?
06:53He died five years ago.
06:58I'm not buying it.
06:59Nobody changes that much.
07:01Maybe he's mellowed out.
07:02You're a therapist.
07:03You're supposed to believe
07:04that human beings can change.
07:06I do believe
07:06that human beings can change.
07:08None of that applies to my father.
07:10I think you're overreacting.
07:12I'll prove it to you.
07:14He's not just critical of me.
07:15He'll come down
07:15on anybody who disagrees with him.
07:17Religion, politics.
07:18He'll always find a way
07:19to make it feel like you're wrong.
07:20Charlie,
07:20I don't want to be a part of this.
07:22Something smells good.
07:24Oh, good morning.
07:26Good morning, Dad.
07:26Sit down.
07:27Made breakfast.
07:28Coffee's brewing.
07:29Who's my neighbor, Michael?
07:29Michael?
07:30Good to meet you.
07:31You too.
07:32We were just talking
07:32about how active
07:33you were in the unions.
07:34Yes, indeed.
07:35Unions are the foundation.
07:36Middle class.
07:38Michael doesn't believe in unions.
07:40He says they cut
07:41into corporate profits.
07:43I did?
07:45Well, you know,
07:45everyone's entitled
07:46to their own opinion.
07:47Tell you the truth,
07:48since I retired,
07:49I've been keeping my eye
07:50on the stock market as well.
07:53Really?
07:54Michael also said
07:55the Democrats
07:55are screwing up the country.
07:57I have got to get to work.
07:58I don't think they'd screw you up.
08:01Of course,
08:02if I was president,
08:03there are probably
08:04a few things
08:04I'd do differently.
08:06You as president?
08:08Yeah.
08:08I just can't picture it.
08:10Thank you, Charlie.
08:12Michael also said...
08:13Your son has a girl
08:14that he just calls for sex.
08:15They're not in love.
08:16They're never getting married.
08:16It's just sex, sex, sex.
08:18Is that true, Charlie?
08:22As a matter of fact,
08:23it is.
08:24Well, then,
08:25it's a good thing
08:25you're not getting married
08:26because a loveless marriage
08:28is a tragedy
08:29in the eyes of God.
08:32Speaking of God,
08:33I don't believe in him.
08:35Oh, boy.
08:36Or her.
08:37Oh, God.
08:38I struggle with that
08:41myself sometimes.
08:43But every time
08:43I look in your eyes,
08:44I know that he or she exists.
08:49Well, good meeting you, Michael.
08:51I hope you'll forgive me,
08:52but I don't want
08:53to misjudge Judy.
08:57Well, Charlie,
08:58you proved it.
09:00You're an ungrateful
09:00little snot.
09:02Now, give me my breakfast.
09:03This black Republican
09:04union buster
09:05needs his energy.
09:08This is why
09:12I hate traffic.
09:14Just relax.
09:15It'll start moving
09:15here in a minute.
09:16There's a carpool lane.
09:17Why can't they have
09:18a separate lane
09:18for attractive people
09:19with fast little cars?
09:21Okay.
09:22This is obviously
09:22an anger trigger for you.
09:23Remember your techniques.
09:24Use imagery.
09:25Think of this fiat
09:26as your bubble of calm
09:27and just breathe.
09:28Okay.
09:30Open your eyes
09:31when you breathe.
09:34You're freaking me out.
09:35Sorry.
09:36Sorry.
09:37Why don't we just talk?
09:39So,
09:40I didn't know
09:41I was going to meet
09:42your dad this morning.
09:43He seems like
09:44such a nice guy.
09:45Yeah, thanks.
09:46Mm-hmm.
09:47He's like the nicest
09:48old man I've ever met.
09:51He's like Santa
09:52without a...
09:53All right.
09:57Whoa.
09:59I came out of nowhere
10:00with no warning.
10:02Dad, relax.
10:04What are you doing?
10:04You're totally bursting
10:05my fiat bubble.
10:08I mean, come on,
10:08look at his bumper stickers.
10:10Coexist.
10:11Visualize world peace.
10:12You want everyone
10:13to think you're nice,
10:14but I know the truth,
10:15jerk face.
10:18Dude,
10:18what are you doing?
10:20I'm sorry.
10:24I let my dad
10:25get the best of me.
10:28Yeah, perfect.
10:29It's okay.
10:31Let me handle this.
10:32Girls,
10:33you're on.
10:37It's a chick.
10:40Please be a lesbian.
10:41Please be a lesbian.
10:41Please be a lesbian.
10:47That's a heck of an idea,
10:49Martin.
10:51What's a heck of an idea?
10:53Oh, your daddy and I
10:54were just chewing the fat
10:55talking about how hard it is
10:56to get a job at our age.
10:58And I was talking about
10:59my road rage issues
11:00and how I should probably
11:01hire a driver
11:02before I accidentally
11:03kill somebody
11:04because I really
11:05want to kill somebody.
11:07Well, I just thought
11:08maybe she could toss Ed
11:09a few bucks
11:10and he could drive her around.
11:11Oh, yeah, Dad,
11:12it's a nice idea,
11:13but Lacey and Ed
11:13have a very complex dynamic
11:15and there's a lot
11:15of emotional ramifications
11:16to an arrangement like that.
11:18How's 20 bucks an hour?
11:19I'll do it for 30.
11:2150 if you want to listen
11:22to that Arab music
11:23while I'm driving.
11:24Whatever.
11:26It's my mom's money
11:28and I'm Indian.
11:29White people work
11:30for us now.
11:32Well, I got to go.
11:34Really nice meeting you.
11:35I hope you all
11:36get well soon.
11:37Hey, Dad,
11:37before you go,
11:39I have a big favor to ask.
11:41Sure.
11:43You want me happy, right?
11:44That's all I've ever
11:45wanted for you, Charlie.
11:47Of course.
11:49Would you be willing
11:50to see my therapist
11:51with me and maybe
11:51talk some things out?
11:54Is everything okay?
11:56No.
11:57Dad, everything's not okay.
12:00Well, okay.
12:01But, you know,
12:02I've never been in therapy before.
12:04Why would you have to?
12:08So, Charlie,
12:09you said some things
12:10about your dad.
12:11Can you give me
12:12an example
12:12of what you mean
12:14by distant,
12:15hypercritical,
12:17fascist?
12:19Okay.
12:20Little in game.
12:21Nine years old.
12:22I was so desperate
12:23to make you proud of me.
12:25Fourth inning,
12:25I dropped the pop fly.
12:27You stood up
12:27and stared at me
12:28with a look of disgust.
12:30Turned your back
12:31and left.
12:32I would never do that to you.
12:33Don't you remember
12:34what happened?
12:35Your cousin came
12:36to the ballpark
12:37to tell me
12:38Aunt Cecile
12:38got killed by a bus.
12:39I had to leave.
12:40It was an emergency.
12:42Aunt Cecile
12:43got killed by a bus?
12:44Yes.
12:45Wasn't she the one
12:46who was drunk all the time?
12:47Yes.
12:48Work at home
12:49and sadly
12:50at the bus stop.
12:53You never told me that.
12:54This is very common.
12:56Two people often remember
12:57the same incident differently.
12:58And, Charlie,
12:59sometimes we selectively remember.
13:02I suppose that's possible.
13:04But I know for a fact
13:05that he took the guitar
13:06that I bought
13:07with my own money
13:08and smashed it
13:08in the driveway
13:09because I was playing it
13:09too loud.
13:10He's right.
13:12I did smash the guitar.
13:13Well, thank you.
13:15I thought I was going crazy.
13:16But not because
13:17you were playing too loud.
13:19I smashed it
13:19because I'd warned you
13:20if you don't get
13:21your grades up,
13:22I'm going to have
13:22to get rid of the guitar.
13:24Okay, okay.
13:24All right.
13:24You know what?
13:25There's more.
13:27How about the time
13:27you took the puppy away?
13:28I had to.
13:29It died.
13:31You missed my graduation.
13:32I had to work.
13:33You made me shave
13:34my long hair.
13:35Because you had lice,
13:35which you got from the puppy.
13:38My whole childhood,
13:39you were a bully.
13:40A bully?
13:42Excuse me, Kate.
13:43Would you please give me
13:44a moment alone
13:45with my son?
13:46No problem, actually.
13:47This is a good time for me.
13:48Big iced tea,
13:49running waterfall,
13:49bad combination.
13:53Son, it really hurts me
13:55to hear you say
13:56that you've been carrying around
13:58all this pain for so long.
14:00I know I wasn't
14:02the perfect father,
14:03but I am not that guy
14:04you think I was.
14:06Maybe, maybe Kate's right.
14:08Maybe I rewrote some of my history
14:10to avoid taking responsibility
14:12for some of the crap I did.
14:15There are lots of ways
14:16to set things right.
14:18I tried your therapy.
14:20How about you trying mine?
14:26Do it for breakfast.
14:26I'm the kid that stole the candy.
14:32I'm that Yankee Doodle Dandy.
14:35Jimmy Cagney.
14:37More.
14:38Do some Brando.
14:42Are you an assassin?
14:44I'm a soldier.
14:46You're neither.
14:47You're an errand boy
14:49I sent my grocery class
14:51to collect the book.
14:57I love that movie.
15:01You know, Charlie,
15:02if your father's marital status
15:04ever changes,
15:05I'd like to be your new mama.
15:07A bartender wife?
15:08That sounds interesting.
15:09Do you cook?
15:10In bed.
15:13Seriously, my trailer is that small.
15:15The microwave is actually
15:16next to the bed.
15:19Here's looking at you, kid.
15:24So,
15:25that girl you're sleeping with,
15:27the one you have
15:28no intention of marrying,
15:29it's that therapist,
15:31am I right?
15:32How did you know?
15:33I didn't until just now.
15:37Anyway,
15:37if you're not going to
15:38remarry Jennifer,
15:39which you should,
15:40you should seriously consider
15:42making an honest woman
15:43out of Kate.
15:44She's more fun
15:45than a dishonest woman.
15:47Let me tell you something, son.
15:48Your dear mother,
15:49may God rest her soul.
15:50She's not dead.
15:51Quit saying that.
15:52She's remarried living in Tampa.
15:54I don't keep track.
15:55Anyway,
15:55she reminds me a lot of Kate.
15:58A lot to handle,
15:59but well worth it.
16:02Here's to difficult women
16:03and the men
16:04who cannot handle them.
16:05It's my 10th birthday.
16:10It's my dad,
16:11my brother.
16:12That's me on the end.
16:13Oh, you're lucky.
16:15My family never made
16:15any home movies with me.
16:17I was the fourth kid.
16:19My father was fond of saying
16:21I was the fourth of three.
16:23Hey, I can always
16:24Photoshop you into mine.
16:26Here, Charlotte,
16:26we got you a 45-year-old
16:27bald man for your birthday.
16:29The stories are kind of a bummer,
16:30but they'll make you feel better
16:31about your own life.
16:35You don't have to do that.
16:38I just can't get over
16:39how young I...
16:41Hold on.
16:44What?
16:48That woman
16:49with her back to us?
16:50Yeah.
16:51That's my Aunt Cecile.
16:52My dad said she died
16:53a year before this.
16:55Good for her.
16:55Looks like she's almost
16:56completely recovered
16:57from her death.
16:57Come on, I was right.
17:00I'm not crazy.
17:01My dad really is
17:01a terrible person.
17:04Congratulations.
17:09Really glad you're driving me, Ed.
17:11I'm going to show up at work
17:11so much more relaxed.
17:13My pleasure, Miss Daisy.
17:15I don't know if I ever told you,
17:17but a long time ago,
17:18I used to drive...
17:18Don't let that girl in.
17:19Don't let her in.
17:20Why'd you let her in?
17:21Because she had her blinker on.
17:23She smiled at me.
17:24I'm a sucker for that.
17:26Quick, that lane's open.
17:27Go, go, go, go.
17:28That is not a lane.
17:29That's a shoulder.
17:31That's for emergency.
17:32Yeah, well, you're going to
17:33need to go to the hospital
17:33if you don't pick up the pace.
17:34Oh, I knew this was not
17:36a good idea.
17:37I'm warning you.
17:38One more word out of you.
17:39Just one more word.
17:40Yeah, what you gonna do?
17:41That's it.
17:49Straight in, my driver left.
17:52Eh?
17:53Eh?
17:53Eh?
17:53Eh?
17:57Hey, Charlie.
17:58Hey, Dad.
17:59Can I get your beer?
18:00Sure.
18:01What do you got?
18:02Well, let's see.
18:04I've got dirty, filthy liar.
18:07My dad's a bastard.
18:11And a lager from Holland.
18:15Still haven't gotten any Bud Light, huh?
18:17There he is.
18:19Hi, Dad.
18:19Okay.
18:28What happened?
18:30You told me Aunt Cecile died
18:32when I was nine.
18:33I've got home movies of her
18:35at my 10th birthday,
18:36sitting at the table
18:37when I blew out the candles.
18:41Was she moving?
18:44Just enough to get her beer mug
18:46to her face.
18:46So I lied about one little thing.
18:50No, you didn't.
18:51I found my report card
18:52from the year you smashed my guitar.
18:55My grades?
18:56They never dropped.
18:58And I talked to Mom.
18:59You traded the puppy
19:00for a power drill.
19:02Well, at least the dog didn't die.
19:04I mean, I'm sure he's dead now, but...
19:06Why did you come here?
19:09Why are you being so nice?
19:10What do you want?
19:12I want to leave Ohio.
19:14There's nothing left there for me.
19:16All my friends are gone,
19:18and...
19:19your siblings won't have
19:21anything to do with me.
19:22What about your wife?
19:25Corinne left me last month.
19:29And if it'll make you feel any better,
19:31she took my puppy.
19:33So now you're a puppy guy?
19:35Charlie,
19:36look,
19:37I want to move out here,
19:39and I want to live with you.
19:42You act like a jerk my whole life,
19:44then lie about it,
19:45and now you want me to take you in?
19:46I really need some help,
19:48see,
19:48because I don't have enough money
19:50left to live on my own.
19:53And if I could do anything
19:55about the past,
19:56I would.
19:57Hell, you know I tried.
19:59And it would have worked, too,
20:00if it hadn't been for the
20:01boozy ghost of Ann Cecile.
20:03Look,
20:06I'll do the best I can
20:08from here on.
20:09That's all I can promise.
20:11One last thing.
20:12Anything.
20:13And I need the truth.
20:14You bet.
20:15Did Mom really leave you,
20:17or did you trade her
20:18to that guy in Tampa
20:18for a belt sander?
20:21No,
20:22actually,
20:23it was a leaf blower.
20:29Don't get too hard on yourself.
20:31Your dad fooled us both.
20:32I think it's really sweet
20:35that you're getting him
20:36his own place out here.
20:38Yeah,
20:38it's in a really nice area.
20:39He just has to decide
20:40if he wants to be a blood
20:41or a crip.
20:44Charlie.
20:45Kidding.
20:45Kidding.
20:46It's about 20 minutes away.
20:48He's far enough
20:49so he can't just walk over here
20:50whenever he wants.
20:51At least now I know
20:53what you look like
20:54in your 70s.
20:55Based on your dad's looks,
20:57I could still be doing you.
20:59Thanks.
21:00You got to push your mom
21:01so I can see
21:02what I might be getting into?
21:04Actually,
21:04I look more like my dad.
21:06But if it makes you feel
21:07any better,
21:08he's got an ass
21:09that won't quit.
21:10Yeah.
21:12I hope you got an ass
21:15outside.
21:17.
21:19.
21:21.
21:27.
21:29.
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